The determination of the strong coupling constant
α
s
(
m
Z
)
from H1 inclusive and dijet cross section data
1
exploits perturbative QCD predictions in next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO)
2
–
4
. ...An implementation error in the NNLO predictions was found
4
which changes the numerical values of the predictions and the resulting values of the fits. Using the corrected NNLO predictions together with inclusive jet and dijet data, the strong coupling constant is determined to be
α
s
(
m
Z
)
=
0.1166
(
19
)
exp
(
24
)
th
. Complementarily,
α
s
(
m
Z
)
is determined together with parton distribution functions of the proton (PDFs) from jet and inclusive DIS data measured by the H1 experiment. The value
α
s
(
m
Z
)
=
0.1147
(
25
)
tot
obtained is consistent with the determination from jet data alone. Corrected figures and numerical results are provided and the discussion is adapted accordingly.
Measurements of
D
∗
(
2010
)
meson production in diffractive deep inelastic scattering
(
5
<
Q
2
<
100
GeV
2
)
are presented which are based on HERA data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy
s
=
319
...GeV
with an integrated luminosity of 287 pb
-
1
. The reaction
e
p
→
e
X
Y
is studied, where the system
X
, containing at least one
D
∗
(
2010
)
meson, is separated from a leading low-mass proton dissociative system
Y
by a large rapidity gap. The kinematics of
D
∗
candidates are reconstructed in the
D
∗
→
K
π
π
decay channel. The measured cross sections compare favourably with next-to-leading order QCD predictions, where charm quarks are produced via boson-gluon fusion. The charm quarks are then independently fragmented to the
D
∗
mesons. The calculations rely on the collinear factorisation theorem and are based on diffractive parton densities previously obtained by H1 from fits to inclusive diffractive cross sections. The data are further used to determine the diffractive to inclusive
D
∗
production ratio in deep inelastic scattering.
The strong coupling constant αs is determined from inclusive jet and dijet cross sections in neutral-current deep-inelastic ep scattering (DIS) measured at HERA by the H1 collaboration using ...next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD predictions. The dependence of the NNLO predictions and of the resulting value of αs(mZ) at the Z-boson mass mZ are studied as a function of the choice of the renormalisation and factorisation scales. Using inclusive jet and dijet data together, the strong coupling constant is determined to be αs(mZ)=0.1157(20)exp(29)th. Complementary, αs(mZ) is determined together with parton distribution functions of the proton (PDFs) from jet and inclusive DIS data measured by the H1 experiment. The value αs(mZ)=0.1142(28)tot obtained is consistent with the determination from jet data alone. The impact of the jet data on the PDFs is studied. The running of the strong coupling is tested at different values of the renormalisation scale and the results are found to be in agreement with expectations.
The CPLEAR experiment Gabathuler, E.; Pavlopoulos, P.
Physics reports,
12/2004, Letnik:
403-404
Journal Article
Recenzirano
LEAR offered unique opportunities to study the symmetries which exist between matter and antimatter. At variance with other approaches, CPLEAR was an experiment devoted to the study of CP, T and CPT ...symmetries in the neutral-kaon system. A number of measurements allowed us to specify with high precision and in a rather complete way, the parameters which describe the time evolution of the neutral kaons and their antiparticles, including decay amplitudes, and the related symmetry properties. A brief account of the main features of the experiment and its performances is given here, together with the results achieved on T and CPT symmetries, including tests of Quantum Mechanics.
A combination is presented of all inclusive deep inelastic cross sections previously published by the H1 and ZEUS collaborations at HERA for neutral and charged current $e^{\pm}p$ scattering for zero ...beam polarisation. The data were taken at proton beam energies of 920, 820, 575 and 460 GeV and an electron beam energy of 27.5 GeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of about 1 fb$^{-1}$ and span six orders of magnitude in negative four-momentum-transfer squared, $Q^2$, and Bjorken $x$. The correlations of the systematic uncertainties were evaluated and taken into account for the combination. The combined cross sections were input to QCD analyses at leading order, next-to-leading order and at next-to-next-to-leading order, providing a new set of parton distribution functions, called HERAPDF2.0. In addition to the experimental uncertainties, model and parameterisation uncertainties were assessed for these parton distribution functions. Variants of HERAPDF2.0 with an alternative gluon parameterisation, HERAPDF2.0AG, and using fixed-flavour-number schemes, HERAPDF2.0FF, are presented. The analysis was extended by including HERA data on charm and jet production, resulting in the variant HERAPDF2.0Jets. The inclusion of jet-production cross sections made a simultaneous determination of these parton distributions and the strong coupling constant possible, resulting in $\alpha_s(M_Z)=0.1183 \pm 0.0009 {\rm(exp)} \pm 0.0005{\rm (model/parameterisation)} \pm 0.0012{\rm (hadronisation)} ^{+0.0037}_{-0.0030}{\rm (scale)}$. An extraction of $xF_3^{\gamma Z}$ and results on electroweak unification and scaling violations are also presented.
