Top Quark Mass and Bottom Quark Decay

Jan, 1983
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 50 (1983) 1415,
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 51 (1983) 1395 (erratum)
Report number:
  • HUTP-83/A005,
  • CALT-68-993

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Abstract: (APS)
The possibility of a long B-meson lifetime is explored, in which case the weak mixing angles θ2 and θ3 are quite small. This allows the derivation of a lower bound on the top-quark mass as a function of the B-meson lifetime, by comparison of the short-distance prediction for the CP-nonconservation parameter ε with its experimental value. The bound is significant for τB>4×10−13 s.
  • WEAK INTERACTION: MIXING ANGLE
  • MIXING ANGLE: WEAK INTERACTION
  • QUARK: MASS
  • MASS: QUARK
  • top
  • BOTTOM
  • BOTTOM MESON: DECAY WIDTH
  • DECAY WIDTH: BOTTOM MESON
  • BOTTOM MESON: LIFETIME
  • Kobayashi-Maskawa model