Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks in p(p)over-bar collisions at √s=1.96 TeV

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 99:6 (2007) ARTN 061801

Authors:

VM Abazov, B Abbott, M Abolins, BS Acharya, M Adams, T Adams, E Aguilo, SH Ahn, M Ahsan, GD Alexeev, G Alkhazov, A Alton, G Alverson, GA Alves, M Anastasoaie, LS Ancu, T Andeen, S Anderson, B Andrieu, MS Anzelc, Y Arnoud, M Arov, M Arthaud, A Askew, B Asman, ACS Assis Jesus, O Atramentov, C Autermann, C Avila, C Ay, F Badaud, A Baden, L Bagby, B Baldin, DV Bandurin, P Banerjee, S Banerjee, E Barberis, A-F Barfuss, P Bargassa, P Baringer, J Barreto, JF Bartlett, U Bassler, D Bauer, S Beale, A Bean, M Begalli, M Begel, C Belanger-Champagne, L Bellantoni, A Bellavance, JA Benitez, SB Beri, G Bernardi, R Bernhard, L Berntzon, I Bertram, M Besancon, R Beuselinck, VA Bezzubov, PC Bhat, V Bhatnagar, C Biscarat, G Blazey, F Blekman, S Blessing, D Bloch, K Bloom, A Boehnlein, D Boline, TA Bolton, G Borissov, K Bos, T Bose, A Brandt, R Brock, G Brooijmans, A Bross, D Brown, NJ Buchanan, D Buchholz, M Buehler, V Buescher, S Burdin, S Burke, TH Burnett, CP Buszello, JM Butler, P Calfayan, S Calvet, J Cammin, S Caron, W Carvalho, BCK Casey, NM Cason, H Castilla-Valdez, S Chakrabarti, D Chakraborty, K Chan, KM Chan, A Chandra, F Charles, E Cheu, F Chevallier, DK Cho, S Choi, B Choudhary, L Christofek, T Christoudias, S Cihangir, D Claes, B Clement, C Clement, Y Coadou, M Cooke, WE Cooper, M Corcoran, F Couderc, M-C Cousinou, S Crepe-Renaudin, D Cutts, M Cwiok, H da Motta, A Das, G Davies, K De, P de Jong, SJ de Jong, E De La Cruz-Burelo, C De Oliveira Martins, JD Degenhardt, F Deliot, M Demarteau, R Demina, D Denisov, SP Denisov, S Desai, HT Diehl, M Diesburg, A Dominguez, H Dong, LV Dudko, L Duflot, SR Dugad, D Duggan, A Duperrin, J Dyer, A Dyshkant, M Eads, D Edmunds, J Ellison, VD Elvira, Y Enari, S Eno, P Ermolov, H Evans, A Evdokimov, VN Evdokimov, AV Ferapontov, T Ferbel, F Fiedler, F Filthaut, W Fisher, HE Fisk, M Ford, M Fortner, H Fox, S Fu, S Fuess, T Gadfort, CF Galea, E Gallas, E Galyaev, C Garcia, A Garcia-Bellido, V Gavrilov, P Gay, W Geist, D Gele, CE Gerber, Y Gershtein, D Gillberg, G Ginther, N Gollub, B Gomez, A Goussiou, PD Grannis, H Greenlee, ZD Greenwood, EM Gregores, G Grenier, Ph Gris, J-F Grivaz, A Grohsjean, S Gruenendahl, MW Gruenewald, F Guo, J Guo, G Gutierrez, P Gutierrez, A Haas, NJ Hadley, P Haefner, S Hagopian, J Haley, I Hall, RE Hall, L Han, K Hanagaki, P Hansson, K Harder, A Harel, R Harrington, JM Hauptman, R Hauser, J