Measurement of the b hadron lifetime with the dipole method

D. Buskulic; I. De Bonis; D. Decamp; P. Ghez; C. Goy; J. P. Lees; M. N. Minard; B. Pietrzyk; F. Ariztizabal; P. Comas; J. M. Crespo; M. Delfino; I. Efthymiopoulos; E. Fernandez; M. Fernandez-Bosman; V. Gaitan; Ll Garrido; T. Mattison; A. Pacheco; C. Padilla; A. Pascual; D. Creanza; M. de Palma; A. Farilla; G. Iaselli; G. Maggi; N. Marinelli; S. Natali; S. Nuzzo; A. Ranieri; G. Raso; F. Romano; F. Ruggieri; G. Selvaggi; L. Silvestris; P. Tempesta; G. Zito; Y. Chai; H. Hu; D. Huang; X. Huang; J. Lin; T. Wang; Y. Xie; D. Xu; R. Xu; J. Zhang; L. Zhang; W. Zhao; G. Bonvicini; J. Boudreau; D. Casper; H. Drevermann; R. W. Forty; G. Ganis; C. Gay; R. Hagelberg; J. Harvey; J. Hilgart; R. Jacobsen; B. Jost; J. Knobloch; I. Lehraus; M. Maggi; C. Markou; M. Martinez; P. Mato; H. Meinhard; A. Minten; R. Miquel; H. G. Moser; P. Palazzi; J. R. Pater; J. A. Perlas; J. F. Pusztaszeri; F. Ranjard; L. Rolandi; J. Rothberg; T. Ruan; M. Saich; D. Schlatter; M. Schmelling; F. Sefkow; W. Tejessy; I. R. Tomalin; R. Veenhof; H. Wachsmuth; S. Wasserbaech; W. Wiedenmann; T. Wildish; W. Witzeling; J. Wotschack; Z. Ajaltouni; F. Badaud; M. Bardadin-Otwinowska; R. El Fellous; A. Falvard; P. Gay; C. Guicheney; P. Henrard; J. Jousset; B. Michel; J. C. Montret; D. Pallin; P. Perret; F. Podlyski; J. Proriol; F. Prulhière; F. Saadi; T. Fearnley; J. B. Hansen; J. D. Hansen; J. R. Hansen; P. H. Hansen; R. Møllerud; B. S. Nilsson; A. Kyriakis; E. Simopoulou; I. Siotis; A. Vayaki; K. Zachariadou; J. Badier; A. Blondel; G. Bonneaud; J. C. Brient; P. Bourdon; G. Fouque; S. Orteu; A. Rougé; M. Rumpf; R. Tanaka; M. Verderi; H. Videau; D. J. Candlin; M. I. Parsons; E. Veitch; E. Focardi; L. Moneta; G. Parrini; M. Corden; C. Georgiopoulos; M. Ikeda; D. Levinthal; A. Antonelli; R. Baldini; G. Bencivenni; G. Bologna; F. Bossi; P. Campana; G. Capon; F. Cerutti; V. Chiarella; B. D'Ettorre-Piazzoli; G. Felici; P. Laurelli; G. Mannocchi; F. Murtas; G. P. Murtas; L. Passalacqua; M. Pepe-Altarelli; P. Picchi; P. Colrain; I. ten Have; J. G. Lynch; W. Maitland; W. T. Morton; C. Raine; P. Reeves; J. M. Scarr; K. Smith; M. G. Smith; A. S. Thompson; R. M. Turnbull; B. Brandl; O. Braun; C. Geweniger; P. Hanke; V. Hepp; E. E. Kluge; Y. Maumary; A. Putzer; B. Rensch; A. Stahl; K. Tittel; M. Wunsch; R. Beuselinck; D. M. Binnie; W. Cameron; M. Cattaneo; D. J. Colling; P. J. Dornan; A. M. Greene; J. F. Hassard; N. M. Lieske; A. Moutoussi; J. Nash; S. Patton; D. G. Payne; M. J. Phillips; G. San Martin; J. K. Sedgbeer; A. G. Wright; P. Girtler; D. Kuhn; G. Rudolph; R. Vogl; C. K. Bowdery; T. J. Brodbeck; A. J. Finch; F. Foster; G. Hughes; D. Jackson; N. R. Keemer; M. Nuttall; A. Patel; T. Sloan; S. W. Snow; E. P. Whelan; K. Kleinknecht; J. Raab; B. Renk; H. G. Sander; H. Schmidt; S. M. Walther; R. Wanke; B. Wolf; A. Zimmermann; A. M. Bencheikh; C. Benchouk; A. Bonissent; J. Carr; P. Coyle; J. Drinkard; F. Etienne; D. Nicod; S. Papalexiou; P. Payre; L. Roos; D. Rousseau; P. Schwemling; M. Talby; S. Adlung; R. Assmann; C. Bauer; W. Blum; D. Brown; P. Cattaneo; B. Dehning; H. Dietl; F. Dydak; M. Frank; A. W. Halley; K. Jakobs; J. Lauber; G. Lütjens; G. Lutz; W. Männer; R. Richter; J. Schröder; A. S. Schwarz; R. Settles; H. Seywerd; U. Stierlin; U. Stiegler; R. St. Denis; G. Wolf; R. Alemany; J. Boucrot; O. Callot; A. Cordier; M. Davier; L. Duflot; J. F. Grivaz; Ph Heusse; D. E. Jaffe; P. Janot; D. W. Kim; F. Le Diberder; J. Lefrançois; A. M. Lutz; M. H. Schune; J. J. Veillet; I. Videau; Z. Zhang; D. Abbaneo; G. Bagliesi; G. Batignani; U. Bottigli; C. Bozzi; G. Calderini; M. Carpinelli; M. A. Ciocci; V. Ciulli; R. Dell'Orso; I. Ferrante; F. Fidecaro; L. Foà; F. Forti; A. Giassi; M. A. Giorgi; A. Gregorio; F. Ligabue; A. Lusiani; E. B. Mannelli; P. S. Marrocchesi; A. Messineo; F. Palla; G. Rizzo; G. Sanguinetti; P. Spagnolo; J. Steinberger; R. Tenchini; G. Tonelli; G. Triggiani; A. Valassi; C. Vannini; A. Venturi; P. G. Verdini; J. Walsh; A. P. Betteridge; Y. Gao; M. G. Green; P. V. March; Ll M. Mir; T. Medcalf; I. S. Quazi; J. A. Strong; L. R. West; D. R. Botterill; R. W. Clifft; T. R. Edgecock; S. Haywood; P. R. Norton; J. C. Thompson; B. Bloch-Devaux; P. Colas; H. Duarte; S. Emery; W. Kozanecki; E. Lançon; M. C. Lemaire; E. Locci; B. Marx; P. Perez; J. Rander; J. F. Renardy; A. Rosowsky; A. Roussarie; J. P. Schuller; J. Schwindling; D. Si Mohand; B. Vallage; R. P. Johnson; A. M. Litke; G. Taylor; J. Wear; J. G. Ashman; W. Babbage; C. N. Booth; C. Buttar; S. Cartwright; F. Combley; I. Dawson; L. F. Thompson; E. Barbeiro; A. Böhrer; S. Brandt; G. Cowan; C. Grupen; G. Lutters; F. Rivera; U. Schäfer; L. Smolik; L. Bosisio; R. Della Marina; G. Giannini; B. Gobbo; F. Ragusa; L. Bellantoni; W. Chen; J. S. Conway; Z. Feng; D. P S Ferguson; Y. S. Gao; J. Grahl; J. L. Harton; O. J. Hayes; J. M. Nachtman; Y. B. Pan; Y. Saadi; M. Schmitt; I. Scott; V. Sharma; Z. H. Shi; J. D. Turk; A. M. Walsh; F. V. Weber; Lan Wu Sau Lan Wu; X. Wu; M. Zheng; G. Zobernig

