Charged particle multiplicities in heavy and light quark initiated events above the Z0 peak

G. Abbiendi; C. Ainsley; P. F. Åkesson; G. Alexander; J. Allison; P. Amaral; G. Anagnostou; K. J. Anderson; S. Arcelli; S. Asai; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; I. Bailey; E. Barberio; R. J. Barlow; R. J. Batley; P. Bechtle; T. Behnke; K. W. Bell; P. J. Bell; G. Bella; A. Bellerive; G. Benelli; S. Bethke; O. Biebel; I. J. Bloodworth; O. Boeriu; P. Bock; D. Bonacorsi; M. Boutemeur; S. Braibant; L. Brigliadori; R. M. Brown; K. Buesser; H. J. Burckhart; S. Campana; R. K. Carnegie; B. Caron; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; D. G. Charlton; A. Csilling; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; S. Dallison; A. de Roeck; E. A. de Wolf; K. Desch; B. Dienes; M. Donkers; J. Dubbert; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; E. Elfgren; E. Etzion; F. Fabbri; L. Feld; P. Ferrari; F. Fiedler; I. Fleck; M. Ford; A. Frey; A. Fürtjes; P. Gagnon; J. W. Gary; G. Gaycken; C. Geich-Gimbel; G. Giacomelli; P. Giacomelli; M. Giunta; J. Goldberg; E. Gross; J. Grunhaus; M. Gruwé; P. O. Günther; A. Gupta; C. Hajdu; M. Hamann; G. G. Hanson; K. Harder; A. Harel; M. Harin-Dirac; M. Hauschild; J. Hauschildt; C. M. Hawkes; R. Hawkings; R. J. Hemingway; C. Hensel; G. Herten; R. D. Heuer; J. C. Hill; K. Hoffman; R. J. Homer; D. Horváth; R. Howard; P. Igo-Kemenes; K. Ishii; H. Jeremie; P. Jovanovic; T. R. Junk; N. Kanaya; J. Kanzaki; G. Karapetian; D. Karlen; V. Kartvelishvili; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; D. H. Kim; K. Klein; A. Klier; S. Kluth; T. Kobayashi; M. Kobel; S. Komamiya; L. Kormos; T. Krämer; T. Kress; P. Krieger; J. von Krogh; D. Krop; K. Kruger; T. Kuhl; M. Kupper; G. D. Lafferty; H. Landsman; D. Lanske; J. G. Layter; A. Leins; D. Lellouch; J. Letts; L. Levinson; J. Lillich; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; J. Lu; J. Ludwig; A. Macpherson; W. Mader; S. Marcellini; T. E. Marchant; A. J. Martin; J. P. Martin; G. Masetti; T. Mashimo; P. Mättig; W. J. McDonald; J. McKenna; T. J. McMahon; R. A. McPherson; F. Meijers; P. Mendez-Lorenzo; W. Menges; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; A. Michelini; S. Mihara; G. Mikenberg; D. J. Miller; S. Moed; W. Mohr; T. Mori; A. Mutter; K. Nagai; I. Nakamura; H. A. Neal; R. Nisius; S. W. O'Neale; A. Oh; A. Okpara; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; C. Pahl; G. Pásztor; J. R. Pater; G. N. Patrick; J. E. Pilcher; J. Pinfold; D. E. Plane; B. Poli; J. Polok; O. Pooth; M. Przybycien; A. Quadt; K. Rabbertz; C. Rembser; P. Renkel; H. Rick; J. M. Roney; S. Rosati; Y. Rozen; K. Runge; K. Sachs; T. Saeki; O. Sahr; E. K.G. Sarkisyan; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; P. Scharff-Hansen; J. Schieck; T. Schörner-Sadenius; M. Schröder; M. Schumacher; C. Schwick; W. G. Scott; R. Seuster; T. G. Shears; B. C. Shen; P. Sherwood; G. Siroli; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; R. Sobie; S. Söldner-Rembold; F. Spano; A. Stahl; K. Stephens; D. Strom; R. Ströhmer; S. Tarem; M. Tasevsky; R. J. Taylor; R. Teuscher; M. A. Thomson; E. Torrence; D. Toya; P. Tran; T. Trefzger; A. Tricoli; I. Trigger; Z. Trócsányi; E. Tsur; M. F. Turner-Watson; I. Ueda; B. Ujvári; B. Vachon; C. F. Vollmer; P. Vannerem; M. Verzocchi; H. Voss; J. Vossebeld; D. Waller; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; P. M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; P. S. Wells; T. Wengler; N. Wermes; D. Wetterling; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; G. Wolf; T. R. Wyatt; S. Yamashita; D. Zer-Zion; L. Zivkovic

