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Measurement of the B- and B̄0meson lifetimes using semileptonic decays

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Abe, F; Akimoto, H; Akopian, A; Albrow, MG; Amadon, A; Amendolia, SR; Amidei, D; Antos, J; Aota, S; Apollinari, G; Arisawa, T; Asakawa, T ...
Published in: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
1998

The lifetimes of the B- and B̄0 mesons are measured using the partially reconstructed semileptonic decays B̄ → Dl- v̄X, where D0 is either a D0 or D*+ meson. The data were collected by the CDF detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider during 1992-1995 and correspond to about 110 pb-1 of pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV. We measure decay lengths and extract the lifetimes to be τ(B-) = 1.637±0.058-0.043+0.045 ps and τ(B̄0) = 1.474±0.039-0.051+0.052 ps, and the ratio of the lifetimes to be τ(B-)/τ(B̄0) = 1.110±0.056-0.030+0.033, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic.

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Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

ISSN

0556-2821

Publication Date

1998

Volume

58

Issue

9

Start / End Page

920021 / 9200212

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Abe, F., Akimoto, H., Akopian, A., Albrow, M. G., Amadon, A., Amendolia, S. R., … Zucchelli, S. (1998). Measurement of the B- and B̄0meson lifetimes using semileptonic decays. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 58(9), 920021–9200212.
Abe, F., H. Akimoto, A. Akopian, M. G. Albrow, A. Amadon, S. R. Amendolia, D. Amidei, et al. “Measurement of the B- and B̄0meson lifetimes using semileptonic decays.” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 58, no. 9 (1998): 920021–212.
Abe F, Akimoto H, Akopian A, Albrow MG, Amadon A, Amendolia SR, et al. Measurement of the B- and B̄0meson lifetimes using semileptonic decays. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 1998;58(9):920021–9200212.
Abe, F., et al. “Measurement of the B- and B̄0meson lifetimes using semileptonic decays.” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 58, no. 9, 1998, pp. 920021–9200212.
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Published In

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

ISSN

0556-2821

Publication Date

1998

Volume

58

Issue

9

Start / End Page

920021 / 9200212

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences