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Title: Measurement of the B+ and B-0 lifetimes and search for CP(T) violation using reconstructed secondary vertices
Authors: Abbiendi, G
Ackerstaff, K
Alexander, G
Allison, J
Altekamp, N
Anderson, KJ
Anderson, S
Arcelli, S
Asai, S
Ashby, SF
Axen, D
Azuelos, G
Ball, AH
Barberio, E
Barlow, RJ
Bartoldus, R
Batley, JR
Baumann, S
Bechtluft, J
Behnke, T
Bell, KW
Bella, G
Bellerive, A
Bentvelsen, S
Bethke, S
Betts, S
Biebel, O
Biguzzi, A
Bird, SD
Blobel, V
Bloodworth, IJ
Bock, P
Bohme, J
Bonacorsi, D
Boutemeur, M
Braibant, S
Bright-Thomas, P
Brigliadori, L
Brown, RM
Burckhart, HJ
Capiluppi, P
Carnegie, RK
Carter, AA
Carter, JR
Chang, CY
Charlton, DG
Chrisman, D
Ciocca, C
Clarke, PEL
Clay, E
Cohen, I
Conboy, JE
Cooke, OC
Couyoumtzelis, C
Coxe, RL
Cuffiani, M
Dado, S
Dallavalle, GM
Davis, R
De Jong, S
de Roeck, A
Dervan, P
Desch, K
Dienes, B
Dixit, MS
Dubbert, J
Duchovni, E
Duckeck, G
Duerdoth, IP
Eatough, D
Estabrooks, PG
Etzion, E
Fabbri, F
Fanti, M
Faust, AA
Fiedler, F
Fierro, M
Fleck, I
Folman, R
Furtjes, A
Futyan, DI
Gagnon, P
Gary, JW
Gascon, J
Gascon-Shotkin, SM
Gaycken, G
Geich-Gimbel, C
Giacomelli, G
Giacomelli, P
Gibson, V
Gibson, WR
Gingrich, DM
Glenzinski, D
Goldberg, J
Gorn, W
Grandi, C
Graham, K
Gross, E
Grunhaus, J
Gruwe, M
Hanson, GG
Hansroul, M
Hapke, M
Harder, K
Harel, A
Hargrove, CK
Hartmann, C
Hauschild, M
Hawkes, CM
Hawkings, R
Hemingway, RJ
Herndon, M
Herten, G
Heuer, RD
Hildreth, MD
Hill, JC
Hobson, PR
Hoch, M
Hocker, A
Hoffman, K
Homer, RJ
Honma, AK
Horvath, D
Hossain, KR
Howard, R
Huntemeyer, P
Igo-Kemenes, P
Imrie, DC
Ishii, K
Jacob, FR
Jawahery, A
Jeremie, H
Jimack, M
Jones, CR
Jovanovic, P
Junk, TR
Karlen, D
Kartvelishvili, V
Kawagoe, K
Kawamoto, T
Kayal, PI
Keeler, RK
Kellogg, RG
Kennedy, BW
Kim, DH
Klier, A
Kluth, S
Kobayashi, T
Kobel, M
Koetke, DS
Kokott, TP
Kolrep, M
Komamiya, S
Kowalewski, RV
Kress, T
Krieger, P
von Krogh, J
Kuhl, T
Kyberd, P
Lafferty, GD
Landsman, H
Lanske, D
Lauber, J
Lautenschlager, SR
Lawson, I
Layter, JG
Lazic, D
Lee, AM
Lellouch, D
Letts, J
Levinson, L
Liebisch, R
List, B
Littlewood, C
Lloyd, AW
Lloyd, SL
Loebinger, FK
Long, GD
Losty, MJ
Ludwig, J
Liu, D
Macchiolo, A
Macpherson, A
Mader, W
Mannelli, M
Marcellini, S
Markopoulos, C
Martin, AJ
Martin, JP
Martinez, G
Mashimo, T
Mattig, P
McDonald, WJ
McKenna, J
Mckigney, EA
McMahon, TJ
McPherson, RA
Meijers, F
Menke, S
Merritt, FS
Mes, H
Meyer, J
Michelini, A
Mihara, S
Mikenberg, G
Miller, DJ
Mir, R
Mohr, W
Montanari, A
Mori, T
Nagai, K
Nakamura, I
Neal, HA
Nellen, B
Nisius, R
O'Neale, SW
Oakham, FG
Odorici, F
Ogren, HO
Oreglia, MJ
Orito, S
Palinkas, J
Pasztor, G
Pater, JR
Patrick, GN
Patt, J
Perez-Ochoa, R
