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Measurement of the $B_{d}^{0} -\overline{B_{d}^{0}}$ oscillation freque

The time dependence of $B^0_d$ oscillations is measured using three techniques by the ALEPH experiment at LEP. In the first, inclusive lepton-jet events are used. When one of the $b$ hadrons in the event undergoes semileptonic decay, the charge of its parent $b$ quark at decay time is reflected by t...

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Autores principales: Forty, Roger W, Emery, S, Kozanecki, Witold, Seywerd, H C J
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1995
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/398063
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author Forty, Roger W
Emery, S
Kozanecki, Witold
Seywerd, H C J
author_facet Forty, Roger W
Emery, S
Kozanecki, Witold
Seywerd, H C J
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description The time dependence of $B^0_d$ oscillations is measured using three techniques by the ALEPH experiment at LEP. In the first, inclusive lepton-jet events are used. When one of the $b$ hadrons in the event undergoes semileptonic decay, the charge of its parent $b$ quark at decay time is reflected by that of the lepton, its flight length is reconstructed by a topological vertexing technique, and the $b$ hadron momentum is measured using an energy flow method. The charge at production time is opposite to that of the other $b$ hadron in the event, which is inferred from the momentum-weighted sum of the charges of decay products emitted in the hemisphere opposite to the lepton. The frequency of the $B^0_d$ oscillation is fitted to the time dependence of the product of the lepton and jet charges. Updates of two other published analyses are also presented, using $D^*$--lepton (or jet charge) correlations, and dilepton events. The combined result is $\Delta m_d = (0.448\pm 0.038)\,$ps$^{-1}$. The dilepton analysis also gives a limit on the $B^0_s$ oscillation frequency, $\Delta m_s > 5.6$\,ps$^{-1}$ (at 95\% CL).
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spelling cern-3980632019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/398063engForty, Roger WEmery, SKozanecki, WitoldSeywerd, H C JMeasurement of the $B_{d}^{0} -\overline{B_{d}^{0}}$ oscillation frequeParticle Physics - ExperimentThe time dependence of $B^0_d$ oscillations is measured using three techniques by the ALEPH experiment at LEP. In the first, inclusive lepton-jet events are used. When one of the $b$ hadrons in the event undergoes semileptonic decay, the charge of its parent $b$ quark at decay time is reflected by that of the lepton, its flight length is reconstructed by a topological vertexing technique, and the $b$ hadron momentum is measured using an energy flow method. The charge at production time is opposite to that of the other $b$ hadron in the event, which is inferred from the momentum-weighted sum of the charges of decay products emitted in the hemisphere opposite to the lepton. The frequency of the $B^0_d$ oscillation is fitted to the time dependence of the product of the lepton and jet charges. Updates of two other published analyses are also presented, using $D^*$--lepton (or jet charge) correlations, and dilepton events. The combined result is $\Delta m_d = (0.448\pm 0.038)\,$ps$^{-1}$. The dilepton analysis also gives a limit on the $B^0_s$ oscillation frequency, $\Delta m_s > 5.6$\,ps$^{-1}$ (at 95\% CL).CERN-OPEN-99-073EPS-0409oai:cds.cern.ch:3980631995-07-27
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Experiment
Forty, Roger W
Emery, S
Kozanecki, Witold
Seywerd, H C J
Measurement of the $B_{d}^{0} -\overline{B_{d}^{0}}$ oscillation freque
title Measurement of the $B_{d}^{0} -\overline{B_{d}^{0}}$ oscillation freque
title_full Measurement of the $B_{d}^{0} -\overline{B_{d}^{0}}$ oscillation freque
title_fullStr Measurement of the $B_{d}^{0} -\overline{B_{d}^{0}}$ oscillation freque
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of the $B_{d}^{0} -\overline{B_{d}^{0}}$ oscillation freque
title_short Measurement of the $B_{d}^{0} -\overline{B_{d}^{0}}$ oscillation freque
title_sort measurement of the $b_{d}^{0} -\overline{b_{d}^{0}}$ oscillation freque
topic Particle Physics - Experiment
url http://cds.cern.ch/record/398063
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