Measurement of the average B hadron lifetime in Z0 decays

P. D. Acton; G. Alexander; J. Allison; P. P. Allport; K. J. Anderson; S. Arcelli; P. Ashton; A. Astbury; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; G. A. Bahan; J. T.M. Baines; A. H. Ball; J. Banks; G. J. Barker; R. J. Barlow; J. R. Batley; G. Beaudoin; A. Beck; J. Becker; T. Behnke; K. W. Bell; G. Bella; P. Berlich; S. Bethke; O. Biebel; U. Binder; I. J. Bloodworth; P. Bock; B. Boden; H. M. Bosch; S. Bougerolle; B. B. Brabson; H. Breuker; R. M. Brown; R. Brun; A. Buijs; H. J. Burckhart; P. Capiluppi; R. K. Carnegie; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; D. G. Charlton; P. E.L. Clarke; I. Cohen; W. J. Collins; J. E. Conboy; M. Cooper; M. Couch; M. Coupland; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; G. M. Dallavalle; S. De Jong; P. Debu; L. A. del Pozo; M. M. Deninno; A. Dieckmann; M. Dittmar; M. S. Dixit; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; D. J.P. Dumas; G. Eckerlin; P. A. Elcombe; P. G. Estabrooks; E. Etzion; F. Fabbri; M. Fincke-Keeler; H. M. Fischer; D. G. Fong; C. Fukunaga; A. Gaidot; O. Ganel; J. W. Gary; J. Gascon; R. F. McGowan; N. I. Geddes; C. Geich-Gimbel; S. W. Gensler; F. X. Gentit; G. Giacomelli; V. Gibson; W. R. Gibson; J. D. Gillies; J. Goldberg; M. J. Goodrick; W. Gorn; C. Grandi; F. C. Grant; J. Hagemann; G. G. Hanson; M. Hansroul; C. K. Hargrove; P. F. Harrison; J. Hart; P. M. Hattersley; M. Hauschild; C. M. Hawkes; E. Heflin; R. J. Hemingway; R. D. Heuer; J. C. Hill; S. J. Hillier; D. A. Hinshaw; C. Ho; J. D. Hobbs; P. R. Hobson; D. Hochman; B. Holl; R. J. Homer; A. K. Honma; S. R. Hou; C. P. Howarth; R. E. Hughes-Jones; R. Humbert; P. Igo-Kemenes; H. Ihssen; D. C. Imrie; A. C. Janissen; A. Jawahery; P. W. Jeffreys; H. Jeremie; M. Jimack; M. Jobes; R. W.L. Jones; P. Jovanovic; D. Karlen; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; C. Kleinwort; D. E. Klem; T. Kobayashi; T. P. Kokott; S. Komamiya; L. Köpke; J. F. Kral; R. Kowalewski; H. Kreutzmann; J. von Krogh; J. Kroll; M. Kuwano; P. Kyberd; G. D. Lafferty; F. Lamarche; W. J. Larson; J. G. Layter; P. Le Du; P. Leblanc; A. M. Lee; M. H. Lehto; D. Lellouch; P. Lennert; C. Leroy; J. Letts; S. Levegrün; L. Levinson; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; J. M. Lorah; B. Lorazo; M. J. Losty; X. C. Lou; J. Ludwig; M. Mannelli; S. Marcellini; G. Maringer; A. J. Martin; J. P. Martin; T. Mashimo; P. Mättig; U. Maur; J. McKenna; T. J. McMahon; J. R. McNutt; F. Meijers; D. Menszner; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; A. Michelini; R. P. Middleton; G. Mikenberg; J. Mildenberger; D. J. Miller; R. Mir; W. Mohr; C. Moisan; A. Montanari; T. Mori; M. W. Moss; T. Mouthuy; B. Nellen; H. H. Nguyen; M. Nozaki; S. W. O'Neale; B. P. O'Neill; F. G. Oakham; F. Odorici; M. Ogg; H. O. Ogren; H. Oh; C. J. Oram; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; J. P. Pansart; B. Panzer-Steindel; P. Paschievici; G. N. Patrick; S. J. Pawley; P. Pfister; J. E. Pilcher; J. L. Pinfold; D. Pitman; D. E. Plane; P. Poffenberger; B. Poli; A. Pouladdej; E. Prebys; T. W. Pritchard; H. Przysiezniak; G. Quast; M. W. Redmond; D. L. Rees; K. Riles; S. A. Robins; D. Robinson; A. Rollnik; J. M. Roney; E. Ros; S. Rossberg; A. M. Rossi; M. Rosvick; P. Routenburg; K. Runge; O. Runolfsson; D. R. Rust; S. Sanghera; M. Sasaki; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; W. Schappert; P. Scharff-Hansen; P. Schenk; H. von der Schmitt; S. Schreiber; J. Schwiening; W. G. Scott; M. Settles; B. C. Shen; P. Sherwood; R. Shypit; A. Simon; P. Singh; G. P. Siroli; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; T. J. Smith; G. A. Snow; R. Sobie; R. W. Springer; M. Sproston; K. Stephens; H. E. Stier; R. Ströhmer; D. Strom; H. Takeda; T. Takeshita; P. Taras; S. Tarem; P. Teixeira-Dias; N. J. Thackray; G. Transtromer; T. Tsukamoto; M. F. Turner; G. Tysarczyk-Niemeyer; D. Van den plas; R. Van Kooten; G. J. VanDalen; G. Vasseur; C. J. Virtue; A. Wagner; C. Wahl; J. P. Walker; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; P. M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; M. Weber; P. Weber; S. Weisz; P. S. Wells; N. Wermes; M. Weymann; M. A. Whalley; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; I. Wingerter; V. H. Winterer; N. C. Wood; S. Wotton; T. R. Wyatt; R. Yaari; Y. Yang; G. Yekutieli; M. Yurko; I. Zacharov; W. Zeuner; G. T. Zorn

