Journal article

Measurement of the b quark forward-backward asymmetry around the Z(0) peak using an inclusive tag

G Abbiendi, C Ainsley, PF Akesson, G Alexander, J Allison, P Amaral, G Anagnostou, KJ Anderson, S Arcelli, S Asai, D Axen, G Azuelos, I Bailey, E Barberio, RJ Barlow, RJ Batley, P Bechtle, T Behnke, KW Bell, PJ Bell Show all

PHYSICS LETTERS B | ELSEVIER | Published : 2002

Abstract

The b quark forward-backward asymmetry has been measured using hadronic Z0 decays collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP. Z0 → bb̄ decays were selected using a combination of secondary vertex and lepton tags, and the sign of the b quark charge was determined using an inclusive tag based on jet, vertex and kaon charges. The results, corrected to the quark level, are: AFBb= 0.0582 ± 0.0153 ± 0.0012 at √s = 89.50 GeV, AFBb= 0.0977 ± 0.0036 ± 0.0018 at √s = 91.26 GeV, AFBb= 0.1221 ± 0.0123 ± 0.0025 at √s = 92.91 GeV, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic in each case. Within the framework of the Standard Model, the result is interpreted as a measurement of the effective..

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