Study of the fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons at the Z peak

A. Heister; S. Schael; R. Barate; I. de Bonis; D. Decamp; C. Goy; J. P. Lees; E. Merle; M. N. Minard; B. Pietrzyk; S. Bravo; M. P. Casado; M. Chmeissani; J. M. Crespo; E. Fernandez; M. Fernandez-Bosman; L. Garrido; E. Graugés; M. Martinez; G. Merino; R. Miquel; L. 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; G. Boix; O. Buchmüller; M. Cattaneo; F. Cerutti; B. Clerbaux; G. Dissertori; H. Drevermann; R. W. Forty; M. Frank; T. C. Greening; J. B. Hansen; J. Harvey; P. Janot; B. Jost; M. Kado; P. Mato; A. Moutoussi; F. Ranjard; L. Rolandi; D. Schlatter; O. Schneider; P. Spagnolo; W. Tejessy; F. Teubert; E. Tournefier; J. Ward; Z. Ajaltouni; F. Badaud; A. Falvard; P. Gay; P. Henrard; J. Jousset; B. Michel; S. Monteil; J. C. Montret; D. Pallin; P. Perret; F. Podlyski; 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; 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; 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. Thompson; 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; I. Giehl; K. Jakobs; K. Kleinknecht; G. Quast; B. Renk; E. Rohne; H. G. Sander; H. Wachsmuth; C. Zeitnitz; A. Bonissent; J. Carr; P. Coyle; O. Leroy; P. Payre; D. Rousseau; M. Talby; M. Aleppo; F. Ragusa; A. David; H. Dietl; G. Ganis; K. Hüttmann; G. Lütjens; C. Mannert; W. Männer; H. G. Moser; R. Settles; H. Stenzel; W. Wiedenmann; G. Wolf; J. Boucrot; O. Callot; M. Davier; L. Duflot; J. F. Grivaz; P. Heusse; A. Jacholkowska; J. Lefrançois; J. J. Veillet; I. Videau; C. Yuan; G. Bagliesi; T. Boccali; G. Calderini; L. Foà; A. Giammanco; A. Giassi; F. Ligabue; A. Messineo; F. Palla; G. Sanguinetti; A. Sciabà; G. Sguazzoni; 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. Lançon; 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. Böhrer; S. Brandt; C. Grupen; A. Ngac; G. Prange; U. Sieler; G. Giannini; J. Rothberg; S. R. Armstrong; K. Cranmer; P. Elmer; D. P.S. Ferguson; Y. Gao; S. González; O. J. Hayes; H. Hu; S. Jin; J. Kile; P. A. McNamara; J. Nielsen; W. Orejudos; Y. B. Pan; Y. Saadi; I. J. Scott; J. Walsh; W. Sau Lan; X. Wu; G. Zobernig

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00690-6

Study of the fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons at the Z peak

