AN IMPROVED MEASUREMENT OF THE B-S(0) LIFETIME

Authors
AKERS R ALEXANDER G ALLISON J AMETEWEE K ANDERSON KJ ARCELLI S ASAI S AXEN D AZUELOS G BALL AH BARBERIO E BARLOW RJ BARTOLDUS R BATLEY JR BEAUDOIN G 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 BUIJS A BURCKHART HJ BURGIN R BURGARD C CAPDEVIELLE N 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 DITTMAR M DIXIT MS SILVA EDE DUBOSCQ JE DUCHOVNI E DUCKECK G DUERDOTH IP DUNWOODY UC EDWARDS JEG ELCOMBE PA ESTABROOKS PG ETZION E EVANS HG FABBRI F FABBRO B FANTI M FATH P FIERRO M FINCKEKEELER M FISCHER HM FISCHER P FOLMAN R FONG DG FOUCHER M FUKUI H FURTJES A GAGNON P GAIDOT A GARY JW GASCON J GEDDES NI GEICHGIMBEL C GENSLER SW GENTIT FX GERALIS T GIACOMELLI G GIACOMELLI P GIACOMELLI R GIBSON V GIBSON WR GILLIES JD GOLDBERG J GINGRICH DM GOODRICK MJ GORN W GRANDI C GROSS E HAGEMANN J HANSON GG HANSROUL M HANSROUL M HARGROVE CK HART PA HAUSCHILD M HAWKES CM HEFLIN E HEMINGWAY RJ HERTEN G HEUER RD HILL JC HILLIER SJ HILSE T HOBSON PR HOCHMAN D HOMER RJ HONMA AK HOWARD R HUGHESJONES RE IGOKEMENES P IMRIE DC JAWAHERY A JEFFREYS PW JEREMIE H JIMACK M JONES M JONES RWL JOVANOVIC P JUI C KARLEN D KANZAKI J KAWAGOE K KAWAMOTO T KEELER RK KELLOGG RG KENNEDY BW KING B 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 LAUBER J LAYTER JG LEBLANC P LEE AM LEFEBVRE E LELLOUCH D LEROY C LETTS J LEVINSON L LLOYD SL LOEBINGER FK LONG GD LORAZO B LOSTY MJ LOU XC LUDWIG J LUIG A MANNELLI M MARCELLINI S MARKUS C MARTIN AJ MARTIN JP MASHIMO T MATTHEWS W MATTIG P MAUR U MCKENNA J MCMAHON TJ MCNAB AI MEIJERS F MERRITT FS MES H MICHELINI A MIDDLETON RP 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 PALMONARI F PANSART JP PATRICK GN PEARCE MJ PHILLIPS PD PILCHER JE PINFOLD J PLANE DE POFFENBERGER P POLI B POSTHAUS A PRITCHARD TW PRZYSIEZNIAK H REDMOND MW REES DL RIGBY D RISON MG ROBINS SA ROBINSON D RODNING N RONEY JM ROS E ROSSI AM ROSVICK M ROUTENBURG P ROZEN Y RUNGE K RUNOLFSSON O RUST DR SASAKI M SBARRA C SCHAILE AD SCHAILE O SCHARF F SCHARFFHANSEN P SCHENK P SCHMITT B SCHRODER M SCHULTZCOULON HC SCHUTZ P SCHULZ M SCHWICK C SCHWIENING J SCOTT WG SETTLES M SHEARS TG SHEN BC SHEPHERDTHEMISTOCLEOUS CH SHERWOOD P SIROLI GP 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 SZYMANSKI P TAFIROUT R TAKEDA H TAKESHITA T TARAS P TAREM S TECCHIO M TEIXEIRADIAS P TESCH N THOMSON MA TOUSIGNANT O TOWERS S TSCHEULIN M TSUKAMOTO T TURCOT AS TURNERWATSON MF UTZAT P VANKOOTEN R VASSEUR G VIKAS P VINCTER M 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 WINTERER VH WLODEK T WOLF G WOTTON S WYATT TR YEAMAN A YEKUTIELI G YURKO M ZACEK V ZEUNER W ZORN GT
Citation
R. Akers et al., AN IMPROVED MEASUREMENT OF THE B-S(0) LIFETIME, Physics letters. Section B, 350(2), 1995, pp. 273-282
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
350
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
273 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)350:2<273:AIMOTB>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
This letter presents an updated measurement of the lifetime of the B-s (0) meson using 3.6 million hadronic Z(0) decays recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP from 1990 to 1994. A sample of B-s(0) decays is obtain ed using D(s)(-)l(+) combinations, where the D-s(-) is reconstructed i n either the phi pi(-) or KK-0(-) decay mode. From 79 +/- 13 D(s)l co mbinations attributed to B-s(0) decays in this data sample, we measure tau(B-s(0)) = 1.54(-0.21)(+0.25) +/- 0.06 ps, where the errors are st atistical and systematic, respectively.