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A Measurement Of The Inclusive B → Sγ Branching Ratio, R. Barate, Manoj Thulasidas Jun 1998

A Measurement Of The Inclusive B → Sγ Branching Ratio, R. Barate, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The avour changing neutral current decay b ! s has been detected in hadronic Z decays collected by ALEPH at LEP. The signal is isolated in lifetime-tagged b b events by the presence of a hard photon associated with a system of high momentum and high rapidity hadrons. The background processes are normalised from the data themselves. The inclusive branching ratio is measured to be (3:11 0:80stat 0:72syst) 104 ; consistent with the Standard Model expectation via penguin processes


Measurement Of The W Mass By Direct Reconstruction In E+E- Collisions At 172 Gev, Barate, R.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas Mar 1998

Measurement Of The W Mass By Direct Reconstruction In E+E- Collisions At 172 Gev, Barate, R.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas

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No abstract provided.


Measurement Of Triple Gauge-Boson Couplings At 172 Gev, Barate, R.; Et Al, M. Thulasidas Mar 1998

Measurement Of Triple Gauge-Boson Couplings At 172 Gev, Barate, R.; Et Al, M. Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The triple gauge-boson couplings, αWΦ, αW and αBΦ, have been measured using 34 semileptonically and 54 hadronically decaying W+W− candidate events. The events were selected in the data recorded during 1996 with the ALEPH detector at 172 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.65 pb−1. The triple gauge-boson couplings have been measured using optimal observables constructed from kinematic information of W+W− events. The results are in agreement with the Standard Model expectation.


Four-Jet Final State Production In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Ranging From 130 To 184 Gev, R. Barate, Manoj Thulasidas Feb 1998

Four-Jet Final State Production In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Ranging From 130 To 184 Gev, R. Barate, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The four jet topology is analysed in the ALEPH data taken between November 1995 and October 1997, at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 130 to 184 GeV. While an unexpected accumulation of events with a dijet mass sum around 105 GeV/c 2 had been observed during the first run in 1995 at 130/136 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.7 pb1 , no significant dierences between data and standard model prediction is seen, either in the high energy runs (81.1 pb1 taken at centre-of-mass energies from 161 to 184 GeV) or in the 7.1 pb1 recorded during a new short …


Search For Sleptons In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Of 161 Gev And 172 Gev, R. Barate, Manoj Thulasidas Sep 1997

Search For Sleptons In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Of 161 Gev And 172 Gev, R. Barate, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The data recorded by the ALEPH experiment at LEP at centre–of–mass energies of 161 GeV and 172 GeV were analysed to search for sleptons, the supersymmetric partners of leptons. No evidence for the production of these particles was found. The number of candidates observed is consistent with the background expected from four–fermion processes and γγ–interactions. Improved mass limits at 95% C.L. are reported.


Measurement Of The Transverse Spin Correlations In The Decay Z → Τ+Τ-, Barate, R.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas Jul 1997

Measurement Of The Transverse Spin Correlations In The Decay Z → Τ+Τ-, Barate, R.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

A measurement of the transverse-transverse, CTT, and transverse-normal CTN, τ spin correlations in the decay Z0 → τ+ τ− is presented based on the aplanarity angle of the decay products of both taus. Based on 80 pb−1 of data collected by ALEPH[1] in 1992, 1993 and 1994 on the peak of the Z resonance, the results are: CTT = 1.00 ± 0.14(stat) ± 0.04(syst), CTN =−0.08 ± 0.14(stat) ± 0.02(syst). These values are in agreement with the Standard Model predictions, CTT = 0.989 and CTN = 0.


Search For The Bc Meson In Hadronic Z Decays, R. Barate, Manoj Thulasidas Jun 1997

Search For The Bc Meson In Hadronic Z Decays, R. Barate, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

A search for the Bc meson decaying into the channels Jψπ+ and Jψℓ+νℓ (ℓ = e or μ) is performed in a sample of 3.9 million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector. This search results in the observation of 0 and 2 candidates in each of these channels, respectively, while 0.44 and 0.81 background events are expected. The following 90% confidence level upper limits are derived:Br(Z→BcXBr(Z→qq̄Br(Bc+→Jψπ+)


Four-Fermion Production In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Of 130 And 136 Gev, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas Nov 1996

Four-Fermion Production In E+E- Collisions At Centre-Of-Mass Energies Of 130 And 136 Gev, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Four-fermion events have been selected in a data sample of 5.8 pb−1 collected with the aleph detector at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV. The final states ℓ+ℓ−qq, ℓ+ℓ−ℓ+ℓ−, ννqq, and ννℓ+ℓ− have been examined. Five events are observed in the data, in agreement with the Standard Model predictions of 6.67±0.38 events from four-fermion processes and 0.14−0.05+0.19 from background processes.


