Measurement of the branching ratio for the process b → τ-ν̄τX

G. Abbiendi; C. Ainsley; P. F. Åkesson; G. Alexander; J. Allison; G. Anagnostou; K. J. Anderson; S. Arcelli; S. Asai; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; I. Bailey; E. Barberio; R. J. Barlow; R. J. Batley; T. Behnke; K. W. Bell; P. J. Bell; G. Bella; A. Bellerive; S. Bethke; O. Biebel; I. J. Bloodworth; O. Boeriu; P. Bock; J. Böhme; D. Bonacorsi; M. Boutemeur; S. Braibant; L. Brigliadori; R. M. Brown; H. J. Burckhart; J. Cammin; R. K. Carnegie; B. Caron; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; D. G. Charlton; P. E.L. Clarke; E. Clay; I. Cohen; J. Couchman; A. Csilling; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; G. M. Dallavalle; S. Dallison; A. De Roeck; E. A. De Wolf; P. Dervan; K. Desch; B. Dienes; M. S. Dixit; M. Donkers; J. Dubbert; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; E. Etzion; F. Fabbri; L. Feld; P. Ferrari; F. Fiedler; I. Fleck; M. Ford; A. Frey; A. Fürtjes; D. I. Futyan; P. Gagnon; J. W. Gary; G. Gaycken; C. Geich-Gimbel; G. Giacomelli; P. Giacomelli; D. Glenzinski; J. Goldberg; K. Graham; E. Gross; J. Grunhaus; M. Gruwé; P. O. Günther; A. Gupta; C. Hajdu; M. Hamann; G. G. Hanson; K. Harder; A. Harel; M. Harin-Dirac; M. Hauschild; J. Hauschildt; C. M. Hawkes; R. Hawkings; R. J. Hemingway; C. Hensel; G. Herten; R. D. Heuer; J. C. Hill; K. Hoffman; R. J. Homer; D. Horváth; K. R. Hossain; R. Howard; P. Hüntemeyer; P. Igo-Kemenes; K. Ishii; A. Jawahery; H. Jeremie; C. R. Jones; P. Jovanovic; T. R. Junk; N. Kanaya; J. Kanzaki; G. Karapetian; D. Karlen; V. Kartvelishvili; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; D. H. Kim; K. Klein; A. Klier; S. Kluth; T. Kobayashi; M. Kobel; T. P. Kokott; S. Komamiya; R. V. Kowalewski; T. Krämer; T. Kress; P. Krieger; J. von Krogh; D. Krop; T. Kuhl; M. Kupper; P. Kyberd; G. D. Lafferty; H. Landsman; D. Lanske; I. Lawson; J. G. Layter; A. Leins; D. Lellouch; J. Letts; L. Levinson; J. Lillich; C. Littlewood; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; G. D. Long; M. J. Losty; J. Lu; J. Ludwig; A. Macchiolo; A. Macpherson; W. Mader; S. Marcellini; T. E. Marchant; A. J. Martin; J. P. Martin; G. Martinez; G. Masetti; T. Mashimo; P. Mättig; W. J. McDonald; J. McKenna; T. J. McMahon; R. A. McPherson; F. Meijers; P. Mendez-Lorenzo; W. Menges; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; A. Michelini; S. Mihara; G. Mikenberg; D. J. Miller; S. Moed; W. Mohr; T. Mori; A. Mutter; K. Nagai; I. Nakamura; H. A. Neal; R. Nisius; S. W. O'Neale; A. Oh; A. Okpara; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; C. Pahl; G. Pásztor; J. R. Pater; G. N. Patrick; J. E. Pilcher; J. Pinfold; D. E. Plane; B. Poli; J. Polok; O. Pooth; A. Quadt; K. Rabbertz; C. Rembser; P. Renkel; H. Rick; N. Rodning; J. M. Roney; S. Rosati; K. Roscoe; Y. Rozen; K. Runge; D. R. Rust; K. Sachs; T. Saeki; O. Sahr; E. K.G. Sarkisyan; C. Sbarra; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; P. Scharff-Hansen; C. Schmitt; M. Schröder; M. Schumacher; C. Schwick; W. G. Scott; R. Seuster; T. G. Shears; B. C. Shen; C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous; P. Sherwood; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; G. A. Snow; R. Sobie; S. Söldner-Rembold; S. Spagnolo; F. Spano; M. Sproston; A. Stahl; K. Stephens; D. Strom; R. Ströhmer; L. Stumpf; B. Surrow; S. Tarem; M. Tasevsky; R. J. Taylor; R. Teuscher; J. Thomas; M. A. Thomson; E. Torrence; D. Toya; T. Trefzger; A. Tricoli; I. Trigger; Z. Trócsányi; E. Tsur; M. F. Turner-Watson; I. Ueda; B. Ujvári; B. Vachon; C. F. Vollmer; P. Vannerem; M. Verzocchi; H. Voss; J. Vossebeld; D. Waller; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; P. M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; P. S. Wells; T. Wengler; N. Wermes; D. Wetterling; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; T. R. Wyatt; S. Yamashita; V. Zacek; D. Zer-Zion

