Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z → bb̄ and Z → cc̄ decays with leptons: The ALEPH collaboration

A. Heister; S. Schael; R. Barate; I. De Bonis; D. Decamp; C. Goy; J. P. Lees; E. Merle; M. N. Minard; B. Pietrzyk; G. Boix; S. Bravo; M. P. Casado; M. Chmeissani; J. M. Crespo; E. Fernandez; M. Fernandez-Bosman; Ll Garrido; E. Graugés; M. Martinez; G. Merino; R. Miquel; Ll M. Mir; A. Pacheco; H. Ruiz; A. Colaleo; D. Creanza; M. De Palma; G. Iaselli; G. Maggi; M. Maggi; S. Nuzzo; A. Ranieri; G. Raso; F. Ruggieri; G. Selvaggi; L. Silvestris; P. Tempesta; A. Tricomi; G. Zito; X. Huang; J. Lin; Q. Ouyang; T. Wang; Y. Xie; R. Xu; S. Xue; J. Zhang; L. Zhang; W. Zhao; D. Abbaneo; P. Azzurri; O. Buchmüller; M. Cattaneo; F. Cerutti; B. Clerbaux; H. Drevermann; R. W. Forty; M. Frank; F. Gianotti; T. C. Greening; J. B. Hansen; J. Harvey; D. E. Hutchcroft; P. Janot; B. Jost; M. Kado; P. Mato; A. Moutoussi; F. Ranjard; L. Rolandi; D. Schlatter; O. Schneider; G. Sguazzoni; W. Tejessy; F. Teubert; A. Valassi; I. Videau; J. Ward; F. Badaud; A. Falvard; P. Gay; P. Henrard; J. Jousset; B. Michel; S. Monteil; J. C. Montret; D. Pallin; P. Perret; J. D. Hansen; J. R. Hansen; P. H. Hansen; B. S. Nilsson; A. Wäänänen; A. Kyriakis; C. Markou; E. Simopoulou; A. Vayaki; K. Zachariadou; A. Blondel; G. Bonneaud; J. C. Brient; A. Rougé; M. Rumpf; M. Swynghedauw; M. Verderi; H. Videau; V. Ciulli; E. Focardi; G. Parrini; A. Antonelli; M. Antonelli; G. Bencivenni; G. Bologna; F. Bossi; P. Campana; G. Capon; V. Chiarella; P. Laurelli; G. Mannocchi; F. Murtas; G. P. Murtas; L. Passalacqua; M. Pepe-Altarelli; P. Spagnolo; A. W. Halley; J. G. Lynch; P. Negus; V. O'Shea; C. Raine; A. S. Thompson; S. Wasserbaech; R. Cavanaugh; S. Dhamotharan; C. Geweniger; P. Hanke; G. Hansper; V. Hepp; E. E. Kluge; A. Putzer; J. Sommer; H. Stenzel; K. Tittel; S. Werner; M. Wunsch; R. Beuselinck; D. M. Binnie; W. Cameron; P. J. Dornan; M. Girone; N. Marinelli; J. K. Sedgbeer; J. C. Thomson; V. M. Ghete; P. Girtler; E. Kneringer; D. Kuhn; G. Rudolph; E. Bouhova-Thacker; C. K. Bowdery; A. J. Finch; F. Foster; G. Hughes; R. W.L. Jones; M. R. Pearson; N. A. Robertson; K. Jakobs; K. Kleinknecht; G. Quast; B. Renk; H. G. Sander; H. Wachsmuth; C. Zeitnitz; A. Bonissent; J. Carr; P. Coyle; O. Leroy; P. Payre; D. Rousseau; M. Talby; F. Ragusa; H. Dietl; G. Ganis; K. Hüttmann; G. Lütjens; C. Mannert; W. Männer; H. G. Moser; R. Settles; W. Wiedenmann; G. Wolf; J. Boucrot; O. Callot; M. Davier; L. Duflot; J. F. Grivaz; Ph Heusse; A. Jacholkowska; J. Lefrançois; J. J. Veillet; C. Yuan; G. Bagliesi; T. Boccali; L. Fòa; A. Giammanco; A. Giassi; F. Ligabue; A. Messineo; F. Palla; G. Sanguinetti; A. Sciab`a; R. Tenchini; A. Venturi; P. G. Verdini; G. A. Blair; G. Cowan; M. G. Green; T. Medcalf; A. Misiejuk; J. A. Strong; P. Teixeira-Dias; J. H. von Wimmersperg-Toeller; R. W. Clifft; T. R. Edgecock; P. R. Norton; I. R. Tomalin; B. Bloch-Devaux; P. Colas; S. Emery; W. Kozanecki; E. Lan¸con; M. C. Lemaire; E. Locci; P. Perez; J. Rander; J. F. Renardy; A. Roussarie; J. P. Schuller; J. Schwindling; A. Trabelsi; B. Vallage; N. Konstantinidis; A. M. Litke; G. Taylor; C. N. Booth; S. Cartwright; F. Combley; M. Lehto; L. F. Thompson; K. Affholderbach; A. Böohrer; S. Brandt; C. Grupen; A. Ngac; G. Prange; U. Sieler; G. Giannini; J. Rothberg; S. R. Armstrong; K. Berkelman; K. Cranmer; D. P.S. Ferguson; Y. Gao; S. González; O. J. Hayes; H. Hu; S. Jin; J. Kile; P. A. McNamara; J. Nielsen; Y. B. Pan; J. H. von Wimmersperg-Toeller; W. Wiedenmann; J. Wu; S. L. Wu; X. Wu; G. Zobernig; G. Dissertori