Measurement Of The Mass Of The Λb Baryon, Buskulic, D.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas Jul 1996

Measurement Of The Mass Of The Λb Baryon, Buskulic, D.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas

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No abstract provided.


Measurement Of The Λb Polarization In Z Decays, Buskulic, D.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas Jan 1996

Measurement Of The Λb Polarization In Z Decays, Buskulic, D.; Et Al., M. Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The Λb polarization in hadronic Z decays is measured in semileptonic decays from the average energies of the charged lepton and the neutrino. In a data sample of approximately 3 million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP between 1991 and 1994, 462 ± 31 Λb candidates are selected using (Λπ+)-lepton correlations. From this event sample, the Λb polarization is measured to be PΛb = −0.23−0.20+0.24(stat.)−0.07+0.08(syst.).


Test Of The Flavour Independence Of Αs, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas Jul 1995

Test Of The Flavour Independence Of Αs, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Using about 950 000 hadronic events collected during 1991 and 1992 with the ALEPH detector, the ratios r b = bs=udsc s and r uds = uds s =cbs have been measured in order to test the avour independence of the strong coupling constant s . The analysis is based on event{shape variables using the full hadronic sample, two b-quark samples enriched by lepton tagging and lifetime tagging, and a light-quark sample enriched by lifetime antitagging. The combined results are r b = 1:002 0:023 and r uds = 0:971 0:023.


The Forward-Backward Asymmetry For Charm Quarks At The Z Pole, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas Jun 1995

The Forward-Backward Asymmetry For Charm Quarks At The Z Pole, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

From 1.4 million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP, an enriched sample of Z → cc̄ events is extracted by requiring the presence of a high momentum D∗±. The charm quark forward-backward charge asymmetry at the Z pole is measured to be AFB0.c = (8.0 ± 2.4) % corresponding to an effective electroweak mixing angle of sin2θWeff = 0.2302 ± 0.0054.


Search For Supersymmetric Particles With R-Parity Violation In Z Decays, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas Apr 1995

Search For Supersymmetric Particles With R-Parity Violation In Z Decays, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Searches for supersymmetric particles produced in e+e− interactions at the Z peak have been performed under the assumptions that R-parity is not conserved, that the dominant R-parity violating coupling involves only leptonic fields, and that the lifetime of the lightest supersymmetric particle can be neglected. In a data sample collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP up to 1993, and corresponding to almost two million hadronic Z decays, no signal was observed. As a result, supersymmetric particle masses and couplings are at least as well constrained as under the usual assumption of R-parity conservation.


Michel Parameters And Τ Neutrino Helicity From Decay Correlations In Z → Τ+Τ-, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas Mar 1995

Michel Parameters And Τ Neutrino Helicity From Decay Correlations In Z → Τ+Τ-, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

No abstract provided.


First Measurement Of The Quark-To-Photon Fragmentation Function, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas Jan 1995

First Measurement Of The Quark-To-Photon Fragmentation Function, D. Buskulic, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Earlier measurements at LEP of isolated hard photons in hadronic Z decays, attributed to radiation from primary quark pairs, have been extended in the ALEPH experiment to include hard photon production inside hadron jets. Events are selected where all particles combine democratically to form hadron jets, one of which contains a photon with a fractional energy z 0:7. After statistical subtraction of non-prompt photons, the quark-to-photon fragmentation function, D(z), is extracted directly from the measured 2-jet rate. By taking into account the perturbative contributions to D(z) obtained from an O(S ) QCD calculation, the unknown non-perturbative component of D(z) is …


Study Of The Five-Charged-Pion Decay Of The Τ Lepton, D. Gibaut, Manoj Thulasidas Jan 1994