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01012-7

Measurement of the branching ratio for the process b → τ^-ν̄_τX

G. Abbiendi^*, C. Ainsley, P. F. Åkesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, G. Anagnostou, K. J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, E. Barberio, R. J. Barlow, R. J. Batley, T. Behnke, K. W. Bell, P. J. Bell, G. Bella, A. BelleriveS. Bethke, O. Biebel, I. J. Bloodworth, O. Boeriu, P. Bock, J. Böhme, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R. M. Brown, H. J. Burckhart, J. Cammin, R. K. Carnegie, B. Caron, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Charlton, P. E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J. Couchman, A. Csilling, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G. M. Dallavalle, S. Dallison, A. De Roeck, E. A. De Wolf, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M. S. Dixit, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, I. Fleck, M. Ford, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, D. I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J. W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P. O. Günther, A. Gupta, C. Hajdu, M. Hamann, G. G. Hanson, K. Harder, A. Harel, M. Harin-Dirac, M. Hauschild, J. Hauschildt, C. M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R. J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R. D. Heuer, J. C. Hill, K. Hoffman, R. J. Homer, D. Horváth, K. R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, K. Ishii, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, C. R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T. R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, D. H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, T. P. Kokott, S. Komamiya, R. V. Kowalewski, T. Krämer, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, D. Krop, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, P. Kyberd, G. D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, I. Lawson, J. G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, J. Lillich, C. Littlewood, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, G. D. Long, M. J. Losty, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, S. Marcellini, T. E. Marchant, A. J. Martin, J. P. Martin, G. Martinez, G. Masetti, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W. J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T. J. McMahon, R. A. McPherson, F. Meijers, P. Mendez-Lorenzo, W. Menges, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D. J. Miller, S. Moed, W. Mohr, T. Mori, A. Mutter, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H. A. Neal, R. Nisius, S. W. O'Neale, A. Oh, A. Okpara, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, C. Pahl, G. Pásztor, J. R. Pater, G. N. Patrick, J. E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D. E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, O. Pooth, A. Quadt, K. Rabbertz, C. Rembser, P. Renkel, H. Rick, N. Rodning, J. M. Roney, S. Rosati, K. Roscoe, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, D. R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, E. K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, C. Schmitt, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W. G. Scott, R. Seuster, T. G. Shears, B. C. Shen, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, G. A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, F. Spano, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, L. Stumpf, B. Surrow, S. Tarem, M. Tasevsky, R. J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, J. Thomas, M. A. Thomson, E. Torrence, D. Toya, T. Trefzger, A. Tricoli, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M. F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, B. Ujvári, B. Vachon, C. F. Vollmer, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, J. Vossebeld, D. Waller, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, P. M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, P. S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, T. R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, V. Zacek, D. Zer-Zion

