Improved Direct Measurement of the Parity-Violation Parameter A_b Using a Mass Tag and Momentum-Weighted Track Charge

Details Improved Direct Measurement of the Parity-Violation Parameter A_b Using a Mass Tag and Momentum-Weighted Track Charge Improved Direct Measurement of the Parity-Violation Parameter A_b Using a Mass Tag and Momentum-Weighted Track Charge

2002-08-28

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0208044v2

Phys.Rev.Lett.90:141804,2003

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

16 pages, 2 figures; to be submitted to Physical Review Letters

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.141804

We present an improved direct measurement of the parity-violation parameter A_b in the Z boson-b quark coupling using a self-calibrating track-charge technique applied to a sample enriched in Z -> b b-bar events via the topological reconstruction of the B hadron mass. Manipulation of the SLC electron-beam polarization permits the measurement of A_b to be made independently of other Z-pole coupling parameters. From the 1996-98 sample of 400,000 hadronic Z decays, produced with an average beam polarization of 73.4%, we find A_b = 0.906 +/- 0.022(stat.) +/- 0.023(syst.).

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