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Heavy quarkonium production in Z decays

ContributorsL3 Collab.
Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 453, no. 1-2, p. 94-106
Publication date1999
Abstract

We report measurements of the inclusive production of heavy quarkonium states in Z decays based on the analysis of 3.6 million hadronic events collected by the L3 detector at LEP. The measurement of inclusive J production and an improved 95% confidence level upper limit on ϒ production are presented. In addition, two independent measurements of the ratio, f p , of prompt J mesons to those from B decay are made using two different isolation cuts to separate prompt J mesons from J mesons produced in the decays of b hadrons. The results are: Br ( Z → J + X )=(3.21±0.21 (stat.) +0.19 −0.28 (sys.) )×10 −3 , Br(Z→ ϒ (1S)+ X )<4.4×10 −5 , f p =(7.1±2.1 (stat.) ±1.2 (sys.) +1.5 −0.8 (theo.) )×10 −2 .

Keywords
  • Electron positron: colliding beams
  • Electron positron: annihilation
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • Z0: hadronic decay
  • Quarkonium: direct production
  • J/psi(3100): leptonic decay
  • Upsilon(9460): leptonic decay
  • Z0: branching ratio
  • Upper limit
  • B: decay
  • L3
  • Experimental results
  • CERN LEP Stor
  • Z0 --> J/psi(3100) anything
  • Z0 --> Upsilon(9460) anything
  • B --> J/psi(3100) anything
  • Quarkonium --> muon+ muon-
  • Quarkonium --> positron electron
  • Approx. 91 GeV-cms
  • S044.23
  • S044.66
Citation (ISO format)
L3 Collab. Heavy quarkonium production in Z decays. In: Physics letters. B, 1999, vol. 453, n° 1-2, p. 94–106. doi: 10.1016/s0370-2693(99)00280-4
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