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Title: Measurement of the B-0 and B+ meson lifetimes with fully reconstructed hadronic final states
Authors: Aubert, B
Boutigny, D
Gaillard, JM
Hicheur, A
Karyotakis, Y
Lees, JP
Robbe, P
Tisserand, V
Palano, A
Chen, GP
Chen, JC
Telnov, AV
Eisner, AM
Mayer, B
Serfass, B
Vasseur, G
Lafferty, GD
Yeche, C
Zito, M
Cohen-Tanugi, J
Lynch, G
Rama, M
Buchanan, C
Copty, N
Purohit, MV
Singh, H
Yumiceva, FX
Adam, I
Frey, A
Savvas, N
Wenzel, WA
Anthony, PL
Pripstein, M
Fischer, PA
Aston, D
Baird, K
Lutz, AM
Ferrag, S
Bloom, E
Boyarski, AM
Bulos, F
Calderini, G
Simopoulos, ET
Rizzo, G
Claus, R
Salvatore, F
Convery, MR
Grillo, AA
Coupal, DP
Bright-Thomas, PG
Plaszczynski, S
Coward, DH
Roussot, E
Dorfan, J
Sandrelli, F
Doser, M
Raven, G
Kuznetsova, N
Dunwoodie, W
Field, RC
Glanzman, T
Godfrey, GL
Gowdy, S
Grothe, M
Schune, MH
Simi, G
Grosso, P
Himel, T
T'Jampens, S
Frey, R
Weatherall, JH
Harrison, TJ
Huffer, ME
Innes, WR
Jessop, C
Kelsey, MH
Grosdidier, G
Kim, P
Kocian, ML
Trincaz-Duvoid, S
Langenegger, U
Iwasaki, M
Heusch, CA
Farbin, A
Leith, DWGS
Best, D
Luitz, S
Triggiani, G
Luth, V
Hawkes, CM
Lynch, HL
Marsiske, H
Menke, S
Sinev, NB
Valassi, A
Messner, R
Bartoldus, R
Moffeit, KC
Walsh, J
Mount, R
Johnson, RP
Thiebaux, C
Muller, DR
O'Grady, CP
Perl, M
Strom, D
Petrak, S
Knowles, DJ
Wormser, G
Witherell, M
Abrams, GS
Quinn, H
Ratcliff, BN
Robertson, SH
Rochester, LS
Roodman, A
Breon, AB
Colecchia, F
Kroeger, W
Schietinger, T
Boyd, JT
Schindler, RH
Schwiening, J
Jawahery, A
Bionta, RM
Serbo, VV
Snyder, A
O'Neale, SW
Soha, A
Dal Corso, F
Spanier, SM
Piccolo, D
Stelzer, J
Vasileiadis, G
Su, D
Lockman, WS
Lillard, V
Sullivan, MK
Brigljevic, V
Tanaka, HA
Va'vra, J
Muller-Pfefferkorn, R
Borgland, AW
Wagner, SR
Weinstein, AJR
Wisniewski, WJ
Penny, RC
Wright, DH
Verderi, M
Kolomensky, YG
Young, CC
Burchat, PR
Groysman, Y
Haire, M
Dorigo, A
Pulliam, T
Cheng, CH
Kirkby, D
Meyer, TI
Roat, C
Henderson, R
Bugg, W
Olsen, J
Cohn, H
Judd, D
Anjomshoaa, A
Galeazzi, F
Watson, AT
Krishnamurthy, M
Weidemann, AW
Izen, JM
Sadrozinski, H
Kitayama, I
Lou, XC
Turcotte, M
Paick, K
Roberts, DA
Bianchi, F
Scott, I
Bona, M
Di Girolamo, B
Bernet, R
Lange, D
Gamba, D
Smol, A
Watson, NK
Turnbull, L
Zanin, D
Zhu, YS
Schieck, JR
Arisaka, K
Lanceri, L
Pompili, A
Vuagnin, G
Panvini, RS
Brown, CM
Qi, ND
Wagoner, DE
Khan, A
De Silva, A
Kowalewski, R
Roney, JM
Margoni, M
Blaylock, G
Band, HR
Deppermann, T
Schalk, T
Charles, E
Roe, NA
Dasu, S
Di Lodovico, F
Mugge, M
Eichenbaum, AM
Muheim, F
Michelon, G
Hu, H
Dallapiccola, C
Johnson, JR
Liu, R
Hast, C
Nielsen, J
Pan, Y
Prepost, R
Schmitz, RE
