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Measurement of Z0 → bb decay properties

ContributorsL3 Collab.
Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 241, no. 3, p. 416-424
Publication date1990
Abstract

We have measured the properties of Z 0 → b b decays using a sample of 944 inclusive muon events, corresponding to 18 000 hadron events obtained with the L3 detector at LEP. We measured the partial decay width of the Z 0 into b b , Γ b b =353±48 MeV , and we determined the vector coupling of the Z 0 to the b quark; g rmv 2 (b)=0.095±0.047. We measured the forward-backward charge asymmetry in e + e − → b b events at √ s ≈ M v , and obtained A b b =13.3±9.9% .

Keywords
  • Electron positron: colliding beams
  • Colliding beams: electron positron
  • Electron positron: annihilation
  • Annihilation: electron positron
  • Electron positron: inclusive reaction
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • Electroproduction: Z0
  • Z0: nonleptonic decay
  • Nonleptonic decay: Z0
  • Z0: width
  • Bottom: pair production
  • Pair production: bottom
  • Muon: electroproduction
  • Electroproduction: muon
  • Momentum spectrum: (muon)
  • Transverse momentum: spectrum
  • Spectrum: transverse momentum
  • Transverse energy: spectrum
  • Spectrum: transverse energy
  • Coupling constant: vector
  • Vector: coupling constant
  • Angular distribution: asymmetry
  • Asymmetry: angular distribution
  • Charge: asymmetry
  • L3
  • Experimental results
  • CERN LEP Stor
  • Electron positron --> (n)hadron muon
  • Electron positron --> Z0
  • Z0 --> 2bottom
  • 88.28-95.04 GeV-cms
Citation (ISO format)
L3 Collab. Measurement of Z0 → bb decay properties. In: Physics letters. B, 1990, vol. 241, n° 3, p. 416–424. doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(90)91666-y
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