Prospects for the precision measurement of {alpha}{sub s}

Conference · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:489290

Burrows, P N ^[1]; Dixon, L ^[2]; El-Khadra, A X ^[3]

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1. Massachussetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
3. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States); and others

The prospects for the measurement of the strong coupling constant {alpha}{sub MS}(M{sub Z}) to a relative uncertainty of 1 % are discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on the implications relating to future High Energy Physics facilities.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Chicago Univ., IL (United States); California Univ., Riverside, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Rochester Univ., NY (United States); Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); California Univ., Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation, New York, NY (United States); USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-94ER40837; AC03-76SF00515; FG02-91ER40677; AC02-76ER03069; FG02-91ER40685; FG03-92ER40689
• OSTI ID: 489290
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-7371; SCIPP-96/56; UCRHEP-E180; ILL-TH-96-10; HEP-EX-9612012; CONF-9606243-55; ON: DE97007484; TRN: 97:012460
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1996 DPF/DPB workshop on new directions for high energy physics, Snowmass, CO (United States), 25 Jun - 12 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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