Determination of the strong coupling constant alpha(s) from transverse energy-energy correlations in multijet events at root s=8 TeV using the ATLAS detector

M. Aaboud, G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, O. Abdinov, B Abeloos, S.H. Abidi, Ossama Sherif Alexander Abouzeid, NL Abraham, H. Abramowicz, H. Abreu, R. Abreu, Y. Abulaiti, B.S. Acharya, Sosuke Adachi, L. Adamczyk, M. Adersberger, J. Adelman, T. Adye, Milena BajicMogens Dam, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, Peter Henrik Hansen, Geert-Jan Besjes, James William Monk, Troels Christian Petersen, Simon Holm Stark, Graig Wiglesworth, Flavia de Almeida Dias, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster, Fabian Alexander Jürgen Thiele, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

Measurements of transverse energy–energy correlations and their associated asymmetries in multi-jet events using the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. The data used correspond to s=8TeV proton–proton collisions with an integrated luminosity of 20.2fb-1. The results are presented in bins of the scalar sum of the transverse momenta of the two leading jets, unfolded to the particle level and compared to the predictions from Monte Carlo simulations. A comparison with next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD is also performed, showing excellent agreement within the uncertainties. From this comparison, the value of the strong coupling constant is extracted for different energy regimes, thus testing the running of αs(μ) predicted in QCD up to scales over 1TeV. A global fit to the transverse energy–energy correlation distributions yields αs(mZ)=0.1162±0.0011(exp.)-0.0070+0.0084(theo.), while a global fit to the asymmetry distributions yields a value of αs(mZ)=0.1196±0.0013(exp.)-0.0045+0.0075(theo.).

Original languageEnglish
Article number872
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume77
Issue number12
Number of pages34
ISSN1434-6044
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2017

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