Measurement of the strong coupling constant αs and the vector and axial-vector spectral functions in hadronic tau decays the opal collaboration

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 571-593

  Ackerstaff, K ^g   Alexander, G ^u   Allison, J ^o   Altekamp, N ^e   Anderson, K J ^h   Anderson, S ^k   Arcelli, S ^b   Asai, S ^v,w   Ashby, S F ^a   Axen, D ^ab   Azuelos, G ^q,ah   Ball, A H ^p   Barberio, E ^g   Barlow, R J ^o   Bartoldus, R ^c   Batley, J R ^e   Baumann, S ^c   Bechtluft, J ^m   Behnke, T ^g   Bell, K W ^s   Bella, G ^u   Bentvelsen, S ^g   Bethke, S ^m   Betts, S ⁿ   Biebel, O ^m   Biguzzi, A ^e   Bird, S D ^o   Blobel, V ^z   Bloodworth, I J ^a   Bobinski, M ⁱ   Bock, P ^j   Bohme J ^m   Boutemeur, M ^ag   Braibant, S ^g   Bright Thomas, P ^a   Brown, R M ^s   Burckhart, H J ^g   Burgard, C ^g   Burgin R ⁱ   Capiluppi, P ^b   Carnegie, R K ^f   Carter, A A ^l   Carter, J R ^e   Chang, C Y ^p   Charlton, D G ^a   Chrisman, D ^d   Ciocca, C ^b   Clarke, P E L ⁿ   Clay, E ⁿ   Cohen, I ^u   Conboy, J E ⁿ   Cooke, O C ^g   Couyoumtzelis, C ^l   Coxe, R L ^h   Cuffiani, M ^b   Dado, S ^t   Dallavalle, G M ^b   Davis, R ^ac   de Jong, S ^k   del Pozo, L A ^d   de Roeck, A ^g   Desch, K ^g   Dienes, B ^af,ai   Dixit, M S ^f   Doucet, M ^q   Dubbert, J ^ag   Duchovni, E ^y   Duckeck, G ^ag   Duerdoth, I P ^o   Eatough, D ^o   Estabrooks, P G ^f   Etzion, E ^u   Evans, H G ^h   Fabbri, F ^b   Fanfani, A ^b   Fanti, M ^b   Faust, A A ^ac   Fiedler, F ^z   Fierro, M ^b   Fischer, H M ^c   Fleck, I ^g   Folman, R ^y   Furtjes A ^g   Futyan, D I ^o   Gagnon, P ^f   Gary, J W ^d   Gascon, J ^q   Gascon Shotkin, S M ^p   Geich Gimbel, C ^c   Geralis, T ^s   Giacomelli, G ^b   Giacomelli, P ^b   Gibson, V ^e   Gibson, W R ^l   Gingrich, D M ^ac,ah   Glenzinski, D ^h   Goldberg, J ^t   Gorn, W ^d   Grandi, C ^b   Gross, E ^y   Grunhaus, J ^u   Gruwe M ^z   Hanson, G G ^k   Hansroul, M ^g   Hapke, M ^l   Hargrove, C K ^f   Hartmann, C ^c   Hauschild, M ^g   Hawkes, C M ^e   Hawkings, R ^z   Hemingway, R J ^f   Herndon, M ^p   Herten, G ⁱ   Heuer, R D ^g   Hildreth, M D ^g   Hill, J C ^e   Hillier, S J ^a   Hobson, P R ^x   Hocker, A ^h   Homer, R J ^a   Honma, A K ^aa,ah   Horvath D ^ae,af   Hossain, K R ^ac   Howard, R ^ab   Huntemeyer P ^z   Igo Kemenes, P ^j   Imrie, D C ^x   Ishii, K ^v,w   Jacob, F R ^s   Jawahery, A ^p   Jeremie, H ^q   Jimack, M ^a   Joly, A ^q   Jones, C R ^e   Jovanovic, P ^a   Junk, T R ^g   Karlen, D ^f   Kartvelishvili, V ^o   Kawagoe, K ^v,w   Kawamoto, T ^v,w   Kayal, P I ^ac   Keeler, R K ^aa   Kellogg, R G ^p   Kennedy, B W ^s   Klier, A ^y   Kluth, S ^g   Kobayashi, T ^v,w   Kobel, M ^c   Koetke, D S ^f   Kokott, T P ^c   Kolrep, M ⁱ   Komamiya, S ^v,w   Kowalewski, R V ^aa   Kress, T ^j   Krieger, P ^f   von Krogh, J ^j   Kyberd, P ^l   Lafferty, G D ^o   Lanske, D ^m   Lauber, J ⁿ   Lautenschlager, S R ^ad   Lawson, I ^aa   Layter, J G ^d   Lazic, D ^t   Lee, A M ^ad   Lefebvre, E ^q   Lellouch, D ^y   Letts, J ^k   Levinson, L ^y   Liebisch, R ^j   List, B ^g   Littlewood, C ^e   Lloyd, A W ^a   Lloyd, S L ^l   Loebinger, F K ^o   Long, G D ^aa   Losty, M J ^f   Ludwig, J ⁱ   Liu, D ^k   Macchiolo, A ^b   Macpherson, A ^ac   Mannelli, M ^g   Marcellini, S ^b   Markopoulos, C ^l   Martin, A J ^l   Martin, J P ^q   Martinez, G ^p   Mashimo, T ^v,w   Mattig P ^y   McDonald, W J ^ac   McKenna, J ^ab   Mckigney, E A ⁿ   McMahon, T J ^a   McPherson, R A ^aa   Meijers, F ^g   Menke, S ^c   Merritt, F S ^h   Mes, H ^f   Meyer, J ^z   Michelini, A ^b   Mihara, S ^v,w   Mikenberg, G ^y   Miller, D J ⁿ   Mir, R ^y   Mohr, W ⁱ   Montanari, A ^b   Mori, T ^v,w   Nagai, K ^y   Nakamura, I ^v,w   Neal, H A ^k   Nellen, B ^c   Nisius, R ^g   O'Neale, S W ^a   Oakham, F G ^f   Odorici, F ^b   Ogren, H O ^k   Oreglia, M J ^h   Orito, S ^v,w   Palinkas J ^af,ai   Pasztor G ^ae   Pater, J R ^o   Patrick, G N ^s   Patt, J ⁱ   Perez Ochoa, R ^g   Petzold, S ^z   Pfeifenschneider, P ^m   Pilcher, J E ^h   Pinfold, J ^ac   Plane, D E ^g   Poffenberger, P ^aa   Poli, B ^b   Polok, J ^g   Przybycien M ^g   Rembser, C ^g   Rick, H ^g   Robertson, S ^aa   Robins, S A ^t   Rodning, N ^ac   Roney, J M ^aa   Roscoe, K ^o   Rossi, A M ^b   Rozen, Y ^t   Runge, K ⁱ   Runolfsson, O ^g   Rust, D R ^k   Sachs, K ⁱ   Saeki, T ^v,w   Sahr, O ^ag   Sang, W M ^x   Sarkisyan, E K G ^u   Sbarra, C ^ab   Schaile, A D ^ag   Schaile, O ^ag   Scharf, F ^c   Scharff Hansen, P ^g   Schieck, J ^j   Schmitt, B ^g   Schmitt, S ^j   Schoning A ^g   Schorner, T ^ag   Schrader M ^g   Schumacher, M ^c   Schwick, C ^g   Scott, W G ^s   Seuster, R ^m   Shears, T G ^g   Shen, B C ^d   Shepherd Themistocleous, C H ^g   Sherwood, P ⁿ   Siroli, G P ^b   Sittler, A ^z   Skuja, A ^p   Smith, A M ^g   Snow, G A ^p   Sobie, R ^aa   Soldner Rembold S ⁱ   Sproston, M ^s   Stahl, A ^c   Stephens, K ^o   Steuerer, J ^z   Stoll, K ⁱ   Strom, D ^r   Strohmer R ^ag   Tafirout, R ^q   Talbot, S D ^a   Tanaka, S ^v,w   Taras, P ^q   Tarem, S ^t   Teuscher, R ^g   Thiergen, M ⁱ   Thomson, M A ^g   von Torne E ^c   Torrence, E ^g   Towers, S ^f   Trigger, I ^q   Trocsanyi Z ^af   Tsur, E ^u   Turcot, A S ^h   Turner Watson, M F ^g   van Kooten, R ^k   Vannerem, P ⁱ   Verzocchi, M ⁱ   Vikas, P ^q   Voss, H ^c   Wackerle F ⁱ   Wagner, A ^z   Ward, C P ^e   Ward, D R ^e   Watkins, P M ^a   Watson, A T ^a   Watson, N K ^a   Wells, P S ^g   Wermes, N ^c   White, J S ^aa   Wilson, G W ^m   Wilson, J A ^a   Wyatt, T R ^o   Yamashita, S ^v,w   Yekutieli, G ^y   Zacek, V ^q   Zer Zion, D ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^p University of Maryland   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^s RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^t TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^u TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^w KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^y WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^z UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^ad DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^af INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ah TRIUMF   (Canada)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

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EID: 0007194082     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100529901061     Document Type: Article

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