The ALEPH collaboration: Measurements of the strong coupling constant and the QCD colour factors using four-jet observables from hadronic Z decays

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Heister, A ^a   Schael, S ^a   Barate, R ^b   De Bonis, I ^b   Decamp, D ^b   Goy, C ^b   Lees, J P ^b   Merle, E ^b   Minard, M N ^b   Pietrzyk, B ^b   Boix, G ^c,at   Bravo, S ^c   Casado, M P ^c   Chmeissani, M ^c   Crespo, J M ^c   Fernandez, E ^c   Fernandez Bosman, M ^c   Garrido, L ^c,an   Grauges E ^c   Martinez, M ^c   Merino, G ^c   Miquel, R ^c,aw   Mir, L M ^c,aw   Pacheco, A ^c   Ruiz, H ^c   Colaleo, A ^d   Creanza, D ^d   de Palma, M ^d   Iaselli, G ^d   Maggi, G ^d   Maggi, M ^d   Nuzzo, S ^d   Ranieri, A ^d   Raso, G ^d,as   Ruggieri, F ^d   Selvaggi, G ^d   Silvestris, L ^d   Tempesta, P ^d   Tricomi, A ^d,aj   Zito, G ^d   Huang, X ^e   Lin, J ^e   Ouyang, Q ^e   Wang, T ^e   Xie, Y ^e   Xu, R ^e   Xue, S ^e   Zhang, J ^e   Zhang, L ^e   Zhao, W ^e   Abbaneo, D ^f   Azzurri, P ^f   Buchmuller O ^f,au   Cattaneo, M ^f   Cerutti, F ^f   Clerbaux, B ^f   Drevermann, H ^f   Forty, R W ^f   Frank, M ^f   Gianotti, F ^f   Greening, T C ^f,ay   Hansen, J B ^f   Harvey, J ^f   Hutchcroft, D E ^f   Janot, P ^f   Jost, B ^f   Kado, M ^f,az   Mato, P ^f   Moutoussi, A ^f   Ranjard, F ^f   Rolandi, L ^f   Schlatter, D ^f   Schneider, O ^f,ai   Sguazzoni, G ^f   Tejessy, W ^f   Teubert, F ^f   Valassi, A ^f   Videau, I ^f   Ward, J ^f   Badaud, F ^g   Falvard, A ^g,ar   Gay, P ^g   Henrard, P ^g   Jousset, J ^g   Michel, B ^g   Monteil, S ^g   Montret, J C ^g   Pallin, D ^g   Perret, P ^g   Hansen, J D ^h   Hansen, J R ^h   Hansen, P H ^h   Nilsson, B S ^h   Kyriakis, A ⁱ   Markou, C ⁱ   Simopoulou, E ⁱ   Vayaki, A ⁱ   Zachariadou, K ⁱ   Blondel, A ^j,am   Bonneaud, G ^j   Brient, J C ^j   Rouge A ^j   Rumpf, M ^j   Swynghedauw, M ^j   Verderi, M ^j   Videau, H ^j   Ciulli, V ^k   Focardi, E ^k   Parrini, G ^k   Antonelli, A ^l   Antonelli, M ^l   Bencivenni, G ^l   Bossi, F ^l   Campana, P ^l   Capon, G ^l   Chiarella, V ^l   Laurelli, P ^l   Mannocchi, G ^l,ak   Murtas, F ^l   Murtas, G P ^l   Passalacqua, L ^l   Pepe Altarelli, M ^f,l   Halley, A ^m   Lynch, J G ^m   Negus, P ^m   O'Shea, V ^m   Raine, C ^m   Thompson, A S ^m   Wasserbaech, S ⁿ   Cavanaugh, R ^o   Dhamotharan, S ^o   Geweniger, C ^o   Hanke, P ^o   Hepp, V ^o   Kluge, E E ^o   Putzer, A ^o   Stenzel, H ^o   Tittel, K ^o   Wunsch, M ^o,ao   Beuselinck, R ^p   Binnie, D M ^p   Cameron, W ^p   Dornan, P J ^p   Girone, M ^f,p   Marinelli, N ^p   Sedgbeer, J K ^p   Thompson, J C ^p   Ghete, V M ^q   Girtler, P ^q   Kneringer, E ^q   Kuhn, D ^q   Rudolph, G ^q   Bouhova Thacker, E ^r   Bowdery, C K ^r   Finch, A J ^r   Foster, F ^r   Hughes, G ^r   Jones, R W L ^r   Pearson, M R ^r   Robertson, N A ^r   Jakobs, K ^s   Kleinknecht, K ^s   Quast, G ^s,al   Renk, B ^s   Sander, H G ^s   Wachsmuth, H ^s   Zeitnitz, C ^s   Bonissent, A ^t   Coyle, P ^t   Leroy, O ^t   Payre, P ^t   Rousseau, D ^t   Talby, M ^t   Ragusa, F ^u   David, A ^v   Dietl, H ^v   Ganis, G ^v,av   Huttmann K ^v   Lutjens G ^v   Manner W ^v   Moser, H G ^v   Settles, R ^v   Wiedenmann, W ^v,ag   Wolf, G ^v   Boucrot, J ^w   Callot, O ^w   Davier, M ^w   Duflot, L ^w   Grivaz, J F ^w   Heusse, P ^w   Jacholkowska, A ^w,ar   Lefrancois J ^w   Veillet, J J ^w   