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(92)92025-C

Measurement of the average B hadron lifetime in Z⁰ decays

P. D. Acton^*, G. Alexander, J. Allison, P. P. Allport, K. J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, P. Ashton, A. Astbury, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, G. A. Bahan, J. T.M. Baines, A. H. Ball, J. Banks, G. J. Barker, R. J. Barlow, J. R. Batley, G. Beaudoin, A. Beck, J. BeckerT. Behnke, K. W. Bell, G. Bella, P. Berlich, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, U. Binder, I. J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, B. Boden, H. M. Bosch, S. Bougerolle, B. B. Brabson, H. Breuker, R. M. Brown, R. Brun, A. Buijs, H. J. Burckhart, P. Capiluppi, R. K. Carnegie, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Charlton, P. E.L. Clarke, I. Cohen, W. J. Collins, J. E. Conboy, M. Cooper, M. Couch, M. Coupland, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G. M. Dallavalle, S. De Jong, P. Debu, L. A. del Pozo, M. M. Deninno, A. Dieckmann, M. Dittmar, M. S. Dixit, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, D. J.P. Dumas, G. Eckerlin, P. A. Elcombe, P. G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, M. Fincke-Keeler, H. M. Fischer, D. G. Fong, C. Fukunaga, A. Gaidot, O. Ganel, J. W. Gary, J. Gascon, R. F. McGowan, N. I. Geddes, C. Geich-Gimbel, S. W. Gensler, F. X. Gentit, G. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W. R. Gibson, J. D. Gillies, J. Goldberg, M. J. Goodrick, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, F. C. Grant, J. Hagemann, G. G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, C. K. Hargrove, P. F. Harrison, J. Hart, P. M. Hattersley, M. Hauschild, C. M. Hawkes, E. Heflin, R. J. Hemingway, R. D. Heuer, J. C. Hill, S. J. Hillier, D. A. Hinshaw, C. Ho, J. D. Hobbs, P. R. Hobson, D. Hochman, B. Holl, R. J. Homer, A. K. Honma, S. R. Hou, C. P. Howarth, R. E. Hughes-Jones, R. Humbert, P. Igo-Kemenes, H. Ihssen, D. C. Imrie, A. C. Janissen, A. Jawahery, P. W. Jeffreys, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, M. Jobes, R. W.L. Jones, P. Jovanovic, D. Karlen, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, C. Kleinwort, D. E. Klem, T. Kobayashi, T. P. Kokott, S. Komamiya, L. Köpke, J. F. Kral, R. Kowalewski, H. Kreutzmann, J. von Krogh, J. Kroll, M. Kuwano, P. Kyberd, G. D. Lafferty, F. Lamarche, W. J. Larson, J. G. Layter, P. Le Du, P. Leblanc, A. M. Lee, M. H. Lehto, D. Lellouch, P. Lennert, C. Leroy, J. Letts, S. Levegrün, L. Levinson, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, J. M. Lorah, B. Lorazo, M. J. Losty, X. C. Lou, J. Ludwig, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, G. Maringer, A. J. Martin, J. P. Martin, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, U. Maur, J. McKenna, T. J. McMahon, J. R. McNutt, F. Meijers, D. Menszner, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, A. Michelini, R. P. Middleton, G. Mikenberg, J. Mildenberger, D. J. Miller, R. Mir, W. Mohr, C. Moisan, A. Montanari, T. Mori, M. W. Moss, T. Mouthuy, B. Nellen, H. H. Nguyen, M. Nozaki, S. W. O'Neale, B. P. O'Neill, F. G. Oakham, F. Odorici, M. Ogg, H. O. Ogren, H. Oh, C. J. Oram, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. P. Pansart, B. Panzer-Steindel, P. Paschievici, G. N. Patrick, S. J. Pawley, P. Pfister, J. E. Pilcher, J. L. Pinfold, D. Pitman, D. E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, A. Pouladdej, E. Prebys, T. W. Pritchard, H. Przysiezniak, G. Quast, M. W. Redmond, D. L. Rees, K. Riles, S. A. Robins, D. Robinson, A. Rollnik, J. M. Roney, E. Ros, S. Rossberg, A. M. Rossi, M. Rosvick, P. Routenburg, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D. R. Rust, S. Sanghera, M. Sasaki, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, W. Schappert, P. Scharff-Hansen, P. Schenk, H. von der Schmitt, S. Schreiber, J. Schwiening, W. G. Scott, M. Settles, B. C. Shen, P. Sherwood, R. Shypit, A. Simon, P. Singh, G. P. Siroli, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, T. J. Smith, G. A. Snow, R. Sobie, R. W. Springer, M. Sproston, K. Stephens, H. E. Stier, R. Ströhmer, D. Strom, H. Takeda, T. Takeshita, P. Taras, S. Tarem, P. Teixeira-Dias, N. J. Thackray, G. Transtromer, T. Tsukamoto, M. F. Turner, G. Tysarczyk-Niemeyer, D. Van den plas, R. Van Kooten, G. J. VanDalen, G. Vasseur, C. J. Virtue, A. Wagner, C. Wahl, J. P. Walker, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, P. M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, M. Weber, P. Weber, S. Weisz, P. S. Wells, N. Wermes, M. Weymann, M. A. Whalley, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, I. Wingerter, V. H. Winterer, N. C. Wood, S. Wotton, T. R. Wyatt, R. Yaari, Y. Yang, G. Yekutieli, M. Yurko, I. Zacharov, W. Zeuner, G. T. Zorn

