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We have studied hadronic events produced at LEP at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV. Distributions of event shape observables, jet rates, momentum spectra and multiplicities are presented and compared to the predictions of several Monte Carlo models and analytic QCD calculations. From fits of event shape and jet rate distributions to\({\mathcal{O}}(\alpha _s^2 ) + NLLA\) QCD calculations, we determineα s (133 GeV)=0.110±0.005(stat.)±0.009(syst.). We measure the mean charged particle multiplicity 〈n ch〉=23.40±0.45(stat.) ±0.47(syst.) and the position ζ0 of the peak in the ζ p = ln(1/x p ) distribution ζ0=3.94±0.05(stat.)±0.11(syst.). These results are compared to lower energy data and to analytic QCD or Monte Carlo predictions for their energy evolution.
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OPAL Collaboration., Alexander, G., Allison, J. et al. QCD studies with e+e− annihilation data at 130 and 136 GeV. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 72, 191–206 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002880050237
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