Measurement of the multiplicity of gluons splitting to bottom quark pairs in hadronic Z(0) decays

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作者
Abreu, P
Adam, W
Adye, T
Ajinenko, I
Alekseev, GD
Alemany, R
Allport, PP
Almehed, S
Amaldi, U
Amato, S
Andersson, P
Andreazza, A
Antilogus, P
Apel, WD
Asman, B
Augustin, JE
Augustinus, A
Baillon, P
Bambade, P
Barao, F
Barbi, M
Barbiellini, G
Bardin, DY
Barker, G
Baroncelli, A
Barring, O
Bates, MJ
Battaglia, M
Baubillier, M
Baudot, J
Becks, KH
Begalli, M
Beilliere, P
Belokopytov, Y
Belous, K
Benvenuti, AC
Berggren, M
Bertini, D
Bertrand, D
Besancon, M
Bianchi, F
Bigi, M
Bilenky, MS
Billoir, P
Bizouard, MA
Bloch, D
Blume, M
Bonesini, M
Bonivento, W
Booth, PSL
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[1] IOWA STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,AMES,IA 50011
[2] UNIV INSTELLING ANTWERP,DEPT PHYS,B-2610 WILRIJK,BELGIUM
[3] FREE UNIV BRUSSELS,VUB,IIHE,B-1050 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
[4] UNIV MONS,FAC SCI,B-7000 MONS,BELGIUM
[5] UNIV ATHENS,PHYS LAB,GR-10680 ATHENS,GREECE
[6] UNIV BERGEN,DEPT PHYS,N-5007 BERGEN,NORWAY
[7] UNIV BOLOGNA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[8] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[9] CTR BRASILEIRO PESQUISAS FIS,BR-22290 RIO JANEIRO,RJ,BRAZIL
[10] UNIV ESTADUAL RIO DE JANEIRO,INST FIS,RIO JANEIRO,BRAZIL
[11] COMENIUS UNIV BRATISLAVA,FAC MATH & PHYS,SK-84215 BRATISLAVA,SLOVAKIA
[12] COLL FRANCE,PHYS CORPUSCULAIRE LAB,IN2P3,CNRS,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[13] CERN,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
[14] UNIV STRASBOURG 1,CNRS,IN2P3,CTR RECH NUCL,F-67037 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
[15] NATL CTR SCI RES DEMOKRITOS,INST NUCL PHYS,GR-15310 ATHENS,GREECE
[16] CAS,FZU,INST PHYS,DIV HIGH ENERGY PHYS,PRAGUE 18040 8,CZECH REPUBLIC
[17] UNIV GENOA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-16146 GENOA,ITALY
[18] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-16146 GENOA,ITALY
[19] UNIV GRENOBLE 1,IN2P3,CNRS,INST NUCL SCI,F-38026 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
[20] HELSINKI INST PHYS,FIN-00014 HELSINKI,FINLAND
[21] JOINT INST NUCL RES DUBNA,MOSCOW 101000,RUSSIA
[22] UNIV KARLSRUHE,INST EXPT KERNPHYS,D-76128 KARLSRUHE,GERMANY
[23] INST NUCL PHYS,PL-30055 KRAKOW,POLAND
[24] STANISLAW STASZIC UNIV MIN & MET,PL-30055 KRAKOW,POLAND
[25] UNIV PARIS 11,ACCELERATEUR LINEAIRE LAB,IN2P3,CNRS,F-91405 ORSAY,FRANCE
[26] UNIV LANCASTER,SCH PHYS & CHEM,LANCASTER LA1 4YB,ENGLAND
[27] UNIV LIVERPOOL,DEPT PHYS,LIVERPOOL L69 3BX,MERSEYSIDE,ENGLAND
[28] UNIV PARIS 06,LPNHE,IN2P3,CNRS,F-75252 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[29] UNIV PARIS 07,LPNHE,IN2P3,CNRS,F-75252 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[30] LUND UNIV,DEPT PHYS,S-22363 LUND,SWEDEN
[31] UNIV LYON 1,IN2P3,CNRS,IPNL,F-69622 VILLEURBANNE,FRANCE
[32] UNIV AIX MARSEILLE 2,CPP,IN2P3,CNRS,F-13288 MARSEILLE 09,FRANCE
[33] UNIV MILAN,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
[34] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
[35] NIELS BOHR INST,DK-2100 COPENHAGEN O,DENMARK
[36] CHARLES UNIV,NC,NUCL CTR MFF,AREAL MFF,CR-18000 PRAGUE 8,CZECH REPUBLIC
[37] NIKHEF H,NL-1009 DB AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
[38] NATL TECH UNIV ATHENS,DEPT PHYS,GR-15773 ATHENS,GREECE
[39] UNIV OSLO,DEPT PHYS,N-1000 OSLO 3,NORWAY
[40] UNIV OVIEDO,DEPT FIS,E-33007 OVIEDO,SPAIN
[41] UNIV OXFORD,DEPT PHYS,OXFORD OX1 3RH,ENGLAND
[42] UNIV PADUA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-35131 PADUA,ITALY
[43] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-35131 PADUA,ITALY
[44] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB,DIDCOT OX11 0QX,OXON,ENGLAND
[45] UNIV ROMA TOR VERGATA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-00173 ROME,ITALY
[46] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-00173 ROME,ITALY
[47] CTR ETUD SACLAY,CEA,DAPNIA,SERV PHYS PARTICULES,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[48] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,IST SUPER SANITA,I-00161 ROME,ITALY
[49] CSIC,UC,INST FIS CANTABRIA,SANTANDER 39006,SPAIN
[50] INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS,PROTVINO,MOSCOW REGION,RUSSIA
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10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00608-4
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
An inclusive measurement of the average multiplicity of b (b) over bar pairs from gluons, g(b (b) over bar), in hadronic Z(0) events collected by the DELPHI experiment at LEP, is presented. A counting technique, based on jet b-tagging in 4-jet events, has been used. Looking for secondary bottom production in events with production of any primary flavour, by requiring two b-tagged jets in well defined topological configurations, gave g(b (b) over bar) = (0.21 +/- 0.11(stat) +/- 0.09(syst))%. This result was checked with a different method designed to select events with four b quarks in the final state. Agreement within the errors was found. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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