A measurement of the b-quark mass from hadronic Z decays

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Barate, R [1 ]
Decamp, D
Ghez, P
Goy, C
Lees, JP
Merle, E
Minard, MN
Pietrzyk, B
Bravo, S
Casado, MP
Chmeissani, M
Crespo, JM
Fernandez, E
Fernandez-Bosman, M
Garrido, L
Graugés, E
Martinez, M
Merino, G
Miquel, R
Mir, LM
Pacheco, A
Ruiz, H
Colaleo, A
Creanza, D
de Palma, M
Iaselli, G
Maggi, G
Maggi, M
Nuzzo, S
Ranieri, A
Raso, G
Ruggieri, F
Selvaggi, G
Silvestris, L
Tempesta, P
Tricomi, A
Zito, G
Huang, X
Lin, J
Ouyang, Q
Wang, T
Xie, Y
Xu, R
Xue, S
Zhang, J
Zhang, L
Zhao, W
Abbaneo, D
Boix, G
Buchmüller, O
机构
[1] IN2P3, CNRS, Phys Particules Lab, F-74019 Annecy Le Vieux, France
[2] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Fis Altes Energies, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Dipartimento Fis, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[4] Acad Sinica, Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[5] CERN, European Lab Particle Phys, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[6] Univ Blaise Pascal, Phys Corpusculaire Lab, IN2P3, CNRS, F-63177 Clermont Ferrand, France
[7] Niels Bohr Inst, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
[8] Democritos Nucl Res Ctr, Athens 15310, Greece
[9] Ecole Polytech, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Phys Nucl & Hautes Energies, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
[10] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[11] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[12] Univ Glasgow, Dept Phys & Astron, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[13] Heidelberg Univ, Kirchhoff Inst Phys, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
[14] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Phys, London SW7 2BZ, England
[15] Univ Innsbruck, Inst Expt Phys, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
[16] Univ Lancaster, Dept Phys, Lancaster LA1 4YB, England
[17] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[18] Univ Mediterranee, IN2P3, CNRS, Ctr Phys Particules, F-13288 Marseille, France
[19] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[20] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[21] Max Planck Inst Phys & Astrophys, Werner Heisenberg Inst, D-80805 Munich, Germany
[22] Univ Paris Sud, IN2P3, CNRS, Lab Accelerateur Lineaire, F-91898 Orsay, France
[23] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56010 Pisa, Italy
[24] Scuola Normale Super Pisa, I-56010 Pisa, Italy
[25] Univ London Royal Holloway & Bedford New Coll, Dept Phys, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, England
[26] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Particle Phys Dept, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[27] Ctr Etud Saclay, CEA, DAPNIA, Serv Phys Particules, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[28] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Inst Particle Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[29] Univ Sheffield, Dept Phys, Sheffield S3 7RH, S Yorkshire, England
[30] Univ Siegen, Fachbereich Phys, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
[31] Univ Trieste, Dipartmento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[32] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[33] Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[34] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[35] Univ Catania, Dipartmento Fis, I-95129 Catania, Italy
[36] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, I-95129 Catania, Italy
[37] Univ Turin, Ist Fis Gen, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[38] CNR, Ist Cosmogeofis, I-10133 Turin, Italy
[39] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[40] Univ Barcelona, Barcelona 08208, Spain
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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C | 2000年 / 18卷 / 01期
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10.1007/s100520000533
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
Hadronic Z decay data taken with the ALEPH detector at LEP1 are used to measure the three-jet rate as well as moments of various event-shape variables. The ratios of the observables obtained from b-tagged events and from an inclusive sample are determined. The mass of the b. quark is extracted from a fit to the measured ratios using a next-to-leading order prediction including mass effects. Taking the first moment of the y(3) distribution, which is the observable with the smallest hadronization corrections and systematic uncertainties, the result is m(b)(M-z) = [3.27 +/- 0.22(stat) +/- 0.22(exp) +/- 0.38(had) +/- 0.16(theo)] GeV/c(2) . The measured ratio is alternatively employed to test the flavour independence of the strong coupling constant for b and light quarks.
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