Evidence for gluon interference in hadronic Z decay

We present evidence for soft gluon interference, as required by QCD. This interference is expected to manifest itself in an angular ordering of the gluons radiated within a jet. Using hadronic decays of the Z boson in the L3 detector at LEP, we compare variables sensitive to such an angular ordering...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Dova, María Teresa, L3 Collaboration
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:1995
País:Argentina
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositório:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/80929
Acesso em linha:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/80929
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Ciencias Exactas
Física
gluons
quantum chromodynamics
Z boson
L3 detector
large electron positron collider
Descrição
Resumo:We present evidence for soft gluon interference, as required by QCD. This interference is expected to manifest itself in an angular ordering of the gluons radiated within a jet. Using hadronic decays of the Z boson in the L3 detector at LEP, we compare variables sensitive to such an angular ordering, namely the energy-energy correlation asymmetry and the newly introduced particle- particle correlation asymmetry, with the predictions of various parton shower models. Only those models which incorporate the expected interference agree with the data.