MEASUREMENT OF THE EFFECTIVE B-QUARK FRAGMENTATION FUNCTION AT THE Z-RESONANCE

Authors
BUSKULIC D CASPER D DEBONIS I DECAMP D GHEZ P GOY C LEES JP LUCOTTE A MINARD MN ODIER P PIETRZYK B ARIZTIZABAL F CHMEISSANI M CRESPO JM EFTHYMIOPOULOS I FERNANDEZ E FERNANDEZBOSMAN M GAITAN V GARRIDO L MARTINEZ M ORTEU S PACHECO A PADILLA C PALLA F PASCUAL A PERLAS JA SANCHEZ F TEUBERT F COLALEO A CREANZA D DEPALMA M FARILLA A GELAO G GIRONE M IASELLI G MAGGI G MAGGI M MARINELLI N NATALI S NUZZO S RANIERI A RASO G ROMANO F RUGGIERI F SELVAGGI G SILVESTRIS L TEMPESTA P ZITO G HUANG X LIN J OUYANG Q WANG T XIE Y XU R XUE S ZHANG J ZHANG L ZHAO W BONVICINI G CATTANEO M COMAS P COYLE P DREVERMANN H ENGELHARDT A FORTY RW FRANK M HAGELBERG R HARVEY J JACOBSEN R JANOT P JOST B KNOBLOCH J LEHRAUS I MARKOU C MARTIN EB MATO P MEINHARD H MINTEN A MIQUEL R OEST T PALAZZI P PATER JR PUSZTASZERI JF RANJARD F RENSING P ROLANDI L SCHLATTER D SCHMELLING M SCHNEIDER O TEJESSY W TOMALIN IR VENTURI A WACHSMUTH H WIEDENMANN W WILDISH T WITZELING W WOTSCHACK J AJALTOUNI Z BARDADINOTWINOWSKA M BARRES A BOYER C FALVARD A GAY P GUICHENEY C HENRARD P JOUSSET J MICHEL B MONTEIL S MONTRET JC PALLIN D PERRET P PODLYSKI F PRORIOL J ROSSIGNOL JM SAADI F FEARNLEY T HANSEN JB HANSEN JD HANSEN JR HANSEN PH NILSSON BS KYRIAKIS A SIMOPOULOU E SIOTIS I VAYAKI A ZACHARIADOU K BLONDEL A BONNEAUD G BRIENT JC BOURDON P PASSALACQUA L ROUGE A RUMPF M TANAKA R VALASSI A VERDERI M VIDEAU H CANDLIN DJ PARSONS MI FOCARDI E PARRINI G CORDEN M DELFINO M GEORGIOPOULOS C JAFFE DE ANTONELLI A BENCIVENNI G BOLOGNA G BOSSI F CAMPANA P CAPON G CHIARELLA V FELICI G LAURELLI P MANNOCCHI G MURTAS F MURTAS GP PEPEALTARELLI M DORRIS SJ HALLEY AW TENHAVE I KNOWLES IG LYNCH JG MORTON WT OSHEA V RAINE C REEVES P SCARR JM SMITH K SMITH MG THOMPSON AS THOMSON F THORN S TURNBULL RM BECKER U BRAUN O GEWENIGER C GRAEFE G HANKE P HEPP V KLUGE EE PUTZER A RENSCH B SCHMIDT M SOMMER J STENZEL H TITTEL K WERNER S WUNSCH M BEUSELINCK R BINNIE DM CAMERON W COLLING DJ DORNAN PJ KONSTANTINIDIS N MONETA L MOUTOUSSI A NASH J SANMARTIN G SEDGBEER JK STACEY AM DISSERTORI G GIRTLER P KNERINGER E KUHN D RUDOLPH G BOWDERY CK BRODBECK TJ COLRAIN P CRAWFORD G FINCH AJ FOSTER F HUGHES G SLOAN T WHELAN EP WILLIAMS MI GALLA A GREENE AM KLEINKNECHT K QUAST G RAAB J RENK B SANDER HG WANKE R ZEITNITZ C AUBERT JJ BENCHEIKH AM BENCHOUK C BONISSENT A BUJOSA G CALVET D CARR J DIACONU C ETIENNE F THULASIDAS M NICOD D PAYRE P ROUSSEAU D TALBY M ABT I ASSMANN R BAUER C BLUM W BROWN D DIETL H DYDAK F GANIS G GOTZHEIN C JAKOBS K KROHA H LUTJENS G LUTZ G MANNER W MOSER HG RICHTER R ROSADOSCHLOSSER A SCHAEL S SETTLES R SEYWERD H STIERLIN U STDENIS R WOLF G ALEMANY R BOUCROT J CALLOT O CORDIER A COURAULT F DAVIER