The QED coupling at the Z pole and jet studies of small χ dynamics

In the first half of this thesis, motivated by significant progress in both theoretical and empirical studies of e(^+)e(^-) annihilation into hadrons, we perform a reevaluation of the running of the QED coupling to the Z-pole, paying particular attention to the hadronic contribution to vacuum polari...

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Main Author: Outhwaite, John
Published: Durham University 2000
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694770