C.P. Cheng

Evidence for hard scattering of hadronic constituents of photons in photon-photon collisions of TRISTAN

Abstract We present results of an experimental study of e + e − + hadrons in the kinematic regime for which the process is interpreted as hadron production in collisions of almost-real photons. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 27.5 pb − and covers center-of-mass energies from 55 to 61.4 GeV. We observe more events than expected from the incoherent sum of quark-parton and vector-meson-dominance models, and we give a quantitative explanation of the excess by including the hard scattering of the hadronic constituents of the photons calculated with QCD.

Measurements of the inclusive jet cross section in photon-photon interactions at TRISTAN

Abstract We present cross section measurements for inclusive jet production in almost-real photon-photon interactions at TRISTAN using the AMY detector. The results are compared with leading-order QCD calculations for different parameterizations of the parton density in the photon.

Physics with high energy electron-positron colliding beams with the MARK J detector

Abstract This report reviews the experimental investigation of high energy e + e − interactions by the MARK J collaboration at PETRA, the electron-positron colliding beam accelerator at DESY in Hamburg, Germany. The physics objectives include studies of several purely electromagnetic processes and hadronic final states, which further our knowledge of the nature of the fundamental constituents and of their strong, electromagnetic and weak interactions. Before discussing the physics results, the main features and the principal components of the MARK J detector are discussed in terms of design, function, and performance. Several aspects of the on-line data collection and the off-line analysis are also outlined. Results are presented on tests of quantum electrodynamics using e + e − → e + e − , μ + μ − and τ + τ − , on the measurement of R , the ratio of the hadronic to the point-like muon pair cross section, on the search for new quark flavors, on the discovery of three jet events arising from the radiation of hard noncollinear gluons as predicted by quantum chromodynamics, and on the determination of the strong coupling constant α s .

A measurement of the photon structure function F2

Abstract The photon structure function F2 has been measured at average Q2 values of 73,160 and 390 ( GeV c ) 2 . We compare the x dependence of the Q2 = 73 ( GeV c ) 2 data with theoretical expectations based on QCD. In addition we present results on the Q2 evolution of the structure function for the intermediate x range (0.3⩽ x ⩽0.8). The results are consistent with QCD.

Tests of quantum chromodynamics and a direct measurement of the strong coupling constant αs at √s=30 GeV

Abstract We report the measurement of the reaction e+ + e− → hadronic jets at a center-of-mass energy √s=30 GeV using the MARK-J detector at PETRA. By measuring the energy and angular distribution of both neutrals and charged particles we were able to isolate unambiguously the three-jet events in a kinematic region where the backgrounds from q q and phase space contributions and other processes are small. Various comparisons of the data with quantum chromodynamics were made. The relative yield of three-jet events and the shape distribution of the events enable us to determine αs = 0.23 ± 0.02 (statistical error) with a systematic error of ± 0.04.

UNIQUE SOLUTION FOR THE WEAK NEUTRAL CURRENT COUPLING-CONSTANTS IN PURELY LEPTONIC INTERACTIONS

Abstract By combining results from the MARK-J at PETRA on Bhabha scattering, μ + μ - and τ + τ - production with recent world data from neutrino-electron scattering experiments, we determine unique values for the leptonic weak neutral current coupling constants g V and g A in the framework of electroweak models containing a single Z 0 . In contrast to previous analyses, we only use data from purely leptonic interactions, and therefore avoid the inherent uncertainties resulting from the use of hadronic targets. From the MARK-J data alone in the context of the standard SU(2) ⊗ U (1) model of Glashow, Weinberg and Salam, we find sin 2 θ W =0.24±0.11.

STUDY OF ELECTRON-POSITRON COLLISIONS AT THE HIGHEST PETRA ENERGY

Abstract We report on the results of the study of e + e − collisions at the highest PETRA energy of √ s = 31.57 GeV, using the 4π sr, electromagnetic and calorimetric detector Mark J. Based on 88 hadron events, and an integrated luminosity of 243 nb −1 we obtain R = σ (e + e − → hadrons)/ σ (e + e − → μ + μ − ) = 4.0 ± 0.5 (statistical) ± 6 (systematic). The R value, the measured thrust distribution and average spherocity show no evidence for the production of new quark flavors.

Measurement of αs from the moment of particle momenta within jets from e+e- annihilation

We present a study of the third moment of the inclusive momentum distribution of particles within jets produced by e+e- annihilation at TRISTAN. In this analysis, the QCD coupling strength alpha(s) is determined by fits to the prediction of the Next-to-Leading Logarithm Parton-Shower model. The measured value of alpha(s) (57.9 GeV) = 0.134(-0.005)+0.006.

A search for leptoquark and colored lepton pair production in e+e- annihilations at TRISTAN

Abstract We report on a search for the pair production of leptoquarks and colored leptons in e + e − annihilations t center-of-mass energies from 50 to 60.8 GeV, using the AMY detector at TRISTAN. No evidence for such particles is found and 95% CL mass limits are given.

Measurements of cross section and charge asymmetry for e+e− → μ+μ− and e+e− → τ+τ− at s = 57.8 GeV

Abstract With data corresponding to 142 pb−1 accumulated at s = 57.8 GeV by the AMY detector at TRISTAN we measure the cross section of the reactions e+e− → μ+μ− and e+e− → τ+τ− and the symmetry in the angular distributions. For the lowest order cross section we obtain σμμ = 27.54 ± 0.65 ± 0.95 pb and σττ = 28.27 ± 0.87 ± 0.69 pb, and for the forward-backward asymmetry, Aμμ = 0.303 ± 0.027 ± 0.008 and Aττ = −0.291 ± 0.040 ± 0.019. These measurements agree with the standard model. Assuming e−μ−τ univrsality we extract the vector and axial coupling constants | gν| = 0.00 ± 0.09 and |gA| = 0.476 ± 0.024. A fit of data to composite models places lower bounds (95% confidence level) on the compositeness scale of 2–4 TeV.