AN IMPROVED MEASUREMENT OF R-B USING A DOUBLE TAGGING METHOD

Authors
ACKERSTAFF K 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 BECHTLUFT J BEESTON C BEHNKE T BELL AN BELL KW BELLA G BENTVELSEN S BERLICH P BETHKE S BIEBEL O BIGUZZI A BLOBEL V BLOODWORTH IJ BLOOMER JE BOBINSKI M BOCK P BOSCH HM BOUTEMEUR M BOUWENS BT BRAIBANT S BROWN RM BURCKHART HJ BURGARD C BURGIN R CAPILUPPI P CARNEGIE RK CARTER AA CARTER JR CHANG CY CHARLTON DG CHRISMAN D CLARKE PEL COHEN I CONBOY JE COOKE OC CUFFIANI M DADO S DALLAPICCOLA C DALLAVALLE GM DEJONG S DELPOZO LA DESCH K DIXIT MS SILVA EDE DOUCET M DUCHOVNI E DUCKECK G DUERDOTH IP EDWARDS JEG ESTABROOKS PG EVANS HG EVANS M FABBRI F FATH P FIEDLER F FIERRO M FISCHER HM FOLMAN R FONG DG FOUCHER M FURTJES A GAGNON P GAIDOT A GARY JW GASCON J GASCONSHOTKIN SM GEDDES NI GEICHGIMBEL C GENTIT FX GERALIS T GIACOMELLI G GIACOMELLI P GIACOMELLI R GIBSON V GIBSON WR GINGRICH DM GLENZINSKI D GOLDBERG J GOODRICK MJ GORN W GRANDI C GROSS E GRUNHAUS J GRUWE M HAJDU C HANSON GG HANSROUL M HAPKE M HARGROVE CK HART PA HARTMANN C HAUSCHILD M HAWKES CM HAWKINGS R HEMINGWAY RJ HERNDON M HERTEN G HEUER RD HILDRETH MD HILL JC HILLIER SJ HILSE T HOBSON PR HOMER RJ HONMA AK HORVATH D HOWARD R HUGHESJONES RE HUTCHCROFT DE IGOKEMENES P IMRIE DC INGRAM MR ISHII K JAWAHERY A JEFFREYS PW JEREMIE H JIMACK M JOLY A JONES CR JONES G JONES M JONES RWL JOST U JOVANOVIC P JUNK TR KARLEN D KAWAGOE K KAWAMOTO T KEELER RK KELLOGG RG KENNEDY BW KING BJ KIRK J KLUTH S KOBAYASHI T KOBEL M KOETKE DS KOKOTT TP KOLREP M KOMAMIYA S KRESS T KRIEGER P VONKROGH J KYBERD P LAFFERTY GD LAFOUX H LAHMANN R LAI WP LANSKE D LAUBER J LAUTENSCHLAGER SR LAYTER JG LAZIC D LEE AM LEFEBVRE E LELLOUCH D LETTS J LEVINSON L LEWIS C LLOYD SL LOEBINGER FK LONG GD LOSTY MJ LUDWIG J MALIK A MANNELLI M MARCELLINI S MARKUS C MARTIN AJ MARTIN JP MARTINEZ G MASHIMO T MATTHEWS W MATTIG P MCDONALD WJ MCKENNA J MCKIGNEY EA MCMAHON TJ MCNAB AI MCPHERSON RA MEIJERS F MENKE S MERRIT FS MES H MEYER J MICHELINI A MIKENBERG G MILLER DJ MIR R MOHR W MONTANARI A MORI T MORII M MULLER U NAGAI K NAKAMURA I NEAL HA NELLEN B NIJJHAR B NISIUS R ONEALE SW OAKHAM FG ODORICI F OGREN HO OLDERSHAW NJ OMORI T OREGLIA MJ ORITO S PALINKAS J PASZTOR G PATER JR PATRICK GN PATT J PEARCE MJ PETZOLD S PFEIFENSCHNEIDER P PILCHER JE PINFOLD J PLANE DE POFFENBERGER P POLI B POSTHAUS A PRZYSIEZNIAK H REES DL RIGBY D ROBERTSON S ROBINS SA RODNING N RONEY JM ROOKE A ROS E ROSSI AM ROSVICK M ROUTENBURG P ROZEN Y RUNGE K RUNOLFSSON O RUPPEL U RUST DR RYLKO R SACHS K SARKISYAN EKG SASAKI M SBARRA C SCHAILE AD SCHAILE O SCHARF F SCHARFFHANSEN P SCHENK P SCHMITT B SCHMITT S SCHRODER M SCHULTZCOULON HC SCHULZ M SCHUMACHER M SCHUTZ P SCOTT WG 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 STEIERT M STEPHENS K STEUERER J STOCKHAUSEN B STROM D STRUMIA F SZYMANSKI P TAFIROUT R TALBOT SD TANAKA S TARAS P TAREM S THIERGEN M THOMSON MA VONTORNE E TOWERS S TRIGGER I TSUKAMOTO T TSUR E TURCOT AS TURNERWATSON MF UTZAT P VANKOOTEN R VASSEUR G VERZOCCHI M VIKAS P VINCTER M VOKURKA EH WACKERLE F WAGNER A WARD CP WARD DR WARD JJ WATKINS PM WATSON AT WATSON NK WELLS PS WERMES N WHITE JS WILKENS B WILSON GW WILSON JA WOLF G WOTTON S WYATT TR YAMASHITA S YEKUTIELI G ZACEK V
Citation
K. Ackerstaff et al., AN IMPROVED MEASUREMENT OF R-B USING A DOUBLE TAGGING METHOD, Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 74(1), 1997, pp. 1-17
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
01709739
Volume
74
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0170-9739(1997)74:1<1:AIMORU>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This paper describes an update of the double tagging measurement of th e fraction, R-b, of Z(0) --> <b(b)over bar> events in hadronic Z(0) de cays, with statistics improved by including the data collected in 1994 . The presence of electrons or muons from semileptonic decays of botto m hadrons and the detection of bottom hadron decay vertices were used together to obtain an event sample enriched in Z(0) --> <b(b)over bar> decays. The efficiency of the <b(b)over bar> event tagging was obtain ed from the data by comparing the numbers of events having a bottom si gnature in either one or both thrust hemispheres. Efficiency correlati ons between opposite event hemispheres are small (< 0.5%) and well und erstood through comparisons between the real and simulated data sample s. A value of R-b = 0.2175 +/- 0.0014 +/- 0.0017 was obtained, where t he first error is statistical and the second systematic. The uncertain ty on the decay width Gamma(Z(0) --> <c(c)over bar>) is not included i n these errors. The result depends on R-c as follows: Delta R-b/R-b = -0.084 Delta R-c/R-c, where Delta R-c is the deviation of R-c from the value 0.172 predicted by the Standard Model.