Analysis note: one-point charge correlator with DELPHI Open Data

Abstract

We present the first measurement of the one-point charge correlator, the angular flux of electric charge in hadronic final states, using DELPHI Open Data collected at LEP-1 at $\sqrt{s}=91.2$~GeV during 1994 and 1995. The data, corrected for detector effects, exhibit a clear $\sin (2\theta )$ modulation, consistent with the parity-violating hadronic charge flow that the chiral structure of the $Z$ couplings imprints on the final state. The measurement demonstrates the experimental feasibility of the observable and establishes strategies for controlling associated detector effects, thereby motivating a new program to measure charge-flux observables. This note documents the experimental details supporting the companion experimental paper and the joint theory--experiment Letter.

84 pages, 65 figures