Fitting the strong coupling constant with soft-drop thrust
- Univ. di Genova (Italy). Dept. di Fisica
- Georg-August-Univ. at Göttingen (Germany). Inst. für Theoretische Physik; Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Georg-August-Univ. at Göttingen (Germany). Inst. für Theoretische Physik
- Paris Saclay Univ., Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Inst. de Physique Théorique
- Georg-August-Univ. at Göttingen (Germany). Inst. für Theoretische Physik; Paris Saclay Univ., Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Inst. de Physique Théorique
Soft drop has been shown to reduce hadronisation effects at $e^+e^-$ colliders for the thrust event shape. In this context, we perform fits of the strong coupling constant for the soft-drop thrust distribution at NLO+NLL accuracy to pseudo data generated by the Sherpa event generator. In particular, we focus on the impact of hadronisation corrections, which we estimate both with an analytical model and a Monte-Carlo based one, on the fitted value of $$\alpha_s(m_Z)$$. We find that grooming can reduce the size of the shift in the fitted value of $$\alpha_s$$ due to hadronisation. In addition, we also explore the possibility of extending the fitting range down to significantly lower values of (one minus) thrust. Here, soft drop is shown to play a crucial role, allowing us to maintain good fit qualities and stable values of the fitted strong coupling. The results of these studies show that soft-drop thrust is a promising candidate for fitting $$\alpha_s$$ at $e^+ e^-$ colliders with reduced impact of hadronisation effects.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1546010
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1906.10504; FERMILAB-PUB-19-266-T; MCNET-19-14; oai:inspirehep.net:1741249
- Journal Information:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2019, Issue 11; ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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