Hays, T Hebbeker, D Hedin, JG Hegeman, JM Heinmiller, AP Heinson, U Heintz, C Hensel, K Herner, G Hesketh, MD Hildreth, R Hirosky, JD Hobbs, B Hoeneisen, H Hoeth, M Hohlfeld, SJ Hong, R Hooper, S Hossain, P Houben, Y Hu, Z Hubacek, V Hynek, I Iashvili, R Illingworth, AS Ito, S Jabeen, M Jaffre, S Jain, K Jakobs, C Jarvis, R Jesik, K Johns, C Johnson, M Johnson, A Jonckheere, P Jonsson, A Juste, D Kaefer, S Kahn, E Kajfasz, AM Kalinin, JM Kalk, JR Kalk, S Kappler, D Karmanov, J Kasper, P Kasper, I Katsanos, D Kau, R Kaur, V Kaushik, R Kehoe, S Kermiche, N Khalatyan, A Khanov, A Kharchilava, YM Kharzheev, D Khatidze, H Kim, TJ Kim, MH Kirby, M Kirsch, B Klima, JM Kohli, J-P Konrath, M Kopal, VM Korablev, B Kothari, AV Kozelov, D Krop, A Kryemadhi, T Kuhl, A Kumar, S Kunori, A Kupco, T Kurca, J Kvita, D Lam, S Lammers, G Landsberg, J Lazoflores, P Lebrun, WM Lee, A Leflat, F Lehner, J Lellouch, V Lesne, J Leveque, P Lewis, J Li, L Li, QZ Li, SM Lietti, JGR Lima, D Lincoln, J Linnemann, VV Lipaev, R Lipton, Y Liu, Z Liu, L Lobo, A Lobodenko, M Lokajicek, A Lounis, P Love, HJ Lubatti, AL Lyon, AKA Maciel, D Mackin, RJ Madaras, P Maettig, C Magass, A Magerkurth, N Makovec, PK Mal, HB Malbouisson, S Malik, VL Malyshev, HS Mao, Y Maravin, B Martin, R McCarthy, A Melnitchouk, A Mendes, L Mendoza, PG Mercadante, M Merkin, KW Merritt, A Meyer, J Meyer, M Michaut, T Millet, J Mitrevski, J Molina, RK Mommsen, NK Mondal, RW Moore, T Moulik, GS Muanza, M Mulders, M Mulhearn, O Mundal, L Mundim, E Nagy, M Naimuddin, M Narain, NA Naumann, HA Neal, JP Negret, P Neustroev, H Nilsen, C Noeding, A Nomerotski, SF Novaes, T Nunnemann, V O'Dell, DC O'Neil, G Obrant, C Ochando, D Onoprienko, N Oshima, J Osta, R Otec, GJ Otero y Garzon, M Owen, P Padley, M Pangilinan, N Parashar, S-J Park, SK Park, J Parsons, R Partridge, N Parua, A Patwa, G Pawloski, PM Perea, K Peters, Y Peters, P Petroff, M Petteni, R Piegaia, J Piper, M-A Pleier, PLM Podesta-Lerma, VM Podstavkov, Y Pogorelov, M-E Pol, A Pompos, BG Pope, AV Popov, C Potter, WL Prado da Silva, HB Prosper, S Protopopescu, J Qian, A Quadt, B Quinn, A Rakitine, MS Rangel, KJ Rani, K Ranjan, PN Ratoff, P Renkel, S Reucroft, P Rich, M Rijssenbeek, I Ripp-Baudot, F Rizatdinova, S Robinson, RF Rodrigues, C Royon, P Rubinov, R Ruchti, G Safonov, G Sajot, A Sanchez-Hernandez, MP Sanders, A Santoro, G Savage, L Sawyer, T Scanlon, D Schaile, RD Schamberger, Y Scheglov, H Schellman, P Schieferdecker, T Schleiphake, C Schmitt, C Schwanenberger, A Schwartzman, R Schwienhorst, J Sekaric, S Sengupta, H Severini, E Shabalina, M