The decays of B-hadrons have been reconstructed using the charged particles recorded in the DELPHI silicon microstrip detector. The sum of the charges of the secondaries determines the charge of the B-hadron parent. Some 232 114 multihadronic Z0 decays recorded during the 1991 run of LEP at centre-of-mass energies between 88.2 GeV and 94.2 GeV yield 253 B-hadron candidates with well-measured charge. From these the mean lifetimes of neutral and charged B-hadrons are found to be 1.44 +/- 0.21(stat.) +/- 0.14(syst.) ps and 1.56 +/- 0.19(stat.) +/- 0.13(syst.) ps respectively. The ratio of their lifetimes is 1.09(-0.23)+0.28 (Stat.) +/- 0.11 (syst.). Under some assumptions on the abundance and lifetime of the LAMBDA(b)0 and B(s)0 states, the B0 and B+ lifetimes are inferred.

A Measurement of the Mean Lifetimes of Charged and Neutral B-hadrons

ROMERO, Alessandra;
1993-01-01

Abstract

The decays of B-hadrons have been reconstructed using the charged particles recorded in the DELPHI silicon microstrip detector. The sum of the charges of the secondaries determines the charge of the B-hadron parent. Some 232 114 multihadronic Z0 decays recorded during the 1991 run of LEP at centre-of-mass energies between 88.2 GeV and 94.2 GeV yield 253 B-hadron candidates with well-measured charge. From these the mean lifetimes of neutral and charged B-hadrons are found to be 1.44 +/- 0.21(stat.) +/- 0.14(syst.) ps and 1.56 +/- 0.19(stat.) +/- 0.13(syst.) ps respectively. The ratio of their lifetimes is 1.09(-0.23)+0.28 (Stat.) +/- 0.11 (syst.). Under some assumptions on the abundance and lifetime of the LAMBDA(b)0 and B(s)0 states, the B0 and B+ lifetimes are inferred.
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P. ABREU;W. ADAM;T. ADYE;E. AGASI;I. AJINENKO;R. ALEKSAN;G. D. ALEKSEEV;A. ALGERI;P. ALLEN;S. ALMEHED;S. J. ALVSVAAG;U. AMALDI;A. ANDREAZ...espandi
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