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A sample of 689 muon candidates and 665 electron candidates identified in multihadronic Z⁰ decays has been used to measure the average B hadron lifetime. These data were recorded with the OPAL detector during 1990. Maximum likelihood fits to the distributions of the lepton impact parameters yield an average B hadron lifetime of τ_b = 1.37 ± 0.07 ± 0.06 ps, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. This result is a weighted average over the semileptonic branching fractions and production rates of the B hadrons produced in Z⁰ decays.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	513-525
Number of pages	13
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	274
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(92)92025-C
Publication status	Published - 1992 Jan 16
Externally published	Yes

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Acton, P. D., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Allport, P. P., Anderson, K. J., Arcelli, S., Ashton, P., Astbury, A., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Bahan, G. A., Baines, J. T. M., Ball, A. H., Banks, J., Barker, G. J., Barlow, R. J., Batley, J. R., Beaudoin, G., Beck, A., ... Zorn, G. T. (1992). Measurement of the average B hadron lifetime in Z⁰ decays. Physics Letters B, 274(3-4), 513-525. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(92)92025-C

Acton, PD, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Allport, PP, Anderson, KJ, Arcelli, S, Ashton, P, Astbury, A, Axen, D, Azuelos, G, Bahan, GA, Baines, JTM, Ball, AH, Banks, J, Barker, GJ, Barlow, RJ, Batley, JR, Beaudoin, G, Beck, A, Becker, J, Behnke, T, Bell, KW, Bella, G, Berlich, P, Bethke, S, Biebel, O, Binder, U, Bloodworth, IJ, Bock, P, Boden, B, Bosch, HM, Bougerolle, S, Brabson, BB, Breuker, H, Brown, RM, Brun, R, Buijs, A, Burckhart, HJ, Capiluppi, P, Carnegie, RK, Carter, AA, Carter, JR, Chang, CY, Charlton, DG, Clarke, PEL, Cohen, I, Collins, WJ, Conboy, JE, Cooper, M, Couch, M, Coupland, M, Cuffiani, M, Dado, S, Dallavalle, GM, De Jong, S, Debu, P, del Pozo, LA, Deninno, MM, Dieckmann, A, Dittmar, M, Dixit, MS, Duchovni, E, Duckeck, G, Duerdoth, IP, Dumas, DJP, Eckerlin, G, Elcombe, PA, Estabrooks, PG, Etzion, E, Fabbri, F, Fincke-Keeler, M, Fischer, HM, Fong, DG, Fukunaga, C, Gaidot, A, Ganel, O, Gary, JW, Gascon, J, McGowan, RF, Geddes, NI, Geich-Gimbel, C, Gensler, SW, Gentit, FX, Giacomelli, G, Gibson, V, Gibson, WR, Gillies, JD, Goldberg, J, Goodrick, MJ, Gorn, W, Grandi, C, Grant, FC, Hagemann, J, Hanson, GG, Hansroul, M, Hargrove, CK, Harrison, PF, Hart, J, Hattersley, PM, Hauschild, M, Hawkes, CM, Heflin, E, Hemingway, RJ, Heuer, RD, Hill, JC, Hillier, SJ, Hinshaw, DA, Ho, C, Hobbs, JD, Hobson, PR, Hochman, D, Holl, B, Homer, RJ, Honma, AK, Hou, SR, Howarth, CP, Hughes-Jones, RE, Humbert, R, Igo-Kemenes, P, Ihssen, H, Imrie, DC, Janissen, AC, Jawahery, A, Jeffreys, PW, Jeremie, H, Jimack, M, Jobes, M, Jones, RWL, Jovanovic, P, Karlen, D, Kawagoe, K, Kawamoto, T, Keeler, RK, Kellogg, RG, Kennedy, BW, Kleinwort, C, Klem, DE, Kobayashi, T, Kokott, TP, Komamiya, S, Köpke, L, Kral, JF, Kowalewski, R, Kreutzmann, H, von Krogh, J, Kroll, J, Kuwano, M, Kyberd, P, Lafferty, GD, Lamarche, F, Larson, WJ, Layter, JG, Le Du, P, Leblanc, P, Lee, AM, Lehto, MH, Lellouch, D, Lennert, P, Leroy, C, Letts, J, Levegrün, S, Levinson, L, Lloyd, SL, Loebinger, FK, Lorah, JM, Lorazo, B, Losty, MJ, Lou, XC, Ludwig, J, Mannelli, M, Marcellini, S, Maringer, G, Martin, AJ, Martin, JP, Mashimo, T, Mättig, P, Maur, U, McKenna, J, McMahon, TJ, McNutt, JR, Meijers, F, Menszner, D, Merritt, FS, Mes, H, Michelini, A, Middleton, RP, Mikenberg, G, Mildenberger, J, Miller, DJ, Mir, R, Mohr, W, Moisan, C, Montanari, A, Mori, T, Moss, MW, Mouthuy, T, Nellen, B, Nguyen, HH, Nozaki, M, O'Neale, SW, O'Neill, BP, Oakham, FG, Odorici, F, Ogg, M, Ogren, HO, Oh, H, Oram, CJ, Oreglia, MJ, Orito, S, Pansart, JP, Panzer-Steindel, B, Paschievici, P, Patrick, GN, Pawley, SJ, Pfister, P, Pilcher, JE, Pinfold, JL, Pitman, D, Plane, DE, Poffenberger, P, Poli, B, Pouladdej, A, Prebys, E, Pritchard, TW, Przysiezniak, H, Quast, G, Redmond, MW, Rees, DL, Riles, K, Robins, SA, Robinson, D, Rollnik, A, Roney, JM, Ros, E, Rossberg, S, Rossi, AM, Rosvick, M, Routenburg, P, Runge, K, Runolfsson, O, Rust, DR, Sanghera, S, Sasaki, M, Schaile, AD, Schaile, O, Schappert, W, Scharff-Hansen, P, Schenk, P, von der Schmitt, H, Schreiber, S, Schwiening, J, Scott, WG, Settles, M, Shen, BC, Sherwood, P, Shypit, R, Simon, A, Singh, P, Siroli, GP, Skuja, A, Smith, AM, Smith, TJ, Snow, GA, Sobie, R, Springer, RW, Sproston, M, Stephens, K, Stier, HE, Ströhmer, R, Strom, D, Takeda, H, Takeshita, T, Taras, P, Tarem, S, Teixeira-Dias, P, Thackray, NJ, Transtromer, G, Tsukamoto, T, Turner, MF, Tysarczyk-Niemeyer, G, Van den plas, D, Van Kooten, R, VanDalen, GJ, Vasseur, G, Virtue, CJ, Wagner, A, Wahl, C, Walker, JP, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watkins, PM, Watson, AT, Watson, NK, Weber, M, Weber, P, Weisz, S, Wells, PS, Wermes, N, Weymann, M, Whalley, MA, Wilson, GW, Wilson, JA, Wingerter, I, Winterer, VH, Wood, NC, Wotton, S, Wyatt, TR, Yaari, R, Yang, Y, Yekutieli, G, Yurko, M, Zacharov, I, Zeuner, W & Zorn, GT 1992, 'Measurement of the average B hadron lifetime in Z⁰ decays', Physics Letters B, vol. 274, no. 3-4, pp. 513-525. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(92)92025-C