Shamim, V Shary, AA Shchukin, RK Shivpuri, D Shpakov, V Siccardi, V Simak, V Sirotenko, P Skubic, P Slattery, D Smirnov, RP Smith, GR Snow, J Snow, S Snyder, S Soeldner-Rembold, L Sonnenschein, A Sopczak, M Sosebee, K Soustruznik, M Souza, B Spurlock, J Stark, J Steele, V Stolin, A Stone, DA Stoyanova, J Strandberg, S Strandberg, MA Strang, M Strauss, R Stroehmer, D Strom, M Strovink, L Stutte, S Sumowidagdo, P Svoisky, A Sznajder, M Talby, P Tamburello, A Tanasijczuk, W Taylor, P Telford, J Temple, B Tiller, F Tissandier, M Titov, VV Tokmenin, M Tomoto, T Toole, I Torchiani, T Trefzger, D Tsybychev, B Tuchming, C Tully, PM Tuts, R Unalan, L Uvarov, S Uvarov, S Uzunyan, B Vachon, PJ van den Berg, B van Eijk, R Van Kooten, WM van Leeuwen, N Varelas, EW Varnes, A Vartapetian, IA Vasilyev, M Vaupel, P Verdier, LS Vertogradov, M Verzocchi, F Villeneuve-Seguier, P Vint, E Von Toerne, M Voutilainen, M Vreeswijk, R Wagner, HD Wahl, L Wang, MHLS Wang, J Warchol, G Watts, M Wayne, G Weber, M Weber, H Weerts, A Wenger, N Wermes, M Wetstein, A White, D Wicke, GW Wilson, SJ Wimpenny, M Wobisch, DR Wood, TR Wyatt, Y Xie, S Yacoob, R Yamada, M Yan, T Yasuda, YA Yatsunenko, K Yip, HD Yoo, SW Youn, C Yu, J Yu, A Yurkewicz, A Zatserklyaniy, C Zeitnitz, D Zhang, T Zhao, B Zhou, J Zhu, M Zielinski, D Zieminska, A Zieminski, L Zivkovic, V Zutshi, EG Zverev

Study of the decay Bs0→Ds(*)Ds(*)

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 99:24 (2007) ARTN 241801

Authors:

VM Abazov, B Abbott, M Abolins, BS Acharya, M Adams, T Adams, E Aguilo, SH Ahn, M Ahsan, GD Alexeev, G Alkhazov, A Alton, G Alverson, GA Alves, M Anastasoaie, LS Ancu, T Andeen, S Anderson, B Andrieu, MS Anzelc, Y Arnoud, M Arov, A Askew, B Asman, ACS Assis Jesus, O Atramentov, C Autermann, C Avila, C Ay, F Badaud, A Baden, L Bagby, B Baldin, DV Bandurin, P Banerjee, S Banerjee, E Barberis, A-F Barfuss, P Bargassa, P Baringer, J Barreto, JF Bartlett, U Bassler, D Bauer, S Beale, A Bean, M Begalli, M Begel, C Belanger-Champagne, L Bellantoni, A Bellavance, JA Benitez, SB Beri, G Bernardi, R Bernhard, L Berntzon, I Bertram, M Besancon, R Beuselinck, VA Bezzubov, PC Bhat, V Bhatnagar, M Binder, C Biscarat, G Blazey, F Blekman, S Blessing, D Bloch, K Bloom, A Boehnlein, D Boline, TA Bolton, G Borissov, K Bos, T Bose, A Brandt, R Brock, G Brooijmans, A Bross, D Brown, NJ Buchanan, D Buchholz, M Buehler, V Buescher, S Burdin, S Burke, TH Burnett, E Busato, CP Buszello, JM Butler, P Calfayan, S Calvet, J Cammin, S Caron, W Carvalho, BCK Casey, NM Cason, H Castilla-Valdez, S