A. Heister, S. Schael, R. Barate, I. de Bonis, D. Decamp, C. Goy, J. P. Lees, E. Merle, M. N. Minard, B. Pietrzyk, S. Bravo, M. P. Casado, M. Chmeissani, J. M. Crespo, E. Fernandez, M. Fernandez-Bosman, L. Garrido, E. Graugés, M. Martinez, G. MerinoR. Miquel, L. 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, G. Boix, O. Buchmüller, M. Cattaneo, F. Cerutti, B. Clerbaux, G. Dissertori, H. Drevermann, R. W. Forty, M. Frank, T. C. Greening, J. B. Hansen, J. Harvey, P. Janot, B. Jost, M. Kado, P. Mato, A. Moutoussi, F. Ranjard, L. Rolandi, D. Schlatter, O. Schneider, P. Spagnolo, W. Tejessy, F. Teubert, E. Tournefier, J. Ward, Z. Ajaltouni, F. Badaud, A. Falvard, P. Gay, P. Henrard, J. Jousset, B. Michel, S. Monteil, J. C. Montret, D. Pallin, P. Perret, F. Podlyski, 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, 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, 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. Thompson, 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, I. Giehl, K. Jakobs, K. Kleinknecht, G. Quast, B. Renk, E. Rohne, H. G. Sander, H. Wachsmuth, C. Zeitnitz, A. Bonissent, J. Carr, P. Coyle, O. Leroy, P. Payre, D. Rousseau, M. Talby, M. Aleppo, F. Ragusa, A. David, H. Dietl, G. Ganis, K. Hüttmann, G. Lütjens, C. Mannert, W. Männer, H. G. Moser, R. Settles, H. Stenzel, W. Wiedenmann, G. Wolf, J. Boucrot, O. Callot, M. Davier, L. Duflot, J. F. Grivaz, P. Heusse, A. Jacholkowska, J. Lefrançois, J. J. Veillet, I. Videau, C. Yuan, G. Bagliesi, T. Boccali, G. Calderini, L. Foà, A. Giammanco, A. Giassi, F. Ligabue, A. Messineo, F. Palla, G. Sanguinetti, A. Sciabà, G. Sguazzoni, 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. Lançon, 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. Böhrer, S. Brandt, C. Grupen, A. Ngac, G. Prange, U. Sieler, G. Giannini, J. Rothberg, S. R. Armstrong, K. Cranmer, P. Elmer, D. P.S. Ferguson, Y. Gao, S. González, O. J. Hayes, H. Hu, S. Jin, J. Kile, P. A. McNamara, J. Nielsen, W. Orejudos, Y. B. Pan, Y. Saadi, I. J. Scott, J. Walsh, W. Sau Lan, X. Wu, G. Zobernig

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The fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons is studied with four million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH experiment during the years 1991-1995. A semi-exclusive reconstruction of B → lvD^(*) decays is performed, by combining lepton candidates with fully reconstructed D^(*) mesons while the neutrino energy is estimated from the missing energy of the event. The mean value of x_B ^wd, the energy of the weakly-decaying B meson normalised to the beam energy, is found to be (x_B ^wd) = 0.716 ± 0.006 (stat) ± 0.006 (syst), using a model-independent method; the corresponding value for the energy of the leading B meson is (x_B ^L) 0.736 ± 0.006 (stat) ± 0.006 (syst). The reconstructed spectra are compared with different fragmentation models.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	30-48
Number of pages	19
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	512
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00690-6
State	Published - Jul 12 2001

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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., Bravo, S., Casado, M. P., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J. M., Fernandez, E., Fernandez-Bosman, M., Garrido, L., Graugés, E., Martinez, M., ... Zobernig, G. (2001). Study of the fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons at the Z peak. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 512(1-2), 30-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00690-6

