Charge asymmetry of hadronic events in e +e − annihilation at √ s=57.9 GeV

• Published in: Physics letters. B 1991-02, Vol.255 (4), p.613-622
• Main Authors: Adachi, I., Anazawa, M., Doser, M., Enomoto, R., Fujii, H., Fujii, K., Fujii, T., Fujimoto, J., Fujio, N., Fujiwara, N., Hayashii, H., Hori, S., Howell, B., Iida, N., Imanishi, A., Ikeda, H., Ishii, T., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, H., Iwashiro, K., Kajikawa, R., Kamae, T., Kato, S., Kato, Y., Kawabata, S., Kichimi, H., Kishida, T., Kobayashi, M., Koltick, D., Kurata, K., Levine, I., Maruyama, A., Maruyama, K., Matsushita, K., Miyamoto, A., Muramatsu, K., Nagai, K., Nagira, T., Nakagawa, N., Nakajima, N., Nishioka, H., Nitoh, O., Noguchi, S., Ochiai, F., Ohkura, M., Okuno, H., Okusawa, T., Onodera, S., Shimonaka, A., Shimozawa, K., Shirahashi, A., Sugahara, R., Sugiyama, A., Suzuki, S., Takahashi, K., Takahashi, T., Takamure, H., Tanimori, T., Tauchi, T., Teramoto, Y., Tsukamoto, T., Uno, S., Watanabe, Y., Yamamoto, A., Yamamoto, S., Yamauchi, M., Yoake, Y., Yoshizawa, J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Classical and quantum physics: mechanics and fields; Exact sciences and technology; Physics
• ISSN: 0370-2693; 1873-2445
• DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(91)90277-W

The charge asymmetry of quark jets produced in e +e − annihilations at 〈√ s〉=57.9 GeV was measured with the TOPAZ detector at TRISTAN. The observed charge asymmetry is +0.091±0.014(stat.)±0.016(sys.). From the measured differential cross section, the axial vector coupling constant averaged over all quark flavors was determined to be 1.09 −0.21 +0.27. These values are consistent with the standard model predictions. Possible deviations from the standard model were examined in terms of contact interactions, and the lower limits on the compositeness scale parameters were obtained to be 1.2–7.1 TeV at the 95% confidence level.