Event Orientation in e+e- Annihilation
Abstract
We review the orientation of e+e- q q g events in terms of the polar and azimuthal angles of the event plane w.r.t. the electron beam direction. The asymmetry of the azimuthal-angle distribution is, like the left-right forward-backward polar-angle asymmetry, sensitive to parity-violating effects in three-jet events; these are presently being explored experimentally. We present these observables at O(αs) in perturbative QCD and discuss their dependence on longitudinal beam polarisation and c.m. energy. A moments analysis in terms of the orientation angles allows a more detailed test of QCD by isolating the independent helicity cross-sections.
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