A STUDY OF B-QUARK FRAGMENTATION INTO B-0 AND B+ MESONS AT LEP

Authors
ALEXANDER G ALLISON J ALTEKAMP N AMETEWEE K ANDERSON KJ ANDERSON S ARCELLI S ASAI S AXEN D AZUELOS G BALL AH BARBERIO E BARLOW RJ BARTOLDUS R BATLEY JR BEAUDOIN G BECHTLUFT J BECK A BECK GA BEESTON C BEHNKE T BELL KW BELLA G BENTVELSEN S BERLICH P BETHKE S BIEBEL O BLOODWORTH IJ BOCK P BOSCH HM BOUTEMEUR M BRAIBANT S BRIGHTTHOMAS P BROWN RM BURCKHART HJ BURGARD C BURGIN R CAPILUPPI P CARNEGIE RK CARTER AA CARTER JR CHANG CY CHARLESWORTH C CHARLTON DG CHU SL CLARKE PEL CLAYTON JC CLOWES SG COHEN I CONBOY JE COOKE OC CUFFIANI M DADO S DALLAPICCOLA C DALLAVALLE GM DARLING C DEJONG S DELPOZO LA DENG H DIXIT MS DOCOUTOESILVA E DUCHOVNI E DUCKECK G DUERDOTH IP DUNWOODY UC EDWARDS JEG ESTABROOKS PG EVANS HG FABBRI F FABBRO B FATH P FIEDLER F FIERRO M FINCKEKEELER M FISCHER HM FOLMAN R FONG DG FOUCHER M FUKUI H FURTJES A GAGNON P GAIDOT A GARY JW GASCON J GASCONSHOTKIN SM GEDDES NI GEICHGIMBEL C GENSLER SW GENTIT FX GERALIS T GIACOMELLI G GIACOMELLI P GIACOMELLI R GIBSON V GIBSON WR GILLIES JD GINGRICH DM GOLDBERG J GOODRICK MJ GORN W GRANDI C GROSS E HAJDU C HANSON GG HANSROUL M HAPKE M HARGROVE CK HART PA HARTMANN C HAUSCHILD M HAWKES CM HAWKINGS R HEMINGWAY RJ HERTEN G HEUER RD HILL JC HILLIER SJ HILSE T HOBSON PR HOCHMAN D HOMER RJ HONMA AK HORVATH D HOWARD R HUGHESJONES RE HUTCHCROFT DE IGOKEMENES P IMRIE DC JAWAHERY A JEFFREYS PW JEREMIE H JIMACK M JOLY A JONES M JONES RWL JOST U JOVANOVIC P KANZAKI J KARLEN D KAWAGOE K KAWAMOTO T KEELER RK KELLOGG RG KENNEDY BW KING BJ KING J KIRK J KLUTH S KOBAYASHI T KOBEL M KOETKE DS KOKOTT TP KOMAMIYA S KOWALEWSKI R KRESS T KRIEGER P VONKROGH J KYBERD P LAFFERTY GD LAFOUX H LAHMANN R LAI WP LANSKE D LAUBER J LAYTER JG LEE AM LEFEBVRE E LELLOUCH D LETTS J LEVINSON L LEWIS C LLOYD SL LOEBINGER FK LONG GD LORAZO B LOSTY MJ LUDWIG J LUIG A MALIK A MANNELLI M MARCELLINI S MARKUS C MARTIN AJ MARTIN JP MARTINEZ G MASHIMO T MATTHEWS W MATTIG P MCKENNA J MCKIGNEY EA MCMAHON TJ MCNAB AI MEIJERS F MENKE S MERRITT FS MES H MEYER J MICHELINI A MIKENBERG G MILLER DJ MIR R MOHR W MONTANARI A MORI T MORII M MULLER U NELLEN B NIJJHAR B ONEALE SW OAKHAM FG ODORICI F OGREN HO OLDERSHAW NJ ORAM CJ OREGLIA MJ ORITO S PALAZZO M PALINKAS J PANSART JP PATER JR PATRICK GN PEARCE MJ PHILLIPS PD PILCHER JE PINFOLD J PLANE DE POFFENBERGER P POLI B POSTHAUS A PRITCHARD TW PRZYSIEZNIAK H REES DL RIGBY D RISON MG ROBINS SA RODNING N RONEY JM ROS E ROSSI AM ROSVICK M ROUTENBURG P ROZEN Y RUNGE K RUNOLFSSON O RUST DR RYLKO R SASAKI M SBARRA C SCHAILE AD SCHAILE O SCHARF F SCHARFFHANSEN P SCHENK P SCHMITT B SCHRODER M SCHULTZCOULON HC SCHULZ M SCHUTZ P SCHWIENING J SCOTT WG SETTLES M SHEARS TG SHEN BC SHEPHERDTHEMISTOCLEOUS CH SHERWOOD P SIROLI GP SITTLER A SKILLMAN A SKUJA A SMITH AM SMITH TJ SNOW GA SOBIE R SOLDNERREMBOLD S SPRINGER RW SPROSTON M STAHL A STARKS M STEGMANN C STEPHENS K STEUERER J STOCKHAUSEN B STROM D STRUMIA F SZYMANSKI P TAFIROUT R TARAS P TAREM S TECCHIO M TESCH N THOMSON MA VONTORNE E TOWERS S TSCHEULIN M TSUKAMOTO T TSUR E TURCOT AS TURNERWATSON MF UTZAT P VANKOOTEN R VASSEUR G VIKAS P VINCTER M VOKURKA EH WACKERLE F WAGNER A WAGNER DL WARD CP WARD DR WARD JJ WATKINS PM WATSON AT WATSON NK WEBER P WELLS PS WERMES N WILKENS B WILSON GW WILSON JA WLODEK T WOLF G WOTTON S WYATT TR XELLA S YEKUTIELI G ZACEK V
Citation
G. Alexander et al., A STUDY OF B-QUARK FRAGMENTATION INTO B-0 AND B+ MESONS AT LEP, Physics letters. Section B, 364(2), 1995, pp. 93-106
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
364
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
93 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)364:2<93:ASOBFI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A study of b quark fragmentation at LEP is presented using a sample of semileptonic B decays containing a fully reconstructed charm meson, T he data are compared to several theoretical models for heavy quark fra gmentation; the free parameters in these models are fitted and the sen sitivity of the model parameters to the rate of P-wave B meson product ion is studied. The mean scaled energy fraction of B-0 and B+ mesons h as been determined to be [x(E)] = 0.695 +/- 0.006 +/- 0.003 +/- 0.007, where the errors are statistical, systematic and model dependence res pectively. This result is consistent with previous, less direct measur ements from inclusive leptonic B decays. Also presented is a model ind ependent fit to the shape of the energy distribution of weakly decayin g B mesons at LEP.