QCD Test in Three-Jet Z0 Decays at SLD and Detector Development for H0 --> Gamma Gamma Searches in High-Energy Hadron Colliders
Polarized Z{sup 0} decays into three jets have been detected and measured in the SLD (SLAC Large Detector) experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). The hadrons from the jets were detected in the SLD liquid argon calorimeter, providing a sensitivity over 98% of the solid angle. The spin of the gluon was tested by studying the scaled jet energies (x{sub 1}, x{sub 2}, x{sub 3}) the Ellis-Karliner angle (cos{theta}{sub EK}) and the parameters of event plane orientation ({alpha}, {alpha}{sub N} {chi}). These measured variables are compared with quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and a scalar gluon model. Good agreement is found between data and the vector QCD model for the distributions of x{sub 1}, x{sub 2}, x{sub 3} and cos{theta}{sub EK}.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 826663
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-R-689; TRN: US0403505
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 6 Jan 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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