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J.} and Honma, {A. K.} and Hou, {S. R.} and Howarth, {C. P.} and Hughes-Jones, {R. E.} and R. Humbert and P. Igo-Kemenes and H. Ihssen and Imrie, {D. C.} and Janissen, {A. C.} and A. Jawahery and Jeffreys, {P. W.} and H. Jeremie and M. Jimack and M. Jobes and Jones, {R. W.L.} and P. Jovanovic and D. Karlen and K. Kawagoe and T. Kawamoto and Keeler, {R. K.} and Kellogg, {R. G.} and Kennedy, {B. W.} and C. Kleinwort and Klem, {D. E.} and T. Kobayashi and Kokott, {T. P.} and S. Komamiya and L. K{\"o}pke and Kral, {J. F.} and R. Kowalewski and H. Kreutzmann and {von Krogh}, J. and J. Kroll and M. Kuwano and P. Kyberd and Lafferty, {G. D.} and F. Lamarche and Larson, {W. J.} and Layter, {J. G.} and {Le Du}, P. and P. Leblanc and Lee, {A. M.} and Lehto, {M. H.} and D. Lellouch and P. Lennert and C. Leroy and J. Letts and S. Levegr{\"u}n and L. Levinson and Lloyd, {S. L.} and Loebinger, {F. K.} and Lorah, {J. M.} and B. Lorazo and Losty, {M. J.} and Lou, {X. C.} and J. Ludwig and M. Mannelli and S. Marcellini and G. Maringer and Martin, {A. J.} and Martin, {J. P.} and T. Mashimo and P. M{\"a}ttig and U. Maur and J. McKenna and McMahon, {T. J.} and McNutt, {J. R.} and F. Meijers and D. Menszner and Merritt, {F. S.} and H. Mes and A. Michelini and Middleton, {R. P.} and G. Mikenberg and J. Mildenberger and Miller, {D. J.} and R. Mir and W. Mohr and C. Moisan and A. Montanari and T. Mori and Moss, {M. W.} and T. Mouthuy and B. Nellen and Nguyen, {H. H.} and M. Nozaki and O'Neale, {S. W.} and O'Neill, {B. P.} and Oakham, {F. G.} and F. Odorici and M. Ogg and Ogren, {H. O.} and H. Oh and Oram, {C. J.} and Oreglia, {M. J.} and S. Orito and Pansart, {J. P.} and B. Panzer-Steindel and P. Paschievici and Patrick, {G. N.} and Pawley, {S. J.} and P. Pfister and Pilcher, {J. E.} and Pinfold, {J. L.} and D. Pitman and Plane, {D. E.} and P. Poffenberger and B. Poli and A. Pouladdej and E. Prebys and Pritchard, {T. W.} and H. Przysiezniak and G. Quast and Redmond, {M. W.} and Rees, {D. L.} and K. Riles and Robins, {S. A.} and D. Robinson and A. Rollnik and Roney, {J. M.} and E. Ros and S. Rossberg and Rossi, {A. M.} and M. Rosvick and P. Routenburg and K. Runge and O. Runolfsson and Rust, {D. R.} and S. Sanghera and M. Sasaki and Schaile, {A. D.} and O. Schaile and W. Schappert and P. Scharff-Hansen and P. Schenk and {von der Schmitt}, H. and S. Schreiber and J. Schwiening and Scott, {W. G.} and M. Settles and Shen, {B. C.} and P. Sherwood and R. Shypit and A. Simon and P. Singh and Siroli, {G. P.} and A. Skuja and Smith, {A. M.} and Smith, {T. J.} and Snow, {G. A.} and R. Sobie and Springer, {R. W.} and M. Sproston and K. Stephens and Stier, {H. E.} and R. Str{\"o}hmer and D. Strom and H. Takeda and T. Takeshita and P. Taras and S. Tarem and P. Teixeira-Dias and Thackray, {N. J.} and G. Transtromer and T. Tsukamoto and Turner, {M. F.} and G. Tysarczyk-Niemeyer and {Van den plas}, D. and {Van Kooten}, R. and VanDalen, {G. J.} and G. Vasseur and Virtue, {C. J.} and A. Wagner and C. Wahl and Walker, {J. P.} and Ward, {C. P.} and Ward, {D. R.} and Watkins, {P. M.} and Watson, {A. T.} and Watson, {N. K.} and M. Weber and P. Weber and S. Weisz and Wells, {P. S.} and N. Wermes and M. Weymann and Whalley, {M. A.} and Wilson, {G. W.} and Wilson, {J. A.} and I. Wingerter and Winterer, {V. H.} and Wood, {N. C.} and S. Wotton and Wyatt, {T. R.} and R. Yaari and Y. Yang and G. Yekutieli and M. Yurko and I. Zacharov and W. Zeuner and Zorn, {G. T.}",

