Azimuthal correlations in e/sup +/e/sup -/ jets: A test of quantum chromodynamics

Journal Article · Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 1978 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.41.142· OSTI ID:6713048

Pi, S; Jaffe, R L; Low, F E

In e/sup +/e/sup -/ ..-->.. hadrons an azimuthal angular correlation between a plane defined by the hadrons and the plane formed by the beams and the jet axis is possible. In the naive parton model the correlation vanishes. In quantum chromodynamics it does not and with reasonable assumptions may be reliably calculated in perturbation theory for large center-of-mass energy. We calculate it in lowest nontrivial order and discuss its physical origins and experimental observations.

• Research Organization: Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
• OSTI ID: 6713048
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 41:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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