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02935-0

Charged particle multiplicities in heavy and light quark initiated events above the Z⁰ peak

G. Abbiendi^*, C. Ainsley, P. F. Åkesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, P. Amaral, G. Anagnostou, K. J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, E. Barberio, R. J. Barlow, R. J. Batley, P. Bechtle, T. Behnke, K. W. Bell, P. J. BellG. Bella, A. Bellerive, G. Benelli, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, I. J. Bloodworth, O. Boeriu, P. Bock, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R. M. Brown, K. Buesser, H. J. Burckhart, S. Campana, R. K. Carnegie, B. Caron, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Charlton, A. Csilling, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, S. Dallison, A. de Roeck, E. A. de Wolf, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, E. Elfgren, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, I. Fleck, M. Ford, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, P. Gagnon, J. W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, M. Giunta, J. Goldberg, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P. O. Günther, A. Gupta, C. Hajdu, M. Hamann, G. G. Hanson, K. Harder, A. Harel, M. Harin-Dirac, M. Hauschild, J. Hauschildt, C. M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R. J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R. D. Heuer, J. C. Hill, K. Hoffman, R. J. Homer, D. Horváth, R. Howard, P. Igo-Kemenes, K. Ishii, H. Jeremie, P. Jovanovic, T. R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, D. H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, S. Komamiya, L. Kormos, T. Krämer, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, D. Krop, K. Kruger, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, G. D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, J. G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, J. Lillich, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, S. Marcellini, T. E. Marchant, A. J. Martin, J. P. Martin, G. Masetti, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W. J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T. J. McMahon, R. A. McPherson, F. Meijers, P. Mendez-Lorenzo, W. Menges, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D. J. Miller, S. Moed, W. Mohr, T. Mori, A. Mutter, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H. A. Neal, R. Nisius, S. W. O'Neale, A. Oh, A. Okpara, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, C. Pahl, G. Pásztor, J. R. Pater, G. N. Patrick, J. E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D. E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, O. Pooth, M. Przybycien, A. Quadt, K. Rabbertz, C. Rembser, P. Renkel, H. Rick, J. M. Roney, S. Rosati, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, E. K.G. Sarkisyan, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, T. Schörner-Sadenius, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W. G. Scott, R. Seuster, T. G. Shears, B. C. Shen, P. Sherwood, G. Siroli, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, F. Spano, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, S. Tarem, M. Tasevsky, R. J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, M. A. Thomson, E. Torrence, D. Toya, P. Tran, T. Trefzger, A. Tricoli, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M. F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, B. Ujvári, B. Vachon, C. F. Vollmer, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, J. Vossebeld, D. Waller, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, P. M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, P. S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, G. Wolf, T. R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, D. Zer-Zion, L. Zivkovic

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We have measured the mean charged particle multiplicities separately for bb, cc and light quark (uu, dd, ss) initiated events produced in e⁺e^- annihilations at LEP. The data were recorded with the OPAL detector at eleven different energies above the Z⁰ peak, corresponding to the full statistics collected at LEP1.5 and LEP2. The difference in mean charged particle multiplicities for bb and light quark events, δ_bl, measured over this energy range is consistent with an energy independent behaviour, as predicted by QCD, but is inconsistent with the prediction of a more phenomenological approach which assumes that the multiplicity accompanying the decay of a heavy quark is independent of the quark mass itself. Our results, which can be combined into the single measurement δ_bl = 3.44 ± 0.40(stat) ± 0.89(syst) at a luminosity weighted average centre-of-mass energy of 195 GeV, are also consistent with an energy independent behaviour as extrapolated from lower energy data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-46
Number of pages	14
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	550
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02935-0
Publication status	Published - 2002 Dec 12
Externally published	Yes

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Abbiendi, G., Ainsley, C., Åkesson, P. F., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Amaral, P., Anagnostou, G., Anderson, K. J., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Bailey, I., Barberio, E., Barlow, R. J., Batley, R. J., Bechtle, P., Behnke, T., Bell, K. W., ... Zivkovic, L. (2002). Charged particle multiplicities in heavy and light quark initiated events above the Z⁰ peak. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 550(1-2), 33-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02935-0

