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Determination of semi-muonic branching ratios and fragmentation functions of heavy quarks ine + e − annihilation at ⟨s√⟩ =34.6 GeV

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Determination of semi-muonic branching ratios and fragmentation functions of heavy quarks ine + e − annihilation at ⟨s√⟩ =34.6 GeV. / JADE Collaboration.
In: Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, Vol. 33, No. 3, 1987, p. 339-349.

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JADE Collaboration. Determination of semi-muonic branching ratios and fragmentation functions of heavy quarks ine + e − annihilation at ⟨s√⟩ =34.6 GeV. Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields. 1987;33(3):339-349. doi: 10.1007/BF01552539

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JADE Collaboration. / Determination of semi-muonic branching ratios and fragmentation functions of heavy quarks ine + e − annihilation at ⟨s√⟩ =34.6 GeV. In: Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields. 1987 ; Vol. 33, No. 3. pp. 339-349.

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abstract = "Muon inclusive multihadronic final states ine + e − annihilation at ⟨s√⟩ =34.6 GeV, collected by the JADE detector at PETRA, have been analysed in terms of the semi-muonic branching ratios and fragmentation functions of heavy quarks. Defining the fragmentation variable, ζ, as z=(E+p∥)hadron(E+p)quark we find =(77±3±5)% and =(86±4±5)%. The corresponding semi-muonic branching ratios are measured to be BR(c→μv μ X)=7.8±1.5±2)% and BR (b→μv μ X)=(11.7±1.6±1.5)%. Defining ζ as xE=EhadronEbeam we observe an expected softening effect in the fragmentation due mainly to gluon emission, but find that this definition leads to semi-muonic branching ratiomeasurements which are strongly affected by uncertainties in the fragmentation process and the WCD calculation.",
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N2 - Muon inclusive multihadronic final states ine + e − annihilation at ⟨s√⟩ =34.6 GeV, collected by the JADE detector at PETRA, have been analysed in terms of the semi-muonic branching ratios and fragmentation functions of heavy quarks. Defining the fragmentation variable, ζ, as z=(E+p∥)hadron(E+p)quark we find =(77±3±5)% and =(86±4±5)%. The corresponding semi-muonic branching ratios are measured to be BR(c→μv μ X)=7.8±1.5±2)% and BR (b→μv μ X)=(11.7±1.6±1.5)%. Defining ζ as xE=EhadronEbeam we observe an expected softening effect in the fragmentation due mainly to gluon emission, but find that this definition leads to semi-muonic branching ratiomeasurements which are strongly affected by uncertainties in the fragmentation process and the WCD calculation.

AB - Muon inclusive multihadronic final states ine + e − annihilation at ⟨s√⟩ =34.6 GeV, collected by the JADE detector at PETRA, have been analysed in terms of the semi-muonic branching ratios and fragmentation functions of heavy quarks. Defining the fragmentation variable, ζ, as z=(E+p∥)hadron(E+p)quark we find =(77±3±5)% and =(86±4±5)%. The corresponding semi-muonic branching ratios are measured to be BR(c→μv μ X)=7.8±1.5±2)% and BR (b→μv μ X)=(11.7±1.6±1.5)%. Defining ζ as xE=EhadronEbeam we observe an expected softening effect in the fragmentation due mainly to gluon emission, but find that this definition leads to semi-muonic branching ratiomeasurements which are strongly affected by uncertainties in the fragmentation process and the WCD calculation.

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