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(93)91265-O

Measurement of the b hadron lifetime with the dipole method

D. Buskulic^*, I. De Bonis, D. Decamp, P. Ghez, C. Goy, J. P. Lees, M. N. Minard, B. Pietrzyk, F. Ariztizabal, P. Comas, J. M. Crespo, M. Delfino, I. Efthymiopoulos, E. Fernandez, M. Fernandez-Bosman, V. Gaitan, Ll Garrido, T. Mattison, A. Pacheco, C. PadillaA. Pascual, D. Creanza, M. de Palma, A. Farilla, G. Iaselli, G. Maggi, N. Marinelli, S. Natali, S. Nuzzo, A. Ranieri, G. Raso, F. Romano, F. Ruggieri, G. Selvaggi, L. Silvestris, P. Tempesta, G. Zito, Y. Chai, H. Hu, D. Huang, X. Huang, J. Lin, T. Wang, Y. Xie, D. Xu, R. Xu, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhao, G. Bonvicini, J. Boudreau, D. Casper, H. Drevermann, R. W. Forty, G. Ganis, C. Gay, R. Hagelberg, J. Harvey, J. Hilgart, R. Jacobsen, B. Jost, J. Knobloch, I. Lehraus, M. Maggi, C. Markou, M. Martinez, P. Mato, H. Meinhard, A. Minten, R. Miquel, H. G. Moser, P. Palazzi, J. R. Pater, J. A. Perlas, J. F. Pusztaszeri, F. Ranjard, L. Rolandi, J. Rothberg, T. Ruan, M. Saich, D. Schlatter, M. Schmelling, F. Sefkow, W. Tejessy, I. R. Tomalin, R. Veenhof, H. Wachsmuth, S. Wasserbaech, W. Wiedenmann, T. Wildish, W. Witzeling, J. Wotschack, Z. Ajaltouni, F. Badaud, M. Bardadin-Otwinowska, R. El Fellous, A. Falvard, P. Gay, C. Guicheney, P. Henrard, J. Jousset, B. Michel, J. C. Montret, D. Pallin, P. Perret, F. Podlyski, J. Proriol, F. Prulhière, F. Saadi, T. Fearnley, J. B. Hansen, J. D. Hansen, J. R. Hansen, P. H. Hansen, R. Møllerud, B. S. Nilsson, A. Kyriakis, E. Simopoulou, I. Siotis, A. Vayaki, K. Zachariadou, J. Badier, A. Blondel, G. Bonneaud, J. C. Brient, P. Bourdon, G. Fouque, S. Orteu, A. Rougé, M. Rumpf, R. Tanaka, M. Verderi, H. Videau, D. J. Candlin, M. I. Parsons, E. Veitch, E. Focardi, L. Moneta, G. Parrini, M. Corden, C. Georgiopoulos, M. Ikeda, D. Levinthal, A. Antonelli, R. Baldini, G. Bencivenni, G. Bologna, F. Bossi, P. Campana, G. Capon, F. Cerutti, V. Chiarella, B. D'Ettorre-Piazzoli, G. Felici, P. Laurelli, G. Mannocchi, F. Murtas, G. P. Murtas, L. Passalacqua, M. Pepe-Altarelli, P. Picchi, P. Colrain, I. ten Have, J. G. Lynch, W. Maitland, W. T. Morton, C. Raine, P. Reeves, J. M. Scarr, K. Smith, M. G. Smith, A. S. Thompson, R. M. Turnbull, B. Brandl, O. Braun, C. Geweniger, P. Hanke, V. Hepp, E. E. Kluge, Y. Maumary, A. Putzer, B. Rensch, A. Stahl, K. Tittel, M. Wunsch, R. Beuselinck, D. M. Binnie, W. Cameron, M. Cattaneo, D. J. Colling, P. J. Dornan, A. M. Greene, J. F. Hassard, N. M. Lieske, A. Moutoussi, J. Nash, S. Patton, D. G. Payne, M. J. Phillips, G. San