On Determining $α_s(m_Z)$ from Dijets in $e^+e^-$ Thrust

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Main Authors: Benitez, Miguel A., Hoang, Andre H., Mateu, Vicent, Stewart, Iain W., Vita, Gherardo
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author Benitez, Miguel A.
Hoang, Andre H.
Mateu, Vicent
Stewart, Iain W.
Vita, Gherardo
author_facet Benitez, Miguel A.
Hoang, Andre H.
Mateu, Vicent
Stewart, Iain W.
Vita, Gherardo
contents We update a previous N$^3$LL$^\prime$+${\cal O}(α_s^3)$ determination of the strong coupling from a global fit to thrust data by including newly available perturbative ingredients, upgrading the renormalization scales to include a fully canonical scaling region, and implementing the log resummation in a way which ensures the integrated cross section is unaffected by the the leading $1/Q$ hadronization power corrections. Detailed discussions are provided concerning the stability of the results under variations of the fit range and the importance of summing up higher-order logarithmic terms for convergence and stability. We show that high-precision results can be achieved even when carrying out a more conservative fit by restricting the dataset to a region which is more clearly dominated by dijet events. This leads to $α_s(m_Z) = 0.1136 \pm 0.0012$ with $χ^2/{\rm dof}=0.86$, fully compatible with earlier results using a larger fit range. We also demonstrate that a number of additional effects associated to power corrections have a small impact on this fit result, including modifications to the renormalon substraction scheme for dijet power corrections and the inclusion of three-jet power correction models. The fit is also shown to provide very good agreement with data outside the fit range.
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spellingShingle On Determining $α_s(m_Z)$ from Dijets in $e^+e^-$ Thrust
Benitez, Miguel A.
Hoang, Andre H.
Mateu, Vicent
Stewart, Iain W.
Vita, Gherardo
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
We update a previous N$^3$LL$^\prime$+${\cal O}(α_s^3)$ determination of the strong coupling from a global fit to thrust data by including newly available perturbative ingredients, upgrading the renormalization scales to include a fully canonical scaling region, and implementing the log resummation in a way which ensures the integrated cross section is unaffected by the the leading $1/Q$ hadronization power corrections. Detailed discussions are provided concerning the stability of the results under variations of the fit range and the importance of summing up higher-order logarithmic terms for convergence and stability. We show that high-precision results can be achieved even when carrying out a more conservative fit by restricting the dataset to a region which is more clearly dominated by dijet events. This leads to $α_s(m_Z) = 0.1136 \pm 0.0012$ with $χ^2/{\rm dof}=0.86$, fully compatible with earlier results using a larger fit range. We also demonstrate that a number of additional effects associated to power corrections have a small impact on this fit result, including modifications to the renormalon substraction scheme for dijet power corrections and the inclusion of three-jet power correction models. The fit is also shown to provide very good agreement with data outside the fit range.
title On Determining $α_s(m_Z)$ from Dijets in $e^+e^-$ Thrust
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15164