| Title: |
Measurement of the bb¯ fraction in hadronic Z decays |
| Authors: |
Kral, JF; Abrams, GS; Adolphsen, CE; Averill, D; Ballam, J; Barish, BC; Barklow, T; Barnett, BA; Bartelt, J; Bethke, S; Blockus, D; Bonvicini, G; Boyarski, A; Brabson, B; Breakstone, A; Bulos, F; Burchat, PR; Burke, DL; Cence, RJ; Chapman, J; Chmeissani, M; Cords, D; Coupal, DP; Dauncey, P; DeStaebler, HC; Dorfan, DE; Dorfan, JM; Drewer, DC; Elia, R; Feldman, GJ; Fernandes, D; Field, RC; Ford, WT; Fordham, C; Frey, R; Fujino, D; Gan, KK; Gatto, C; Gero, E; Gidal, G; Glanzman, T; Goldhaber, G; Cadenas, JJ Gomez; Gratta, G; Grindhammer, G; Grosse-Wiesmann, P; Hanson, G; Harr, R; Harral, B; Harris, FA; Hawkes, CM; Hayes, K; Hearty, C; Heusch, CA; Hildreth, MD; Himel, T; Hinshaw, DA; Hong, SJ; Hutchinson, D; Hylen, J; Innes, WR; Jacobsen, RG; Jaros, JA; Jung, CK; Kadyk, JA; Kent, J; King, M; Klein, SR; Koetke, DS; Komamiya, S; Koska, W; Kowalski, LA; Kozanecki, W; Kuhlen, M; Labarga, L; Lankford, AJ; Larsen, RR; Le Diberder, F; Levi, ME; Litke, AM; Lou, XC; Lüth, V; McKenna, JA; Matthews, JAJ; Mattison, T; Milliken, BD; Moffeit, KC; Munger, CT; Murray, WN; Nash, J; Ogren, H; O’Shaughnessy, KF; Parker, SI; Peck, C; Perl, ML; Petradza, M; Pitthan, R; Porter, FC; Rankin, P; Riles, K |
| Source: |
Physical Review Letters, vol 64, iss 11 |
| Publisher Information: |
eScholarship, University of California |
| Publication Year: |
1990 |
| Collection: |
University of California: eScholarship |
| Subject Terms: |
5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics (for-2020); 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics (for-2020); 51 Physical Sciences (for-2020); 01 Mathematical Sciences (for); 02 Physical Sciences (for); 09 Engineering (for); General Physics (science-metrix); 40 Engineering (for-2020); 49 Mathematical sciences (for-2020) |
| Time: |
1211 - 1214 |
| Description: |
Using isolated leptons reconstructed in the Mark II detector to tag bb¯ events, we measure the fraction of bb¯ events in hadronic Z0 decays to be 0.23-0.09+0.11, in good agreement with the standard-model prediction of 0.22. We find Γ(Z→bb¯)=0.43-0.17+0.21 GeV. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
qt8rh8b4t7; https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rh8b4t7; https://escholarship.org/content/qt8rh8b4t7/qt8rh8b4t7.pdf |
| DOI: |
10.1103/physrevlett.64.1211 |
| Availability: |
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rh8b4t7; https://escholarship.org/content/qt8rh8b4t7/qt8rh8b4t7.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.64.1211 |
| Rights: |
CC-BY |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.3B7CFA60 |
| Database: |
BASE |