We present a measurement of the average b-hadron lifetime tau(b) at the e(+)e(-) collider LEP. Using hadronic Z decays collected in the period from 1991 to 1994, two independent analyses have been performed. In the first one, the b-decay position is reconstructed as a secondary vertex of hadronic b-decay particles. The second analysis is an updated measurement of tau(b) using the impact parameter of leptons with high momentum and high transverse momentum. The combined result is tau(b) = [1549 +/- 9 (stat) +/- 15 (syst)] fs. In addition, we measure the average charged b-decay multiplicity [n(b)] and the normalized average b-energy [x(E)](b) at LEP to be [n(b)] = 4.90 +/- 0.04 (stat) +/- 0.11 (syst), [x(E)](b) = 0.709 +/- 0.004 (stat + syst). (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Measurement of the average lifetime of b-hadrons in Z decays / M. Acciarri, O. Adriani, M. Aguilar-Benitez, S. Ahlen, J. Alcaraz, G. Alemanni, J. Allaby, A. Aloisio, G. Alverson, M. G. Alviggi, G. Ambrosi, H. Anderhub, V. P. Andreev, T. Angelescu, F. Anselmo, A. Arefiev, T. Azemoon, T. Aziz, P. Bagnaia, L. Baksay, et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 416:(1998), pp. 220-232. [10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01379-8]

Measurement of the average lifetime of b-hadrons in Z decays

ADRIANI, OSCAR;D'ALESSANDRO, RAFFAELLO;
1998

Abstract

We present a measurement of the average b-hadron lifetime tau(b) at the e(+)e(-) collider LEP. Using hadronic Z decays collected in the period from 1991 to 1994, two independent analyses have been performed. In the first one, the b-decay position is reconstructed as a secondary vertex of hadronic b-decay particles. The second analysis is an updated measurement of tau(b) using the impact parameter of leptons with high momentum and high transverse momentum. The combined result is tau(b) = [1549 +/- 9 (stat) +/- 15 (syst)] fs. In addition, we measure the average charged b-decay multiplicity [n(b)] and the normalized average b-energy [x(E)](b) at LEP to be [n(b)] = 4.90 +/- 0.04 (stat) +/- 0.11 (syst), [x(E)](b) = 0.709 +/- 0.004 (stat + syst). (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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M. Acciarri;O. Adriani;M. Aguilar-Benitez;S. Ahlen;J. Alcaraz;G. Alemanni;J. Allaby;A. Aloisio;G. Alverson;M. G. Alviggi;G. Ambrosi;H. And...espandi
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