Measurement of the direct photon spectrum in Y(1S) decays

  • Nemati, B
  • Richichi, S
  • Ross, W
  • Skubic, P
  • Wood, M
  • Bishai, M
  • Fast, J
  • Gerndt, E
  • Hinson, J
  • Menon, N
  • Miller, D
  • Shibata, E
  • Shipsey, I
  • Yurko, M
  • Gibbons, L
  • Johnson, S
  • Kwon, Y
  • Roberts, S
  • Thorndike, E
  • Jessop, C
  • Lingel, K
  • Marsiske, H
  • Perl, M
  • Schaffner, S
  • Ugolini, D
Publication date
January 2016

Abstract

Using data taken with the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have determined the ratio of branching fractions: Rγ≡Γ(Y(1S)→γgg)/Γ(Y(1S)→ggg)=[2. 75±0.04(stat)±0.15(syst)]%. From this ratio, we have determined the QCD scale parameter ΛMS(defined in the modified minimal subtraction scheme) to be ΛMS=233±11±59 MeV, from which we determine a value for the strong coupling constant αs(MY(1S))=0.163±0.002±0.014, or αs(MZ)=0.110±0.001±0.007

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