Martin, J. K. Sedgbeer, A. G. Wright, P. Girtler, D. Kuhn, G. Rudolph, R. Vogl, C. K. Bowdery, T. J. Brodbeck, A. J. Finch, F. Foster, G. Hughes, D. Jackson, N. R. Keemer, M. Nuttall, A. Patel, T. Sloan, S. W. Snow, E. P. Whelan, K. Kleinknecht, J. Raab, B. Renk, H. G. Sander, H. Schmidt, S. M. Walther, R. Wanke, B. Wolf, A. Zimmermann, A. M. Bencheikh, C. Benchouk, A. Bonissent, J. Carr, P. Coyle, J. Drinkard, F. Etienne, D. Nicod, S. Papalexiou, P. Payre, L. Roos, D. Rousseau, P. Schwemling, M. Talby, S. Adlung, R. Assmann, C. Bauer, W. Blum, D. Brown, P. Cattaneo, B. Dehning, H. Dietl, F. Dydak, M. Frank, A. W. Halley, K. Jakobs, J. Lauber, G. Lütjens, G. Lutz, W. Männer, R. Richter, J. Schröder, A. S. Schwarz, R. Settles, H. Seywerd, U. Stierlin, U. Stiegler, R. St. Denis, G. Wolf, R. Alemany, J. Boucrot, O. Callot, A. Cordier, M. Davier, L. Duflot, J. F. Grivaz, Ph Heusse, D. E. Jaffe, P. Janot, D. W. Kim, F. Le Diberder, J. Lefrançois, A. M. Lutz, M. H. Schune, J. J. Veillet, I. Videau, Z. Zhang, D. Abbaneo, G. Bagliesi, G. Batignani, U. Bottigli, C. Bozzi, G. Calderini, M. Carpinelli, M. A. Ciocci, V. Ciulli, R. Dell'Orso, I. Ferrante, F. Fidecaro, L. Foà, F. Forti, A. Giassi, M. A. Giorgi, A. Gregorio, F. Ligabue, A. Lusiani, E. B. Mannelli, P. S. Marrocchesi, A. Messineo, F. Palla, G. Rizzo, G. Sanguinetti, P. Spagnolo, J. Steinberger, R. Tenchini, G. Tonelli, G. Triggiani, A. Valassi, C. Vannini, A. Venturi, P. G. Verdini, J. Walsh, A. P. Betteridge, Y. Gao, M. G. Green, P. V. March, Ll M. Mir, T. Medcalf, I. S. Quazi, J. A. Strong, L. R. West, D. R. Botterill, R. W. Clifft, T. R. Edgecock, S. Haywood, P. R. Norton, J. C. Thompson, B. Bloch-Devaux, P. Colas, H. Duarte, S. Emery, W. Kozanecki, E. Lançon, M. C. Lemaire, E. Locci, B. Marx, P. Perez, J. Rander, J. F. Renardy, A. Rosowsky, A. Roussarie, J. P. Schuller, J. Schwindling, D. Si Mohand, B. Vallage, R. P. Johnson, A. M. Litke, G. Taylor, J. Wear, J. G. Ashman, W. Babbage, C. N. Booth, C. Buttar, S. Cartwright, F. Combley, I. Dawson, L. F. Thompson, E. Barbeiro, A. Böhrer, S. Brandt, G. Cowan, C. Grupen, G. Lutters, F. Rivera, U. Schäfer, L. Smolik, L. Bosisio, R. Della Marina, G. Giannini, B. Gobbo, F. Ragusa, L. Bellantoni, W. Chen, J. S. Conway, Z. Feng, D. P S Ferguson, Y. S. Gao, J. Grahl, J. L. Harton, O. J. Hayes, J. M. Nachtman, Y. B. Pan, Y. Saadi, M. Schmitt, I. Scott, V. Sharma, Z. H. Shi, J. D. Turk, A. M. Walsh, F. V. Weber, Lan Wu Sau Lan Wu, X. Wu, M. Zheng, G. Zobernig

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Abstract

A measurement of the average lifetime of b hadrons has been performed with dipole method on a sample of 260 000 hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector during 1991. The dipole is the distance between the vertices built in the opposite hemispheres. The mean dipole is extracted from all the events without attempting b enrichment. Comparing the average of the data dipole distribution with a Monte Carlo calibration curve obtained with different b lifetimes, an average b hadron lifetime of 1.51±0.08 ps is extracted.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	459-470
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	314
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(93)91265-O
State	Published - Sep 23 1993

