Measurements of alpha_s from hadronic event shapes in e+e- annihilation

Abstract

New studies of hadronic event shape observables in e+ e- collisions between 13 and 183 GeV CM energy have enabled the running of alpha_s to be confirmed and the validity of non-perturbative power-law corrections to be investigated. A more precise value of alpha_s(M_Z) with reduced theoretical errors has been reported from fitting 18 oriented event shape distributions measured in one experiment at the Z.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures, ICHEP Vancouver, Canada, 199