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Measurements of Z0 → bb decays decays and the semileptonic branching ratio BR (b → ℓ + X)

ContributorsL3 Collab.
Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 261, no. 1-2, p. 177-187
Publication date1991
Abstract

We have measured the decay properties of Z 0 → b b from a study of inclusive muon and electron events. The average (e and μ) b-quark semileptonic branching ratio has been determined to be BR (b → ℓ + X) = 0.119 ± 0.003 (stat.) ± 0.006 (syst.), assuming the standard model prediction of Γ bb = 378 ± 3 MeV. From the ratio of the number of dilepton events to single lepton events, we find BR (b → ℓ + X) = 0.113 ± 0.010 (stat.) ± 0.006 (syst.), without assumptions on Λ bb . The partial decay width of the Z 0 into b b has been measured to be Λ bb = 385 ± 7 (stat.) ± 11 (syst.) MeV with an additional 19 MeV error from the uncertainty in BR (b → ℓ + X). The average fractional energy of bottom hadrons in Z 0 → b b events has been determined to be 〈 x E 〉 = 0.686 ± 0.006 (stat.) ± 0.016 (syst.).

Keywords
  • Electron positron: colliding beams
  • Colliding beams: electron positron
  • Electron positron: annihilation
  • Annihilation: electron positron
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • Electroproduction: Z0
  • Z0: nonleptonic decay
  • Nonleptonic decay: Z0
  • Z0: width
  • Bottom: pair production
  • Pair production: bottom
  • Bottom: semileptonic decay
  • Semileptonic decay: bottom
  • Bottom: branching ratio
  • Yield: (dilepton lepton)
  • Bottom: fragmentation function
  • Bottom: energy
  • L3
  • Experimental results
  • CERN LEP Stor
  • Approx. 91 GeV-cms
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L3 Collab. Measurements of Z0 → bb decays decays and the semileptonic branching ratio BR (b → ℓ + X). In: Physics letters. B, 1991, vol. 261, n° 1-2, p. 177–187. doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(91)91347-x
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