note = "Funding Information: It is a pleasure to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator and their continuing close cooperation with our experimental group. In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleased to acknowledge the Department of Energy, USA; National Science Foundation, USA; Science and Engineering Research Council, UK; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada; Israeli Ministry of Science; Minerva Gesellschaft; Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho International Science Research Program; American Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation; Direction des Sciences de la Mati6re du Commissariat fi l'Energie Atomique, France; Bundesministerium fi~r Forschung und Technologie, FRG; A.P. Sloan Foundation and Junta Nacional de Investiga~o Cientifica e Tec-nol6gica, Portugal.",

year = "1992",

month = jan,

day = "16",

doi = "10.1016/0370-2693(92)92025-C",

language = "English",

volume = "274",

pages = "513--525",

journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",

issn = "0370-2693",

publisher = "Elsevier",

number = "3-4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of the average B hadron lifetime in Z0 decays

AU - Acton, P. D.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Allison, J.

AU - Allport, P. P.

AU - Anderson, K. J.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Ashton, P.

AU - Astbury, A.

AU - Axen, D.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Bahan, G. A.

AU - Baines, J. T.M.

AU - Ball, A. H.

AU - Banks, J.

AU - Barker, G. J.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Batley, J. R.

AU - Beaudoin, G.

AU - Beck, A.

AU - Becker, J.

AU - Behnke, T.

AU - Bell, K. W.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Berlich, P.

AU - Bethke, S.

AU - Biebel, O.

AU - Binder, U.

AU - Bloodworth, I. J.

AU - Bock, P.

AU - Boden, B.

AU - Bosch, H. M.

AU - Bougerolle, S.

AU - Brabson, B. B.

AU - Breuker, H.

AU - Brown, R. M.

AU - Brun, R.

AU - Buijs, A.

AU - Burckhart, H. J.

AU - Capiluppi, P.

AU - Carnegie, R. K.

AU - Carter, A. A.

AU - Carter, J. R.

AU - Chang, C. Y.

AU - Charlton, D. G.

AU - Clarke, P. E.L.

AU - Cohen, I.

AU - Collins, W. J.

AU - Conboy, J. E.

AU - Cooper, M.

AU - Couch, M.

AU - Coupland, M.

AU - Cuffiani, M.

AU - Dado, S.

AU - Dallavalle, G. M.

AU - De Jong, S.

AU - Debu, P.

AU - del Pozo, L. A.

AU - Deninno, M. M.

AU - Dieckmann, A.

AU - Dittmar, M.

AU - Dixit, M. S.

AU - Duchovni, E.

AU - Duckeck, G.

AU - Duerdoth, I. P.

AU - Dumas, D. J.P.

AU - Eckerlin, G.

AU - Elcombe, P. A.

AU - Estabrooks, P. G.

AU - Etzion, E.

AU - Fabbri, F.

AU - Fincke-Keeler, M.

AU - Fischer, H. M.

AU - Fong, D. G.

AU - Fukunaga, C.

AU - Gaidot, A.

AU - Ganel, O.

AU - Gary, J. W.

AU - Gascon, J.

AU - McGowan, R. F.

AU - Geddes, N. I.

AU - Geich-Gimbel, C.

AU - Gensler, S. W.

AU - Gentit, F. X.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Gibson, V.

AU - Gibson, W. R.

AU - Gillies, J. D.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Goodrick, M. J.

AU - Gorn, W.

AU - Grandi, C.

AU - Grant, F. C.

AU - Hagemann, J.

AU - Hanson, G. G.

AU - Hansroul, M.

AU - Hargrove, C. K.

AU - Harrison, P. F.

AU - Hart, J.

AU - Hattersley, P. M.

AU - Hauschild, M.

AU - Hawkes, C. M.

AU - Heflin, E.

AU - Hemingway, R. J.

AU - Heuer, R. D.

AU - Hill, J. C.

AU - Hillier, S. J.

AU - Hinshaw, D. A.

AU - Ho, C.

AU - Hobbs, J. D.

AU - Hobson, P. R.

AU - Hochman, D.

AU - Holl, B.

AU - Homer, R. J.

AU - Honma, A. K.

AU - Hou, S. R.

AU - Howarth, C. P.

AU - Hughes-Jones, R. E.

AU - Humbert, R.

AU - Igo-Kemenes, P.

AU - Ihssen, H.

AU - Imrie, D. C.

AU - Janissen, A. C.

AU - Jawahery, A.

AU - Jeffreys, P. W.

AU - Jeremie, H.

AU - Jimack, M.

AU - Jobes, M.

AU - Jones, R. W.L.

AU - Jovanovic, P.

AU - Karlen, D.

AU - Kawagoe, K.

AU - Kawamoto, T.

AU - Keeler, R. K.

AU - Kellogg, R. G.

AU - Kennedy, B. W.

AU - Kleinwort, C.

AU - Klem, D. E.

AU - Kobayashi, T.

AU - Kokott, T. P.

AU - Komamiya, S.

AU - Köpke, L.

AU - Kral, J. F.

AU - Kowalewski, R.

AU - Kreutzmann, H.

AU - von Krogh, J.

AU - Kroll, J.

AU - Kuwano, M.

AU - Kyberd, P.

AU - Lafferty, G. D.

AU - Lamarche, F.

AU - Larson, W. J.

AU - Layter, J. G.

AU - Le Du, P.

AU - Leblanc, P.

AU - Lee, A. M.

AU - Lehto, M. H.

AU - Lellouch, D.

AU - Lennert, P.

AU - Leroy, C.

AU - Letts, J.

AU - Levegrün, S.

AU - Levinson, L.

AU - Lloyd, S. L.

AU - Loebinger, F. K.

AU - Lorah, J. M.

AU - Lorazo, B.

AU - Losty, M. J.

AU - Lou, X. C.

AU - Ludwig, J.

AU - Mannelli, M.

AU - Marcellini, S.

AU - Maringer, G.

AU - Martin, A. J.

AU - Martin, J. P.

AU - Mashimo, T.

AU - Mättig, P.

AU - Maur, U.

AU - McKenna, J.

AU - McMahon, T. J.

AU - McNutt, J. R.

AU - Meijers, F.

AU - Menszner, D.

AU - Merritt, F. S.

AU - Mes, H.

AU - Michelini, A.

AU - Middleton, R. P.

AU - Mikenberg, G.

AU - Mildenberger, J.

AU - Miller, D. J.

AU - Mir, R.

AU - Mohr, W.

AU - Moisan, C.

AU - Montanari, A.

AU - Mori, T.

AU - Moss, M. W.

AU - Mouthuy, T.

AU - Nellen, B.

AU - Nguyen, H. H.

AU - Nozaki, M.

AU - O'Neale, S. W.

AU - O'Neill, B. P.

AU - Oakham, F. G.

AU - Odorici, F.

AU - Ogg, M.

AU - Ogren, H. O.

AU - Oh, H.

AU - Oram, C. J.

AU - Oreglia, M. J.

AU - Orito, S.

AU - Pansart, J. P.

AU - Panzer-Steindel, B.

AU - Paschievici, P.

AU - Patrick, G. N.

AU - Pawley, S. J.

AU - Pfister, P.

AU - Pilcher, J. E.

AU - Pinfold, J. L.

AU - Pitman, D.

AU - Plane, D. E.

AU - Poffenberger, P.

AU - Poli, B.

AU - Pouladdej, A.

AU - Prebys, E.

