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Journal Articles European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields Year : 2004

A precise measurement of the B$^+$, B$^0$ and mean b-hadron lifetime with the DELPHI detector at LEP I

J. Abdallah , P. Abreu , W. Adam , P. Adzic , T. Albrecht , T. Alderweireld , R. Alemany-Fernandez , T. Allmendinger , P. Allport , U. Amaldi , N. Amapane , S. Amato , E. Anashkin , A. Andreazza , S. Andringa , N. Anjos , P. Antilogus (1) , W-D. Apel , Y. Arnoud (2) , S. Ask , B. Asman , E. Augustin , A. Augustinus , P. Baillon , A. Ballestrero , P. Bambade (3) , R. Barbier (1) , D. Bardin , G.J. Barker , A. Baroncelli , M. Battaglia , M. Baubillier , K-H. Becks , M. Begalli , A. Behrmann , E. Ben-Haim (3) , N. Benekos , A. Benvenuti , C. Berat (2) , M. Berggren , L. Berntzon , D. Bertrand , M. Besancon , N. Besson , D. Bloch (4) , M. Blom , M. Bluj , M. Bonesini , M. Boonekamp , L. Booth , G. Borisov , O. Botner , B. Bouquet (3) , V. Bowcock , I. Boykko , M. Bracko , R. Brenner , E. Brodet , P. Bruckman , J.-M. Brunet (5) , L. Bugge , P. Buschmann , M. Calvi , T. Camporesi , V. Canale , F. Carena , N. Castro , F. Cavallo , M. Chapkin , Ph. Charpentier , P. Checchia , R. Chierici , P. Chliapnikov , J. Chudoba , U. Chung , K. Cieslik , P. Collins , R. Contri , G. Cosme (3) , F. Cossutti , J. Costa , B. Crawley , D. Crennell , J. Cuevas , J. d'Hondt , J. Dalmau , T. da Silva , W. da Silva , G. Della Ricca , A. de Angelis , W. de Boer , C. de Clercq , B. de Lotto , N. de Maria , A. de Min , L. de Paula , L. Di Ciaccio , A. Di Simone , K. Doroba , J. Drees , M. Dris , G. Eigen , T. Ekelof , M. Ellert , M. Elsing , C. Espirito Santo , G. Fanourakis , D. Fassouliotis , M. Feindt , J. Fernandez , A. Ferrer , F. Ferro , U. Flagmeyer , H. Foeth , E. Fokitis , F. Fulda-Quenzer (3) , J. Fuster , M. Gandelman , C. Garcia , Ph. Gavillet , E. Gazis , R. Gokieli , B. Golob , G. Gomez-Ceballos , P. Goncalves , E. Graziani , G. Grosdidier (3) , K. Grzelak , J. Guy , C. Haag , A. Hallgren , K. Hamacher , K. Hamilton , J. Hansen , S. Haug , F. Hauler , V. Hedberg , M. Hennecke , H. Herr , Jakobus Hoffman , S-O. Holmgren , J. Holt , A. Houlden , K. Hultqvist , N. Jackson , G. Jarlskog , P. Jarry , D. Jeans , K. Johansson , D. Johansson , P. Jonsson (1) , C. Joram , L. Jungermann , F. Kapusta , S. Katsanevas (1) , E. Katsoufis , G. Kernel , P. Kersevan , A. Kiiskinen , T. King , J. Kjaer , P. Kluit , P. Kokkinias , C. Kourkoumelis , O. Kouznetsov , Z. Krumstein , M. Kucharczyk , J. Lamsa , G. Leder , F. Ledroit (2) , L. Leinonen , R. Leitner , J. Lemonne , V. Lepeltier (3) , T. Lesiak , W. Liebig , D. Liko , A. Lipniacka , H. Lopes , Morgan Lopez , D. Loukas , P. Lutz , L. Lyons , J. Macnaughton , A. Malek , S. Maltezos , F. Mandl , J. Marco , R. Marco , B. Marechal , M. Margoni , J-C. Marin , C. Mariotti , A. Markou , C. Martinez-Rivero , J. Masik , N. Mastroyiannopoulos , F. Matorras , C. Matteuzzi , F. Mazzucato , M. Mazzucato , R. Mc Nulty , C. Meroni , T. Meyer , E. Migliore , W. Mitaroff , U. Mjoernmark , T. Moa , M. Moch , K. Moenig , R. Monge , J. Montenegro , D. Moraes , S. Moreno , P. Morettini , U. Mueller , K. Muenich , M. Mulders , L. Mundim , W. Murray , B. Muryn , G. Myatt , T. Myklebust , M. Nassiakou , F. Navarria , K. Nawrocki , R. Nicolaidou , M. Nikolenko (4) , A. Oblakowska-Mucha , V. Obraztsov , A. Olshevski , A. Onofre , R. Orava , K. Osterberg , A. Ouraou , A. Oyanguren , M. Paganoni , S. Paiano , P. Palacios , H. Palka , D. Papadopoulou , L. Pape , C. Parkes , F. Parodi , U. Parzefall , A. Passeri , O. Passon , L. Peralta , V. Perepelitsa , A. Perrotta , A. Petrolini , J. Piedra , L. Pieri , F. Pierre , M. Pimenta , E. Piotto , T. Podobnik , V. Poireau , E. Pol , G. Polok , P. Poropat , V. Pozdniakov , N. Pukhaeva , A. Pullia , J. Rames , L. Ramler , A. Read , P. Rebecchi , J. Rehn , D. Reid , R. Reinhardt , P. Renton , F. Richard (3) , J. Ridky , M. Rivero , D. Rodriguez , A. Romero , P. Ronchese , E. Rosenberg , P. Roudeau (3) , T. Rovelli , V. Ruhlmann-Kleider , D. Ryabtchikov , A. Sadovsky , L. Salmi , J. Salt , A. Savoy-Navarro , U. Schwickerath , A. Segar , R. Sekulin , M. Siebel , A. Sisakian , G. Smadja (1) , O. Smirnova , A. Sokolov , A. Sopczak , R. Sosnowski , T. Spassov , M. Stanitzki , A. Stocchi (3) , J. Strauss , B. Stugu , M. Szczekowski , M. Szeptycka , T. Szumlak , T. Tabarelli , C. Taffard , F. Tegenfeldt , J. Timmermans , L. Tkatchev , M. Tobin , S. Todorovova , B. Tome , A. Tonazzo , Pablo Tortosa , P. Travnicek , D. Treille , G. Tristram (5) , M. Trochimczuk , C. Troncon , M-L. Turluer , A. Tyapkin , P. Tyapkin , S. Tzamarias , V. Uvarov , G. Valenti , P. van Dam , J. van Eldik , A. van Lysebetten , N. van Remortel , I. van Vulpen , G. Vegni , F. Veloso , W. Venus , F. Verbeure , P. Verdier (1) , V. Verzi , D. Vilanova , L. Vitale , V. Vrba , H. Wahlen , J. Washbrook , C. Weiser , D. Wicke , J. Wickens , G. Wilkinson , M. Winter (4) , M. Witek , O. Yushchenko , A. Zalewska , P. Zalewski , D. Zavrtanik , V. Zhuravlov , I. Zimin , A. Zintchenko , M. Zupan
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Abstract

Final results from the DELPHI Collaboration on the lifetime of B+ and B0 mesons and the mean b-hadron lifetime, are presented using the data collected at the Z0 peak in 1994 and 1995. Elaborate, inclusive, secondary vertexing methods have been employed to ensure a b-hadron reconstruction with good efficiency. To separate samples of B+ and B0 mesons, high performance neural network techniques are used that achieve very high purity signals. The results obtained are: tau_B+ = 1.624 +/- 0.014 (stat) +/- 0.018 (syst) ps tau_B0 = 1.531 +/- 0.021 (stat) +/- 0.031 (syst) ps tau_B+/tau_B0 = 1.060 +/- 0.021 (stat) +/- 0.024 (syst) and for the average b-hadron lifetime: tau_b = 1.570 +/- 0.005 (stat) +/- 0.008 (syst) ps.
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in2p3-00020499 , version 1 (16-03-2004)

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J. Abdallah, P. Abreu, W. Adam, P. Adzic, T. Albrecht, et al.. A precise measurement of the B$^+$, B$^0$ and mean b-hadron lifetime with the DELPHI detector at LEP I. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2004, 33, pp.307-324. ⟨10.1140/epjc/s2004-01599-5⟩. ⟨in2p3-00020499⟩
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