Measurement of the lifetime of hadrons containing the b-quark

J. M. Brom; S. Abachi; C. Akerlof; P. Baringer; D. Blockus; B. Brabson; B. G. Bylsma; J. Chapman; B. Cork; R. Debonte; M. Derrick; D. Errede; K. K. Gan; C. Jung; M. T. Ken; D. Koltick; P. Kooijman; F. J. Loeffler; J. S. Loos; E. H. Low; R. L. McIlwain; D. I. Meyer; D. H. Miller; B. Musgrave; C. R. Ng; D. Nitz; H. Ogren; H. W. Paik; L. E. Price; L. K. Rangan; J. Repond; D. R. Rust; E. I. Shibata; K. Sugano; R. Thun; R. Tschirart

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(87)91213-5

Measurement of the lifetime of hadrons containing the b-quark

J. M. Brom
, S. Abachi
, C. Akerlof
, P. Baringer
, D. Blockus
, B. Brabson
, B. G. Bylsma
, J. Chapman
, B. Cork
, R. Debonte
, M. Derrick
, D. Errede
, K. K. Gan
, C. Jung
, M. T. Ken
, D. Koltick
, P. Kooijman
, F. J. Loeffler
, J. S. Loos
, E. H. Low

R. L. McIlwain, D. I. Meyer, D. H. Miller, B. Musgrave, C. R. Ng, D. Nitz, H. Ogren, H. W. Paik, L. E. Price, L. K. Rangan, J. Repond, D. R. Rust, E. I. Shibata, K. Sugano, R. Thun, R. Tschirart

Physics and Astronomy

Stony Brook University

Indiana University Bloomington
Purdue University
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory

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Abstract

Data collected with the High Resolution Spectrometer at PEP, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 200 pb^-1 of e⁺e^- annihilation at 29 GeV, were used to measure the mean lifetime of hadrons containing the bottom quark. The lifetime was determined using the impact parameter method on events containing a high-transverse-momentum electron. The result, based on a sample of 301 events, is τ_B = 1.02 ±_0.39^0.42 ps, where the indicated errors include both statistics and systematics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301-306
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	195
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(87)91213-5
State	Published - Sep 3 1987

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Brom, J. M., Abachi, S., Akerlof, C., Baringer, P., Blockus, D., Brabson, B., Bylsma, B. G., Chapman, J., Cork, B., Debonte, R., Derrick, M., Errede, D., Gan, K. K., Jung, C., Ken, M. T., Koltick, D., Kooijman, P., Loeffler, F. J., Loos, J. S., ... Tschirart, R. (1987). Measurement of the lifetime of hadrons containing the b-quark. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 195(2), 301-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(87)91213-5

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Measurement of the lifetime of hadrons containing the b-quark

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