Goetzen, K
Shi, X
Levy, SL
Scott, IJ
Sekula, SJ
Sharma, V
Albert, J
Playfer, S
von Wimmersperg-Toeller, JH
Wu, SL
Yu, Z
Zobernig, H
Kordich, TMB
Neal, H
Meyer, AB
BABAR Collaboration
van Bibber, K
Bula, C
Schumm, BA
Dignan, T
Koch, H
Krug, J
Swain, JE
Kunze, M
Lewandowski, B
Peters, K
Morandin, M
Schmuecker, H
Sciacca, C
Steinke, M
Andress, JC
Wenaus, TJ
Flood, K
Barlow, NR
Bhimji, W
Seiden, A
Chevalier, N
Lankford, AJ
Posocco, M
Brose, J
Clark, PJ
Cottingham, WN
De Groot, N
Dyce, N
Foster, B
Telnov, VI
Wright, DM
McFall, JD
Wallom, D
Wilson, FF
Elmer, P
Rotondo, M
Abe, K
Turri, M
Falbo, M
Hearty, C
Mattison, TS
McKenna, JA
Hertzbach, SS
Thiessen, D
Wuest, CR
Lu, C
Jolly, S
Simonetto, F
McKemey, AK
Tinslay, J
Blinov, VE
Bukin, AD
Bukin, DA
Borean, C
Walkowiak, W
Kofler, R
Wilden, L
Buzykaev, AR
Golubev, VB
Otto, S
Carroll, M
Ivanchenko, VN
Korol, AA
Kravchenko, EA
Onuchin, AP
Salnikov, AA
Serednyakov, SI
Yellin, S
Skovpen, YI
Moore, TB
Brown, DN
Vaitsas, G
Williams, DC
Wilson, MG
Fry, JR
Chen, E
Dubois-Felsmann, GP
Eigen, G
McDonald, KT
Dvoretskii, A
Hitlin, DG
Metzler, S
Staengle, H
Stroili, R
Oyang, J
Porter, FC
Bozzi, C
Ryd, A
Soffer, A
Miftakov, V
Samuel, A
Weaver, M
Yang, S
Zhu, RY
Reinertsen, PL
Blouw, J
Kral, JF
Devmal, S
Geld, TL
Jayatilleke, S
Schaffner, SF
Mancinelli, G
Dittongo, S
Gabathuler, E
Meadows, BT
Sokoloff, MD
Barillari, T
Torassa, E
Bloom, P
Willocq, S
Dima, MO
Smith, AJS
Fahey, S
Stugu, B
Ford, WT
Johnson, DR
Nauenberg, U
Jacobsen, RG
Folegani, M
Voci, C
Olivas, A
Park, H
Hocker, A
Brau, B
Rankin, P
Roy, J
Sen, S
Smith, JG
van Hoek, WC
Abbott, B
Wagner, DL
Benayoun, M
Chun, S
LoSecco, JM
Piemontese, L
Treadwell, E
Cowan, R
Anulli, F
Baldini-Ferroli, R
Mandelkern, M
Calcaterra, A
de Sangro, R
Falciai, D
Briand, H
Tumanov, A
Button-Shafer, J
Finocchiaro, G
Gamet, R
Patteri, P
Hamilton, R
Peruzzi, IM
Piccolo, M
Xie, Y
Zallo, A
McMahon, S
Morii, M
Long, O
Bagnasco, S
Buzzo, A
Contri, R
Crosetti, G
George, M
Sciolla, G
Cahn, RN
Fabbricatore, P
Farinon, S
Varnes, EW
Lo Vetere, M
Chauveau, J
Macri, M
Monge, MR
Stoker, DP
Musenich, R
Pallavicini, M
Parodi, R
Campagnari, C
Kay, M
Romosan, A
Passaggio, S
Pastore, FC
Momayezi, M
Clark, AR
Patrignani, C
Pia, MG
Priano, C
Robutti, E
Ahsan, A
Santroni, A
Cavoto, G
Colberg, T
Payne, DJ
Sloane, RJ
David, P
Touramanis, C
Aspinwall, ML
Toki, WH
Bowerman, DA
Dauncey, PD
Egede, U
del Re, D
Branson, JG
Kadel, RW
Taylor, F
Eschrich, I
Brown, D
Gunawardane, NJW
Nash, JA
Sanders, P
Smith, D
Wilson, RJ
Behr, L
Azzopardi, DE
Back, JJ
Dixon, P
Harrison, PF
Yamamoto, RK
De la Vaissiere, C
MacFarlane, DB
Potter, RJL
Kadyk, J
Shorthouse, HW
Faccini, R
