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Measurement of the average polarization of b baryons in hadronic Z0 decays

G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos (+308 others)
1998 Physics Letters B  

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In the Standard Model, b quarks produced in e + e − annihilation at the Z 0 peak have a large average longitudinal polarization of −0.94. Some fraction of this polarization is expected to be transferred to b-flavored baryons during hadronization. The average longitudinal polarization of weakly decaying b baryons, P Λ b L , is measured in approximately 4.3 million hadronic Z 0 decays collected with the OPAL detector between 1990 and 1995 at LEP. Those b baryons that decay semileptonically and
more » ... duce a Λ baryon are identified through the correlation of the baryon number of the Λ and the electric charge of the lepton. In this semileptonic decay, the ratio of the neutrino energy to the lepton energy is a sensitive polarization observable. The neutrino energy is estimated using missing energy measurements. From a fit to the distribution of this ratio, the value is obtained, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic.
doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(98)01387-2 fatcat:wxvkhovjjna7nmgrppk6afajdu
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G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, A. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, M. Bobinski, P. Bock, J. Böhme, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, R. Bürgin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, L.A. del Pozo, A. de Roeck, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, H.G. Evans, F. Fabbri, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, R. Folman, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, C.K. Hargrove, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, S.J. Hillier, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Liu, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S.D. Talbot, S. Tanaka, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, D. Zer-Zion. "Measurement of the average polarization of b baryons in hadronic Z0 decays." Physics Letters B 444.3-4 (1998) 539-554