Heister, A, Schael, S, Barate, R, de Bonis, I, Decamp, D, Goy, C, Lees, JP, Merle, E, Minard, MN, Pietrzyk, B, 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, Boix, G, Buchmüller, O, Cattaneo, M, Cerutti, F, Clerbaux, B, Dissertori, G, Drevermann, H, Forty, RW, Frank, M, Greening, TC, Hansen, JB, Harvey, J, Janot, P, Jost, B, Kado, M, Mato, P, Moutoussi, A, Ranjard, F, Rolandi, L, Schlatter, D, Schneider, O, Spagnolo, P, Tejessy, W, Teubert, F, Tournefier, E, Ward, J, Ajaltouni, Z, Badaud, F, Falvard, A, Gay, P, Henrard, P, Jousset, J, Michel, B, Monteil, S, Montret, JC, Pallin, D, Perret, P, Podlyski, F, 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, 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, Tittel, K, Werner, S, Wunsch, M, Beuselinck, R, Binnie, DM, Cameron, W, Dornan, PJ, Girone, M, Marinelli, N, Sedgbeer, JK, Thompson, 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, Giehl, I, Jakobs, K, Kleinknecht, K, Quast, G, Renk, B, Rohne, E, Sander, HG, Wachsmuth, H, Zeitnitz, C, Bonissent, A, Carr, J, Coyle, P, Leroy, O, Payre, P, Rousseau, D, Talby, M, Aleppo, M, Ragusa, F, David, A, Dietl, H, Ganis, G, Hüttmann, K, Lütjens, G, Mannert, C, Männer, W, Moser, HG, Settles, R, Stenzel, H, Wiedenmann, W, Wolf, G, Boucrot, J, Callot, O, Davier, M, Duflot, L, Grivaz, JF, Heusse, P, Jacholkowska, A, Lefrançois, J, Veillet, JJ, Videau, I, Yuan, C, Bagliesi, G, Boccali, T, Calderini, G, Foà, L, Giammanco, A, Giassi, A, Ligabue, F, Messineo, A, Palla, F, Sanguinetti, G, Sciabà, A, Sguazzoni, G, 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, Lançon, 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, Böhrer, A, Brandt, S, Grupen, C, Ngac, A, Prange, G, Sieler, U, Giannini, G, Rothberg, J, Armstrong, SR, Cranmer, K, Elmer, P, Ferguson, DPS, Gao, Y, González, S, Hayes, OJ, Hu, H, Jin, S, Kile, J, McNamara, PA, Nielsen, J, Orejudos, W, Pan, YB, Saadi, Y, Scott, IJ, Walsh, J, Sau Lan, W, Wu, X & Zobernig, G 2001, 'Study of the fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons at the Z peak', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 512, no. 1-2, pp. 30-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00690-6

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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 - Bravo, S.

AU - Casado, M. P.

AU - Chmeissani, M.

AU - Crespo, J. M.

AU - Fernandez, E.

AU - Fernandez-Bosman, M.

AU - Garrido, L.

AU - Graugés, E.

AU - Martinez, M.

AU - Merino, G.

AU - Miquel, R.

AU - Mir, L. M.

AU - Pacheco, A.

AU - Ruiz, H.

AU - Colaleo, A.

AU - Creanza, D.

AU - de Palma, M.

AU - Iaselli, G.

AU - Maggi, G.

AU - Maggi, M.

AU - Nuzzo, S.

AU - Ranieri, A.

AU - Raso, G.

AU - Ruggieri, F.

AU - Selvaggi, G.

AU - Silvestris, L.

AU - Tempesta, P.

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PY - 2001/7/12

Y1 - 2001/7/12

N2 - The fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons is studied with four million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH experiment during the years 1991-1995. A semi-exclusive reconstruction of B → lvD(*) decays is performed, by combining lepton candidates with fully reconstructed D(*) mesons while the neutrino energy is estimated from the missing energy of the event. The mean value of xB wd, the energy of the weakly-decaying B meson normalised to the beam energy, is found to be (xB wd) = 0.716 ± 0.006 (stat) ± 0.006 (syst), using a model-independent method; the corresponding value for the energy of the leading B meson is (xB L) 0.736 ± 0.006 (stat) ± 0.006 (syst). The reconstructed spectra are compared with different fragmentation models.

AB - The fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons is studied with four million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH experiment during the years 1991-1995. A semi-exclusive reconstruction of B → lvD(*) decays is performed, by combining lepton candidates with fully reconstructed D(*) mesons while the neutrino energy is estimated from the missing energy of the event. The mean value of xB wd, the energy of the weakly-decaying B meson normalised to the beam energy, is found to be (xB wd) = 0.716 ± 0.006 (stat) ± 0.006 (syst), using a model-independent method; the corresponding value for the energy of the leading B meson is (xB L) 0.736 ± 0.006 (stat) ± 0.006 (syst). The reconstructed spectra are compared with different fragmentation models.

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U2 - 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00690-6

DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00690-6

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0035849957

SN - 0370-2693

VL - 512

SP - 30

EP - 48

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

IS - 1-2

ER -

Study of the fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons at the Z peak

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