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Measurement of the parity-violation parameter Ab from the left-right forward-backward asymmetry of b quark production in Z0 decays using a momentum-weighted track-charge technique

  • K. Abe
  • , I. Abt
  • , C. J. Ahn
  • , T. Akagi
  • , W. W. Ash
  • , D. Aston
  • , N. Bacchetta
  • , K. G. Baird
  • , C. Baltay
  • , H. R. Band
  • , M. B. Barakat
  • , G. Baranko
  • , O. Bardon
  • , T. Barklow
  • , A. O. Bazarko
  • , R. Ben-David
  • , A. C. Benvenuti
  • , T. Bienz
  • , G. M. Bilei
  • , D. Bisello
  • G. Blaylock, J. R. Bogart, T. Bolton, G. R. Bower, J. E. Brau, M. Breidenbach, W. M. Bugg, D. Burke, T. H. Burnett, P. N. Burrows, W. Busza, A. Calcaterra, D. O. Caldwell, D. Calloway, B. Camanzi, M. Carpinelli, R. Cassell, R. Castaldi, A. Castro, M. Cavalli-Sforza, E. Church, H. O. Cohn, J. A. Coller, V. Cook, R. Cotton, R. F. Cowan, D. G. Coyne, A. D'Oliveira, C. J.S. Damerell, S. Dasu, R. De Sangro, P. De Simone, R. Dell'Orso, M. Dima, P. Y.C. Du, R. Dubois, B. I. Eisenstein, R. Elia, D. Falciai, C. Fan, M. J. Fero, R. Frey, K. Furuno, T. Gillman, G. Gladding, S. Gonzalez, G. D. Hallewell, E. L. Hart, Y. Hasegawa, S. Hedges, S. S. Hertzbach, M. D. Hildreth, J. Huber, M. E. Huffer, E. W. Hughes, H. Hwang, Y. Iwasaki, P. Jacques, J. Jaros, A. S. Johnson, J. R. Johnson, R. A. Johnson, T. Junk, R. Kajikawa, M. Kalelkar, I. Karliner, H. Kawahara, H. W. Kendall, Y. Kim, M. E. King, R. King, R. R. Kofler, N. M. Krishna, R. S. Kroeger, J. F. Labs, M. Langston, A. Lath, J. A. Lauber, D. W.G. Leith, X. Liu, M. Loreti, A. Lu, H. L. Lynch, J. Ma, G. Mancinelli, S. Manly, G. Mantovani, T. W. Markiewicz, T. Maruyama, R. Massetti, H. Masuda, E. Mazzucato, A. K. McKemey, B. T. Meadows, R. Messner, P. M. Mockett, K. C. Moffeit, B. Mours, G. Müller, D. Muller, T. Nagamine, U. Nauenberg, H. Neal, M. Nussbaum, Y. Ohnishi, L. S. Osborne, R. S. Panvini, H. Park, T. J. Pavel, I. Peruzzi, L. Pescara, M. Piccolo, L. Piemontese, E. Pieroni, K. T. Pitts, R. J. Plano, R. Prepost, C. Y. Prescott, G. D. Punkar, J. Quigley, B. N. Ratcliff, T. W. Reeves, P. E. Rensing, L. S. Rochester, J. E. Rothberg, P. C. Rowson, J. J. Russell, O. H. Saxton, T. Schalk, R. H. Schindler, U. Schneekloth, B. A. Schumm, A. Seiden, S. Sen, V. V. Serbo, M. H. Shaevitz, J. T. Shank, G. Shapiro, S. L. Shapiro, D. J. Sherden, C. Simopoulos, N. B. Sinev, S. R. Smith, J. A. Snyder, P. Stamer, H. Steiner, R. Steiner, M. G. Strauss, D. Su, F. Suekane, A. Sugiyama, S. Suzuki, M. Swartz, A. Szumilo, T. Takahashi, F. E. Taylor, E. Torrence, J. D. Turk, T. Usher, J. Va'vra, C. Vannini, E. Vella, J. P. Venuti, P. G. Verdini, S. R. Wagner, A. P. Waite, S. J. Watts, A. W. Weidemann, J. S. Whitaker, S. L. White, F. J. Wickens, D. A. Williams, D. C. Williams, S. H. Williams, S. Willocq, R. J. Wilson, W. J. Wisniewski, M. Woods, G. B. Word, J. Wyss, R. K. Yamamoto, J. M. Yamartino, X. Yang, S. J. Yellin, C. C. Young, H. Yuta, G. Zapalac, R. W. Zdarko, C. Zeitlin, J. Zhou
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Abstract

Using an impact parameter tag to select an enriched sample of Z0→bb̄ events, and the net momentum-weighted track charge to identify the sign of the charge of the underlying b quark, we have measured the left-right forward-backward asymmetry for b quark production as a function of polar angle. Based on 1.8 pb-1 of Z0 decay data produced with a mean electron beam polarization of Pe=63%, this yields a direct measurement of the extent of parity violation in the Zbb coupling of Ab=0.87±0.11(stat)±0. 09(syst).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2890-2894
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume74
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

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