doi:10.1007/s100520200950

Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z → bb̄ and Z → cc̄ decays with leptons: The ALEPH collaboration

A. Heister, S. Schael, R. Barate, I. De Bonis, D. Decamp, C. Goy, J. P. Lees, E. Merle, M. N. Minard, B. Pietrzyk, G. Boix, S. Bravo, M. P. Casado, M. Chmeissani, J. M. Crespo, E. Fernandez, M. Fernandez-Bosman, Ll Garrido, E. Graugés, M. MartinezG. Merino, R. Miquel, Ll M. Mir, A. Pacheco, H. Ruiz, A. Colaleo, D. Creanza, M. De Palma, G. Iaselli, G. Maggi, M. Maggi, S. Nuzzo, A. Ranieri, G. Raso, F. Ruggieri, G. Selvaggi, L. Silvestris, P. Tempesta, A. Tricomi, G. Zito, X. Huang, J. Lin, Q. Ouyang, T. Wang, Y. Xie, R. Xu, S. Xue, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhao, D. Abbaneo, P. Azzurri, O. Buchmüller, M. Cattaneo, F. Cerutti, B. Clerbaux, H. Drevermann, R. W. Forty, M. Frank, F. Gianotti, T. C. Greening, J. B. Hansen, J. Harvey, D. E. Hutchcroft, P. Janot, B. Jost, M. Kado, P. Mato, A. Moutoussi, F. Ranjard, L. Rolandi, D. Schlatter, O. Schneider, G. Sguazzoni, W. Tejessy, F. Teubert, A. Valassi, I. Videau, J. Ward, F. Badaud, A. Falvard, P. Gay, P. Henrard, J. Jousset, B. Michel, S. Monteil, J. C. Montret, D. Pallin, P. Perret, J. D. Hansen, J. R. Hansen, P. H. Hansen, B. S. Nilsson, A. Wäänänen, A. Kyriakis, C. Markou, E. Simopoulou, A. Vayaki, K. Zachariadou, A. Blondel, G. Bonneaud, J. C. Brient, A. Rougé, M. Rumpf, M. Swynghedauw, M. Verderi, H. Videau, V. Ciulli, E. Focardi, G. Parrini, A. Antonelli, M. Antonelli, G. Bencivenni, G. Bologna, F. Bossi, P. Campana, G. Capon, V. Chiarella, P. Laurelli, G. Mannocchi, F. Murtas, G. P. Murtas, L. Passalacqua, M. Pepe-Altarelli, P. Spagnolo, A. W. Halley, J. G. Lynch, P. Negus, V. O'Shea, C. Raine, A. S. Thompson, S. Wasserbaech, R. Cavanaugh, S. Dhamotharan, C. Geweniger, P. Hanke, G. Hansper, V. Hepp, E. E. Kluge, A. Putzer, J. Sommer, H. Stenzel, K. Tittel, S. Werner, M. Wunsch, R. Beuselinck, D. M. Binnie, W. Cameron, P. J. Dornan, M. Girone, N. Marinelli, J. K. Sedgbeer, J. C. Thomson, V. M. Ghete, P. Girtler, E. Kneringer, D. Kuhn, G. Rudolph, E. Bouhova-Thacker, C. K. Bowdery, A. J. Finch, F. Foster, G. Hughes, R. W.L. Jones, M. R. Pearson, N. A. Robertson, K. Jakobs, K. Kleinknecht, G. Quast, B. Renk, H. G. Sander, H. Wachsmuth, C. Zeitnitz, A. Bonissent, J. Carr, P. Coyle, O. Leroy, P. Payre, D. Rousseau, M. Talby, F. Ragusa, H. Dietl, G. Ganis, K. Hüttmann, G. Lütjens, C. Mannert, W. Männer, H. G. Moser, R. Settles, W. Wiedenmann, G. Wolf, J. Boucrot, O. Callot, M. Davier, L. Duflot, J. F. Grivaz, Ph Heusse, A. Jacholkowska, J. Lefrançois, J. J. Veillet, C. Yuan, G. Bagliesi, T. Boccali, L. Fòa, A. Giammanco, A. Giassi, F. Ligabue, A. Messineo, F. Palla, G. Sanguinetti, A. Sciab`a, R. Tenchini, A. Venturi, P. G. Verdini, G. A. Blair, G. Cowan, M. G. Green, T. Medcalf, A. Misiejuk, J. A. Strong, P. Teixeira-Dias, J. H. von Wimmersperg-Toeller, R. W. Clifft, T. R. Edgecock, P. R. Norton, I. R. Tomalin, B. Bloch-Devaux, P. Colas, S. Emery, W. Kozanecki, E. Lan¸con, M. C. Lemaire, E. Locci, P. Perez, J. Rander, J. F. Renardy, A. Roussarie, J. P. Schuller, J. Schwindling, A. Trabelsi, B. Vallage, N. Konstantinidis, A. M. Litke, G. Taylor, C. N. Booth, S. Cartwright, F. Combley, M. Lehto, L. F. Thompson, K. Affholderbach, A. Böohrer, S. Brandt, C. Grupen, A. Ngac, G. Prange, U. Sieler, G. Giannini, J. Rothberg, S. R. Armstrong, K. Berkelman, K. Cranmer, D. P.S. Ferguson, Y. Gao, S. González, O. J. Hayes, H. Hu, S. Jin, J. Kile, P. A. McNamara, J. Nielsen, Y. B. Pan, J. H. von Wimmersperg-Toeller, W. Wiedenmann, J. Wu, S. L. Wu, X. Wu, G. Zobernig, G. Dissertori

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The sample of hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP in the years 1991-1995 is analysed in order to measure the forward-backward asymmetry in Z → bb̄ and Z → cc̄ events and the B ⁰ -B̄ ⁰ average mixing parameter χ̄. Quark charges are tagged by the charges of electrons and muons produced in b and e semileptonic decays. Multivariate analyses are used to separate the event flavours and b → ℓ/b → c → ℓ processes. The b and c quark asymmetries are measured simultaneously; the average mixing parameter and the pole asymmetries are determined to be χ̄ = 0.1196 ± 0.0049 (stat.) _-0.0050 ^+0.0043 (syst.), A _FB ^0,b = 0.0998 ± 0.0040 (stat.) ± 0.0017 (syst.), A _FB ^0,c = 0.0732 ± 0.0053 (stat.) ± 0.0037 (syst.). These asymmetries, combined with the ALEPH measurements of the b asymmetry using inclusive b hadron decays and of the c asymmetry using reconstructed D mesons, correspond to a value of the effective electroweak mixing angle of sin ² θ _W ^eff = 0.23188 ± 0.00046.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	177-191
Number of pages	15
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520200950
State	Published - Jun 2002

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Heister, A., Schael, S., Barate, R., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Goy, C., Lees, J. P., Merle, E., Minard, M. N., Pietrzyk, B., Boix, G., Bravo, S., Casado, M. P., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J. M., Fernandez, E., Fernandez-Bosman, M., Garrido, L., Graugés, E., ... Dissertori, G. (2002). Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z → bb̄ and Z → cc̄ decays with leptons: The ALEPH collaboration. European Physical Journal C, 24(2), 177-191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520200950

