The strong coupling constant is determined from the leptonic branching ratios, the lifetime, and the invariant mass distribution of the hadronic final state of the tau lepton, using data accumulated at LEP with the ALEPH detector. The strong coupling constant measurement, alpha_s((m(tau))^2) = 0.330 +/-0.046, evolved to the Z mass, yields alpha_s((M(Z))^2) = 0. 1 18 +/- 0.005. The error includes experimental and theoretical uncertainties, the latter evaluated in the framework of the Shifman, Vainshtein and Zakharov (SVZ) approach. The method allows the non-perturbative contribution to the hadronic decay rate to be determined to be 0.3 +/- 0.5% .

D., B., D., D., C., G., J. P., L., M. N., M., B., M., et al. (1993). Measurement of the Strong-coupling Constant Using tau decays. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 307(1-2), 209-220 [10.1016/0370-2693(93)90212-Z].

Measurement of the Strong-coupling Constant Using tau decays

BOTTIGLI, UBALDO;CIOCCI, MARIA AGNESE;MARROCCHESI, PIER SIMONE;
1993-01-01

Abstract

The strong coupling constant is determined from the leptonic branching ratios, the lifetime, and the invariant mass distribution of the hadronic final state of the tau lepton, using data accumulated at LEP with the ALEPH detector. The strong coupling constant measurement, alpha_s((m(tau))^2) = 0.330 +/-0.046, evolved to the Z mass, yields alpha_s((M(Z))^2) = 0. 1 18 +/- 0.005. The error includes experimental and theoretical uncertainties, the latter evaluated in the framework of the Shifman, Vainshtein and Zakharov (SVZ) approach. The method allows the non-perturbative contribution to the hadronic decay rate to be determined to be 0.3 +/- 0.5% .
1993
D., B., D., D., C., G., J. P., L., M. N., M., B., M., et al. (1993). Measurement of the Strong-coupling Constant Using tau decays. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 307(1-2), 209-220 [10.1016/0370-2693(93)90212-Z].
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