A Measurement of D meson production in Z0 hadronic decays
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25 pages
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- Z.Phys.C 59 (1993) 533-546,
- Z.Phys.C 65 (1995) 709-710 (erratum)
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PDG: X
Report number:
- CERN-PPE-93-70
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A study of the fragmentation properties of charm and bottom quarks intoD mesons is presented. From 263 700Z0 hadronic decays collected in 1991 with the DELPHI detector at the LEP collider,D0,D+ andD*+ are reconstructed in the modesK−π+,K−π+K+ andD0π+ followed byD0→K−π+, respectively. The fractional decay widths\Gamma {{(Z^0\to {D \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {D {\bar D}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\bar D}}X)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{(Z^0\to {D \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {D {\bar D}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\bar D}}X)} {\Gamma _h }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\Gamma _h }} are determined, and first results are presented for the production ofD mesons from and events separately. The average energy fraction ofD*± in charm quark fragmentation is found to be 〈XE(D*)〉c=0.487±0.015 (stat)±0.005 (sys.). Assuming that the fraction ofDs and charm-baryons produced at LEP is similar to that around 10 GeV, theZ0 partial width into charm quark pairs is determined to beΓc/Γh=0.187±0.031 (stat)±0.023 (sys). The probability for ab quark to fragment into orb-baryons is inferred to be 0.268±0.094 (stat)±0.100 (sys) from the measured probability that it fragments into a orB−.- 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
- charm
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