Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
1996-06-17
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
12 pages, LaTeX, 3 eps figures, all in tar gzipped file
Scientific paper
We report a new measurement of Rb=Gamma(Z -> bb)/ Gamma(Z -> hadrons) using a double tag technique where the b selection is based on topological reconstruction of the mass of the B-decay vertex. The measurement was performed using a sample of 150k hadronic Z0 events collected with the SLD at the SLAC Linear Collider during the years 1993-1995. The method utilizes the 3-D vertexing abilities of the SLD CCD pixel vertex detector and the small stable SLC beams to obtain a high b tagging efficiency of 37% for a purity of 97.2%. The high purity reduces the systematics introduced by charm contamination and correlations with Rc. We obtain a result of Rb=0.2176+/-0.0033(stat.)+/-0.0017(syst.)+/-0.0008(Rc). (Presented at the XXXIst Rencontres de Moriond Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories, Les Arcs, Savoie, France, March 16-23, 1996.)
Etzion Erez
The SLD Collaboration
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