Measurement of B(b)over-bar Correlations At the Cern P(p)over-bar Collider

We report on measurements of correlated bbBAR production in ppBAR collisions at square-root s = 630 GeV, using dimuon data to tag both the b and bBAR quarks. Starting from an inclusive dimuon sample we obtain improved cross-sections for single inclusive beauty production and confirm our earlier results on B0-B0BAR mixing. From a study of bbBAR correlations we derive explicit cross-sections for semi-differential bbBAR production. We compare the measured cross-sections and correlations to O(alpha(s)3) QCD predictions and find good quantitative agreement. From the measured angular distributions we establish a sizeable contribution from higher order QCD processes with a significance of about seven standard deviations. A large nonperturbative contribution to these higher order corrections is excluded

Measurement of alpha-s from b anti-b production at the CERN p anti-p collider

The UA1 Collaboration has recently improved its measurement of the beauty production cross-section by including explicit measurements of correlations. Using these data we have determined the strong coupling constant alpha(s). The comparison of the measured cross-section for 2-body final states with O(alpha(s)(3)) QCD predictions yields a measurement of alpha(S)(20 GeV) = 0.145(-0.010exp-0.016 th)(+0.012+0.013), corresponding to alpha(S)(M(Z)) = 0.113(-0.006 exp-0.009 th)(+0.007+0.008). This is the first theoretically well-defined measurement of alpha(S) from a purely hadronic production process. Evaluating alpha(S) from cross-sections at different Q(2)-values we find that the running of alpha(S) is needed for internal consistency of the UA1 data