D. Buskulic et al., STUDIES OF QCD IN E(-)-]HADRONS AT E(CM)=130 AND 136 GEV()E(), Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 73(3), 1997, pp. 409-420
An analysis of the properties of hadronic final states produced in ele
ctron-positron annihilation at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136
GeV is presented. The measurements are based on a data sample of 5.7 p
b(-1) collected in November 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP. Inclu
sive charged particle distributions, jet rates and event-shape distrib
utions are measured and the results are compared with the predictions
of QCD-based models. From the measured distributions quantities are de
termined for which the dependence on the centre-of-mass energy can be
predicted by QCD, including the mean multiplicity of charged particles
, the peak position of the inclusive distribution of xi = - 1nx(p) (x(
p) = p/p(beam)), and the strong coupling constant alpha(s). The QCD pr
edictions are tested by comparing with corresponding measurements at E
(cm) = 91.2 GeV and at lower energies.