Professor Brian Foster OBE, FRS

Abstract:

A b enrichment technique using the long B lifetime has been developed, by which ∼600 hadronic events with >65%b purity are obtained. The properties of the associated jets are studied, with comparisons made between them and those in hadronic data in which b quarks make up only 10% of the total, and jets in Monte Carlo events. The distributions in rapidity and multiplicity yield two new determinations of the fragmentation variable z for b hadrons and confirm that the b fragmentation function is hard. We also present the first measurement of the relative strength of the strong interaction coupling of the b quark compared with the average of all flavours. © 1989 Springer-Verlag.

Abstract:

We report on an analysis of the multiplicity distributions of charged particles produced in e+e- annihilation into hadrons at c.m. energies between 14 and 46.8 GeV. The charged multiplicity distributions of the whole event and single hemisphere deviate significantly from the Poisson distribution but follow approximate KNO scaling. We have also studied the multiplicity distributions in various rapidity intervals and found that they can be well described by the negative binomial distribution only for small central intervals. We have also analysed forward-backward multiplicity correlations for different energies and selections of particle charge and shown that they can be understood in terms of the fragmentation properties of the different quark flavours and by the production and decay of resonances. These correlations are well reproduced by the Lund string model. © 1989 Springer-Verlag.

Abstract:

Inclusive charged particle production in e+e- annihilation into hadrons is studied in terms of the particle fractional momentum xp. The xp distribution for gluon jets is extracted by comparing two data samples measured in the TASSO detector: nearly symmetric three jet events at centre-of-mass energy W∼35 GeV and two jet events at W∼22 GeV, yielding quark and gluon jets of similar energies (∼11.5 GeV). No significant difference is observed between quark and gluon jets. Monte Carlo models based on parton showers describe the trend and energy variation of the data better than a model with second order matrix element in αs. © 1989 Springer-Verlag.

Abstract:

The average lifetime of B hadrons has been measured by the TASSO collaboration using 110 pb-1 of data collected in 1986 at a center of mass energy of 35 GeV. Measurements by three different methods are presented and a method of B-enrichment is discussed. The result of the impact parameter method is τB=1.36±0.13±0.28 ps, that of the vertex method is τB=1.30±0.10±0.28 ps and that of the dipole method is τB=1.47±0.14±0.30 ps. These are combined to give the result τB=1.35±0.10±0.24 ps. © 1989 Springer-Verlag.

Abstract:

The inclusive production of π± and K± mesons and of protons and antiprotons in e+e- annihilations has been measured at 34 GeV and 44 GeV center of mass energy; in addition π± mesons have been measured at 44 GeV c.m. energy. Differential cross sections and particle yields are given. At 34 GeV average multiplicities are: {Mathematical expression} and at 44 GeV: {Mathematical expression} © 1989 Springer-Verlag.