We present a combined measurement of R-b = Gamma(Z --> b (b) over bar)/Gamma(Z --> hadrons) and the semileptonic branching ratio of b quarks in Z decays, Br(b --> l nu X), using double-tag methods. Two analyses are performed on one million hadronic Z decays collected in 1994 and 1995. The first analysis exploits the capabilities of the silicon microvertex detector. The tagging of b-events is based on the large impact parameter of tracks from weakly decaying b-hadrons with respect to the e(+)e(-) collision point. In the second analysis, a high-p(t) lepton tag is used to enhance the b-component in the sample and its momentum spectrum is used to constrain the model dependent uncertainties in the semileptonic b-decay. The analyses are combined in order to provide precise determinations of R-b and Br(b --> l nu X): R-b = 0.2174 +/- 0.0015 (stat.) +/- 0.0028 (sys.); Br(b --> l nu X) = (10.16 +/- 0.13 (stat.) +/- 0.30 (sys.))%.

Measurement of R-b and Br(b -> lvX) at LEP using double-tag methods / Acciarri, M., Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., Aloisio, A., Alviggi, M., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Andreev, V.P., Angelescu, T., Anselmo, F., Arefiev, A., Azemoon, T., Aziz, T., Bagnaia, P., Baksay, L., Balandras, A., et al.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - STAMPA. - 13:(2000), pp. 47-61. [10.1007/s100520000296]

Measurement of R-b and Br(b -> lvX) at LEP using double-tag methods

ALOISIO, ALBERTO;ALVIGGI, MARIAGRAZIA;CHIEFARI, GIOVANNI;DELLA VOLPE, DOMENICO;L. Lista;MEROLA, LEONARDO;NAPOLITANO, MARCO;PATRICELLI, SERGIO;SCIACCA, CRISOSTOMO;
2000

Abstract

We present a combined measurement of R-b = Gamma(Z --> b (b) over bar)/Gamma(Z --> hadrons) and the semileptonic branching ratio of b quarks in Z decays, Br(b --> l nu X), using double-tag methods. Two analyses are performed on one million hadronic Z decays collected in 1994 and 1995. The first analysis exploits the capabilities of the silicon microvertex detector. The tagging of b-events is based on the large impact parameter of tracks from weakly decaying b-hadrons with respect to the e(+)e(-) collision point. In the second analysis, a high-p(t) lepton tag is used to enhance the b-component in the sample and its momentum spectrum is used to constrain the model dependent uncertainties in the semileptonic b-decay. The analyses are combined in order to provide precise determinations of R-b and Br(b --> l nu X): R-b = 0.2174 +/- 0.0015 (stat.) +/- 0.0028 (sys.); Br(b --> l nu X) = (10.16 +/- 0.13 (stat.) +/- 0.30 (sys.))%.
2000
Measurement of R-b and Br(b -> lvX) at LEP using double-tag methods / Acciarri, M., Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., Aloisio, A., Alviggi, M., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Andreev, V.P., Angelescu, T., Anselmo, F., Arefiev, A., Azemoon, T., Aziz, T., Bagnaia, P., Baksay, L., Balandras, A., et al.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - STAMPA. - 13:(2000), pp. 47-61. [10.1007/s100520000296]
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