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Abstract

The inclusive branching ratio for the process b → τ^-ν̄_τX) has been measured using hadronic Z decays collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP in the years 1992-2000. The result is: BR(b → τ^-ν̄_τX) = (2.78 ± 0.18 ± 0.51)%. This measurement is consistent with the Standard Model expectation and puts a constraint of tan β/M_H^± < 0.53 GeV^-1 at the 95% confidence level on Type II Two Higgs Doublet Models.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	520
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01012-7
State	Published - 8 Nov 2001

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Abbiendi, G., Ainsley, C., Åkesson, P. F., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Anagnostou, G., Anderson, K. J., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Bailey, I., Barberio, E., Barlow, R. J., Batley, R. J., Behnke, T., Bell, K. W., Bell, P. J., Bella, G., ... Zer-Zion, D. (2001). Measurement of the branching ratio for the process b → τ^-ν̄_τX. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 520(1-2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01012-7

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abstract = "The inclusive branching ratio for the process b → τ-{\=ν}τX) has been measured using hadronic Z decays collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP in the years 1992-2000. The result is: BR(b → τ-{\=ν}τX) = (2.78 ± 0.18 ± 0.51)%. This measurement is consistent with the Standard Model expectation and puts a constraint of tan β/MH± < 0.53 GeV-1 at the 95% confidence level on Type II Two Higgs Doublet Models.",

