Measurement of the running of the electromagnetic coupling at large momentum-transfer at LEP

Autores
Dova, María Teresa; L3 Collaboration
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
The evolution of the electromagnetic coupling, α, in the momentum-transfer range 1800 GeV2 < −Q2 < 21600 GeV2 is studied with about 40 000 Bhabha-scattering events collected with the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies √s = 189–209 GeV. The running of α is parametrised as: α(Q2)=α01CΔα(Q2), where α0 ≡ α(Q2 = 0) is the fine-structure constant and C = 1 corresponds to the evolution expected in QED. A fit to the differential cross section of the e+e → e+e process for scattering angles in the range |cos θ| < 0.9 excludes the hypothesis of a constant value of α, C = 0, and validates the QED prediction with the result: C = 1.05 ± 0.07 ± 0.14, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Materia
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Electromagnetismo
L3 detector
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Measurement of the running of the electromagnetic coupling at large momentum-transfer at LEP
title Measurement of the running of the electromagnetic coupling at large momentum-transfer at LEP
spellingShingle Measurement of the running of the electromagnetic coupling at large momentum-transfer at LEP
Dova, María Teresa
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Electromagnetismo
L3 detector
title_short Measurement of the running of the electromagnetic coupling at large momentum-transfer at LEP
title_full Measurement of the running of the electromagnetic coupling at large momentum-transfer at LEP
title_fullStr Measurement of the running of the electromagnetic coupling at large momentum-transfer at LEP
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of the running of the electromagnetic coupling at large momentum-transfer at LEP
title_sort Measurement of the running of the electromagnetic coupling at large momentum-transfer at LEP
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Dova, María Teresa
L3 Collaboration
author Dova, María Teresa
author_facet Dova, María Teresa
L3 Collaboration
author_role author
author2 L3 Collaboration
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Física
Electromagnetismo
L3 detector
topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
Electromagnetismo
L3 detector
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The evolution of the electromagnetic coupling, α, in the momentum-transfer range 1800 GeV<sup>2</sup> < −Q<sup>2</sup> < 21600 GeV<sup>2</sup> is studied with about 40 000 Bhabha-scattering events collected with the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies √s = 189–209 GeV. The running of α is parametrised as: <math><mi is="true">α</mi><mrow is="true"><mo is="true">(</mo><msup is="true"><mi is="true">Q</mi><mn is="true">2</mn></msup><mo is="true">)</mo></mrow><mo is="true">=</mo><mfrac is="true"><msub is="true"><mi is="true">α</mi><mn is="true">0</mn></msub><mrow is="true"><mn is="true">1</mn><mo is="true">−</mo><mi is="true">C</mi><mi mathvariant="normal" is="true">Δ</mi><mi is="true">α</mi><mo stretchy="false" is="true">(</mo><msup is="true"><mi is="true">Q</mi><mn is="true">2</mn></msup><mo stretchy="false" is="true">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mo is="true">,</mo></math> where α<sub>0</sub> ≡ α(Q<sup>2</sup> = 0) is the fine-structure constant and C = 1 corresponds to the evolution expected in QED. A fit to the differential cross section of the e<sup>+</sup>e<sup>−</sup> → e<sup>+</sup>e<sup>−</sup> process for scattering angles in the range |cos θ| < 0.9 excludes the hypothesis of a constant value of α, C = 0, and validates the QED prediction with the result: C = 1.05 ± 0.07 ± 0.14, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
description The evolution of the electromagnetic coupling, α, in the momentum-transfer range 1800 GeV<sup>2</sup> < −Q<sup>2</sup> < 21600 GeV<sup>2</sup> is studied with about 40 000 Bhabha-scattering events collected with the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies √s = 189–209 GeV. The running of α is parametrised as: <math><mi is="true">α</mi><mrow is="true"><mo is="true">(</mo><msup is="true"><mi is="true">Q</mi><mn is="true">2</mn></msup><mo is="true">)</mo></mrow><mo is="true">=</mo><mfrac is="true"><msub is="true"><mi is="true">α</mi><mn is="true">0</mn></msub><mrow is="true"><mn is="true">1</mn><mo is="true">−</mo><mi is="true">C</mi><mi mathvariant="normal" is="true">Δ</mi><mi is="true">α</mi><mo stretchy="false" is="true">(</mo><msup is="true"><mi is="true">Q</mi><mn is="true">2</mn></msup><mo stretchy="false" is="true">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mo is="true">,</mo></math> where α<sub>0</sub> ≡ α(Q<sup>2</sup> = 0) is the fine-structure constant and C = 1 corresponds to the evolution expected in QED. A fit to the differential cross section of the e<sup>+</sup>e<sup>−</sup> → e<sup>+</sup>e<sup>−</sup> process for scattering angles in the range |cos θ| < 0.9 excludes the hypothesis of a constant value of α, C = 0, and validates the QED prediction with the result: C = 1.05 ± 0.07 ± 0.14, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.
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