A study of three-jet events at the CERN $$\bar pp$$ collider
Author(s) -
J. A. Appel,
P. Bagnaia,
M. Banner,
R. Battiston,
K. Bernlöhr,
K. Borer,
M. Borghini,
J.D. Burger,
G. Carboni,
V. Cavasinni,
P. Cenci,
J.C. Chollet,
A. Clark,
A. Codino,
C. Conta,
P. Darriulat,
B. De Lotto,
T. Del Prete,
L. Di Lella,
J. Dines-Hansen,
K. Einsweiler,
R. Engelmann,
L. Fayard,
M. Fraternali,
D. Froidevaux,
J.-M. Gaillard,
O. Gildemeister,
V.G. Goggi,
C. Gößling,
B. Hahn,
H. Hänni,
P. H. Hansen,
N. Harnew,
T. Himel,
L. Iconomidou-Fayard,
K. Jakobs,
P. Jenni,
E.-E. Kluge,
O. Kofoed-Hansen,
E. Lançon,
M. Livan,
S. Loucatos,
B. Madsen,
P. Mani,
B. Mansoulié,
G.C. Mantovani,
L. Mapelli,
K. Meier,
B. Merkel,
R. Møllerud,
M. Moniez,
R. Moning,
M. Morganti,
C. Onions,
M. A. Parker,
G. Parrour,
F. Pastore,
M. Pepé,
H. Plothow-Besch,
M. Polverel,
J.P. Repellin,
A. Rimoldi,
A. Rothenberg,
A. Roussarie,
V. Ruhlmann,
G. Sauvage,
J. Schacher,
M. Schlötelburg,
F. Stocker,
M. Swartz,
J. Teiger,
S.N. Tovey,
W.Y. Tsang,
M. Valdata-Nappi,
V. Vercesi,
A. R. Weidberg,
M. Wunsch,
H. Zaccone
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
zeitschrift für physik c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1431-5858
pISSN - 0170-9739
DOI - 10.1007/bf01557598
Subject(s) - physics , large hadron collider , collider , jet (fluid) , particle physics , bar (unit) , quantum chromodynamics , bremsstrahlung , gluon , nuclear physics , coupling (piping) , mechanics , engineering , mechanical engineering , meteorology , electron
The UA2 experiment, running at the CERN SPS {Mathematical expression} Collider, has performed a study of events containing three hard jets in the final state. The angular distributions of the three jets show evidence for gluon bremsstrahlung, in good agreement with a QCD model to leading order in the strong coupling constant αs. The yield of three-jet events relative to that of two-jet events provides a measure of the strong coupling constant: ;3K3/K2=0.23±0.01±0.04, where K2 and K3 represent the contributions arising from higher order corrections in α3 to the two- and three-jet exclusive cross-sections. A detailed discussion of the systematic and theoretical uncertainties is given. © 1986 Springer-Verlag
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