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Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J. P., Minard, M. N., Pietrzyk, B., Ariztizabal, F., Comas, P., Crespo, J. M., Delfino, M., Efthymiopoulos, I., Fernandez, E., Fernandez-Bosman, M., Gaitan, V., Garrido, L., Mattison, T., Pacheco, A., ... Zobernig, G. (1993). Measurement of the b hadron lifetime with the dipole method. Physics Letters B, 314(3-4), 459-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(93)91265-O

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abstract = "A measurement of the average lifetime of b hadrons has been performed with dipole method on a sample of 260 000 hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector during 1991. The dipole is the distance between the vertices built in the opposite hemispheres. The mean dipole is extracted from all the events without attempting b enrichment. Comparing the average of the data dipole distribution with a Monte Carlo calibration curve obtained with different b lifetimes, an average b hadron lifetime of 1.51±0.08 ps is extracted.",

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Sanguinetti and P. Spagnolo and J. Steinberger and R. Tenchini and G. Tonelli and G. Triggiani and A. Valassi and C. Vannini and A. Venturi and Verdini, {P. G.} and J. Walsh and Betteridge, {A. P.} and Y. Gao and Green, {M. G.} and March, {P. V.} and Mir, {Ll M.} and T. Medcalf and Quazi, {I. S.} and Strong, {J. A.} and West, {L. R.} and Botterill, {D. R.} and Clifft, {R. W.} and Edgecock, {T. R.} and S. Haywood and Norton, {P. R.} and Thompson, {J. C.} and B. Bloch-Devaux and P. Colas and H. Duarte and S. Emery and W. Kozanecki and E. Lan{\c c}on and Lemaire, {M. C.} and E. Locci and B. Marx and P. Perez and J. Rander and Renardy, {J. F.} and A. Rosowsky and A. Roussarie and Schuller, {J. P.} and J. Schwindling and {Si Mohand}, D. and B. Vallage and Johnson, {R. P.} and Litke, {A. M.} and G. Taylor and J. Wear and Ashman, {J. G.} and W. Babbage and Booth, {C. N.} and C. Buttar and S. Cartwright and F. Combley and I. Dawson and Thompson, {L. F.} and E. Barbeiro and A. B{\"o}hrer and S. Brandt and G. Cowan and C. Grupen and G. Lutters and F. Rivera and U. Sch{\"a}fer and L. Smolik and L. Bosisio and {Della Marina}, R. and G. Giannini and B. Gobbo and F. Ragusa and L. Bellantoni and W. Chen and Conway, {J. S.} and Z. Feng and Ferguson, {D. P S} and Gao, {Y. S.} and J. Grahl and Harton, {J. L.} and Hayes, {O. J.} and Nachtman, {J. M.} and Pan, {Y. B.} and Y. Saadi and M. Schmitt and I. Scott and V. Sharma and Shi, {Z. H.} and Turk, {J. D.} and Walsh, {A. M.} and Weber, {F. V.} and {Sau Lan Wu}, {Lan Wu} and X. Wu and M. Zheng and G. Zobernig",

note = "Funding Information: l NOW at CERN, PPE Division, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland. 2 Permanent address: University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. 3 Now at University of California, Irvine, CA 92717, USA. 4 Also Istituto di Fisica Generale, Universit~ di Torino, Torino, Italy. 5 Also Istituto di Cosmo-Geofisica del CNR, Torino, Italy. 6 Now at DESY, Hamburg, Germany. 7 Supported by CICYT, Spain. 8 Supported by the National Science Foundation of China. 9 Supported by the Danish Natural Science Research Council. 10 Supported by the UK Science and Engineering Research Council. I I Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-AC02-76ER00881. 12 Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-FG05-87ER40319. 13 Supported by the NSF, contract PHY-8451274. 14 Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-FC05-85ER250000. 15 Supported by SLOAN fellowship, contract BR 2703. t6 Supported by the Bundesministerium fiir Forschung und Technologie, Germany. 17 Supported by the Direction des Sciences de la Matibre, CEA. 18 Supported by Fonds zur F6rderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Austria. 19 Supported by the Korean Science and Engineering Foun-dation and Ministry of Education. 20 Now at Dipartimento di Fisica, Universith di Milano, Milano, Italy. 21 Also at CERN, PPE Division, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland. 22 Also at Universith di Napoli, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Napoli, Italy. 23 Supported by the US Department of Energy, grant DE-FG03-92ER40689. 24 Now at Universith di Pavia, Pavia, Italy. 25 Now at Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.",

year = "1993",

month = sep,

day = "23",

doi = "10.1016/0370-2693(93)91265-O",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "314",