author = "G. Abbiendi and C. Ainsley and {\AA}kesson, {P. F.} and G. Alexander and J. Allison 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 T. Behnke and Bell, {K. W.} and Bell, {P. J.} and G. Bella and A. Bellerive and S. Bethke and O. Biebel and Bloodworth, {I. J.} and O. Boeriu and P. Bock and J. B{\"o}hme and D. Bonacorsi and M. Boutemeur and S. Braibant and L. Brigliadori and Brown, {R. M.} and Burckhart, {H. J.} and J. Cammin and Carnegie, {R. K.} and B. Caron and Carter, {A. A.} and Carter, {J. R.} and Chang, {C. Y.} and Charlton, {D. G.} and Clarke, {P. E.L.} and E. Clay and I. Cohen and J. Couchman and A. Csilling and M. Cuffiani and S. Dado and Dallavalle, {G. M.} and S. Dallison and {De Roeck}, A. and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and P. Dervan and K. Desch and B. Dienes and Dixit, {M. S.} and M. Donkers and J. Dubbert and E. Duchovni and G. Duckeck and Duerdoth, {I. P.} and E. Etzion and F. Fabbri and L. Feld and P. Ferrari and F. Fiedler and I. Fleck and M. Ford and A. Frey and A. F{\"u}rtjes and Futyan, {D. I.} and P. Gagnon and Gary, {J. W.} and G. Gaycken and C. Geich-Gimbel and G. Giacomelli and P. Giacomelli and D. Glenzinski and J. Goldberg and K. Graham and E. Gross and J. Grunhaus and M. Gruw{\'e} and G{\"u}nther, {P. O.} and A. Gupta and C. Hajdu and M. Hamann and Hanson, {G. G.} and K. Harder and A. Harel and M. Harin-Dirac and M. Hauschild and J. Hauschildt and Hawkes, {C. M.} and R. Hawkings and Hemingway, {R. J.} and C. Hensel and G. Herten and Heuer, {R. D.} and Hill, {J. C.} and K. Hoffman and Homer, {R. J.} and D. Horv{\'a}th and Hossain, {K. R.} and R. Howard and P. H{\"u}ntemeyer and P. Igo-Kemenes and K. Ishii and A. Jawahery and H. Jeremie and Jones, {C. R.} and P. Jovanovic and Junk, {T. R.} and N. Kanaya and J. Kanzaki and G. Karapetian and D. Karlen and V. Kartvelishvili and K. Kawagoe and T. Kawamoto and Keeler, {R. K.} and Kellogg, {R. G.} and Kennedy, {B. W.} and Kim, {D. H.} and K. Klein and A. Klier and S. Kluth and T. Kobayashi and M. Kobel and Kokott, {T. P.} and S. Komamiya and Kowalewski, {R. V.} and T. Kr{\"a}mer and T. Kress and P. Krieger and {von Krogh}, J. and D. Krop and T. Kuhl and M. Kupper and P. Kyberd and Lafferty, {G. D.} and H. Landsman and D. Lanske and I. Lawson and Layter, {J. G.} and A. Leins and D. Lellouch and J. Letts and L. Levinson and J. Lillich and C. Littlewood and Lloyd, {S. L.} and Loebinger, {F. K.} and Long, {G. D.} and Losty, {M. J.} and J. Lu and J. Ludwig and A. Macchiolo and A. Macpherson and W. Mader and S. Marcellini and Marchant, {T. E.} and Martin, {A. J.} and Martin, {J. P.} and G. Martinez and G. Masetti and T. Mashimo and P. M{\"a}ttig and McDonald, {W. J.} and J. McKenna and McMahon, {T. J.} and McPherson, {R. A.} and F. Meijers and P. Mendez-Lorenzo and W. Menges and Merritt, {F. S.} and H. Mes and A. Michelini and S. Mihara and G. Mikenberg and Miller, {D. J.} and S. Moed and W. Mohr and T. Mori and A. Mutter and K. Nagai and I. Nakamura and Neal, {H. A.} and R. Nisius and O'Neale, {S. W.} and A. Oh and A. Okpara and Oreglia, {M. J.} and S. Orito and C. Pahl and G. P{\'a}sztor and Pater, {J. R.} and Patrick, {G. N.} and Pilcher, {J. E.} and J. Pinfold and Plane, {D. E.} and B. Poli and J. Polok and O. Pooth and A. Quadt and K. Rabbertz and C. Rembser and P. Renkel and H. Rick and N. Rodning and Roney, {J. M.} and S. Rosati and K. Roscoe and Y. Rozen and K. Runge and Rust, {D. R.} and K. Sachs and T. Saeki and O. Sahr and Sarkisyan, {E. K.G.} and C. Sbarra and Schaile, {A. D.} and O. Schaile and P. Scharff-Hansen and C. Schmitt and M. Schr{\"o}der and M. Schumacher and C. Schwick and Scott, {W. G.} and R. Seuster and Shears, {T. G.} and Shen, {B. C.} and Shepherd-Themistocleous, {C. H.} and P. Sherwood and A. Skuja and Smith, {A. M.} and Snow, {G. A.} and R. Sobie and S. S{\"o}ldner-Rembold and S. Spagnolo and F. Spano and M. Sproston and A. Stahl and K. Stephens and D. Strom and R. Str{\"o}hmer and L. Stumpf and B. Surrow and S. Tarem and M. Tasevsky and Taylor, {R. J.} and R. Teuscher and J. Thomas and Thomson, {M. A.} and E. Torrence and D. Toya and T. Trefzger and A. Tricoli and I. Trigger and Z. Tr{\'o}cs{\'a}nyi and E. Tsur and Turner-Watson, {M. F.} and I. Ueda and B. Ujv{\'a}ri and B. Vachon and Vollmer, {C. F.} and P. Vannerem and M. Verzocchi and H. Voss and J. Vossebeld and D. Waller and Ward, {C. P.} and Ward, {D. R.} and Watkins, {P. M.} and Watson, {A. T.} and Watson, {N. K.} and Wells, {P. S.} and T. Wengler and N. Wermes and D. Wetterling and Wilson, {G. W.} and Wilson, {J. A.} and Wyatt, {T. R.} and S. Yamashita and V. Zacek and D. Zer-Zion",

note = "Funding Information: We thank Y. Grossman for helping us with the limit calculations and P. Urban for very useful discussions on the modelling of the decay. We particularly wish to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator at all energies and for their continuing close cooperation with our experimental group. We thank our colleagues from CEA, DAPNIA/SPP, CE-Saclay for their efforts over the years on the time-of-flight and trigger systems which we continue to use. 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; Minerva Gesellschaft; Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics; Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho 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; Research Corporation, USA; Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research, OTKA T-029328, T023793 and OTKA F-023259.",

