Determinations of the Strong Coupling at HERA
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2011-12-06 v2
Abstract
The status of determinations of the QCD coupling constant, alphas, at HERA is reviewed. Since jet final states provide the most relevant input to the HERA determinations of alphas, the relevant methods used in and results from jet physics are also discussed. Furthermore, HERA and world averages of alphas values are presented. Finally, the HERA-PDF 1.6 proton parton distribution function set which also uses jet final-state data is introduced.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1111.7290,
title = {Determinations of the Strong Coupling at HERA},
author = {Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.7290},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
7 pages with 7 figures. Proceedings contribution to Physics in Collision 2011, Vancouver, Canada, August 2011