pages = "459--470",

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

issn = "0370-2693",

publisher = "Elsevier",

number = "3-4",

}

Buskulic, D, De Bonis, I, Decamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, JP, Minard, MN, Pietrzyk, B, Ariztizabal, F, Comas, P, Crespo, JM, Delfino, M, Efthymiopoulos, I, Fernandez, E, Fernandez-Bosman, M, Gaitan, V, Garrido, L, Mattison, T, Pacheco, A, Padilla, C, Pascual, A, Creanza, D, de Palma, M, Farilla, A, Iaselli, G, Maggi, G, Marinelli, N, Natali, S, Nuzzo, S, Ranieri, A, Raso, G, Romano, F, Ruggieri, F, Selvaggi, G, Silvestris, L, Tempesta, P, Zito, G, Chai, Y, Hu, H, Huang, D, Huang, X, Lin, J, Wang, T, Xie, Y, Xu, D, Xu, R, Zhang, J, Zhang, L, Zhao, W, Bonvicini, G, Boudreau, J, Casper, D, Drevermann, H, Forty, RW, Ganis, G, Gay, C, Hagelberg, R, Harvey, J, Hilgart, J, Jacobsen, R, Jost, B, Knobloch, J, Lehraus, I, Maggi, M, Markou, C, Martinez, M, Mato, P, Meinhard, H, Minten, A, Miquel, R, Moser, HG, Palazzi, P, Pater, JR, Perlas, JA, Pusztaszeri, JF, Ranjard, F, Rolandi, L, Rothberg, J, Ruan, T, Saich, M, Schlatter, D, Schmelling, M, Sefkow, F, Tejessy, W, Tomalin, IR, Veenhof, R, Wachsmuth, H, Wasserbaech, S, Wiedenmann, W, Wildish, T, Witzeling, W, Wotschack, J, Ajaltouni, Z, Badaud, F, Bardadin-Otwinowska, M, El Fellous, R, Falvard, A, Gay, P, Guicheney, C, Henrard, P, Jousset, J, Michel, B, Montret, JC, Pallin, D, Perret, P, Podlyski, F, Proriol, J, Prulhière, F, Saadi, F, Fearnley, T, Hansen, JB, Hansen, JD, Hansen, JR, Hansen, PH, Møllerud, R, Nilsson, BS, Kyriakis, A, Simopoulou, E, Siotis, I, Vayaki, A, Zachariadou, K, Badier, J, Blondel, A, Bonneaud, G, Brient, JC, Bourdon, P, Fouque, G, Orteu, S, Rougé, A, Rumpf, M, Tanaka, R, Verderi, M, Videau, H, Candlin, DJ, Parsons, MI, Veitch, E, Focardi, E, Moneta, L, Parrini, G, Corden, M, Georgiopoulos, C, Ikeda, M, Levinthal, D, Antonelli, A, Baldini, R, Bencivenni, G, Bologna, G, Bossi, F, Campana, P, Capon, G, Cerutti, F, Chiarella, V, D'Ettorre-Piazzoli, B, Felici, G, Laurelli, P, Mannocchi, G, Murtas, F, Murtas, GP, Passalacqua, L, Pepe-Altarelli, M, Picchi, P, Colrain, P, ten Have, I, Lynch, JG, Maitland, W, Morton, WT, Raine, C, Reeves, P, Scarr, JM, Smith, K, Smith, MG, Thompson, AS, Turnbull, RM, Brandl, B, Braun, O, Geweniger, C, Hanke, P, Hepp, V, Kluge, EE, Maumary, Y, Putzer, A, Rensch, B, Stahl, A, Tittel, K, Wunsch, M, Beuselinck, R, Binnie, DM, Cameron, W, Cattaneo, M, Colling, DJ, Dornan, PJ, Greene, AM, Hassard, JF, Lieske, NM, Moutoussi, A, Nash, J, Patton, S, Payne, DG, Phillips, MJ, San Martin, G, Sedgbeer, JK, Wright, AG, Girtler, P, Kuhn, D, Rudolph, G, Vogl, R, Bowdery, CK, Brodbeck, TJ, Finch, AJ, Foster, F, Hughes, G, Jackson, D, Keemer, NR, Nuttall, M, Patel, A, Sloan, T, Snow, SW, Whelan, EP, Kleinknecht, K, Raab, J, Renk, B, Sander, HG, Schmidt, H, Walther, SM, Wanke, R, Wolf, B, Zimmermann, A, Bencheikh, AM, Benchouk, C, Bonissent, A, Carr, J, Coyle, P, Drinkard, J, Etienne, F, Nicod, D, Papalexiou, S, Payre, P, Roos, L, Rousseau, D, Schwemling, P, Talby, M, Adlung, S, Assmann, R, Bauer, C, Blum, W, Brown, D, Cattaneo, P, Dehning, B, Dietl, H, Dydak, F, Frank, M, Halley, AW, Jakobs, K, Lauber, J, Lütjens, G, Lutz, G, Männer, W, Richter, R, Schröder, J, Schwarz, AS, Settles, R, Seywerd, H, Stierlin, U, Stiegler, U, St. Denis, R, Wolf, G, Alemany, R, Boucrot, J, Callot, O, Cordier, A, Davier, M, Duflot, L, Grivaz, JF, Heusse, P, Jaffe, DE, Janot, P, Kim, DW, Le Diberder, F, Lefrançois, J, Lutz, AM, Schune, MH, Veillet, JJ, Videau, I, Zhang, Z, Abbaneo, D, Bagliesi, G, Batignani, G, Bottigli, U, Bozzi, C, Calderini, G, Carpinelli, M, Ciocci, MA, Ciulli, V, Dell'Orso, R, Ferrante, I, Fidecaro, F, Foà, L, Forti, F, Giassi, A, Giorgi, MA, Gregorio, A, Ligabue, F, Lusiani, A, Mannelli, EB, Marrocchesi, PS, Messineo, A, Palla, F, Rizzo, G, Sanguinetti, G, Spagnolo, P, Steinberger, J, Tenchini, R, Tonelli, G, Triggiani, G, Valassi, A, Vannini, C, Venturi, A, Verdini, PG, Walsh, J, Betteridge, AP, Gao, Y, Green, MG, March, PV, Mir, LM, Medcalf, T, Quazi, IS, Strong, JA, West, LR, Botterill, DR, Clifft, RW, Edgecock, TR, Haywood, S, Norton, PR, Thompson, JC, Bloch-Devaux, B, Colas, P, Duarte, H, Emery, S, Kozanecki, W, Lançon, E, Lemaire, MC, Locci, E, Marx, B, Perez, P, Rander, J, Renardy, JF, Rosowsky, A, Roussarie, A, Schuller, JP, Schwindling, J, Si Mohand, D, Vallage, B, Johnson, RP, Litke, AM, Taylor, G, Wear, J, Ashman, JG, Babbage, W, Booth, CN, Buttar, C, Cartwright, S, Combley, F, Dawson, I, Thompson, LF, Barbeiro, E, Böhrer, A, Brandt, S, Cowan, G, Grupen, C, Lutters, G, Rivera, F, Schäfer, U, Smolik, L, Bosisio, L, Della Marina, R, Giannini, G, Gobbo, B, Ragusa, F, Bellantoni, L, Chen, W, Conway, JS, Feng, Z, Ferguson, DPS, Gao, YS, Grahl, J, Harton, JL, Hayes, OJ, Nachtman, JM, Pan, YB, Saadi, Y, Schmitt, M, Scott, I, Sharma, V, Shi, ZH, Turk, JD, Walsh, AM, Weber, FV, Sau Lan Wu, LW, Wu, X, Zheng, M & Zobernig, G 1993, 'Measurement of the b hadron lifetime with the dipole method', Physics Letters B, vol. 314, no. 3-4, pp. 459-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(93)91265-O

