Measurement of dijet production in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at high Q{sub 2} and determination of {alpha}{sub 2}.
Dijet production has been studied in neutral current deep inelastic e(+)p scattering for 470 lt Q(2) lt 20000 GeV2 with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 38.4 pb(-1). Dijet differential cross sections are presented in a kinematic region where both theoretical and experimental uncertainties are small. Next-to-leading-order (NLO) QCD calculations describe the measured differential cross sections well. A QCD analysis of the measured dijet fraction as a function of Q(2) allows both a precise determination of alpha (s)(M-z) and a test of the energy-scale dependence of the strong coupling constant. A detailed analysis provides an improved estimate of the uncertainties of the NLO QCD cross sections arising from the parton distribution functions of the proton. The value of cu,(Mz), as determined from the QCD fit, is alpha (s)(M-z) = 0.1166 +/- 0.0019(stat.)(- 0.0033)(+0.0024)(exp.)(-0.0044)(+0.0057)(th.).
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- SC; FOR
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 949238
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-HEP-PR-01-19
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Lett. B, Journal Name: Phys. Lett. B Journal Issue: 1-4 ; May 17, 2001 Vol. 507; ISSN PYLBAJ; ISSN 0370-2693
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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