Observation of the semileptonic decays of BS and Λb hadrons at LEP

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Passalacqua, M. Pepe-Altarelli, P. Picchi, B. Altoon, O. Boyle, P. Colrain, I. ten Have, J. G. Lynch, W. Maitland, W. T. Morton, C. Raine, J. M. Scarr, K. Smith, A. S. Thompson, R. M. Turnbull, B. Brandl, O. Braun, R. Geiges, C. Geweniger, P. Hanke, V. Hepp, E. E. Kluge, Y. Maumary, A. Putzer, B. Rensch, A. Stahl, K. Tittel, M. Wunsch, A. T. Belk, R. Beuselinck, D. M. Binnie, W. Cameron, M. Cattaneo, D. J. Colling, P. J. Dornan, S. Dugeay, A. M. Greene, J. F. Hassard, N. M. Lieske, S. J. Patton, D. G. Payne, M. J. Phillips, J. K. Sedgbeer, I. R. Tomalin, A. G. Wright, P. Girtler, D. Kuhn, G. Rudolph, 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, T. Barczewski, K. Kleinknecht, J. Raab, B. Renk, S. Roehn, H. G. Sander, H. Schmidt, F. Steeg, S. M. Walther, B. Wolf, J. J. Aubert, C. Benchouk, V. Bernard, A. Bonissent, J. Carr, P. Coyle, J. Drinkard, F. Etienne, S. Papalexiou, P. 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Weber, M. H. Whitney, Lan Wu Sau Lan Wu, X. Wu, G. Zobernig

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Abstract

In 450 000 hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP, the yields of Ds -ℓ+ and Λc +ℓ- combinations have been measured. 16.0 ± 4.3 Ds -ℓ+ combinations were observed in the Ds - → ππ- channel and 17.0 ± 4.5 combinations were observed in the Ds - → K*0K- channel. 21.0 ± 5.0 Λc +- combinations were observed, with the Λc + reconstructed in the decay mode Λc + → pK-π+. These events provide evidence for the decays Bs → Ds -Xℓ+ν and Λb → Λc +Xℓ-ν. Assuming that the Bs and Λb semileptonic decays are dominantly three-body, these observed yields, after background subtraction, translate into the following product branching ratios: Br(b → Bs)Br(Bs → Ds -Xℓ+ν) = 0.040±0.011 -0.012 +0.010, Br(b → Λb)Br(Λb → Λc +Xℓ-ν) = 0.030±0.007±0.009.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)145-156
Number of pages12
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume294
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 5 1992

Funding

26 Supported by the Korean Science and Engineering Foun-dation and Ministry of Education. 2 Supported by the World Laboratory. 23 Supported by Fonds zur F6rdernng der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Austria. 3o Supported by the Consorzio per Io Sviluppo dell'Area di Ricerca, Trieste, Italy. 16 Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-FG05-87ER40319. l Supported by CICYT, Spain. 27 Supported by the Direction des Sciences de la Mati~re, CEA. 11 Supported by the Danish Natural Science Research Council. is Supported by the US Department of Energy, contract DE-FCOS-85ER250000. 13 Supported by the UK Science and Engineering Research Council. 3 Supported by the National Science Foundation of China. 17 Supported by the NSF, contract PHY-8451274. 2s Supported by the US Department of Energy, grant DE-FGO3-92ER40689. 22 Supported by the Bundesministerium f'fir Forschung und Technologic, FRG.

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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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