Chakrabarti, D Chakraborty, K Chan, KM Chan, A Chandra, F Charles, E Cheu, F Chevallier, DK Cho, S Choi, B Choudhary, L Christofek, T Christoudias, S Cihangir, D Claes, B Clement, C Clement, Y Coadou, M Cooke, WE Cooper, M Corcoran, F Couderc, M-C Cousinou, S Crepe-Renaudin, D Cutts, M Cwiok, H da Motta, A Das, G Davies, K De, P de Jong, SJ de Jong, E De La Cruz-Burelo, C De Oliveira Martins, JD Degenhardt, F Deliot, M Demarteau, R Demina, D Denisov, SP Denisov, S Desai, HT Diehl, M Diesburg, A Dominguez, H Dong, LV Dudko, L Duflot, SR Dugad, D Duggan, A Duperrin, J Dyer, A Dyshkant, M Eads, D Edmunds, J Ellison, VD Elvira, Y Enari, S Eno, P Ermolov, H Evans, A Evdokimov, VN Evdokimov, AV Ferapontov, T Ferbel, F Fiedler, F Filthaut, W Fisher, HE Fisk, M Ford, M Fortner, H Fox, S Fu, S Fuess, T Gadfort, CF Galea, E Gallas, E Galyaev, C Garcia, A Garcia-Bellido, V Gavrilov, P Gay, W Geist, D Gele, CE Gerber, Y Gershtein, D Gillberg, G Ginther, N Gollub, B Gomez, A Goussiou, PD Grannis, H Greenlee, ZD Greenwood, EM Gregores, G Grenier, Ph Gris, J-F Grivaz, A Grohsjean, S Grunendahl, MW Grunewald, F Guo, J Guo, G Gutierrez, P Gutierrez, A Haas, NJ Hadley, P Haefner, S Hagopian, J Haley, I Hall, RE Hall, L Han, K Hanagaki, P Hansson, K Harder, A Harel, R Harrington, JM Hauptman, R Hauser, J Hays, T Hebbeker, D Hedin, JG Hegeman, JM Heinmiller, AP Heinson, U Heintz, C Hensel, K Herner, G Hesketh, MD Hildreth, R Hirosky, JD Hobbs, B Hoeneisen, H Hoeth, M Hohlfeld, SJ Hong, R Hooper, P Houben, Y Hu, Z Hubacek, V Hynek, I Iashvili, R Illingworth, AS Ito, S Jabeen, M Jaffre, S Jain, K Jakobs, C Jarvis, R Jesik, K Johns, C Johnson, M Johnson, A Jonckheere, P Jonsson, A Juste, D Kaefer, S Kahn, E Kajfasz, AM Kalinin, JM Kalk, JR Kalk, S Kappler, D Karmanov, J Kasper, P Kasper, I Katsanos, D Kau, R Kaur, V Kaushik, R Kehoe, S Kermiche, N Khalatyan, A Khanov, A Kharchilava, YM Kharzheev, D Khatidze, H Kim, TJ Kim, MH Kirby, B Klima, JM Kohli, J-P Konrath, M Kopal, VM Korablev, J Kotcher, B Kothari, A Koubarovsky, AV Kozelov, D Krop, A Kryemadhi, T Kuhl, A Kumar, S Kunori, A Kupco, T Kurca, J Kvita, D Lam, S Lammers, G Landsberg, J Lazoflores, P Lebrun, WM Lee, A Leflat, F Lehner, V Lesne, J Leveque, P Lewis, J Li, L Li, QZ Li, SM Lietti, JGR Lima, D Lincoln, J Linnemann, VV Lipaev, R Lipton, Z Liu, L Lobo, A Lobodenko, M Lokajicek, A Lounis, P Love, HJ Lubatti, M Lynker, AL Lyon, AKA Maciel, RJ Madaras, P Maettig, C Magass, A Magerkurth, N Makovec, PK Mal, HB Malbouisson, S Malik, VL Malyshev, HS Mao, Y Maravin, B Martin, R McCarthy, A