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, PF, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, KJ, Arcelli, S, Asai, S, Axen, D, Azuelos, G, Bailey, I, Barberio, E, Barlow, RJ, Batley, RJ, Bechtle, P, Behnke, T, Bell, KW, Bell, PJ, Bella, G, Bellerive, A, Benelli, G, Bethke, S, Biebel, O, Bloodworth, IJ, Boeriu, O, Bock, P, Bonacorsi, D, Boutemeur, M, Braibant, S, Brigliadori, L, Brown, RM, Buesser, K, Burckhart, HJ, Campana, S, Carnegie, RK, Caron, B, Carter, AA, Carter, JR, Chang, CY, Charlton, DG, Csilling, A, Cuffiani, M, Dado, S, Dallison, S, de Roeck, A, de Wolf, EA, Desch, K, Dienes, B, Donkers, M, Dubbert, J, Duchovni, E, Duckeck, G, Duerdoth, IP, Elfgren, E, Etzion, E, Fabbri, F, Feld, L, Ferrari, P, Fiedler, F, Fleck, I, Ford, M, Frey, A, Fürtjes, A, Gagnon, P, Gary, JW, Gaycken, G, Geich-Gimbel, C, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, P, Giunta, M, Goldberg, J, Gross, E, Grunhaus, J, Gruwé, M, Günther, PO, Gupta, A, Hajdu, C, Hamann, M, Hanson, GG, Harder, K, Harel, A, Harin-Dirac, M, Hauschild, M, Hauschildt, J, Hawkes, CM, Hawkings, R, Hemingway, RJ, Hensel, C, Herten, G, Heuer, RD, Hill, JC, Hoffman, K, Homer, RJ, Horváth, D, Howard, R, Igo-Kemenes, P, Ishii, K, Jeremie, H, Jovanovic, P, Junk, TR, Kanaya, N, Kanzaki, J, Karapetian, G, Karlen, D, Kartvelishvili, V, Kawagoe, K, Kawamoto, T, Keeler, RK, Kellogg, RG, Kennedy, BW, Kim, DH, Klein, K, Klier, A, Kluth, S, Kobayashi, T, Kobel, M, Komamiya, S, Kormos, L, Krämer, T, Kress, T, Krieger, P, von Krogh, J, Krop, D, Kruger, K, Kuhl, T, Kupper, M, Lafferty, GD, Landsman, H, Lanske, D, Layter, JG, Leins, A, Lellouch, D, Letts, J, Levinson, L, Lillich, J, Lloyd, SL, Loebinger, FK, Lu, J, Ludwig, J, Macpherson, A, Mader, W, Marcellini, S, Marchant, TE, Martin, AJ, Martin, JP, Masetti, G, Mashimo, T, Mättig, P, McDonald, WJ, McKenna, J, McMahon, TJ, McPherson, RA, Meijers, F, Mendez-Lorenzo, P, Menges, W, Merritt, FS, Mes, H, Michelini, A, Mihara, S, Mikenberg, G, Miller, DJ, Moed, S, Mohr, W, Mori, T, Mutter, A, Nagai, K, Nakamura, I, Neal, HA, Nisius, R, O'Neale, SW, Oh, A, Okpara, A, Oreglia, MJ, Orito, S, Pahl, C, Pásztor, G, Pater, JR, Patrick, GN, Pilcher, JE, Pinfold, J, Plane, DE, Poli, B, Polok, J, Pooth, O, Przybycien, M, Quadt, A, Rabbertz, K, Rembser, C, Renkel, P, Rick, H, Roney, JM, Rosati, S, Rozen, Y, Runge, K, Sachs, K, Saeki, T, Sahr, O, Sarkisyan, EKG, Schaile, AD, Schaile, O, Scharff-Hansen, P, Schieck, J, Schörner-Sadenius, T, Schröder, M, Schumacher, M, Schwick, C, Scott, WG, Seuster, R, Shears, TG, Shen, BC, Sherwood, P, Siroli, G, Skuja, A, Smith, AM, Sobie, R, Söldner-Rembold, S, Spano, F, Stahl, A, Stephens, K, Strom, D, Ströhmer, R, Tarem, S, Tasevsky, M, Taylor, RJ, Teuscher, R, Thomson, MA, Torrence, E, Toya, D, Tran, P, Trefzger, T, Tricoli, A, Trigger, I, Trócsányi, Z, Tsur, E, Turner-Watson, MF, Ueda, I, Ujvári, B, Vachon, B, Vollmer, CF, Vannerem, P, Verzocchi, M, Voss, H, Vossebeld, J, Waller, D, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watkins, PM, Watson, AT, Watson, NK, Wells, PS, Wengler, T, Wermes, N, Wetterling, D, Wilson, GW, Wilson, JA, Wolf, G, Wyatt, TR, Yamashita, S, Zer-Zion, D & Zivkovic, L 2002, 'Charged particle multiplicities in heavy and light quark initiated events above the Z⁰ peak', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 550, no. 1-2, pp. 33-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02935-0

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AU - Åkesson, P. F.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Allison, J.

