Time-dependent B-0-(B) over bar(0) mixing is studied using about two million hadronic Z decays registered by L3 in 1994 and 1995. For this study three techniques are used. Tagging of the b-quark charge at decay time is performed by identifying leptons from semileptonic B decays. The flavour of the b quark at production time is determined from the charge of the lepton in the opposite hemisphere or by using a jet-charge technique. The proper time of the B-particle decay is obtained by reconstructing the production and decay vertices or by a measurement of the lepton impact parameter. The combined result for the frequency of B-d(0) meson oscillations is Delta m(d) = 0.444 +/- 0.040 ps(-1).

Measurement of the B-d(0)-(B)over-bar(d)(0) oscillation frequency / M. Acciarri, O. Adriani, M. Aguilar-Benitez, S. Ahlen, J. Alcaraz, G. Alemanni, J. Allaby, A. Aloisio, M. G. Alviggi, G. Ambrosi, H. Anderhub, V. P. Andreev, T. Angelescu, F. Anselmo, A. Arefiev, T. Azemoon, T. Aziz, P. Bagnaia, L. Baksay, R. C. Ball, et al.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:(1998), pp. 195-203. [10.1007/s100520050262]

Measurement of the B-d(0)-(B)over-bar(d)(0) oscillation frequency

ADRIANI, OSCAR;BECATTINI, FRANCESCO;D'ALESSANDRO, RAFFAELLO;
1998

Abstract

Time-dependent B-0-(B) over bar(0) mixing is studied using about two million hadronic Z decays registered by L3 in 1994 and 1995. For this study three techniques are used. Tagging of the b-quark charge at decay time is performed by identifying leptons from semileptonic B decays. The flavour of the b quark at production time is determined from the charge of the lepton in the opposite hemisphere or by using a jet-charge technique. The proper time of the B-particle decay is obtained by reconstructing the production and decay vertices or by a measurement of the lepton impact parameter. The combined result for the frequency of B-d(0) meson oscillations is Delta m(d) = 0.444 +/- 0.040 ps(-1).
1998
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195
203
M. Acciarri;O. Adriani;M. Aguilar-Benitez;S. Ahlen;J. Alcaraz;G. Alemanni;J. Allaby;A. Aloisio;M. G. Alviggi;G. Ambrosi;H. Anderhub;V. P. ...espandi
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