Measurement of f(c→D∗+X), f(b→D∗+X) and Γcc¯/Γhad using D∗± mesons

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In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 1, No. 3, 02.1998, p. 439-459.

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OPAL Collaboration 1998, 'Measurement of f(c→D∗+X), f(b→D∗+X) and Γcc¯/Γhad using D∗± mesons', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 439-459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520050095

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OPAL Collaboration (1998). Measurement of f(c→D∗+X), f(b→D∗+X) and Γcc¯/Γhad using D∗± mesons. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 1(3), 439-459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520050095

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OPAL Collaboration. Measurement of f(c→D∗+X), f(b→D∗+X) and Γcc¯/Γhad using D∗± mesons. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 1998 Feb;1(3):439-459. doi: 10.1007/s100520050095

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OPAL Collaboration. / Measurement of f(c→D∗+X), f(b→D∗+X) and Γcc¯/Γhad using D∗± mesons. In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 1998 ; Vol. 1, No. 3. pp. 439-459.

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title = "Measurement of f(c→D∗+X), f(b→D∗+X) and Γcc¯/Γhad using D∗± mesons",

abstract = "The production rates of D∗±D∗± mesons in charm and bottom events at centre-of-mass energies of about 91 GeV and the partial width of primary cc¯cc¯ pairs in hadronic Z0Z0 decays have been measured at LEP using almost 4.4 million hadronic Z0Z0 decays collected with the OPAL detector between 1990 and 1995. Using a combination of several charm quark tagging methods based on fully and partially reconstructed D∗±D∗± mesons, and a bottom tag based on identified muons and electrons, the hadronisation fractions of charm and bottom quarks into D∗±D∗± mesons have been found to be The fraction of cc¯cc¯ events in hadronic Z0Z0 decays, Γcc¯/Γhad=Γ(Z0→cc¯)/Γ(Z0→hadrons)Γcc¯/Γhad=Γ(Z0→cc¯)/Γ(Z0→hadrons) , is determined to be In all cases the first error is statistical, and the second one systematic. The last error quoted for Γcc¯/ΓhadΓcc¯/Γhad is due to external branching ratios.",

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AB - The production rates of D∗±D∗± mesons in charm and bottom events at centre-of-mass energies of about 91 GeV and the partial width of primary cc¯cc¯ pairs in hadronic Z0Z0 decays have been measured at LEP using almost 4.4 million hadronic Z0Z0 decays collected with the OPAL detector between 1990 and 1995. Using a combination of several charm quark tagging methods based on fully and partially reconstructed D∗±D∗± mesons, and a bottom tag based on identified muons and electrons, the hadronisation fractions of charm and bottom quarks into D∗±D∗± mesons have been found to be The fraction of cc¯cc¯ events in hadronic Z0Z0 decays, Γcc¯/Γhad=Γ(Z0→cc¯)/Γ(Z0→hadrons)Γcc¯/Γhad=Γ(Z0→cc¯)/Γ(Z0→hadrons) , is determined to be In all cases the first error is statistical, and the second one systematic. The last error quoted for Γcc¯/ΓhadΓcc¯/Γhad is due to external branching ratios.

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