AU - Amaral, P.

AU - Anagnostou, G.

AU - Anderson, K. J.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Asai, S.

AU - Axen, D.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Bailey, I.

AU - Barberio, E.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Batley, R. J.

AU - Bechtle, P.

AU - Behnke, T.

AU - Bell, K. W.

AU - Bell, P. J.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Bellerive, A.

AU - Benelli, G.

AU - Bethke, S.

AU - Biebel, O.

AU - Bloodworth, I. J.

AU - Boeriu, O.

AU - Bock, P.

AU - Bonacorsi, D.

AU - Boutemeur, M.

AU - Braibant, S.

AU - Brigliadori, L.

AU - Brown, R. M.

AU - Buesser, K.

AU - Burckhart, H. J.

AU - Campana, S.

AU - Carnegie, R. K.

AU - Caron, B.

AU - Carter, A. A.

AU - Carter, J. R.

AU - Chang, C. Y.

AU - Charlton, D. G.

AU - Csilling, A.

AU - Cuffiani, M.

AU - Dado, S.

AU - Dallison, S.

AU - de Roeck, A.

AU - de Wolf, E. A.

AU - Desch, K.

AU - Dienes, B.

AU - Donkers, M.

AU - Dubbert, J.

AU - Duchovni, E.

AU - Duckeck, G.

AU - Duerdoth, I. P.

AU - Elfgren, E.

AU - Etzion, E.

AU - Fabbri, F.

AU - Feld, L.

AU - Ferrari, P.

AU - Fiedler, F.

AU - Fleck, I.

AU - Ford, M.

AU - Frey, A.

AU - Fürtjes, A.

AU - Gagnon, P.

AU - Gary, J. W.

AU - Gaycken, G.

AU - Geich-Gimbel, C.

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PY - 2002/12/12

Y1 - 2002/12/12

N2 - We have measured the mean charged particle multiplicities separately for bb, cc and light quark (uu, dd, ss) initiated events produced in e+e- annihilations at LEP. The data were recorded with the OPAL detector at eleven different energies above the Z0 peak, corresponding to the full statistics collected at LEP1.5 and LEP2. The difference in mean charged particle multiplicities for bb and light quark events, δbl, measured over this energy range is consistent with an energy independent behaviour, as predicted by QCD, but is inconsistent with the prediction of a more phenomenological approach which assumes that the multiplicity accompanying the decay of a heavy quark is independent of the quark mass itself. Our results, which can be combined into the single measurement δbl = 3.44 ± 0.40(stat) ± 0.89(syst) at a luminosity weighted average centre-of-mass energy of 195 GeV, are also consistent with an energy independent behaviour as extrapolated from lower energy data.

AB - We have measured the mean charged particle multiplicities separately for bb, cc and light quark (uu, dd, ss) initiated events produced in e+e- annihilations at LEP. The data were recorded with the OPAL detector at eleven different energies above the Z0 peak, corresponding to the full statistics collected at LEP1.5 and LEP2. The difference in mean charged particle multiplicities for bb and light quark events, δbl, measured over this energy range is consistent with an energy independent behaviour, as predicted by QCD, but is inconsistent with the prediction of a more phenomenological approach which assumes that the multiplicity accompanying the decay of a heavy quark is independent of the quark mass itself. Our results, which can be combined into the single measurement δbl = 3.44 ± 0.40(stat) ± 0.89(syst) at a luminosity weighted average centre-of-mass energy of 195 GeV, are also consistent with an energy independent behaviour as extrapolated from lower energy data.

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U2 - 10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02935-0

DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02935-0

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AN - SCOPUS:0037069770

VL - 550

SP - 33

EP - 46

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

SN - 0370-2693

IS - 1-2

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Charged particle multiplicities in heavy and light quark initiated events above the Z⁰ peak

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