@article{3045802, title = "DETERMINATION OF ALPHA-S FROM THE SCALING VIOLATION IN THE FRAGMENTATION FUNCTIONS IN E+E- ANNIHILATION", author = "ABREU, P and ADAM, W and ADYE, T and AGASI, E and ALEKSAN, R and and ALEKSEEV, GD and ALGERI, A and ALLEN, P and ALMEHED, S and ALVSVAAG, SJ and and AMALDI, U and ANDREAZZA, A and ANTILOGUS, P and APEL, WD and and APSIMON, RJ and ARNOUD, Y and ASMAN, B and AUGUSTIN, JE and AUGUSTINUS, and A and BAILLON, P and BAMBADE, P and BARAO, F and BARATE, R and and BARBIELLINI, G and BARDIN, DY and BARKER, GI and BARONCELLI, A and and BARRING, O and BARRIO, JA and BARTL, W and BATES, MJ and BATTAGLIA, M and and BAUBILLIER, M and BECKS, KH and BEESTON, CJ and BEGALLI, M and and BEILLIERE, P and BELOKOPYTOV, Y and BELTRAN, P and BENEDIC, D and and BENVENUTI, AC and BERGGREN, M and BERTRAND, D and BIANCHI, F and and BILENKY, MS and BILLOIR, P and BJARNE, J and BLOCH, D and BLYTH, S and and BOCCI, V and BOGOLUBOV, PN and BOLOGNESE, T and BONESINI, M and and BONIVENTO, W and BOOTH, PSL and BORISOV, G and BORNER, H and BOSIO, C and and BOSTJANCIC, B and BOSWORTH, S and BOTNER, O and BOUQUET, B and and BOURDARIOS, C and BOWCOCK, TJV and BOZZO, M and BRAIBANT, S and and BRANCHINI, P and BRAND, KD and BRENNER, RA and BRIAND, H and BRICMAN, C and and BROWN, RCA and BRUMMER, N and BRUNET, JM and BUGGE, L and BURAN, T and and BURMEISTER, H and BUYTAERT, JAMA and CACCIA, M and CALVI, M and and ROZAS, AJC and CAMPION, R and CAMPORESI, T and CANALE, V and CAO, F and and CARENA, F and CARROLL, L and GIMENEZ, MVC and CATTAI, A and CAVALLO, FR and and CERRITO, L and CHABAUD, V and CHAN, A and CHAPKIN, M and and CHARPENTIER, P and CHAUSSARD, L and CHAUVEAU, J and CHECCHIA, P and and CHELKOV, GA and CHEVALIER, L and CHLIAPNIKOV, P and CHOROWICZ, V and and CHRIN, JTM and COLLINS, P and CONTRERAS, JL and CONTRI, R and CORTINA, E and and COSME, G and COUCHOT, F and CRAWLEY, HB and CRENNELL, D and and CROSETTI, G and CROZON, M and MAESTRO, JC and CZELLAR, S 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FUNCHAL, RZ and ZUMERLE, G and ZUNIGA, J", journal = "PHYSICS LETTERS B", year = "1993", volume = "311", number = "1-4", pages = "408-424", publisher = "Elsevier", issn = "0370-2693", doi = "10.1016/0370-2693(93)90587-8", abstract = "A determination of the hadronic fragmentation functions of the Z0 boson is presented from a study of the inclusive hadron production with the DELPHI detector at LEP. These fragmentation functions were compared with the ones at lower energies, thus covering data in a large kinematic range: 196 less-than-or-equal-to Q2 less-than-or-equal-to 8312 GeV2 and x (= p(h)/E(beam)) > 0.08. A large scaling violation was observed, which was used to extract the strong coupling constant in second order QCD: alpha(s)(M(Z)) = 0.118 +/- 0.005. The corresponding QCD scale for five quark flavours is: LAMBDA(MS)(5)BAR = 230 +/- 60 MeV." }