Measurement of b-Quark Fragmentation Fractions in pp[over ¯] Collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV.

We have studied the production of B hadrons in 1.8-TeV pp[over ¯] collisions. We present measurements of the fragmentation fractions, f_{u}, f_{d}, f_{s}, and f_{baryon}, of produced b quarks that yield B^{+}, B^{0}, B_{s}^{0}, and Λ[over ¯]_{b}^{0} hadrons. Reconstruction of five electron-charm fin...

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Main Authors: Affolder, T, Akimoto, H, Akopian, A, Albrow, MG, Amaral, P, Amendolia, SR, Amidei, D, Antos, J, Apollinari, G, Arisawa, T, Asakawa, T, Ashmanskas, W, Atac, M, Azzi-Bacchetta, P, Bacchetta, N, Bailey, M, Bailey, S, de Barbaro, P, Barbaro-Galtieri, A, Barnes, V, Barnett, B, Barone, M, Bauer, G, Bedeschi, F, Belforte, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000
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Summary:We have studied the production of B hadrons in 1.8-TeV pp[over ¯] collisions. We present measurements of the fragmentation fractions, f_{u}, f_{d}, f_{s}, and f_{baryon}, of produced b quarks that yield B^{+}, B^{0}, B_{s}^{0}, and Λ[over ¯]_{b}^{0} hadrons. Reconstruction of five electron-charm final states yields f_{s}/( f_{u}+f_{d})=0.213±0.068 and f_{baryon}/( f_{u}+f_{d})=0.118±0.042, assuming f_{u}=f_{d}. If all B hadrons produced in pp[over ¯] collisions cascade to one of these four hadrons, we determine f_{u}=f_{d}=0.375±0.023, f_{s}=0.160±0.044, and f_{baryon}=0.090±0.029. If we do not assume f_{u}=f_{d}, we find f_{d}/f_{u}=0.84±0.16.