Melnitchouk, A Mendes, L Mendoza, PG Mercadante, M Merkin, KW Merritt, A Meyer, J Meyer, M Michaut, H Miettinen, T Millet, J Mitrevski, J Molina, RK Mommsen, NK Mondal, J Monk, RW Moore, T Moulik, GS Muanza, M Mulders, M Mulhearn, O Mundal, L Mundim, E Nagy, M Naimuddin, M Narain, NA Naumann, HA Neal, JP Negret, P Neustroev, H Nilsen, C Noeding, A Nomerotski, SF Novaes, T Nunnemann, V O'Dell, DC O'Neil, G Obrant, C Ochando, V Oguri, N Oliveira, D Onoprienko, N Oshima, J Osta, R Otec, GJ Otero Y Garzon, M Owen, P Padley, M Pangilinan, N Parashar, S-J Park, SK Park, J Parsons, R Partridge, N Parua, A Patwa, G Pawloski, PM Perea, K Peters, Y Peters, P Petroff, M Petteni, R Piegaia, J Piper, M-A Pleier, PLM Podesta-Lerma, VM Podstavkov, Y Pogorelov, M-E Pol, A Pompos, BG Pope, AV Popov, C Potter, WL Prado da Silva, HB Prosper, S Protopopescu, J Qian, A Quadt, B Quinn, MS Rangel, KJ Rani, K Ranjan, PN Ratoff, P Renkel, S Reucroft, M Rijssenbeek, I Ripp-Baudot, F Rizatdinova, S Robinson, RF Rodrigues, C Royon, P Rubinov, R Ruchti, G Sajot, A Sanchez-Hernandez, MP Sanders, A Santoro, G Savage, L Sawyer, T Scanlon, D Schaile, RD Schamberger, Y Scheglov, H Schellman, P Schieferdecker, C Schmitt, C Schwanenberger, A Schwartzman, R Schwienhorst, J Sekaric, S Sengupta, H Severini, E Shabalina, M Shamim, V Shary, AA Shchukin, RK Shivpuri, D Shpakov, V Siccardi, RA Sidwell, V Simak, V Sirotenko, P Skubic, P Slattery, D Smirnov, RP Smith, GR Snow, J Snow, S Snyder, S Soldner-Rembold, L Sonnenschein, A Sopczak, M Sosebee, K Soustruznik, M Souza, B Spurlock, J Stark, J Steele, V Stolin, DA Stoyanova, J Strandberg, S Strandberg, MA Strang, M Strauss, R Stroehmer, D Strom, M Strovink, L Stutte, S Sumowidagdo, P Svoisky, A Sznajder, M Talby, P Tamburello, A Tanasijczuk, W Taylor, P Telford, J Temple, B Tiller, F Tissandier, M Titov, VV Tokmenin, M Tomoto, T Toole, I Torchiani, T Trefzger, S Trincaz-Duvoid, D Tsybychev, B Tuchming, C Tully, PM Tuts, R Unalan, L Uvarov, S Uvarov, S Uzunyan, B Vachon, PJ van den Berg, B van Eijk, R Van Kooten, WM van Leeuwen, N Varelas, EW Varnes, A Vartapetian, IA Vasilyev, M Vaupel, P Verdier, LS Vertogradov, M Verzocchi, F Villeneuve-Seguier, P Vint, J-R Vlimant, E Von Toerne, M Voutilainen, M Vreeswijk, HD Wahl, J Walder, L Wang, MHLS Wang, J Warchol, G Watts, M Wayne, G Weber, M Weber, H Weerts, A Wenger, N Wermes, M Wetstein, A White, D Wicke, GW Wilson, SJ Wimpenny, M Wobisch, DR Wood, TR Wyatt, Y Xie, S Yacoob, R Yamada, M Yan, T Yasuda, YA Yatsunenko, K Yip, HD Yoo, SW Youn, C Yu, J Yu, A Yurkewicz, A Zatserklyaniy, C Zeitnitz, D Zhang, T Zhao, B Zhou, J Zhu, M Zielinski, D Zieminska, A Zieminski, V Zutshi, EG Zverev