Study Of The Five-Charged-Pion Decay Of The Τ Lepton, D. Gibaut, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The branching fractions for the five-charged-particle decays of the τ lepton have been measured in e+e− annihilations using the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring. Assuming all charged particles to be pions, the results are B(3π−2π+≥0 neutrals ντ)=(0.097±0.005±0.011)%, B(3π−2π+ντ)=(0.077±0.005 ±0.009)%, B(3π−2π+π0ντ)=(0.019±0.004±0.004)%, and B(3π−2π+2π0ντ)B(3π−2π−π0ντ) is measured for the first time by exclusive π0 reconstruction. The results are compared with the predictions from the partially conserved-axial-current and conserved-vector-current hypotheses assuming isospin invariance.


Tau Decays With One Charged Particle Plus Multiple Π0'S, M. Procario, Manoj Thulasidas Jan 1993

Tau Decays With One Charged Particle Plus Multiple Π0'S, M. Procario, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

With the CLEO-II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have measured branching fractions for tau lepton decay into one-prong final states with multiple π0’s B0hnπ, normalized to the branching fraction for tau decay into one charged particle and a single π0. We find B0h2π/B0hπ=0.345±0.006±0.016, B0h3π/B0hπ=0.041 ±0.003±0.005, and B0h4π/B0hπ=0.006±0.002±0.002.


Isospin Mass Splittings From Precision Measurements Of D*-D Mass Differences, D. Bortoletto, Manoj Thulasidas Jan 1992

Isospin Mass Splittings From Precision Measurements Of D*-D Mass Differences, D. Bortoletto, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Using the decay modes, D*+→D+π0 and D*0→D0π0, we have measured the D*+−D+ and D*0−D0 mass differences to be 140±0.08±0.06 and 142.12±0.05±0.05 MeV, respectively. Combining these measurements with the Particle Data Group average for the D*+−D0 mass difference, we obtain isospin mass splittings for D*+−Dusp*0 and D+−D0 of 3.32±0.08±0.05 and 4.80±0.10 ±0.06 MeV. We discuss the implications of these measurements for models of isospin mass differences and model-dependent estimates of fD.


Electronic Branching Ratio Of The Lepton, R. Ammar, Manoj Thulasidas Jan 1992

Electronic Branching Ratio Of The Lepton, R. Ammar, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Using data accumulated by the CLEO I detector operating at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have measured the ratio R=Γ(τ→eν¯eντ)Γ1 where Γ1 is the τ decay rate to final states with one charged particle. We find R=0.2231±0.0044±0.0073 where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. Together with the measured topological one-charged-particle branching fraction, this yields the branching fraction of the τ lepton to electrons, Be=0.192±0.004±0.006.


Inclusive Production Of The Charmed Baryon C+ From E+E- Annihilations At S=10.55 Gev, P. Avery, Manoj Thulasidas Jan 1991

Inclusive Production Of The Charmed Baryon C+ From E+E- Annihilations At S=10.55 Gev, P. Avery, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We report results on inclusive production of the charmed baryon Λc+ from e+e− annihilations at √s=10.5 GeV. Measurements are presented of the inclusive cross section times branching fraction for the continuum production of Λc+ as observed in six different decay modes, and of a new, improved value of the Λc+ mass. The inclusive cross section times the branching fraction into pK−π+ is measured to be 10.0±1.5±1.5 pb summed over all xp. The branching fractions of Λc+ into p¯K0, p¯K0π+π−, Λπ+, Λπ+π−π+, and Ξ−K+π+ relative to that into pK−π+ are measured to be 0.44±0.07±0.05, 0.43±0.12±0.04, 0.18±0.03±0.03, 0.65±0.11±0.12, and 0.15±0.04±0.03, respectively. The …


Exclusive And Inclusive Decays Of B Mesons Into Ds Mesons, D. Bortoletto, Manoj Thulasidas Jan 1990

Exclusive And Inclusive Decays Of B Mesons Into Ds Mesons, D. Bortoletto, Manoj Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We have studied the production of Ds mesons in the decays of B mesons at the Υ(4S) resonance. We report on the first observation of exclusive B-meson decays B->Ds−D*+, B→Ds−D+, and B→Ds−D0. We also present a new measurement of the branching ratio and the momentum spectrum for the inclusive decay B→DsX.