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A new determination of αs using direct photon production cross sections in pp and p̄p collisions at √s = 24.3 GeV

  • M. Werlen
  • , G. Ballocchi
  • , R. E. Breedon
  • , L. Camilleri
  • , C. Comtat
  • , R. L. Cool
  • , P. T. Cox
  • , P. Cushman
  • , L. Dick
  • , E. C. Dukes
  • , P. Giacomelli
  • , D. Hubbard
  • , J. B. Jeanneret
  • , C. Joseph
  • , W. Kubischta
  • , C. Morel
  • , M. C. Nguyen
  • , P. Oberson
  • , O. E. Overseth
  • , J. L. Pagès
  • J. P. Perroud, D. Rüegger, R. W. Rusack, V. Singh, G. R. Snow, G. Sozzi, L. Studer, M. T. Tran, A. Vacchi, G. Valenti

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Abstract

Direct photon production cross sections obtained in high statistics p̄p and pp collisions at √s = 24.3 GeV at the CERN SPS are used in a next-to-leading order QCD analysis. From the cross section difference σ(p̄p → γX) - σ(pp → γX) and quark distributions measured in deep inelastic scattering, a determination of the strong coupling constant, αS, is performed via a measurement of A(4)MS. This measurement yields a value A(4)MS = 210 ± 22(stat.) ± 44(syst.)+105-36(theo.) MeV. The corresponding value of αS expressed at M2Z is αS(M2Z) = 0.1112 ± 0.0016(stat.) ± 0.0033(syst.)+0.0077-0.0034 (theo.).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)201-206
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume452
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

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