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Measurements of \alpha_s from event shapes in e^{+} e^{-} annihilation are discussed including recent determinations using experimentally optimized scales, studies of theoretically motivated scale setting prescriptions, and recently…
The determination of alpha_s(M_Z^2) using O(alpha_s^2) calculations of hadronic event observables in e+e- annihilation is reviewed. The large scatter among alpha_s(M_Z^2) values determined from different observables may be interpreted as…
Measurements of alpha_s from e+e- annihilation experiments are reviewed and compared with measurements from other processes. Highlights are presented of recent QCD studies in e+e- annihilation at the Z0 resonance.
We report results on measurements of the strong coupling \as from event shape data at \Petra and \Lep. These include analyses of their distributions employing the recent NLLO calculations and analyses of their moments using NLO and power…
A combination of measurements of alpha_s in e+e- annihilation at LEP is presented. Distributions of various event-shape variables measured by ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL at centre-of-mass energies from 41 GeV to 206 GeV are analysed in a…
A summary is given of the current status of measurements of the strong coupling constant $\alpha_s$ performed at LEP. These include measurements from inclusive observables as well as from event shape variables. Recent results based on power…
The size of non-perturbative corrections to event shape observables is predicted to fall like powers of the inverse centre of mass energy. These power corrections are investigated for different observables from $e^+e^-$-annihilation…
A summary of the latest alpha_s results at LEP1 and LEP2 from event-shape predictions at Order(alpha2_s) + NLLA is presented. Later these are compared to measurements obtained using the Experimentally Optimized Scale method. Finally the…
A short review of the history and a 'slide-show' of QCD tests in $e^+e^-$ annihilation is given. The world summary of measurements of $\alpha_s$ is updated.
Event shape distributions in $e^+e^-$ annihilation are determined from the DELPHI data taken between 183 and 207\gev. From these the strong coupling $\alpha_s$ is extracted with several techniques. Together with the results from other LEP2…
Data from electron positron annihilations at different center of mass energies are collected by the four LEP experiments. Direct tests of hard QCD are performed by measuring and analysing event shape observables.
The size of non-perturbative corrections to event shape observables is predicted to fall like a power of the inverse centre of mass energy. These power corrections are investigated for different observables from e+e-annihilation and…
The LEP experiments have measured event shapes using data taken at e+e- center-of-mass energies ranging from 91 GeV to 209 GeV. Using the final LEP event shape measurements, a combined value of the strong coupling constant alpha_s(M_Z) has…
Recent results on QCD studies in e+e- annihilations at LEP are presented. Data recorded by the LEP experiments at centre-of-mass energies between 91.2 to 206 GeV are included. The main topic is the measurement of alpha_s from event-shape…
Data from e+e- annihilation into hadrons collected by the JADE, the L3 and the OPAL experiment at centre-of-mass energies between 14 GeV and 209 GeV are used to determine the strong coupling alpha_S. Observables in leading order sensitive…
Data recorded by the JADE experiment at the PETRA e^+e^- collider were used to measure the event shape observables thrust, heavy jet mass, wide and total jet broadening and the differential 2-jet rate in the Durham scheme. For the latter…
We compute power corrections to hadronic event shapes in $e^+e^-$ annihilation, assuming an infrared regular behaviour of the effective coupling $\alpha_s$. With the integral of $\alpha_s$ over the infrared region as the only…
Inclusive measurement of $J/\Psi$ (DELPHI), search for $\eta_b$ (ALEPH) and measurement of the cross-section of the double-tagged $\gamma\gamma$ events (ALEPH) are briefly overviewed.
We report first results on the calculation of NNLO corrections to event shape distributions in electron-positron annhilation. The corrections are sizeable for all variables, however their magnitude is substantially different for different…
Data recorded by the JADE experiment at the PETRA e^+e^- collider were used to measure distributions of new event shape observables. The distributions were compared with resummed QCD calulations (O(alpha_s^2)+NLLA), and the strong coupling…