Determinations of alpha_s using JADE data of e^+e^- Annihilations at sqrt{s} = 22 to 44 GeV

Abstract

Data recorded by the JADE experiment at the PETRA e^+e^- collider were used to measure distributions of new event shape observables. The distributions were compared with resummed QCD calulations (O(alpha_s^2)+NLLA), and the strong coupling constant alpha_s was determined at \sqrt{s}= 22, 35 and 44 GeV. The results are in agreement with previous combined results of PETRA but have smaller uncertainties. Together with corresponding data from LEP, the energy dependence of alpha_s is significantly tested and is found to be in good agreement with the QCD expectation.