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of the b hadron lifetime with the dipole method

AU - Buskulic, D.

AU - De Bonis, I.

AU - Decamp, D.

AU - Ghez, P.

AU - Goy, C.

AU - Lees, J. P.

AU - Minard, M. N.

AU - Pietrzyk, B.

AU - Ariztizabal, F.

AU - Comas, P.

AU - Crespo, J. M.

AU - Delfino, M.

AU - Efthymiopoulos, I.

AU - Fernandez, E.

AU - Fernandez-Bosman, M.

AU - Gaitan, V.

AU - Garrido, Ll

AU - Mattison, T.

AU - Pacheco, A.

AU - Padilla, C.

AU - Pascual, A.

AU - Creanza, D.

AU - de Palma, M.

AU - Farilla, A.

AU - Iaselli, G.

AU - Maggi, G.

AU - Marinelli, N.

AU - Natali, S.

AU - Nuzzo, S.

AU - Ranieri, A.

AU - Raso, G.

AU - Romano, F.

AU - Ruggieri, F.

AU - Selvaggi, G.

AU - Silvestris, L.

AU - Tempesta, P.

AU - Zito, G.

AU - Chai, Y.

AU - Hu, H.

AU - Huang, D.

AU - Huang, X.

AU - Lin, J.

AU - Wang, T.

AU - Xie, Y.

AU - Xu, D.

AU - Xu, R.

AU - Zhang, J.

AU - Zhang, L.

AU - Zhao, W.

AU - Bonvicini, G.

AU - Boudreau, J.

AU - Casper, D.

AU - Drevermann, H.

AU - Forty, R. W.

AU - Ganis, G.

AU - Gay, C.

AU - Hagelberg, R.

AU - Harvey, J.

AU - Hilgart, J.

AU - Jacobsen, R.

AU - Jost, B.

AU - Knobloch, J.

AU - Lehraus, I.

AU - Maggi, M.

AU - Markou, C.

AU - Martinez, M.

AU - Mato, P.

AU - Meinhard, H.

AU - Minten, A.

AU - Miquel, R.

AU - Moser, H. G.

AU - Palazzi, P.

AU - Pater, J. R.

AU - Perlas, J. A.

AU - Pusztaszeri, J. F.

AU - Ranjard, F.

AU - Rolandi, L.

AU - Rothberg, J.

AU - Ruan, T.

AU - Saich, M.

AU - Schlatter, D.

AU - Schmelling, M.

AU - Sefkow, F.

AU - Tejessy, W.

AU - Tomalin, I. R.

AU - Veenhof, R.

AU - Wachsmuth, H.

AU - Wasserbaech, S.

AU - Wiedenmann, W.

AU - Wildish, T.

AU - Witzeling, W.

AU - Wotschack, J.

AU - Ajaltouni, Z.

AU - Badaud, F.

AU - Bardadin-Otwinowska, M.

AU - El Fellous, R.

AU - Falvard, A.

AU - Gay, P.

AU - Guicheney, C.

AU - Henrard, P.

AU - Jousset, J.

AU - Michel, B.

AU - Montret, J. C.

AU - Pallin, D.

AU - Perret, P.

AU - Podlyski, F.

AU - Proriol, J.

AU - Prulhière, F.

AU - Saadi, F.

AU - Fearnley, T.

AU - Hansen, J. B.

AU - Hansen, J. D.

AU - Hansen, J. R.

AU - Hansen, P. H.

AU - Møllerud, R.

AU - Nilsson, B. S.

AU - Kyriakis, A.

AU - Simopoulou, E.

AU - Siotis, I.

AU - Vayaki, A.

AU - Zachariadou, K.