M DUFLOT L GRIVAZ JF HEUSSE P JACQUET M KIM DW LEDIBERDER F LEFRANCOIS J LUTZ AM MUSOLINO G NIKOLIC I PARK HJ PARK IC SCHUNE MH SIMION S VEILLET JJ VIDEAU I ABBANEO D AZZURRI P BAGLIESI G BATIGNANI G BETTARINI S BOZZI C CALDERINI G CARPINELLI M CIOCCI MA CIULLI V DELLORSO R FANTECHI R FERRANTE I FOA L FORTI F GIASSI A GIORGI MA GREGORIO A LIGABUE F LUSIANI A MARROCCHESI PS MESSINEO A RIZZO G SANGUINETTI G SCIABA A SPAGNOLO P STEINBERGER J TENCHINI R TONELLI G TRIGGIANI G VANNINI C VERDINI PG WALSH J BETTERIDGE AP BLAIR GA BRYANT LM CERUTTI F GAO Y GREEN MG JOHNSON DL MEDCALF T MIR LM PERRODO P STRONG JA BERTIN V BOTTERILL DR CLIFFT RW EDGECOCK TR HAYWOOD S EDWARDS M MALEY P NORTON PR THOMPSON JC BLOCHDEVAUX B COLAS P DUARTE H EMERY S KOZANECKI W LANCON E LEMAIRE MC LOCCI E MARX B PEREZ P RANDER J RENARDY JF ROSOWSKY A ROUSSARIE A SCHULLER JP SCHWINDLING J MOHAND DS TRABELSI A VALLAGE B JOHNSON RP KIM HY LITKE AM MCNEIL MA TAYLOR G BEDDALL A BOOTH CN BOSWELL R CARTWRIGHT S COMBLEY F DAWSON I KOKSAL A LETHO M NEWTON WM RANKIN C THOMPSON LF BOHRER A BRANDT S COWAN G FEIGL E GRUPEN C LUTTERS G MINGUETRODRIGUEZ J RIVERA F SARAIVA P SMOLIK L STEPHAN F VANGEMMEREN P APOLLONIO M BOSISIO L DELLAMARINA R GIANNINI G GOBBO B RAGUSA F ROTHBERG J WASSERBAECH S ARMSTRONG SR BELLANTONI L ELMER P FENG Z FERGUSON DPS GAO YS GONZALEZ S GRAHL J HARTON JL HAYES OJ HU H MCNAMARA PA NACHTMAN JM OREJUDOS W PAN YB SAADI Y SCHMITT M SCOTT IJ SHARMA V TURK JD WALSH AM WU SL WU X YAMARTINO JM ZHENG M ZOBERNIG G
Citation
D. Buskulic et al., MEASUREMENT OF THE EFFECTIVE B-QUARK FRAGMENTATION FUNCTION AT THE Z-RESONANCE, Physics letters. Section B, 357(4), 1995, pp. 699-714
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
357
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
699 - 714
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)357:4<699:MOTEBF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Using a sample of about 1.46 million hadronic Z decays collected betwe en 1991 and 1993 with the ALEPH detector at LEP, the energy distributi on of the B-0 and B-+/- mesons produced at the Z resonance is measured by reconstructing semileptonic decays B --> l nu(l)D(X) or B --> l nu (l)D(+)(X). The charmed mesons are reconstructed through the decay mo des D-0 --> K(-)pi(+), D-0, --> K(-)pi(+)pi(-)pi(+),D+ --> K(-)pi(+)pi (+), and D(+) --> D-0 pi(+). The neutrino energy is estimated from th e missing energy in the lepton hemisphere. Accounting for B and B** p roduction, the shape of the scaled energy distribution x(E)((b)) for m esons containing a b quark is compared to the predictions of different fragmentation models. The mean value of x(E)((b)) is found to be [x(E )((b))] = 0.715 +/- 0.007(stat) +/- 0.013(syst).