Zγ production and limits on anomalous ZZγ and Zγγ couplings in pp collisions at √s=1.96 TeV

PHYSICS LETTERS B 653:5-6 (2007) 378-386

Authors:

VM Abazov, B Abbott, M Abolins, BS Acharya, M Adams, T Adams, E Aguilo, SH Ahn, M Ahsan, GD Alexeev, G Alkhazov, A Alton, G Alverson, GA Alves, M Anastasoaie, LS Ancu, T Andeen, S Anderson, B Andrieu, MS Anzelc, Y Arnoud, M Arov, M Arthaud, A Askew, B Asman, ACS Assis Jesus, O Atramentov, C Autermann, C Avila, C Ay, F Badaud, A Baden, L Bagby, B Baldin, DV Bandurin, P Banerjee, S Banerjee, E Barberis, A-F Barfuss, P Bargassa, P Baringer, J Barreto, JF Bartlett, U Bassler, D Bauer, S Beale, A Bean, M Beaalli, M Begel, C Belanger-Champagne, L Bellantoni, A Bellavance, JA Benitez, SB Beri, G Bernardi, R Bernhard, L Berntzon, I Bertram, M Besancon, R Beuselinck, VA Bezzubov, PC Bhat, V Bhatnagar, C Biscarat, G Blazey, F Blekman, S Blessing, D Bloch, K Bloom, A Boehnlein, D Boline, TA Bolton, G Borissov, K Bos, T Bose, A Brandt, R Brock, G Brooijmans, A Bross, D Brown, NJ Buchanan, D Buchholz, M Buehler, V Buescher, S Burdin, S Burke, TH Burnett, CP Buszello, JM Butler, P Calfayan, S Calvet, J Cammin, S Caron, W Carvalho, BCK Casey, NM Cason, H Castilla-Valdez, S Chakrabarti, D Chakraborty, K Chan, KM Chan, A Chandra, F Charles, E Cheu, F Chevallier, DK Cho, S Choi, B Choudhary, L Christofek, I Christoudias, S Cihangir, D Claes, B Clement, C Clement, Y Coadou, M Cooke, WE Cooper, M Corcoran, F Couderc, MC Cousinou, S Crepe-Renaudin, D Cutts, M Cwiok, H da Motta, A Das, G Davies, K De, P de Jong, SJ de Jong, E De la Cruz-Burelo, C De Oliveira Martins, JD Degenhardt, F Deliot, M Demarteau, R Demina, D Denisov, SP Denisov, S Desai, HT Diehl, M Diesburg, A Dominguez, H Dong, LV Dudko, L Duflot, SR Dugad, D Duggan, A Duperrin, J Dyer, A Dyshkant, M Eads, D Edmunds, J Ellison, VD Elvira, Y Enari, S Eno, P Ermolov, H Evans, A Evdokimv, VN Evdokimov, AV Ferapontov, T Ferbel, F Fiedler, F Filthaut, W Fisher, HE Fisk, M Ford, M Fortner, H Fox, S Fu, S Fuess, T Gadfort, CF Galea, E Gallas, E Galyaev, C Garcia, A Garcia-Bellido, V Gavrilov, P Gay, W Geist, D Gele, CE Gerber, Y Gershtein, D Gillberg, G Ginther, N Gollub, B Gomez, A Goussiou, PD Grannis, H Greenlee, ZD Greenwood, EM Gregores, G Grenier, Ph Gris, J-F Grivaz, A Grohsjean, S Gruendahl, MW Gruenewald, F Guo, J Guo, G Gutierrez, P Gutierrez, A Haas, NJ Hadley, P Haefner, S Hagopian, J Haley, I Hall, RE Hall, L Han, K Hanacaki, P Hansson, K