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Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, PF, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, KJ, Arcelli, S, Asai, S, Axen, D, Azuelos, G, Bailey, I, Barberio, E, Barlow, RJ, Batley, RJ, Behnke, T, Bell, KW, Bell, PJ, Bella, G, Bellerive, A, Bethke, S, Biebel, O, Bloodworth, IJ, Boeriu, O, Bock, P, Böhme, J, Bonacorsi, D, Boutemeur, M, Braibant, S, Brigliadori, L, Brown, RM, Burckhart, HJ, Cammin, J, Carnegie, RK, Caron, B, Carter, AA, Carter, JR, Chang, CY, Charlton, DG, Clarke, PEL, Clay, E, Cohen, I, Couchman, J, Csilling, A, Cuffiani, M, Dado, S, Dallavalle, GM, Dallison, S, De Roeck, A, De Wolf, EA, Dervan, P, Desch, K, Dienes, B, Dixit, MS, Donkers, M, Dubbert, J, Duchovni, E, Duckeck, G, Duerdoth, IP, Etzion, E, Fabbri, F, Feld, L, Ferrari, P, Fiedler, F, Fleck, I, Ford, M, Frey, A, Fürtjes, A, Futyan, DI, Gagnon, P, Gary, JW, Gaycken, G, Geich-Gimbel, C, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, P, Glenzinski, D, Goldberg, J, Graham, K, Gross, E, Grunhaus, J, Gruwé, M, Günther, PO, Gupta, A, Hajdu, C, Hamann, M, Hanson, GG, Harder, K, Harel, A, Harin-Dirac, M, Hauschild, M, Hauschildt, J, Hawkes, CM, Hawkings, R, Hemingway, RJ, Hensel, C, Herten, G, Heuer, RD, Hill, JC, Hoffman, K, Homer, RJ, Horváth, D, Hossain, KR, Howard, R, Hüntemeyer, P, Igo-Kemenes, P, Ishii, K, Jawahery, A, Jeremie, H, Jones, CR, Jovanovic, P, Junk, TR, Kanaya, N, Kanzaki, J, Karapetian, G, Karlen, D, Kartvelishvili, V, Kawagoe, K, Kawamoto, T, Keeler, RK, Kellogg, RG, Kennedy, BW, Kim, DH, Klein, K, Klier, A, Kluth, S, Kobayashi, T, Kobel, M, Kokott, TP, Komamiya, S, Kowalewski, RV, Krämer, T, Kress, T, Krieger, P, von Krogh, J, Krop, D, Kuhl, T, Kupper, M, Kyberd, P, Lafferty, GD, Landsman, H, Lanske, D, Lawson, I, Layter, JG, Leins, A, Lellouch, D, Letts, J, Levinson, L, Lillich, J, Littlewood, C, Lloyd, SL, Loebinger, FK, Long, GD, Losty, MJ, Lu, J, Ludwig, J, Macchiolo, A, Macpherson, A, Mader, W, Marcellini, S, Marchant, TE, Martin, AJ, Martin, JP, Martinez, G, Masetti, G, Mashimo, T, Mättig, P, McDonald, WJ, McKenna, J, McMahon, TJ, McPherson, RA, Meijers, F, Mendez-Lorenzo, P, Menges, W, Merritt, FS, Mes, H, Michelini, A, Mihara, S, Mikenberg, G, Miller, DJ, Moed, S, Mohr, W, Mori, T, Mutter, A, Nagai, K, Nakamura, I, Neal, HA, Nisius, R, O'Neale, SW, Oh, A, Okpara, A, Oreglia, MJ, Orito, S, Pahl, C, Pásztor, G, Pater, JR, Patrick, GN, Pilcher, JE, Pinfold, J, Plane, DE, Poli, B, Polok, J, Pooth, O, Quadt, A, Rabbertz, K, Rembser, C, Renkel, P, Rick, H, Rodning, N, Roney, JM, Rosati, S, Roscoe, K, Rozen, Y, Runge, K, Rust, DR, Sachs, K, Saeki, T, Sahr, O, Sarkisyan, EKG, Sbarra, C, Schaile, AD, Schaile, O, Scharff-Hansen, P, Schmitt, C, Schröder, M, Schumacher, M, Schwick, C, Scott, WG, Seuster, R, Shears, TG, Shen, BC, Shepherd-Themistocleous, CH, Sherwood, P, Skuja, A, Smith, AM, Snow, GA, Sobie, R, Söldner-Rembold, S, Spagnolo, S, Spano, F, Sproston, M, Stahl, A, Stephens, K, Strom, D, Ströhmer, R, Stumpf, L, Surrow, B, Tarem, S, Tasevsky, M, Taylor, RJ, Teuscher, R, Thomas, J, Thomson, MA, Torrence, E, Toya, D, Trefzger, T, Tricoli, A, Trigger, I, Trócsányi, Z, Tsur, E, Turner-Watson, MF, Ueda, I, Ujvári, B, Vachon, B, Vollmer, CF, Vannerem, P, Verzocchi, M, Voss, H, Vossebeld, J, Waller, D, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watkins, PM, Watson, AT, Watson, NK, Wells, PS, Wengler, T, Wermes, N, Wetterling, D, Wilson, GW, Wilson, JA, Wyatt, TR, Yamashita, S, Zacek, V & Zer-Zion, D 2001, 'Measurement of the branching ratio for the process b → τ^-ν̄_τX', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 520, no. 1-2, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01012-7

