Improved Direct Measurement of $A_b$ and $A_c$ at the $Z^0$ Pole Using a Lepton Tag

dc.creatorSLD Collaboration
dc.creatorAbe, Kenji
dc.date2001-11-09
dc.date2002-02-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:01:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:01:40Z
dc.descriptionThe parity violation parameters $A_b$ and $A_c$ of the $Zb{\bar b}$ and $Zc\bar{c}$ couplings have been measured directly, using the polar angle dependence of the polarized cross sections at the $Z^0$ pole. Bottom and charmed hadrons were tagged via their semileptonic decays. Both the electron and muon analyses take advantage of new multivariate techniques to increase the analyzing power. Based on the 1993-98 SLD sample of 550,000 $Z^0$ decays produced with highly polarized electron beams we measure $ A_b = 0.919 \pm 0.030_{stat} \pm 0.024_{syst} $, and $ A_c = 0.583 \pm 0.055_{stat} \pm 0.055_{syst} $.
dc.description14 pages, 2 figures, to be submitted to Physical Review Letters. Version two contains changes to meet suggestions of reviewers. Version three corrects a problem in Figure 2 that I hadn't noticed
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0111035
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0111035
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.88:151801,2002
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.151801
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207175
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleImproved Direct Measurement of $A_b$ and $A_c$ at the $Z^0$ Pole Using a Lepton Tag
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