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Heavy flavour production and decay with prompt leptons in the ALEPH detector

  • D. Buskulic
  • , D. Casper
  • , I. De Bonis
  • , D. Decamp
  • , P. Ghez
  • , C. Goy
  • , J. P. Lees
  • , M. N. Minard
  • , P. Odier
  • , B. Pietrzyk
  • , F. Ariztizabal
  • , P. Comas
  • , J. M. Crespo
  • , I. Efthymiopoulos
  • , E. Fernandez
  • , M. Fernandez-Bosman
  • , V. Gaitan
  • , Ll Garrido
  • , M. Martinez
  • , T. Mattison
  • S. Ortreu, A. Pacheco, C. Padilla, A. Pascual, D. Creanza, M. de Palma, A. Farilla, G. Iaselli, G. Maggi, N. Marinelli, S. Natali, S. Nuzzo, A. Ranieri, G. Raso, F. Romano, F. Ruggieri, G. Selvaggi, L. Silvestris, P. Tempesta, G. Zito, Y. Chai, D. Huang, X. Huang, J. Lin, T. Wang, Y. Xie, D. Xu, R. Xu, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhao, G. Bonvicini, J. Boudreau, H. Drevermann, R. W. Forty, G. Ganis, C. Gay, M. Girone, R. Hagelberg, J. Harvey, J. Hilgart, R. Jacobsen, B. Jost, J. Knobloch, I. Lehraus, M. Maggi, C. Markou, P. Mato, H. Meinhard, A. Minten, R. Miquel, P. Palazzi, J. R. Pater, J. A. Perlas, P. Perrodo, J. F. Pusztaszeri, F. Ranjard, L. Rolandi, J. Rothberg, T. Ruan, M. Saich, D. Schlatter, M. Schmelling, F. Sefkow, W. Tejessy, I. R. Tomalin, R. Veenhof, H. Wachsmuth, S. Wasserbaech, W. Wiedenmann, T. Wildish, W. Witzeling, J. Wotschack, Z. Ajaltouni, M. Bardadin-Otwinowska, A. Barres, C. Boyer, A. Falvard, P. Gay, C. Guicheney, P. Henrard, J. Jousset, B. Michel, J. C. Montret, D. Pallin, P. Perret, F. Podlyski, J. Proriol, F. Saadi, T. Fearnley, J. B. Hansen, J. D. Hansen, J. R. Hansen, P. H. Hansen, S. D. Johnson, R. Møllerud, B. S. Nilsson, A. Kyriakis, E. Simopoulou, I. Siotis, A. Vayaki, K. Zachariadou, J. Badier, A. Blondel, G. Bonneaud, J. C. Brient, B. Bourdon, G. Fouque, L. Passalacqua, A. Rougé, M. Rumpf, R. Tanaka, M. Verderi, H. Videau, D. J. Candlin, M. I. Parsons, E. Veitch, E. Focardi, L. Moneta, G. Parrini, M. Corden, M. Delfino, C. Georgiopoulos, D. E. Jaffe, D. Levinthal, A. Antonelli, G. Bencivenni, G. Bologna, F. Bossi, P. Campana, G. Capon, F. Cerutti, V. Chiarella, G. Felici, P. Laurelli, G. Mannocchi, F. Murtas, G. P. Murtas, M. Pepe-Altarelli, S. Salomone, P. Colrain, I. ten Have, I. G. Knowles, J. G. Lynch, W. Maitland, W. T. Morton, C. Raine, P. Reeves, J. M. Scarr, K. Smith, M. G. Smith, A. S. Thompson, S. Thorn, R. M. Turnbull, U. Becker, O. Braun, C. Geweniger, P. Hanke, V. Hepp, E. E. Kluge, A. Putzer, B. Rensch, M. Schmidt, H. Stenzel, K. Tittel, M. Wunsch, R. Beuselinck, D. M. Binnie, W. Cameron, M. Cattaneo, D. J. Colling, P. J. Dornan, J. F. Hassard, N. Konstantinidis, A. Moutoussi, J. Nash, D. G. Payne, G. San Martin, J. K. Sedgbeer, A. G. Wright, P. Girtler, D. Kuhn, G. Rudolph, R. Vogl, C. K. Bowdery, T. J. Brodbeck, A. J. Finch, F. Foster, G. Hughes, D. Jackson, N. R. Keemer, M. Nuttall, A. Patel, T. Sloan, S. W. Snow, E. P. Whelan, A. Galla, A. M. Greene, K. Kleinknecht, J. Raab, B. Renk, H. G. Sander, H. Schmidt, S. M. Walther, R. Wanke, B. Wolf, A. M. Bencheikh, C. Benchouk, A. Bonissent, D. Calvet, J. Carr, P. Coyle, C. Diaconu, F. Etienne, D. Nicod, P. Payre, L. Roos, D. Rousseau, P. Schwemling, M. Talby, S. Adlung, R. Assmann, C. Bauer, W. Blum, D. Brown, P. Cattaneo, B. Dehning, H. Dietl, F. Dydak, M. Frank, A. W. Halley, K. Jakobs, J. Lauber, G. Lütjens, G. Lutz, W. Männer, H. G. Moser, R. Richter, J. Schröder, A. S. Schwarz, R. Settles, H. Seywerd, U. Stierlin, U. Stiegler, R. St Denis, G. Wolf, R. Alemany, J. Boucrot, O. Callot, A. Cordier, M. Davier, L. Duflot, J. F. Grivaz, Ph Heusse, P. Janot, D. W. Kim, F. Le