Measurement of forward - backward charge asymmetry in the process of b quark production in e+ e- annihilation around s**(1/2) = 60-GeV

Collaboration
Dec, 1991
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 278 (1992) 499-505
  • Published: 1992
Report number:
  • KEK-PREPRINT-91-192,
  • TMUP-HEP-91-13,
  • OULNS-91-10,
  • HUPD-9121,
  • KUNS-1115
Experiments:
  • KEK-VENUS

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We have measured the forward-backward charge asymmetry in the process of b-quark production in e + e − annihilation at TRISTAN. It was made possible by detecting prompt leptons from b-quarks. The obtained asymmetry is A = −0.55±0.15±0.08. If corrected for B-meson mixing effects with the assumptions given in the text, the asymmetry becomes A = f −0.78±0.21±0.11, which is consistent with the prediction of the standard model, namely the assignment of the b-quark to the isospin doublet of the third quark generation.
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • annihilation: electron positron
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: electron positron
  • bottom: electroproduction
  • electroproduction: bottom
  • charge: asymmetry
  • jet: electroproduction
  • electroproduction: jet
  • angular distribution