Published September 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Quark mass corrections to the perturbative thrust and its effect on the determination of αs

  • 1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (India)
  • 2. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (India)

Description

We consider the effects of quark masses to the perturbative thrust in e+ e- annihilation. In particular we show that perturbative power corrections resulting from non-zero quark masses considerably alters the size of the non-perturbative power corrections and consequently, significantly changes the fitted value of αs. (author)

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Journal Title
Pramana
Journal Volume
59
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 457-464
CODEN
PRAMCI

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Notes
9 refs., 3 figs., 3 tabs.