First measurement of the left-right charge asymmetry in hadronic Z boson decays and a new determination of sin(2)O(w)(eff)

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Abe, K
Abe, K
Abt, I
Akagi, T
Allen, NJ
Ash, WW
Aston, D
Baird, KG
Baltay, C
Band, HR
Barakat, MB
Baranko, G
Bardon, O
Barklow, TL
Bashindzhagyan, GL
Bazarko, AO
BenDavid, R
Benvenuti, AC
Bilei, GM
Bisello, D
Blaylock, G
Bogart, JR
Bolen, B
Bolton, T
Bower, GR
Brau, JE
Breidenbach, M
Bugg, WM
Burke, D
Burnett, TH
Burrows, PN
Busza, W
Calcaterra, A
Caldwell, DO
Calloway, D
Camanzi, B
Carpinelli, M
Cassell, R
Castaldi, R
Castro, A
CavalliSforza, M
Chou, A
Church, E
Cohn, HO
Coller, JA
Cook, V
Cotton, R
Cowan, RF
Coyne, DG
Crawford, G
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[1] ADELPHI UNIV, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530 USA
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[3] BOSTON UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[4] BRUNEL UNIV, UXBRIDGE UB8 3PH, MIDDX, ENGLAND
[5] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106 USA
[6] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[7] UNIV CINCINNATI, CINCINNATI, OH 45221 USA
[8] COLORADO STATE UNIV, FT COLLINS, CO 80523 USA
[9] UNIV COLORADO, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
[10] COLUMBIA UNIV, NEW YORK, NY USA
[11] UNIV FERRARA, I-44100 FERRARA, ITALY
[12] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-44100 FERRARA, ITALY
[13] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[14] UNIV ILLINOIS, URBANA, IL 61801 USA
[15] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
[16] MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[17] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, MA 01003 USA
[18] MOSCOW MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV, INST NUCL PHYS, MOSCOW 119899, RUSSIA
[19] UNIV OREGON, EUGENE, OR 97403 USA
[20] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-35100 PADUA, ITALY
[21] UNIV PADUA, I-35100 PADUA, ITALY
[22] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-56100 PISA, ITALY
[23] UNIV PISA, I-56100 PISA, ITALY
[24] RUTGERS STATE UNIV, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855 USA
[25] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[26] SOGANG UNIV, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
[27] STANFORD UNIV, STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CTR, STANFORD, CA 94309 USA
[28] UNIV TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37996 USA
[29] TOHOKU UNIV, SENDAI, MIYAGI 980, JAPAN
[30] VANDERBILT UNIV, NASHVILLE, TN 37235 USA
[31] UNIV WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
[32] UNIV WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
[33] YALE UNIV, NEW HAVEN, CT 06511 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.17
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present the first measurement of the left-right charge asymmetry A(Q)(obs) in hadronic Z boson decays. This was performed at E(c.m.) = 91.27 GeV with the SLD at the SLAG Linear Collider with a polarized electron beam. Using 89 838 events we obtain A(Q)(obs) = 0.225 +/- 0.056 +/- 0.019, which leads to a measurement of the electron left-right asymmetry parameter. A(e) = 0.162 +/- 0.041 +/- 0.014, and sin(2) theta(W)(eff) = 0.2297 +/- 0.0052 +/- 0.0018, Also, the Ag measurement combined with the left-right cross section asymmetry determines A(e) independent of the value of the electron-beam polarization.
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