Published April 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Bd0-Bd0 mixing measurements at SLD

Creators

  • 1. Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton (United Kingdom)

Description

The time dependence of Bd0-Bd0 mixing has been measured using a sample of 150 000 hadronic Z0 decays collected by the SLD experiment at the SLC between 1993 and 1995. Four different analyses have been performed. All analyses tag the B candidate at production with a combined tag that exploits the large polarized b forward-backward asymmetry together with the opposite hemisphere b jet charge. Two of the analyses exploit 3D topological vertexing to determine the B meson decay length, in conjunction with either a charged kaon or charge dipole final state tag. The other two analyses use identified high (p,pt) leptons intersected with either a partially reconstructed D meson, or the weighted average of tracks in the b jet. Taking into account correlated statistical and systematic errors, the preliminary SLD average for the mass difference between the two Bd0 mass eigenstates is: Δmd 0.525±0.043(stat)±0.037(syst) ps-1. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
55
Journal Issue
A
Journal Page Range
p. 203-207.
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
2. international conference on hyperons, charm and beauty hadrons.
Dates
27-30 Aug 1996.
Place
Montreal (Canada).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
28047699
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
B MESONS; CONFIGURATION MIXING; EIGENSTATES; MASS; MASS DIFFERENCE; RADIATION DETECTION; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
BEAUTY MESONS; BEAUTY PARTICLES; BOSONS; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; MESONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS