Uncertainties on the determination of the strong coupling alpha_s from the energy evolution of jet fragmentation functions at low z
arXiv:1410.4818
Abstract
The QCD coupling alpha_s is determined at NLO*+NMLLA accuracy from the comparison of experimental jet data to theoretical predictions of the energy-evolution of the parton-to-hadron fragmentation function moments (multiplicity, peak, width, skewness) at low fractional hadron momentum z. From the existing e+e- and e-p jet data, we obtain alpha_s(m_Z^2) = 0.1195 +/- 0.0021 (exp.) {+0.0015}_{-0.0} (scale) at the Z mass. The uncertainties of the extracted alpha_s value are discussed.
6 pages. 7 figures. Proceedings ICHEP'14, València. Nucl. Phys. B Proceeds. Suppl., to appear