Heister, A, Schael, S, Barate, R, De Bonis, I, Decamp, D, Goy, C, Lees, JP, Merle, E, Minard, MN, Pietrzyk, B, Boix, G, Bravo, S, Casado, MP, Chmeissani, M, Crespo, JM, Fernandez, E, Fernandez-Bosman, M, Garrido, L, Graugés, E, Martinez, M, Merino, G, Miquel, R, Mir, LM, Pacheco, A, Ruiz, H, Colaleo, A, Creanza, D, De Palma, M, Iaselli, G, Maggi, G, Maggi, M, Nuzzo, S, Ranieri, A, Raso, G, Ruggieri, F, Selvaggi, G, Silvestris, L, Tempesta, P, Tricomi, A, Zito, G, Huang, X, Lin, J, Ouyang, Q, Wang, T, Xie, Y, Xu, R, Xue, S, Zhang, J, Zhang, L, Zhao, W, Abbaneo, D, Azzurri, P, Buchmüller, O, Cattaneo, M, Cerutti, F, Clerbaux, B, Drevermann, H, Forty, RW, Frank, M, Gianotti, F, Greening, TC, Hansen, JB, Harvey, J, Hutchcroft, DE, Janot, P, Jost, B, Kado, M, Mato, P, Moutoussi, A, Ranjard, F, Rolandi, L, Schlatter, D, Schneider, O, Sguazzoni, G, Tejessy, W, Teubert, F, Valassi, A, Videau, I, Ward, J, Badaud, F, Falvard, A, Gay, P, Henrard, P, Jousset, J, Michel, B, Monteil, S, Montret, JC, Pallin, D, Perret, P, Hansen, JD, Hansen, JR, Hansen, PH, Nilsson, BS, Wäänänen, A, Kyriakis, A, Markou, C, Simopoulou, E, Vayaki, A, Zachariadou, K, Blondel, A, Bonneaud, G, Brient, JC, Rougé, A, Rumpf, M, Swynghedauw, M, Verderi, M, Videau, H, Ciulli, V, Focardi, E, Parrini, G, Antonelli, A, Antonelli, M, Bencivenni, G, Bologna, G, Bossi, F, Campana, P, Capon, G, Chiarella, V, Laurelli, P, Mannocchi, G, Murtas, F, Murtas, GP, Passalacqua, L, Pepe-Altarelli, M, Spagnolo, P, Halley, AW, Lynch, JG, Negus, P, O'Shea, V, Raine, C, Thompson, AS, Wasserbaech, S, Cavanaugh, R, Dhamotharan, S, Geweniger, C, Hanke, P, Hansper, G, Hepp, V, Kluge, EE, Putzer, A, Sommer, J, Stenzel, H, Tittel, K, Werner, S, Wunsch, M, Beuselinck, R, Binnie, DM, Cameron, W, Dornan, PJ, Girone, M, Marinelli, N, Sedgbeer, JK, Thomson, JC, Ghete, VM, Girtler, P, Kneringer, E, Kuhn, D, Rudolph, G, Bouhova-Thacker, E, Bowdery, CK, Finch, AJ, Foster, F, Hughes, G, Jones, RWL, Pearson, MR, Robertson, NA, Jakobs, K, Kleinknecht, K, Quast, G, Renk, B, Sander, HG, Wachsmuth, H, Zeitnitz, C, Bonissent, A, Carr, J, Coyle, P, Leroy, O, Payre, P, Rousseau, D, Talby, M, Ragusa, F, Dietl, H, Ganis, G, Hüttmann, K, Lütjens, G, Mannert, C, Männer, W, Moser, HG, Settles, R, Wiedenmann, W, Wolf, G, Boucrot, J, Callot, O, Davier, M, Duflot, L, Grivaz, JF, Heusse, P, Jacholkowska, A, Lefrançois, J, Veillet, JJ, Yuan, C, Bagliesi, G, Boccali, T, Fòa, L, Giammanco, A, Giassi, A, Ligabue, F, Messineo, A, Palla, F, Sanguinetti, G, Sciab`a, A, Tenchini, R, Venturi, A, Verdini, PG, Blair, GA, Cowan, G, Green, MG, Medcalf, T, Misiejuk, A, Strong, JA, Teixeira-Dias, P, von Wimmersperg-Toeller, JH, Clifft, RW, Edgecock, TR, Norton, PR, Tomalin, IR, Bloch-Devaux, B, Colas, P, Emery, S, Kozanecki, W, Lan¸con, E, Lemaire, MC, Locci, E, Perez, P, Rander, J, Renardy, JF, Roussarie, A, Schuller, JP, Schwindling, J, Trabelsi, A, Vallage, B, Konstantinidis, N, Litke, AM, Taylor, G, Booth, CN, Cartwright, S, Combley, F, Lehto, M, Thompson, LF, Affholderbach, K, Böohrer, A, Brandt, S, Grupen, C, Ngac, A, Prange, G, Sieler, U, Giannini, G, Rothberg, J, Armstrong, SR, Berkelman, K, Cranmer, K, Ferguson, DPS, Gao, Y, González, S, Hayes, OJ, Hu, H, Jin, S, Kile, J, McNamara, PA, Nielsen, J, Pan, YB, von Wimmersperg-Toeller, JH, Wiedenmann, W, Wu, J, Wu, SL, Wu, X, Zobernig, G & Dissertori, G 2002, 'Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z → bb̄ and Z → cc̄ decays with leptons: The ALEPH collaboration', European Physical Journal C, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 177-191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520200950

