TY - JOUR
T1 - Determination of the strong coupling constant αs from transverse energy–energy correlations in multijet events at √s=8TeV using the ATLAS detector
AU - Aaboud, M
AU - Aad, G
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Abdallah, J
AU - Abdinov, O
AU - Abeloos, B
AU - Åkesson, Torsten
AU - Bocchetta, Simona
AU - Doglioni, Caterina
AU - Hedberg, Vincent
AU - Jarlskog, Göran
AU - Kalderon, Charles
AU - Lytken, Else
AU - Mankinen, Katja
AU - Mjörnmark, Ulf
AU - Poulsen, Trine
AU - Smirnova, Oxana
AU - Viazlo, Oleksandr
AU - ATLAS Collaboration
N1 - Export Date: 4 January 2018
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - 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.). © 2017, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.
AB - 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.). © 2017, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.
U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5442-0
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5442-0
M3 - Article
SN - 1434-6044
VL - 77
JO - European Physical Journal C
JF - European Physical Journal C
IS - 12
M1 - 872
ER -