Measurement of the B- and (B)over-bar(0) meson lifetimes using semileptonic decays

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作者
Abe, F
Akimoto, H
Akopian, A
Albrow, MG
Amendolia, SR
Amidei, D
Antos, J
AnwayWiese, C
Aota, S
Apollinari, G
Asakawa, T
Ashmanskas, W
Atac, M
Azfar, F
AzziBacchetta, P
Bacchetta, N
Badgett, W
Bagdasarov, S
Bailey, MW
Bao, J
deBarbaro, P
BarbaroGaltieri, A
Barnes, VE
Barnett, BA
Barzi, E
Bauer, G
Baumann, T
Bedeschi, F
Behrends, S
Belforte, S
Bellettini, G
Bellinger, J
Benjamin, D
Benlloch, J
Bensinger, J
Benton, D
Beretvas, A
Berge, JP
Berryhill, J
Bertolucci, S
Bhatti, A
Biery, K
Brinkley, M
Bisello, D
Blair, RE
Blocker, C
Bodek, A
Bokhari, W
Bolognesi, V
Bortoletto, D
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[2] UNIV BOLOGNA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[3] BRANDEIS UNIV,WALTHAM,MA 02254
[4] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[5] UNIV CHICAGO,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[6] DUKE UNIV,DURHAM,NC 27708
[7] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[8] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,LAB NAZL FRASCATI,I-00044 FRASCATI,ITALY
[9] HARVARD UNIV,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[10] HIROSHIMA UNIV,HIGASHIHIROSHIMA 724,JAPAN
[11] UNIV ILLINOIS,URBANA,IL 61801
[12] MCGILL UNIV,INST PARTICLE PHYS,MONTREAL,PQ H3A 2T8,CANADA
[13] UNIV TORONTO,TORONTO,ON M5S 1A7,CANADA
[14] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[15] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[16] MIT,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[17] UNIV MICHIGAN,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[18] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,E LANSING,MI 48824
[19] UNIV NEW MEXICO,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87131
[20] OSAKA CITY UNIV,OSAKA 588,JAPAN
[21] UNIV PADUA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,SEZ PADOVA,I-35131 PADUA,ITALY
[22] UNIV PENN,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[23] UNIV PISA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[24] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[25] UNIV PITTSBURGH,PITTSBURGH,PA 15260
[26] PURDUE UNIV,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
[27] UNIV ROCHESTER,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
[28] ROCKEFELLER UNIV,NEW YORK,NY 10021
[29] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08854
[30] ACAD SINICA,TAIPEI 11529,TAIWAN
[31] TEXAS A&M UNIV,COLLEGE STN,TX 77843
[32] TEXAS TECH UNIV,LUBBOCK,TX 79409
[33] UNIV TSUKUBA,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[34] TUFTS UNIV,MEDFORD,MA 02155
[35] UNIV WISCONSIN,MADISON,WI 53706
[36] YALE UNIV,NEW HAVEN,CT 06511
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.4462
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The lifetimes of the B- and (B) over bar(0) mesons are measured using the partially reconstructed semileptonic decays (B) over bar --> Dl(-)<(nu)over bar>X, where D is either a D-0 or D*(+) meson. The data were collected by the CDF detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider during 1992-1993 and correspond to 19.3 pb(-1) of <(p)over bar p> collisions at root s = 1.8 TeV. We measure the decay length distributions and find the lifetimes to be tau(B-)= 1.56 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.06 ps and tau(($) over bar(0)) = 1.54 +/- 0.08 +/- 0.06 ps, and the ratio of lifetimes to be tau(B-)/tau((B) over bar(0)) = 1.01 +/- 0.11 +/- 0.02, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic.
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页数:6
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