Diberder, J. Lefrançois, A. M. Lutz, G. Musolino, M. H. Schune, J. J. Veillet, I. Videau, D. Abbaneo, G. Bagliesi, G. Batignani, U. Bottigli, C. Bozzi, G. Calderini, M. Carpinelli, M. A. Ciocci, V. Ciulli, R. Dell'Orso, I. Ferrante, F. Fidecaro, L. Foa, F. Forti, A. Giassi, M. A. Giorgi, A. Gregorio, F. Ligabue, A. Lusiani, P. S. Marrocchesi, E. B. Martin, A. Messineo, F. Palla, G. Rizzo, G. Sanguinetti, P. Spagnolo, J. Steinberger, R. Tenchini, G. Tonelli, G. Triggiani, A. Valassi, C. Vannini, A. Venturi, P. G. Verdini, J. Walsh, A. P. Betteridge, Y. Gao, M. G. Green, D. L. Johnson, P. V. March, T. Medcalf, Ll M. Mir, I. S. Quazi, J. A. Strong, V. Bertin, D. R. Botterill, R. W. Clifft, T. R. Edgecock, S. Haywood, M. Edwards, P. R. Norton, J. C. Thompson, B. Bloch-Devaux, P. Colas, H. Duarte, S. Emery, W. Kozanecki, E. Lançon, M. C. Lemaire, E. Locci, B. Marx, P. Perez, J. Rander, J. F. Renardy, A. Rosowsky, A. Roussarie, J. P. Schuller, J. Schwindling, D. Si Mohand, B. Vallage, R. P. Johnson, A. M. Litke, G. Taylor, J. Wear, W. Babbage, C. N. Booth, C. Buttar, S. Cartwright, F. Combley, I. Dawson, L. F. Thompson, A. Böhrer, S. Brandt, G. Cowan, E. Feigl, C. Grupen, G. Lutters, J. Minguet-Rodriguez, F. Rivera, P. Saraiva, U. Schäfer, L. Smolik, L. Bosisio, R. Della Marina, G. Giannini, B. Gobbo, L. Pitis, F. Ragusa, L. Bellantoni, W. Chen, J. S. Conway, Z. Feng, D. P.S. Ferguson, Y. S. Gao, J. Grahl, J. L. Harton, O. J. Hayes, H. Hu, J. M. Nachtman, Y. B. Pan, Y. Saadi, M. Schmitt, I. Scott, V. Sharma, J. D. Turk, A. M. Walsh, F. V. Weber, Sau Lan Wu, X. Wu, J. M. Yamartino, M. Zheng, G. Zobernig
  • Université Paris-Sud
  • University of São Paulo
  • INFN Sezione di Bari
  • Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research
  • Université Blaise Pascal
  • Niels Bohr Institutet
  • NCSR Demokritos
  • Department of Physics
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Florence
  • Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
  • Florida State University
  • LNF-INFN
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • University of Glasgow
  • Institut für Hochenergiephysik
  • University of Heidelberg
  • Department of Physics
  • Imperial College London
  • Institut für Experimentalphysik
  • University of Innsbruck
  • Lancaster University
  • Institut für Physik
  • Johannes Gutenberg University
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
  • Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
  • University of Pisa
  • King's College London
  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  • Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CNRS and CEA
  • University of California at Santa Cruz
  • Department of Physics
  • The University of Sheffield
  • Fachbereich Physik
  • Universität Siegen
  • Dipartimento di Fisica
  • University of Trieste
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Abstract

In 431 000 hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP, the yields of electrons and muons in events with one or more prompt leptons have been analysed to give information on the production and decay of heavy quarks. The fractions of {Mathematical expression} and {Mathematical expression} events are measured to be 0.219±0.006±0.005 and 0.165±0.005±0.020, and the corresponding forward-backward asymmetries at the Z mass are measured to be 0.090±0.013±0.003 and 0.111±0.021±0.018, after QED and QCD corrections. Measurements for the semileptonic branching ratios BR {Mathematical expression} and BR (b→cℓ+vX) yield 0.114±0.003±0.004 and 0.082±0.003±0.012, respectively. The dilepton events enable measurement of the b mixing parameter, Χ=0.114±0.014±0.008. Results are also presented for the energy variation of the {Mathematical expression} asymmetry and the parameters required to describe heavy quark fragmentation. From the asymmetry measurements, the effective electroweak mixing angle is sin2θW eff=0.2333±0.0022.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)179-198
Number of pages20
JournalZeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
Volume62
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1994

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