We report on the first observation of time-reversal symmetry violation through a comparison of the probabilities of
K
0
transforming into K
0 and K
0 into
K
0
as a function of the neutral-kaon ...eigentime
t. The comparison is based on the analysis of the neutral-kaon semileptonic decays recorded in the CPLEAR experiment. There, the strangeness of the neutral kaon at time
t=0 was tagged by the kaon charge in the reaction
p
p
→
K
±π
∓
K
0
(
K
0
)
at rest, whereas the strangeness of the kaon at the decay time
t=
τ was tagged by the lepton charge in the final state. An average decay-rate asymmetry
〈
R(
K
0
t=0→
e
+
π
−
ν
t=τ)−R(
K
0
t=0→
e
−
π
+
ν
t=τ)
R(
K
0
t=0→
e
+
π
−
ν
t=τ)+R(
K
0
t=0→
e
−
π
+
ν
t=τ)
〉=(6.6±1.3
stat
±1.0
syst
)×10
−3
was measured over the interval
1
τ
S
<τ<20
τ
S
, thus leading to evidence for time-reversal non-invariance.
Cross sections for elastic and proton-dissociative photoproduction of
J
/
ψ
mesons are measured with the H1 detector in positron-proton collisions at HERA. The data were collected at
ep
...centre-of-mass energies
and
, corresponding to integrated luminosities of
and
, respectively. The cross sections are measured as a function of the photon-proton centre-of-mass energy in the range 25<
W
γp
<110 GeV. Differential cross sections d
σ
/d
t
, where
t
is the squared four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex, are measured in the range |
t
|<1.2 GeV
2
for the elastic process and |
t
|<8 GeV
2
for proton dissociation. The results are compared to other measurements. The
W
γp
and
t
-dependences are parametrised using phenomenological fits.
The strong coupling constant
α
s
is determined from inclusive jet and dijet cross sections in neutral-current deep-inelastic
ep
scattering (DIS) measured at HERA by the H1 collaboration using ...next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD predictions. The dependence of the NNLO predictions and of the resulting value of
α
s
(
m
Z
)
at the
Z
-boson mass
m
Z
are studied as a function of the choice of the renormalisation and factorisation scales. Using inclusive jet and dijet data together, the strong coupling constant is determined to be
α
s
(
m
Z
)
=
0.1157
(
20
)
exp
(
29
)
th
. Complementary,
α
s
(
m
Z
)
is determined together with parton distribution functions of the proton (PDFs) from jet and inclusive DIS data measured by the H1 experiment. The value
α
s
(
m
Z
)
=
0.1142
(
28
)
tot
obtained is consistent with the determination from jet data alone. The impact of the jet data on the PDFs is studied. The running of the strong coupling is tested at different values of the renormalisation scale and the results are found to be in agreement with expectations.
A measurement is presented of the inclusive neutral current
e
±
p
scattering cross section using data collected by the H1 experiment at HERA during the years 2003 to 2007 with proton beam energies
E
...p
of 920, 575, and 460 GeV. The kinematic range of the measurement covers low absolute four-momentum transfers squared, 1.5 GeV
2
<
Q
2
<120 GeV
2
, small values of Bjorken
x
, 2.9⋅10
−5
<
x
<0.01, and extends to high inelasticity up to
y
=0.85. The structure function
F
L
is measured by combining the new results with previously published H1 data at
E
p
=920 GeV and
E
p
=820 GeV. The new measurements are used to test several phenomenological and QCD models applicable in this low
Q
2
and low
x
kinematic domain.
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