P. Abreu et al., PRODUCTION OF CHARGED-PARTICLES, K-S(0),K+ -, P AND LAMBDA IN Z-]B(B)OVER-BAR EVENTS AND IN THE DECAY OF B-HADRONS/, Physics letters. Section B, 347(3-4), 1995, pp. 447-466
A sample of events enriched in <b(b)over bar> quark pairs was selected
in the data recorded by the DELPHI experiment at LEP during 1992 and
1993, by the presence of secondary decay vertices from short-lived par
ticles. Using this sample, the average multiplicities of K-S(0), K-+/-
, p((p) over bar), Lambda(<(Lambda)over bar>) and of charged particles
in <b(b)over bar> events have been measured, distinguishing the compo
nent from fragmentation and the component coming from the decay of b-h
adrons. The measurement of the average charge multiplicity in <b(b)ove
r bar> events was used to compute the mean fractional beam energy carr
ied by the primary b-hadron, and the difference in charged particle mu
ltiplicity between <b(b)over bar> events and light quark (<u(u)over ba
r>, <d(d)over bar>, <s(s)over bar>) events.