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Measurement of the e+ e- -> Z -> b anti-b forward - backward asymmetry and the B0 -antiB0 mixing parameter using prompt leptons

ContributorsL3 Collab.
Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 448, no. 1-2, p. 152-162
Publication date1999
Abstract

The time-integrated B 0 B ̄ 0 mixing parameter and the forward-backward charge asymmetry in the process e + e − →b b ̄ are measured in hadronic Z events containing prompt muons or electrons, collected by the L3 experiment in the years 1990 to 1995. The total sample of 3.3 milion hadronic Z events with a mean centre-of-mass energy of 91.26 GeV yields: A b FB =0.0960±0.0066( stat .)±0.0033( sys .), χ b =0.1192±0.0068( stat .)±0.0051( sys .). This asymmetry measurement together with measurements at energies away from the Z pole energy yield a pole asymmetry and corresponding effective electroweak mixing angle of: A 0,b FB =0.1015±0.0064( stat .)±0.0035( sys .), sin 2 θ ̄ W =0.2318±0.0013 .

Keywords
  • Electron positron: annihilation
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • Z0: hadronic decay
  • Angular distribution: asymmetry
  • Bottom: pair production
  • Lepton: direct production
  • B0: semileptonic decay
  • B0 anti-B0: mixing
  • B/s0 anti-B/s0: interference
  • Weinberg angle
  • L3
  • Experimental results
  • CERN LEP Stor
  • Approx. 91 GeV-cms
  • S044Z0B
  • S051CB
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L3 Collab. Measurement of the e+ e- -> Z -> b anti-b forward - backward asymmetry and the B0 -antiB0 mixing parameter using prompt leptons. In: Physics letters. B, 1999, vol. 448, n° 1-2, p. 152–162. doi: 10.1016/s0370-2693(98)01601-3
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