Strother, P
Vidal, PB
Zhang, J
Williams, MI
Cowan, G
George, S
Schubert, KR
Milek, M
Green, MG
Kurup, A
Beringer, J
Prell, S
Marker, CE
McGrath, P
Kerth, LT
McMahon, TR
Brandt, T
Ricciardi, S
Lamsa, J
Patel, PM
Trischuk, J
Ferrarotto, F
Lanni, F
LeClerc, C
Mallik, U
Palombo, F
Bauer, JM
Booke, M
Dahlinger, G
Dahmes, B
Del Buono, L
Cremaldi, L
Alsmiller, JRG
Eschenburg, V
Kroeger, R
Reidy, J
Sanders, DA
Gill, MS
Summers, DJ
Martin, JP
Levi, ME
Nief, JY
Hamon, O
Ferroni, F
Dickopp, M
Seitz, R
Hart, PA
Taras, P
Zacek, V
Nicholson, H
Cochran, J
Sutton, CS
Cartaro, C
Cavallo, N
Gritsan, AV
Le Diberder, F
De Nardo, G
Fabozzi, F
Dubitzky, RS
Liu, T
Gatto, C
Rong, G
Lista, L
Crawley, HB
Paolucci, P
Kluth, S
Leruste, P
Lory, J
Roos, L
Lu, A
Davis, CL
Stark, J
Versille, S
Oddone, PJ
Meyer, WT
Schwierz, R
Fratini, K
Manfredi, PF
Re, V
Speziali, V
Frank, ED
Gladney, L
Rahatlou, S
Guo, QH
Panetta, JH
Richman, JD
Angelini, C
Lamanna, E
Rosenberg, EI
Batignani, G
Spaan, B
Bettarini, S
Perazzo, A
Bondioli, M
Allison, J
Carpinelli, M
Forti, F
Giorgi, MA
Leonardi, E
Lusiani, A
Martinez-Vidal, F
Benkebil, M
Verkerke, W
Morganti, M
Yushkov, AN
Neri, N
Barlow, RJ
Paoloni, E
Mazzoni, MA
Morganti, S
Ronan, MT
Bernard, D
Gabriel, TA
Piredda, G
Tehrani, FS
Dorfan, DE
Forti, AC
Lacker, HM
Serra, M
Voena, C
Christ, S
Waldi, R
Adye, T
Maly, E
Franek, B
Geddes, NI
Bonneaud, GR
Gopal, GP
Fullwood, J
Shelkov, VG
LePeltier, V
Xella, SM
Wang, P
Aleksan, R
Handler, T
De Domenico, G
Emery, S
Gaidot, A
Ganzhur, SF
de Monchenault, GH
Jackson, F
Brochard, F
Kozanecki, W
Harton, JL
Langer, M
Brau, J
London, GW
Issue Date: 2001
Publisher: American Physical Society
Citation: Physical Review Letters, 87(20): Artn 201803, Nov 2001
Abstract: The B0 and B+ meson lifetimes have been measured in e+e- annihilation data collected in 1999 and 2000 with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near the ϒ(4S) resonance. Events are selected in which one B meson is fully reconstructed in a hadronic final state while the second B meson is reconstructed inclusively. A combined fit to the B0 and the B+ decay time difference distributions yields τB0 = 1.546±0.032(stat)±0.022(syst) ps, τB+ = 1.673±0.032(stat)±0.023(syst) ps, and τB+/τB0 = 1.082±0.026(stat)±0.012(syst).
Description: This is the pre-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the links below. Copyright @ 2001 APS
URI: http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v87/i20/e201803
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7537
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.201803
ISSN: 0031-9007
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