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TY - JOUR
T1 - QCD studies with e+e− annihilation data at 172-189 GeV
AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang
AU - OPAL Collaboration
PY - 2000/8
Y1 - 2000/8
N2 - We have studied hadronic events from e+e− annihilation data at centre-of-mass energies of √s= 172, 183 and 189 GeV. The total integrated luminosity of the three samples, measured with the OPAL detector, corresponds to 250 pb−1. We present distributions of event shape variables, charged particle multiplicity and momentum, measured separately in the three data samples. From these we extract measurements of the strong coupling αsαs , the mean charged particle multiplicity ⟨nch⟩ and the peak position ξ0 in the ξp=ln(1/xp) distribution. In general the data are described well by analytic QCD calculations and Monte Carlo models. Our measured values of αs, ⟨nch⟩ and ξ0 are consistent with previous determinations at √s=MZ0.
AB - We have studied hadronic events from e+e− annihilation data at centre-of-mass energies of √s= 172, 183 and 189 GeV. The total integrated luminosity of the three samples, measured with the OPAL detector, corresponds to 250 pb−1. We present distributions of event shape variables, charged particle multiplicity and momentum, measured separately in the three data samples. From these we extract measurements of the strong coupling αsαs , the mean charged particle multiplicity ⟨nch⟩ and the peak position ξ0 in the ξp=ln(1/xp) distribution. In general the data are described well by analytic QCD calculations and Monte Carlo models. Our measured values of αs, ⟨nch⟩ and ξ0 are consistent with previous determinations at √s=MZ0.
U2 - 10.1007/s100520050015
DO - 10.1007/s100520050015
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 185
EP - 210
JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
JF - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
SN - 1434-6044
IS - 2
ER -