We present a measurement of the average b-hadron lifetime tau(b) at the e(+)e(-) collider LEP. Using hadronic Z decays collected in the period from 1991 to 1994, two independent analyses have been performed. In the first one, the b-decay position is reconstructed as a secondary vertex of hadronic b-decay particles. The second analysis is an updated measurement of tau(b) using the impact parameter of leptons with high momentum and high transverse momentum. The combined result is tau(b) = [1549 +/- 9 (stat) +/- 15 (syst)] fs. In addition, we measure the average charged b-decay multiplicity [n(b)] and the normalized average b-energy [x(E)](b) at LEP to be [n(b)] = 4.90 +/- 0.04 (stat) +/- 0.11 (syst), [x(E)](b) = 0.709 +/- 0.004 (stat + syst). (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Measurement of the average lifetime of b-hadrons in Z decays / Acciarri, M., Adriani, O., Aguilar Benitez, M., Ahlen, S., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., Aloisio, A., Alverson, G., Alviggi, M., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Andreev, V.P., Angelescu, T., Anselmo, F., Arefiev, A., Azemoon, T., Aziz, T., Bagnaia, P., Baksay, L., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 416:(1998), pp. 220-232. [10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01379-8]

Measurement of the average lifetime of b-hadrons in Z decays

ALOISIO, ALBERTO;ALVIGGI, MARIAGRAZIA;CHIEFARI, GIOVANNI;L. Lista;MEROLA, LEONARDO;NAPOLITANO, MARCO;PATRICELLI, SERGIO;SCIACCA, CRISOSTOMO;
1998

Abstract

We present a measurement of the average b-hadron lifetime tau(b) at the e(+)e(-) collider LEP. Using hadronic Z decays collected in the period from 1991 to 1994, two independent analyses have been performed. In the first one, the b-decay position is reconstructed as a secondary vertex of hadronic b-decay particles. The second analysis is an updated measurement of tau(b) using the impact parameter of leptons with high momentum and high transverse momentum. The combined result is tau(b) = [1549 +/- 9 (stat) +/- 15 (syst)] fs. In addition, we measure the average charged b-decay multiplicity [n(b)] and the normalized average b-energy [x(E)](b) at LEP to be [n(b)] = 4.90 +/- 0.04 (stat) +/- 0.11 (syst), [x(E)](b) = 0.709 +/- 0.004 (stat + syst). (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
1998
Measurement of the average lifetime of b-hadrons in Z decays / Acciarri, M., Adriani, O., Aguilar Benitez, M., Ahlen, S., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., Aloisio, A., Alverson, G., Alviggi, M., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Andreev, V.P., Angelescu, T., Anselmo, F., Arefiev, A., Azemoon, T., Aziz, T., Bagnaia, P., Baksay, L., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 416:(1998), pp. 220-232. [10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01379-8]
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