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A measurement of τ(B+)/τ(B0) from the lepton and dilepton rates in Υ(4S) decays

  • 1. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany, F.R.)
  • 2. Dortmund Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Physik
  • 3. Erlangen-Nuernberg Univ., Erlangen (Germany, F.R.). Physikalisches Inst.
  • 4. Hamburg Univ. (Germany, F.R.). 2. Inst. fuer Experimentalphysik
  • 5. Heidelberg Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Hochenergiephysik
  • 6. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany, F.R.)
  • 7. Institute of Particle Physics (Canada)
  • 8. Karlsruhe Univ. (T.H.) (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik
  • 9. Ljubljana Univ. (Yugoslavia). Oddelek za Fiziko
  • 10. Institut Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana (Yugoslavia)
  • 11. Lund Univ. (Sweden). Inst. of Physics
  • 12. Institut Teoreticheskoj i Ehksperimental'noj Fiziki, Moscow (USSR)
  • 13. South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA)

Description

Using the ARGUS detector at the e+e- storage ring DORIS II, we have determined the lepton and dilepton rates in Υ(4S) decays. From this measurement we derive the lifetime ratio of charged and neutral B mesons and obtain τ(B+)/τ(B0)=1.00-0.32+0.49. (orig.)

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10 p.
Report number
DESY--91-056