AU - Pritchard, T. W.

AU - Przysiezniak, H.

AU - Quast, G.

AU - Redmond, M. W.

AU - Rees, D. L.

AU - Riles, K.

AU - Robins, S. A.

AU - Robinson, D.

AU - Rollnik, A.

AU - Roney, J. M.

AU - Ros, E.

AU - Rossberg, S.

AU - Rossi, A. M.

AU - Rosvick, M.

AU - Routenburg, P.

AU - Runge, K.

AU - Runolfsson, O.

AU - Rust, D. R.

AU - Sanghera, S.

AU - Sasaki, M.

AU - Schaile, A. D.

AU - Schaile, O.

AU - Schappert, W.

AU - Scharff-Hansen, P.

AU - Schenk, P.

AU - von der Schmitt, H.

AU - Schreiber, S.

AU - Schwiening, J.

AU - Scott, W. G.

AU - Settles, M.

AU - Shen, B. C.

AU - Sherwood, P.

AU - Shypit, R.

AU - Simon, A.

AU - Singh, P.

AU - Siroli, G. P.

AU - Skuja, A.

AU - Smith, A. M.

AU - Smith, T. J.

AU - Snow, G. A.

AU - Sobie, R.

AU - Springer, R. W.

AU - Sproston, M.

AU - Stephens, K.

AU - Stier, H. E.

AU - Ströhmer, R.

AU - Strom, D.

AU - Takeda, H.

AU - Takeshita, T.

AU - Taras, P.

AU - Tarem, S.

AU - Teixeira-Dias, P.

AU - Thackray, N. J.

AU - Transtromer, G.

AU - Tsukamoto, T.

AU - Turner, M. F.

AU - Tysarczyk-Niemeyer, G.

AU - Van den plas, D.

AU - Van Kooten, R.

AU - VanDalen, G. J.

AU - Vasseur, G.

AU - Virtue, C. J.

AU - Wagner, A.

AU - Wahl, C.

AU - Walker, J. P.

AU - Ward, C. P.

AU - Ward, D. R.

AU - Watkins, P. M.

AU - Watson, A. T.

AU - Watson, N. K.

AU - Weber, M.

AU - Weber, P.

AU - Weisz, S.

AU - Wells, P. S.

AU - Wermes, N.

AU - Weymann, M.

AU - Whalley, M. A.

AU - Wilson, G. W.

AU - Wilson, J. A.

AU - Wingerter, I.

AU - Winterer, V. H.

AU - Wood, N. C.

AU - Wotton, S.

AU - Wyatt, T. R.

AU - Yaari, R.

AU - Yang, Y.

AU - Yekutieli, G.

AU - Yurko, M.

AU - Zacharov, I.

AU - Zeuner, W.

AU - Zorn, G. T.

N1 - Funding Information: It is a pleasure to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator and their continuing close cooperation with our experimental group. In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleased to acknowledge the Department of Energy, USA; National Science Foundation, USA; Science and Engineering Research Council, UK; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada; Israeli Ministry of Science; Minerva Gesellschaft; Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho International Science Research Program; American Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation; Direction des Sciences de la Mati6re du Commissariat fi l'Energie Atomique, France; Bundesministerium fi~r Forschung und Technologie, FRG; A.P. Sloan Foundation and Junta Nacional de Investiga~o Cientifica e Tec-nol6gica, Portugal.

PY - 1992/1/16

Y1 - 1992/1/16

N2 - A sample of 689 muon candidates and 665 electron candidates identified in multihadronic Z0 decays has been used to measure the average B hadron lifetime. These data were recorded with the OPAL detector during 1990. Maximum likelihood fits to the distributions of the lepton impact parameters yield an average B hadron lifetime of τb = 1.37 ± 0.07 ± 0.06 ps, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. This result is a weighted average over the semileptonic branching fractions and production rates of the B hadrons produced in Z0 decays.

AB - A sample of 689 muon candidates and 665 electron candidates identified in multihadronic Z0 decays has been used to measure the average B hadron lifetime. These data were recorded with the OPAL detector during 1990. Maximum likelihood fits to the distributions of the lepton impact parameters yield an average B hadron lifetime of τb = 1.37 ± 0.07 ± 0.06 ps, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. This result is a weighted average over the semileptonic branching fractions and production rates of the B hadrons produced in Z0 decays.

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DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(92)92025-C

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SN - 0370-2693

VL - 274

SP - 513

EP - 525

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

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

IS - 3-4

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