Upper limit on beauty lifetime and lower limit on weak mixing angles

W. Bartel*, D. Cords, P. Dittmann, R. Eichler, R. Felst, D. Haidt, H. Krehbiel, K. Meier, B. Naroska, L. H. O'Neill, P. Steffen, H. Wenninger, E. Elsen, A. Petersen, P. Warming, G. Weber, S. Bethke, H. Drumm, J. Heintze, G. HeinzelmannK. H. Hellenbrand, R. D. Heuer, J. von Krogh, P. Lennert, S. Kawabata, S. Komamiya, H. Matsumura, T. Nozaki, J. Olsson, H. Rieseberg, A. Wagner, A. Bell, F. Foster, G. Hughes, H. Wriedt, J. Allison, A. H. Ball, G. Bamford, R. Barlow, C. Bowdery, I. P. Duerdoth, J. F. Hassard, B. T. King, F. K. Loebinger, A. A. Macbeth, H. McCann, H. E. Mills, P. G. Murphy, K. Stephens, D. Clarke, M. C. Goddard, R. Marshall, G. F. Pearce, J. Kanzaki, T. Kobayashi, M. Koshiba, M. Minowa, M. Nozaki, S. Odaka, S. Orito, A. Sato, H. Takeda, Y. Totsuka, Y. Watanabe, S. Yamada, C. Yanagisawa

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Abstract

Muons from a multihadron sample are used to determine an upper limit τ<1.4 × 10-12s (95% CL) on the lifetime of beauty particles. The data are obtained with the JADE detector at PETRA. The result is interpreted within the standard model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-75
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume114
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1982 Jul 15
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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