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Improved Direct Measurement of Ab and Ac at the Z0 Pole Using a Lepton Tag

Abstract

The parity violation parameters A(b) and A(c) of the Zb(b) and Zc(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 1993-1998 SLD sample of 550,000 Z(0) decays produced with highly polarized electron beams, we measure A(b) = 0.919+/-0.030(stat)+/-0.024(syst), and A(c) = 0.583+/-0.055(stat)+/-0.055(syst).

Authors

Abe K; Abe K; Abe T; Adam I; Akimoto H; Aston D; Baird KG; Baltay C; Band HR; Barklow TL

Journal

Physical Review Letters, Vol. 88, No. 15,

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)

Publication Date

April 15, 2002

DOI

10.1103/physrevlett.88.151801

ISSN

0031-9007

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