AU - Badier, J.

AU - Blondel, A.

AU - Bonneaud, G.

AU - Brient, J. C.

AU - Bourdon, P.

AU - Fouque, G.

AU - Orteu, S.

AU - Rougé, A.

AU - Rumpf, M.

AU - Tanaka, R.

AU - Verderi, M.

AU - Videau, H.

AU - Candlin, D. J.

AU - Parsons, M. I.

AU - Veitch, E.

AU - Focardi, E.

AU - Moneta, L.

AU - Parrini, G.

AU - Corden, M.

AU - Georgiopoulos, C.

AU - Ikeda, M.

AU - Levinthal, D.

AU - Antonelli, A.

AU - Baldini, R.

AU - Bencivenni, G.

AU - Bologna, G.

AU - Bossi, F.

AU - Campana, P.

AU - Capon, G.

AU - Cerutti, F.

AU - Chiarella, V.

AU - D'Ettorre-Piazzoli, B.

AU - Felici, G.

AU - Laurelli, P.

AU - Mannocchi, G.

AU - Murtas, F.

AU - Murtas, G. P.

AU - Passalacqua, L.

AU - Pepe-Altarelli, M.

AU - Picchi, P.

AU - Colrain, P.

AU - ten Have, I.

AU - Lynch, J. G.

AU - Maitland, W.

AU - Morton, W. T.

AU - Raine, C.

AU - Reeves, P.

AU - Scarr, J. M.

AU - Smith, K.

AU - Smith, M. G.

AU - Thompson, A. S.

AU - Turnbull, R. M.

AU - Brandl, B.

AU - Braun, O.

AU - Geweniger, C.

AU - Hanke, P.

AU - Hepp, V.

AU - Kluge, E. E.

AU - Maumary, Y.

AU - Putzer, A.

AU - Rensch, B.

AU - Stahl, A.

AU - Tittel, K.

AU - Wunsch, M.

AU - Beuselinck, R.

AU - Binnie, D. M.

AU - Cameron, W.

AU - Cattaneo, M.

AU - Colling, D. J.

AU - Dornan, P. J.

AU - Greene, A. M.

AU - Hassard, J. F.

AU - Lieske, N. M.

AU - Moutoussi, A.

AU - Nash, J.

AU - Patton, S.

AU - Payne, D. G.

AU - Phillips, M. J.

AU - San Martin, G.

AU - Sedgbeer, J. K.

AU - Wright, A. G.

AU - Girtler, P.

AU - Kuhn, D.

AU - Rudolph, G.

AU - Vogl, R.

AU - Bowdery, C. K.

AU - Brodbeck, T. J.

AU - Finch, A. J.

AU - Foster, F.

AU - Hughes, G.

AU - Jackson, D.

AU - Keemer, N. R.

AU - Nuttall, M.

AU - Patel, A.

AU - Sloan, T.

AU - Snow, S. W.

AU - Whelan, E. P.

AU - Kleinknecht, K.

AU - Raab, J.

AU - Renk, B.

AU - Sander, H. G.

AU - Schmidt, H.

AU - Walther, S. M.

AU - Wanke, R.

AU - Wolf, B.

AU - Zimmermann, A.

AU - Bencheikh, A. M.

AU - Benchouk, C.

AU - Bonissent, A.

AU - Carr, J.

AU - Coyle, P.

AU - Drinkard, J.

AU - Etienne, F.

AU - Nicod, D.

AU - Papalexiou, S.

AU - Payre, P.

AU - Roos, L.

AU - Rousseau, D.

AU - Schwemling, P.

AU - Talby, M.

AU - Adlung, S.

AU - Assmann, R.

AU - Bauer, C.

AU - Blum, W.

AU - Brown, D.

AU - Cattaneo, P.

AU - Dehning, B.

AU - Dietl, H.

AU - Dydak, F.

AU - Frank, M.

AU - Halley, A. W.

AU - Jakobs, K.

AU - Lauber, J.

AU - Lütjens, G.

AU - Lutz, G.

AU - Männer, W.

AU - Richter, R.

AU - Schröder, J.

AU - Schwarz, A. S.

AU - Settles, R.

AU - Seywerd, H.

AU - Stierlin, U.

AU - Stiegler, U.

AU - St. Denis, R.

AU - Wolf, G.

AU - Alemany, R.

AU - Boucrot, J.

AU - Callot, O.

AU - Cordier, A.

AU - Davier, M.

AU - Duflot, L.

AU - Grivaz, J. F.

AU - Heusse, Ph

AU - Jaffe, D. E.

AU - Janot, P.

AU - Kim, D. W.

AU - Le Diberder, F.

AU - Lefrançois, J.

AU - Lutz, A. M.

AU - Schune, M. H.

AU - Veillet, J. J.

AU - Videau, I.

AU - Zhang, Z.

AU - Abbaneo, D.

AU - Bagliesi, G.

AU - Batignani, G.

AU - Bottigli, U.

AU - Bozzi, C.

AU - Calderini, G.

AU - Carpinelli, M.

AU - Ciocci, M. A.

AU - Ciulli, V.

AU - Dell'Orso, R.

AU - Ferrante, I.

AU - Fidecaro, F.

AU - Foà, L.

AU - Forti, F.

AU - Giassi, A.

AU - Giorgi, M. A.

AU - Gregorio, A.

AU - Ligabue, F.

AU - Lusiani, A.