Yuan, C ^w   Bagliesi, G ^x   Boccali, T ^x   Foa L ^x   Giammanco, A ^x   Giassi, A ^x   Ligabue, F ^x   Messineo, A ^x   Palla, F ^x   Sanguinetti, G ^x   Sciaba A ^x   Spagnolo, P ^x   Tenchini, R ^f,x   Venturi, A ^f,x   Verdini, P G ^x   Xie, Z ^x   Blair, G A ^y   Cowan, G ^y   Green, M G ^y   Medcalf, T ^y   Misiejuk, A ^y   Strong, J A ^y   Teixeira Dias, P ^y   Clifft, R W ^z   Edgecock, T R ^z   Norton, P R ^z   Tomalin, I R ^z   Bloch Devaux, B ^aa   Colas, P ^aa   Emery, S ^aa   Kozanecki, W ^aa   Lancon E ^aa   Lemaire, M C ^aa   Locci, E ^aa   Perez, P ^aa   Rander, J ^aa   Renardy, J F ^aa   Roussarie, A ^aa   Schuller, J P ^aa   Schwindling, J ^aa   Trabelsi, A ^aa,aq   Vallage, B ^aa   Konstantinidis, N ^ab   Litke, A M ^ab   Taylor, G ^ab   Booth, C N ^ac   Cartwright, S ^ac   Combley, F ^ac   Lehto, M ^ac   Thompson, L F ^ac   Affholderbach, K ^ad,ax   Bohrer A ^ad   Brandt, S ^ad   Grupen, C ^ad   Ngac, A ^ad   Prange, G ^ad   Sieler, U ^ad   Giannini, G ^ae   Rothberg, J ^af   Armstrong, S R ^ag   Berkelman, K ^ag   Cranmer, K ^ag   Ferguson, D P S ^ag   Gao, Y ^ag,ap   Gonzalez S ^ag   Hayes, O J ^ag   Hu, H ^ag   Jin, S ^ag   Kile, J ^ag   McNamara, P A ^ag   Nielsen, J ^ag   Pan, Y B ^ag   von Wimmersperg Toeller, J H ^ag   Wu, J ^ag   Wu, S L ^ag   Wu, X ^ag   Zobernig, G ^ag   Dissertori, G ^ah   more..

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^j ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^l INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^r LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^s JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^u INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^v MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^x SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^z Chilton   (United Kingdom)

^aa Università di Trieste e INFN Sezione di Trieste ^*  (France)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^af UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^ah ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^aj INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^ak CNR   (Italy)

^al UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^am UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^an UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^ao SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

^ap TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aq FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^ar UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^as UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^at MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^au SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^av UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^aw LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^ax Swiss Air Navigation Services   (Switzerland)

^ay HONEYWELL   (United States)

^az FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR CORRELATIONS; COUPLING CONSTANTS; E+E- ANNIHILATION; HADRONICS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEXT-TO-LEADING ORDERS; RESOLUTION PARAMETERS; RESUMMATION; STRONG-COUPLING;

ANNIHILATION;

EID: 0037353216     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s2002-01114-2     Document Type: Article

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