QCD corrections to the forward-backward asymmetries of
Author(s) -
D. Abbaneo,
P. Antilogus,
T. Behnke,
S.C. Blyth,
M. Elsing,
R. Faccini,
R. W. L. Jones,
K. Mönig,
S. Petzold,
Р. Тенчини
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the european physical journal c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.938
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1434-6052
pISSN - 1434-6044
DOI - 10.1007/s100520050196
Subject(s) - physics , quantum chromodynamics , particle physics , bar (unit) , asymmetry , measure (data warehouse) , gluon , production (economics) , quark , nuclear physics , computer science , economics , database , meteorology , macroeconomics
Measurements of the forward-backward production asymmetry of heavy quarks in Z decays provide a precise determination of sin(2)theta(W,eff)(lept). The asymmetries are sensitive to QCD effects, in particular hard gluon radiation. in this paper QCD corrections for A(FB)() and A(FB)() are discussed, The interplay between the experimental techniques used to measure the asymmetries and the QCD effects is investigated using simulated events. A procedure to estimate the correction needed for experimental measurements is proposed, and some specific examples are given
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