Title
Measurements of the Z partial decay width into cc̄ and multiplicity of charm quarks per b decay
Date Issued
01 January 2000
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abreu P.
Adam W.
Adye T.
Adzic P.
Ajinenko I.
Albrecht Z.
Alderweireld T.
Alekseev G.D.
Alemany R.
Allmendinger T.
Allport P.P.
Almehed S.
Amaldi U.
Amapane N.
Amato S.
Anassontzis E.G.
Andersson P.
Andreazza A.
Andringa S.
Antilogus P.
Apel W.D.
Arnoud Y.
Åsman B.
Augustin J.E.
Augustinus A.
Baillon P.
Bambade P.
Barao F.
Barbiellini G.
Barbier R.
Bardin D.Y.
Barker G.
Baroncelli A.
Battaglia M.
Baubillier M.
Becks K.H.
Begalli M.
Behrmann A.
Beilliere P.
Belokopytov Y.
Benekos N.C.
Benvenuti A.C.
Berat C.
Berggren M.
Bertini D.
Bertrand D.
Besancon M.
Bigi M.
Bilenky M.S.
Bizouard M.A.
Bloch D.
Blom H.M.
Bonesini M.
Bonivento W.
Boonekamp M.
Booth P.S.L.
Borgland A.W.
Borisov G.
Bosio C.
Botner O.
Boudinov E.
Bouquet B.
Bourdarios C.
Bowcock T.J.V.
Boyko I.
Bozovic I.
Bozzo M.
Branchini P.
Brenke T.
Brenner R.A.
Bruckman P.
Brunet J.M.
Bugge L.
Buran T.
Burgsmueller T.
Buschbeck B.
Buschmann P.
Cabrera S.
Caccia M.
Calvi M.
Camporesi T.
Canale V.
Carena F.
Carroll L.
Caso C.
Castillo Gimenez M.V.
Cattai A.
Cavallo F.R.
Chabaud V.
Charpentier P.
Chaussard L.
Checchia P.
Chelkov G.A.
Chierici R.
Chliapnikov P.
Chochula P.
Chorowicz V.
Chudoba J.
Cieslik K.
Collins P.
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
The partial decay width Rc of the Z into cc̄ quark pair and the number of charm quarks nc per b decay are measured with the DELPHI detector at LEP 1. Particle identification provides clear D0, D+, D+s and Λ+c signatures. The charm hadron production rate is measured in each channel by a fit to the scaled energy, impact parameter information and the invariant mass spectrum. Two measurements of Rc are presented, from the D*+ production rate and from the overall charm counting, including strange charm baryon production, in cc̄ events. The multiplicity nc, which includes hidden cc̄ and strange charm baryon production, is inferred from the charm counting in bb̄ events. The final results are Rc = 0.1665 ± 0.0095 and nc-= 1.166 ± 0.086.
Start page
225
End page
241
Volume
12
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física nuclear Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
DOI
10.1007/s100529900228
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0001010564
Source
European Physical Journal C
ISSN of the container
14346044
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