Measurement of the partial width of the Z0 into b anti-b final states using their semileptonic decays
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- Z.Phys.C 56 (1992) 47-62
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- CERN-PPE-92-079,
- CERN-PPE-92-79
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The spectra of prompt electrons and muons from the semi-leptonic decays of heavy hadrons produced inZ0 decays have been used to measure the coupling of theZ0 tob quarks weighted by theB hadrons mean semi-leptonic branching fraction, giving a value:BR_{sl}^b *{{\Gamma _{b\bar b} } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\Gamma _{b\bar b} } {\Gamma _H }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\Gamma _H }} = 0.0221 \pm 0.0015. The data has also been used to measure the value of the fragmentation parameter, defined in the context of the LUND PS Model, version 7.2, giving:\varepsilon (b) = \left( {8\begin{array}{*{20}c}{ + 5}\\{ - 3}\\ \end{array}\pm 2} \right)10^{ - 3} . The corresponding value of the mean fraction of the beam energy taken by aB hadron in the fragmentation of ab quark is:\overline {X_E^b }= 0.69\begin{array}{*{20}c}{ + 0.02}\\{ - 0.03}\\ \end{array}\pm 0.01. If the values of andΓH are taken from the Standard Model, the following value is obtained for the mean semi-leptonic braching fraction ofB hadrons: BRslb=(10.1±0.7)%. Taking the value of{{\Gamma _{b\bar b} } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\Gamma _{b\bar b} } {\Gamma _{\rm H} }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\Gamma _{\rm H} }} from an independent analysis of DELPHI data based on the use of the boosted sphericity product, a value: BRslb=(10.1±1.3)% is obtained.- electron positron: colliding beams
- colliding beams: electron positron
- electron positron: annihilation
- annihilation: electron positron
- Z0: electroproduction
- electroproduction: Z0
- Z0: nonleptonic decay
- nonleptonic decay: Z0
- Z0: width
- bottom: pair production
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