AU - Mannelli, E. B.

AU - Marrocchesi, P. S.

AU - Messineo, A.

AU - Palla, F.

AU - Rizzo, G.

AU - Sanguinetti, G.

AU - Spagnolo, P.

AU - Steinberger, J.

AU - Tenchini, R.

AU - Tonelli, G.

AU - Triggiani, G.

AU - Valassi, A.

AU - Vannini, C.

AU - Venturi, A.

AU - Verdini, P. G.

AU - Walsh, J.

AU - Betteridge, A. P.

AU - Gao, Y.

AU - Green, M. G.

AU - March, P. V.

AU - Mir, Ll M.

AU - Medcalf, T.

AU - Quazi, I. S.

AU - Strong, J. A.

AU - West, L. R.

AU - Botterill, D. R.

AU - Clifft, R. W.

AU - Edgecock, T. R.

AU - Haywood, S.

AU - Norton, P. R.

AU - Thompson, J. C.

AU - Bloch-Devaux, B.

AU - Colas, P.

AU - Duarte, H.

AU - Emery, S.

AU - Kozanecki, W.

AU - Lançon, E.

AU - Lemaire, M. C.

AU - Locci, E.

AU - Marx, B.

AU - Perez, P.

AU - Rander, J.

AU - Renardy, J. F.

AU - Rosowsky, A.

AU - Roussarie, A.

AU - Schuller, J. P.

AU - Schwindling, J.

AU - Si Mohand, D.

AU - Vallage, B.

AU - Johnson, R. P.

AU - Litke, A. M.

AU - Taylor, G.

AU - Wear, J.

AU - Ashman, J. G.

AU - Babbage, W.

AU - Booth, C. N.

AU - Buttar, C.

AU - Cartwright, S.

AU - Combley, F.

AU - Dawson, I.

AU - Thompson, L. F.

AU - Barbeiro, E.

AU - Böhrer, A.

AU - Brandt, S.

AU - Cowan, G.

AU - Grupen, C.

AU - Lutters, G.

AU - Rivera, F.

AU - Schäfer, U.

AU - Smolik, L.

AU - Bosisio, L.

AU - Della Marina, R.

AU - Giannini, G.

AU - Gobbo, B.

AU - Ragusa, F.

AU - Bellantoni, L.

AU - Chen, W.

AU - Conway, J. S.

AU - Feng, Z.

AU - Ferguson, D. P S

AU - Gao, Y. S.

AU - Grahl, J.

AU - Harton, J. L.

AU - Hayes, O. J.

AU - Nachtman, J. M.

AU - Pan, Y. B.

AU - Saadi, Y.

AU - Schmitt, M.

AU - Scott, I.

AU - Sharma, V.

AU - Shi, Z. H.

AU - Turk, J. D.

AU - Walsh, A. M.

AU - Weber, F. V.

AU - Sau Lan Wu, Lan Wu

AU - Wu, X.

AU - Zheng, M.

AU - Zobernig, G.

N1 - Funding Information: l NOW at CERN, PPE Division, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland. 2 Permanent address: University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. 3 Now at University of California, Irvine, CA 92717, USA. 4 Also Istituto di Fisica Generale, Universit~ di Torino, Torino, Italy. 5 Also Istituto di Cosmo-Geofisica del CNR, Torino, Italy. 6 Now at DESY, Hamburg, Germany. 7 Supported by CICYT, Spain. 8 Supported by the National Science Foundation of China. 9 Supported by the Danish Natural Science Research Council. 10 Supported by the UK Science and Engineering Research Council. I I Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-AC02-76ER00881. 12 Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-FG05-87ER40319. 13 Supported by the NSF, contract PHY-8451274. 14 Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-FC05-85ER250000. 15 Supported by SLOAN fellowship, contract BR 2703. t6 Supported by the Bundesministerium fiir Forschung und Technologie, Germany. 17 Supported by the Direction des Sciences de la Matibre, CEA. 18 Supported by Fonds zur F6rderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Austria. 19 Supported by the Korean Science and Engineering Foun-dation and Ministry of Education. 20 Now at Dipartimento di Fisica, Universith di Milano, Milano, Italy. 21 Also at CERN, PPE Division, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland. 22 Also at Universith di Napoli, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Napoli, Italy. 23 Supported by the US Department of Energy, grant DE-FG03-92ER40689. 24 Now at Universith di Pavia, Pavia, Italy. 25 Now at Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.

PY - 1993/9/23

Y1 - 1993/9/23

N2 - A measurement of the average lifetime of b hadrons has been performed with dipole method on a sample of 260 000 hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector during 1991. The dipole is the distance between the vertices built in the opposite hemispheres. The mean dipole is extracted from all the events without attempting b enrichment. Comparing the average of the data dipole distribution with a Monte Carlo calibration curve obtained with different b lifetimes, an average b hadron lifetime of 1.51±0.08 ps is extracted.

AB - A measurement of the average lifetime of b hadrons has been performed with dipole method on a sample of 260 000 hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector during 1991. The dipole is the distance between the vertices built in the opposite hemispheres. The mean dipole is extracted from all the events without attempting b enrichment. Comparing the average of the data dipole distribution with a Monte Carlo calibration curve obtained with different b lifetimes, an average b hadron lifetime of 1.51±0.08 ps is extracted.

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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(93)91265-O

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VL - 314

SP - 459

EP - 470

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

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

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Measurement of the b hadron lifetime with the dipole method

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