The time dependence of B-d(-)(B) over bar(d)(-0) oscillations is measured by the ALEPH experiment at LEP, using three techniques; two of which are updates of previous measurements. In all cases the charge of the decaying b quark and its decay time are measured in one hemisphere of the event; the quark charge at production is tagged mainly using the opposite hemisphere. The first method uses the charge correlation between a D*(-) and a lepton in the opposite hemisphere; if no lepton is present, the produced quark charge is determined from the hemisphere charges. In the second method, the decay time is measured using a lepton in one hemisphere and the initial state is inferred from the opposite-hemisphere jet charge. The third method uses a lepton in each hemisphere. The data used were collected from 1991 to 1994. The combined result is Delta m(d)=0.446+/-0.032 ps(-1).

Improved measurement of the B-d(0)-(B)over-bar(d)(0) oscillation frequency / Focardi, E., Debonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., Lucotte, A., Minard, M.N., Nief, J.Y., Odier, P., Pietrzyk, B., Casado, M.P., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J.M., Delfino, M., Efthymiopoulos, I., Fernandez, E., Fernandezbosman, M., Garrido, L., Juste, A., et al.. - In: ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR PHYSIK. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 0170-9739. - STAMPA. - 75:(1997), pp. 397-407. [10.1007/s002880050483]

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

FOCARDI, ETTORE;CIULLI, VITALIANO;
1997

Abstract

The time dependence of B-d(-)(B) over bar(d)(-0) oscillations is measured by the ALEPH experiment at LEP, using three techniques; two of which are updates of previous measurements. In all cases the charge of the decaying b quark and its decay time are measured in one hemisphere of the event; the quark charge at production is tagged mainly using the opposite hemisphere. The first method uses the charge correlation between a D*(-) and a lepton in the opposite hemisphere; if no lepton is present, the produced quark charge is determined from the hemisphere charges. In the second method, the decay time is measured using a lepton in one hemisphere and the initial state is inferred from the opposite-hemisphere jet charge. The third method uses a lepton in each hemisphere. The data used were collected from 1991 to 1994. The combined result is Delta m(d)=0.446+/-0.032 ps(-1).
1997
75
397
407
Focardi, Ettore; Debonis, I.; Decamp, D.; Ghez, P.; Goy, C.; Lees, J. P.; Lucotte, A.; Minard, M. N.; Nief, J. Y.; Odier, P.; Pietrzyk, B.; Casado, M....espandi
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