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of the branching ratio for the process b → τ-ν̄τX

AU - Abbiendi, G.

AU - Ainsley, C.

AU - Åkesson, P. F.

AU - Alexander, G.

AU - Allison, J.

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N1 - Funding Information: We thank Y. Grossman for helping us with the limit calculations and P. Urban for very useful discussions on the modelling of the decay. We particularly wish to thank the SL Division for the efficient operation of the LEP accelerator at all energies and for their continuing close cooperation with our experimental group. We thank our colleagues from CEA, DAPNIA/SPP, CE-Saclay for their efforts over the years on the time-of-flight and trigger systems which we continue to use. 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; Minerva Gesellschaft; Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics; Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho International Science Research Program; Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation (GIF); Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany; National Research Council of Canada; Research Corporation, USA; Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research, OTKA T-029328, T023793 and OTKA F-023259.

PY - 2001/11/8

Y1 - 2001/11/8

N2 - The inclusive branching ratio for the process b → τ-ν̄τX) has been measured using hadronic Z decays collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP in the years 1992-2000. The result is: BR(b → τ-ν̄τX) = (2.78 ± 0.18 ± 0.51)%. This measurement is consistent with the Standard Model expectation and puts a constraint of tan β/MH± < 0.53 GeV-1 at the 95% confidence level on Type II Two Higgs Doublet Models.

AB - The inclusive branching ratio for the process b → τ-ν̄τX) has been measured using hadronic Z decays collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP in the years 1992-2000. The result is: BR(b → τ-ν̄τX) = (2.78 ± 0.18 ± 0.51)%. This measurement is consistent with the Standard Model expectation and puts a constraint of tan β/MH± < 0.53 GeV-1 at the 95% confidence level on Type II Two Higgs Doublet Models.

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U2 - 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01012-7

DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01012-7

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AN - SCOPUS:0035829319

SN - 0370-2693

VL - 520

SP - 1

EP - 10

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

IS - 1-2

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Measurement of the branching ratio for the process b → τ^-ν̄_τX

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