Guy Wilkinson

Abstract:

A measurement of the Δ++(1232) inclusive production in hadronic decays of the Z at LEP is presented, based on 1.3 million hadronic events collected by the DELPHI detector in the 1994 LEP running period. The DELPHI ring imaging Cherenkov counters are used for identifying hadrons. The average Δ++(1232) multiplicity per hadronic event is 0.079 ± 0.015 which is more than a factor of two below the JETSET, HERWIG and UCLA model predictions. It agrees with a recently proposed universal mass dependence of particle production rates in e+e- annihilations. © 1995.

Abstract:

The DELPHI collaboration has searched for lepton flavour violating decays τ → μγ and τ → μgg using a data sample of about 70 pb-1 of integrated luminosity corresponding to 81 000 produced τ+τ- events. No candidates were found for either of the two modes. This yields branching ratio upper limits of B(τ → eγ) < 1.1 × 10-4 and B(τ → μγ) < 6.2 × 10-5 at 90% confidence level. © 1995.

Abstract:

A sample of 25000 Z0 → τ+τ- events collected by the DELPHI experiment at LEP in 1991 and 1992 is used to measure the leptonic branching fractions of the τ lepton. The results are B(τ → eνν) = (17.51 ± 0.39)% and B(τ → μνν) = (17.02 ± 0.31) %. The ratio of the muon and electron couplings to the weak charged current is measured to be gμ ge = 1.000 ± 0.013, satisfying e-μ universality. The leptonic branching fraction corrected to the value for a massless lepton, assuming e-μ universality, is found to be B(τ → lνν) = (17.50 ± 0.25)%. © 1995.

Abstract:

The decay B*→Bγ has been observed with the DELPHI detector at LEP, where the B* meson is produced in Z boson decays. The combination of inclusively reconstructed B mesons with well-measured converted photons yields a measurement of the flavour-averaged B*-B mass difference of 45.5±0.3 (stat.) ±0.8 (syst.) MeV/c2. 95% confidence level upper limits at 6 MeV/c2 are placed on both the isospin (i.e. B+-B0) and the Bs-Bud splitting of the mass difference. The production ratio of B* to B mesons in Z decays is measured to be 0.72±0.03 (stat.) ±0.06 (syst.). Limits on the production cross-section of other hypothetical excited B hadron states decaying radiatively are established. The differential B* cross section has been measured to be in good agreement with the average b fragmentation, yielding an average fractional B* energy of 〈xE〉=0.695±0.009 (stat.) ±0.013 (syst.). From the decay angular distribution the relative contribution of longitudinal B* polarisation states is measured to be σL/(σL + σT) = 0.32 ± 0.04 (stat.) ±0.03 (syst.). © 1995 Springer-Verlag.

Abstract:

The production and decay of beauty baryons (b-baryons) have been studied using 1.7×106 Z hadronic decays collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP. Three different techniques were used to identify the b-baryons. The first method used pairs of a Λ and a lepton to tag the b-baryon decay. The second method associated fully reconstructed ΛC baryons with leptons. The third analysis reconstructed the b-baryon decay points by forming secondary vertices from identified protons and muons of opposite sign. Using these methods the following production rates were measured:[Figure not available: see fulltext.] The average b-baryon lifetime was determined to be:[Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 1995 Springer-Verlag.