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T1 - Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z → bb̄ and Z → cc̄ decays with leptons

T2 - The ALEPH collaboration

AU - Heister, A.

AU - Schael, S.

AU - Barate, R.

AU - De Bonis, I.

AU - Decamp, D.

AU - Goy, C.

AU - Lees, J. P.

AU - Merle, E.

AU - Minard, M. N.

AU - Pietrzyk, B.

AU - Boix, G.

AU - Bravo, S.

AU - Casado, M. P.

AU - Chmeissani, M.

AU - Crespo, J. M.

AU - Fernandez, E.

AU - Fernandez-Bosman, M.

AU - Garrido, Ll

AU - Graugés, E.

AU - Martinez, M.

AU - Merino, G.

AU - Miquel, R.

AU - Mir, Ll M.

AU - Pacheco, A.

AU - Ruiz, H.

AU - Colaleo, A.

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PY - 2002/6

Y1 - 2002/6

N2 - The sample of hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP in the years 1991-1995 is analysed in order to measure the forward-backward asymmetry in Z → bb̄ and Z → cc̄ events and the B 0 -B̄ 0 average mixing parameter χ̄. Quark charges are tagged by the charges of electrons and muons produced in b and e semileptonic decays. Multivariate analyses are used to separate the event flavours and b → ℓ/b → c → ℓ processes. The b and c quark asymmetries are measured simultaneously; the average mixing parameter and the pole asymmetries are determined to be χ̄ = 0.1196 ± 0.0049 (stat.) -0.0050 +0.0043 (syst.), A FB 0,b = 0.0998 ± 0.0040 (stat.) ± 0.0017 (syst.), A FB 0,c = 0.0732 ± 0.0053 (stat.) ± 0.0037 (syst.). These asymmetries, combined with the ALEPH measurements of the b asymmetry using inclusive b hadron decays and of the c asymmetry using reconstructed D mesons, correspond to a value of the effective electroweak mixing angle of sin 2 θ W eff = 0.23188 ± 0.00046.

AB - The sample of hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP in the years 1991-1995 is analysed in order to measure the forward-backward asymmetry in Z → bb̄ and Z → cc̄ events and the B 0 -B̄ 0 average mixing parameter χ̄. Quark charges are tagged by the charges of electrons and muons produced in b and e semileptonic decays. Multivariate analyses are used to separate the event flavours and b → ℓ/b → c → ℓ processes. The b and c quark asymmetries are measured simultaneously; the average mixing parameter and the pole asymmetries are determined to be χ̄ = 0.1196 ± 0.0049 (stat.) -0.0050 +0.0043 (syst.), A FB 0,b = 0.0998 ± 0.0040 (stat.) ± 0.0017 (syst.), A FB 0,c = 0.0732 ± 0.0053 (stat.) ± 0.0037 (syst.). These asymmetries, combined with the ALEPH measurements of the b asymmetry using inclusive b hadron decays and of the c asymmetry using reconstructed D mesons, correspond to a value of the effective electroweak mixing angle of sin 2 θ W eff = 0.23188 ± 0.00046.

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U2 - 10.1007/s100520200950

DO - 10.1007/s100520200950

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AN - SCOPUS:0036627952

SN - 1434-6044

VL - 24

SP - 177

EP - 191

JO - European Physical Journal C

JF - European Physical Journal C

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Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z → bb̄ and Z → cc̄ decays with leptons: The ALEPH collaboration

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