@article{5fe9b99d914b475ab5ec2c59d22e6230,
title = "Measurement of the b quark forward-backward asymmetry around the Z0 peak using an inclusive tag",
abstract = "The b quark forward-backward asymmetry has been measured using hadronic Z0 decays collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP. Z0 → b{\=b} decays were selected using a combination of secondary vertex and lepton tags, and the sign of the b quark charge was determined using an inclusive tag based on jet, vertex and kaon charges. The results, corrected to the quark level, are: AFB b= 0.0582 ± 0.0153 ± 0.0012 at √s = 89.50 GeV, AFB b= 0.0977 ± 0.0036 ± 0.0018 at √s = 91.26 GeV, AFB b= 0.1221 ± 0.0123 ± 0.0025 at √s = 92.91 GeV, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic in each case. Within the framework of the Standard Model, the result is interpreted as a measurement of the effective weak mixing angle for electrons of sin2θw eff,e = 0.23205 ± 0.00068.",
author = "{OPAL Collaboration} and G. Abbiendi and C. Ainsley and {\AA}kesson, {P. F.} and G. Alexander and J. Allison and P. Amaral and G. Anagnostou and Anderson, {K. J.} and S. Arcelli and S. Asai and D. Axen and G. Azuelos and I. Bailey and E. Barberio and Barlow, {R. J.} and Batley, {R. J.} and P. Bechtle and T. Behnke and Bell, {K. W.} and Bell, {P. J.} and G. Bella and A. Bellerive and G. Benelli and S. Bethke and O. Biebel and Bloodworth, {I. J.} and O. Boeriu and P. Bock and D. Bonacorsi and M. Boutemeur and S. Braibant and L. Brigliadori and Brown, {R. M.} and K. Buesser and Burckhart, {H. J.} and S. Campana and Carnegie, {R. K.} and B. Caron and Carter, {A. A.} and Carter, {J. R.} and Chang, {C. Y.} and Charlton, {D. G.} and A. Csilling and M. Cuffiani and S. Dado and Dallavalle, {G. M.} and S. Dallison and {De Roeck}, A. and E. Etzion and J. Grunhaus",
note = "Funding Information: We particularly wish to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator at all energies and for their close cooperation with our experimental group. In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleased to acknowledge the Department of Energy, USA, National Science Foundation, USA, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, Israel Science Foundation, administered by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics, Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and a grant under the MEXT International Science Research Program, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation (GIF), Bundesministerium f{\"u}r Bildung und Forschung, Germany, National Research Council of Canada, Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research, OTKA T-029328, and T-038240, Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, F.W.O.-Vlaanderen, Belgium.",
year = "2002",
month = oct,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02594-7",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "546",
pages = "29--47",
journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",
issn = "0370-2693",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "1-2",
}