Petzold, S
Pfeifenschneider, P
Pilcher, JE
Pinfold, J
Plane, DE
Poffenberger, P
Polok, J
Przybycien, M
Rembser, C
Rick, H
Robertson, S
Robins, SA
Rodning, N
Roney, JM
Roscoe, K
Rossi, AM
Rozen, Y
Runge, K
Runolfsson, O
Rust, DR
Sachs, K
Saeki, T
Sahr, O
Sang, WM
Sarkisyan, EKG
Sbarra, C
Schaile, AD
Schaile, O
Scharf, F
Scharff-Hansen, P
Schieck, J
Schmitt, B
Schmitt, S
Schoning, A
Schroder, M
Schumacher, M
Schwick, C
Scott, WG
Seuster, R
Shears, TG
Shen, BC
Shepherd-Themistocleous, CH
Sherwood, P
Siroli, GP
Sittler, A
Skuja, A
Smith, AM
Snow, GA
Sobie, R
Soldner-Rembold, S
Spagnolo, S
Sproston, M
Stahl, A
Stephens, K
Steuerer, J
Stoll, K
Strom, D
Strohmer, R
Surrow, B
Talbot, SD
Tanaka, S
Taras, P
Tarem, S
Teuscher, R
Thiergen, M
Thomas, J
Thomson, MA
von Torne, E
Torrence, E
Towers, S
Trigger, I
Trocsanyi, Z
Tsur, E
Turcot, AS
Turner-Watson, MF
Ueda, I
Van Kooten, R
Vannerem, P
Verzocchi, M
Voss, H
Wackerle, F
Wagner, A
Ward, CP
Ward, DR
Watkins, PM
Watson, AT
Watson, NK
Wells, PS
Wermes, N
White, JS
Wilson, GW
Wilson, JA
Wyatt, TR
Yamashita, S
Yekutieli, G
Zacek, V
Zer-Zion, D
OPAL Collaboration
Keywords: CP(T) violation;b hadrons;OPAL detector
Issue Date: 2000
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Citation: European Physical Journal C, 12 (4): pp. 609 - 626, (2000)
Abstract: The lifetimes of the B+ and B-0 mesons, and their ratio, have been measured in the OPAL experiment using 2.4 million hadronic Z(0) decays recorded at LEP. Z(0) --> b (b) over bar decays were tagged using displaced secondary vertices and high momentum electrons and muons. The lifetimes were then measured using well-reconstructed charged and neutral secondary vertices selected in this tagged data sample. The results aretau(B+) = 1.643 +/- 0.037 +/- 0.025 pstau(Bo) = 1.523 +/- 0.057 +/- 0.053 pstau(B+)/tau(Bo) = 1.079 +/- 0.064 +/- 0.041,where in each case the first error is statistical and the second systematic.A larger data sample of 3.1 million hadronic Z(o) decays has been used to search for CP and CPT violating effects by comparison of inclusive b and (b) over bar hadron decays, No evidence fur such effects is seen. The CP violation parameter Re(epsilon(B)) is measured to be Re(epsilon(B)) = 0.001 +/- 0.014 +/- 0.003and the fractional difference between b and (b) over bar hadron lifetimes is measured to(Delta tau/tau)(b) = tau(b hadron) - tau((b) over bar hadron)/tau(average) = -0.001 +/- 0.012 +/- 0.008.
URI: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s100520000322
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11346
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100520000322
ISSN: 1434-6044
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