MEASUREMENT OF THE B(0)-(B)OVER-BAR(0) MIXING PARAMETER AND THE Z-]B(B)OVER-BAR FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRY

We have measured the time integrated B0B0 mixing parameter and the forward-backward asymmetry in the process e+e- → bb using hadronic events containing muons or electrons. The data sample corresponds to 1,044,000 hadronic decays of the Z. From a fit to the momentum and transverse momentum distributi...

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Main Authors: Acciarri, M, Adam, A, Adriani, O, Aguilarbenitez, M, Ahlen, S, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, Alverson, G, Alviggi, M, Ambrosi, G, An, Q, Anderhub, H, Anderson, A, Andreev, V, Angelescu, T, Antonov, L, Antreasyan, D, Alkhazov, G, Arce, P, Arefiev, A, Azemoon, T, Aziz, T, Baba, P, Bagnaia, P, Bakken, J
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Published: 1994
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author Acciarri, M
Adam, A
Adriani, O
Aguilarbenitez, M
Ahlen, S
Alcaraz, J
Aloisio, A
Alverson, G
Alviggi, M
Ambrosi, G
An, Q
Anderhub, H
Anderson, A
Andreev, V
Angelescu, T
Antonov, L
Antreasyan, D
Alkhazov, G
Arce, P
Arefiev, A
Azemoon, T
Aziz, T
Baba, P
Bagnaia, P
Bakken, J
author_facet Acciarri, M
Adam, A
Adriani, O
Aguilarbenitez, M
Ahlen, S
Alcaraz, J
Aloisio, A
Alverson, G
Alviggi, M
Ambrosi, G
An, Q
Anderhub, H
Anderson, A
Andreev, V
Angelescu, T
Antonov, L
Antreasyan, D
Alkhazov, G
Arce, P
Arefiev, A
Azemoon, T
Aziz, T
Baba, P
Bagnaia, P
Bakken, J
author_sort Acciarri, M
collection OXFORD
description We have measured the time integrated B0B0 mixing parameter and the forward-backward asymmetry in the process e+e- → bb using hadronic events containing muons or electrons. The data sample corresponds to 1,044,000 hadronic decays of the Z. From a fit to the momentum and transverse momentum distributions for single lepton and dilepton events, we have determined the B0B0 mixing parameter to be χB = 0.123 ± 0.012 (stat.) ± 0.008 (sys.), and the bb forward-backward asymmetry at the effective center-of-mass energy √s = 91.30 GeV to be Abb = 0.087 ± 0.011 (stat.) ± 0.004 (sys.) This measurement corresponds to a value of the effective electroweak mixing angle of sin2θw = 0.2335 ± 0.0021. © 1994.
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spelling oxford-uuid:3e75a449-a060-41ff-86e6-fb5f719404432022-03-26T14:25:35ZMEASUREMENT OF THE B(0)-(B)OVER-BAR(0) MIXING PARAMETER AND THE Z-]B(B)OVER-BAR FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRYJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3e75a449-a060-41ff-86e6-fb5f71940443Symplectic Elements at Oxford1994Acciarri, MAdam, AAdriani, OAguilarbenitez, MAhlen, SAlcaraz, JAloisio, AAlverson, GAlviggi, MAmbrosi, GAn, QAnderhub, HAnderson, AAndreev, VAngelescu, TAntonov, LAntreasyan, DAlkhazov, GArce, PArefiev, AAzemoon, TAziz, TBaba, PBagnaia, PBakken, JWe have measured the time integrated B0B0 mixing parameter and the forward-backward asymmetry in the process e+e- → bb using hadronic events containing muons or electrons. The data sample corresponds to 1,044,000 hadronic decays of the Z. From a fit to the momentum and transverse momentum distributions for single lepton and dilepton events, we have determined the B0B0 mixing parameter to be χB = 0.123 ± 0.012 (stat.) ± 0.008 (sys.), and the bb forward-backward asymmetry at the effective center-of-mass energy √s = 91.30 GeV to be Abb = 0.087 ± 0.011 (stat.) ± 0.004 (sys.) This measurement corresponds to a value of the effective electroweak mixing angle of sin2θw = 0.2335 ± 0.0021. © 1994.
spellingShingle Acciarri, M
Adam, A
Adriani, O
Aguilarbenitez, M
Ahlen, S
Alcaraz, J
Aloisio, A
Alverson, G
Alviggi, M
Ambrosi, G
An, Q
Anderhub, H
Anderson, A
Andreev, V
Angelescu, T
Antonov, L
Antreasyan, D
Alkhazov, G
Arce, P
Arefiev, A
Azemoon, T
Aziz, T
Baba, P
Bagnaia, P
Bakken, J
MEASUREMENT OF THE B(0)-(B)OVER-BAR(0) MIXING PARAMETER AND THE Z-]B(B)OVER-BAR FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRY
title MEASUREMENT OF THE B(0)-(B)OVER-BAR(0) MIXING PARAMETER AND THE Z-]B(B)OVER-BAR FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRY
title_full MEASUREMENT OF THE B(0)-(B)OVER-BAR(0) MIXING PARAMETER AND THE Z-]B(B)OVER-BAR FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRY
title_fullStr MEASUREMENT OF THE B(0)-(B)OVER-BAR(0) MIXING PARAMETER AND THE Z-]B(B)OVER-BAR FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRY
title_full_unstemmed MEASUREMENT OF THE B(0)-(B)OVER-BAR(0) MIXING PARAMETER AND THE Z-]B(B)OVER-BAR FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRY
title_short MEASUREMENT OF THE B(0)-(B)OVER-BAR(0) MIXING PARAMETER AND THE Z-]B(B)OVER-BAR FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRY
title_sort measurement of the b 0 b over bar 0 mixing parameter and the z b b over bar forward backward asymmetry
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