Title
A precise measurement of the partial decay width ratio R<inf>b</inf><sup>0</sup> = Γ<inf>bb̄</inf>/Γ<inf>had</inf>
Date Issued
01 January 1999
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abreu P.
Adam W.
Adye T.
Adzic P.
Albrecht Z.
Alderweireld T.
Alekseev G.D.
Alemany R.
Allmendinger T.
Allport P.P.
Almehed S.
Amaldi U.
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.
Beilliere P.
Belokopytov Y.
Belous K.
Benvenuti A.C.
Berat C.
Berggren M.
Bertini D.
Bertrand D.
Besancon M.
Bianchi F.
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.
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.
Chapkin M.
Charpentier P.
Chaussard L.
Checchia P.
Chelkov G.A.
Chierici R.
Chliapnikov P.
Chochula P.
Chorowicz V.
Chudoba J.
Cieslik K.
Collins P.
Contri R.
Cortina E.
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
The partial decay width of the Z to bb̄ quark pairs has been measured by the DELPHI detector at LEP using data taken in the years 1992 to 1995. Decays of b-hadrons were tagged by several methods using tracks with large impact parameters and/or reconstructed secondary vertices, complemented by event shape variables. Combining these methods in a multivariate analysis the value Γ(Z → bb̄)/Γ(Z → had) = 0.21634 ± 0.00067 (stat) ± 0.00060 (syst) was obtained, where the cc̄ production fraction was fixed to its Standard Model value.
Start page
415
End page
442
Volume
10
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Matemáticas aplicadas
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0039527261
Source
European Physical Journal C
ISSN of the container
14346044
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus