Measurement of Gamma ($b \bar{b}$) / Gamma (hadrons) using impact parameter measurements and lepton identification

Abreu, P.; Adam, W.; Adye, T.; Agasi, E.; Azhinenko, I.; Aleksan, R.; Alekseev, G.D.; Allport, P.P.; Almehed, S.; Almeida, F.M.L.

doi:10.1007/BF01556358

Measurement of Gamma ( $b \bar{b}$ ) / Gamma (hadrons) using impact parameter measurements and lepton identification

DELPHI

Collaboration

Jan, 1995

32 pages

Published in:

Z.Phys.C 66 (1995) 323-340

DOI:

10.1007/BF01556358

PDG:

{{\mathit Z}}

\rightarrow

{\mathit {\mathit c}}

{\mathit {\overline{\mathit c}}}

Report number:

CERN-PPE-95-08,
CERN-PPE-95-8,
CERN-PPE-95-008

Experiments:

CERN-LEP-DELPHI

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Abstract: (Springer)

The partial decay width of theZ to

b\bar b

quark pairs has been measured by the DELPHI detector at LEP.b-hadrons, containingb-quarks, were tagged by leptons with high transverse momentum relative to the hadron or by tracks with large impact parameters to the primary vertex.

electron positron: colliding beams
colliding beams: electron positron
electron positron: annihilation
annihilation: electron positron
Z0: electroproduction
electroproduction: Z0
Z0: nonleptonic decay
nonleptonic decay: Z0
bottom: pair production
pair production: bottom

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