M. Acciarri et al., Measurement of the e(+)e(-)-> Z -> b(b)over-bar forward-backward asymmetryand the B-0(B)over-bar(0) mixing parameter using prompt leptons, PHYS LETT B, 448(1-2), 1999, pp. 152-162
The time-integrated B-0(B) over bar(0) mixing parameter and the forward-bac
kward charge asymmetry in the process e(+)e(-) --> b (b) over bar are measu
red in hadronic Z events containing prompt muons or electrons, collected by
the L3 experiment in the years 1990 to 1995. The total sample of 3.3 milio
n hadronic Z events with a mean centre-of-mass energy of 91.26 GeV yields:
A(FB)(b) = 0.0960 +/- 0.0066(stat.) +/- 0.0033(sys.), chi(b) = 0.1192 +/- 0
.0068(stat.)+/- 0.0051(sys.). This asymmetry measurement together with meas
urements at energies away from the Z pole energy yield a pole asymmetry and
corresponding effective electroweak mixing angle of: A(FB)(0,b) = 0.1015 /- 0.0064(stat.) +/- 0.0035(sys.), sin(theta)(2)W<(theta)over bar> = 0.2318
+/- 0.0013. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserve
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