W. Adam et al., MEASUREMENT OF EVENT SHAPE AND INCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTIONS AT ROOT-S=130 AND 136 GEV, Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 73(2), 1997, pp. 229-242
Inclusive charged particle and event shape distributions are measured
using 321 hadronic events collected with the DELPHI experiment at LEP
at effective centre of mass energies of 130 to 136 GeV. These distribu
tions are presented and compared to data at lower energies, in particu
lar to the precise Z data, Fragmentation models describe the observed
changes of the distributions well. The energy dependence of the means
of the event shape variables can also be described using second order
QCD plus power terms. A method independent of fragmentation model corr
ections is used to determine alpha(s) from the energy dependence of th
e mean thrust and heavy jet mass. It is measured to be: alpha(s)(133 G
eV) = 0.116 +/- 0.007(exp-0.004theo)(+0.005) from the high energy data
.