Harder, A Harel, R Harrington, JM Hauptman, R Hauser, J Hays, T Hebbeker, D Hedin, JG Hegeman, JM Heinmiller, AP Heinson, U Heintz, C Hensel, K Herner, G Hesketh, MD Hildreth, R Hirosky, JD Hobbs, B Hoeneisen, H Hoeth, M Hohlfeld, SJ Hong, R Hooper, S Hossain, P Houben, Y Hu, Z Hubacek, V Hynek, I Lashvili, R Illingworth, AS Ito, S Jabeen, M Jaffre, S Jain, K Jakobs, C Jarvis, R Jesik, K Johns, C Johnson, M Johnson, A Jonckheere, P Jonsson, A Juste, D Kaefert, S Kahn, E Kajfasz, AM Kalinin, JM Kalk, JR Kalk, S Kappler, D Karmanov, J Kasperb, P Kasper, I Katsanos, D Kau, R Kaur, V Kaushik, R Kehoe, S Kermiche, N Khalatyan, A Khanov, A Kharchilava, YM Kharzheev, D Khatidze, H Kim, TJ Kim, MH Kirby, M Kirsch, B Klima, JM Kohli, J-P Konrath, M Kopal, VM Korablev, B Kothari, AV Kozelov, D Krop, A Kryemadhi, T Kuhl, A Kumar, S Kunori, A Kupco, T Kurca, J Kvita, D Lam, S Lammers, G Landsberg, J Lazoflores, P Lebrun, WM Lee, A Leflat, F Lehner, J Lellouch, V Lesne, J Leveque, P Lewis, J Li, L Li, QZ Li, SM Lietti, JGR Lima, D Lincoln, J Linnemann, VV Lipaev, R Lipton, Y Liu, Z Liu, L Lobo, A Lobodenko, M Lokajicek, A Lounis, P Love, HJ Lubatti, AL Lyon, AKA Maciel, D Mackin, RJ Madaras, P Mdttig, C Magass, A Magerkurth, N Makovec, PK Mal, HB Malbouisson, S Malik, VL Malyshev, HS Mao, Y Maravin, B Martin, R McCarthy, A Melnitchouk, A Mendes, L Mendoza, PG Mercadante, M Merkin, KW Merritt, A Meyer, J Meyer, M Michaut, T Millet, J Mitrevski, J Molina, RK Mommsen, NK Mondal, RW Moore, T Moulik, GS Muanza, M Mulders, M Mulhearn, O Mundal, L Mundim, E Nagy, M Naimuddin, M Narain, NA Naumann, HA Neal, JP Negret, P Neustroev, H Nilsen, C Noeding, A Nomerotski, SF Novaes, T Nunnemann, V O'Dell, DC O'Neil, G Obrant, C Ochando, D Onoprienko, N Oshima, J Osta, R Otec, GJ Otero y Garzon, M Owen, P Padley, M Pangilinan, N Parashar, SJ Park, SK Park, J Parsons, R Partridge, N Parua, A Patwa, G Pawloski, PM Perea, K Peters, Y Peters, P Petroff, M Petteni, R Piegaia, J Piper, M-A Pleier, PLM Podesta-Lerma, VM Podstavkov, Y Pogorelov, M-E Pol, A Pompos, BG Pope, AV Popov, C Potter, WL Prado da Silva, HB Prosper, S Protopopescu, J Qian, A Quadt, B Quinn, A Rakitine, MS Rangel, KJ Rani, K Ranjan, PN Ratoff, P Renkel, S Reucroft, P Rich, M Rijssenbeek, I Ripp-Baudot, F Rizatdinova, S Robinson, RF Rodrigues, C Royon, P Rubinov, R Ruchti, G Safronov, G Sajot, A Sanchez-Hernandez, MP Sanders, A Santoro, G Savage, L Sawyer, T Scanlon, D Schaile, RD Schamberger, Y Scheglov, H Schellman, P Schieferdecker, T Schliephake, C Schmitt, C Schwanenberger, A Schwartzman, R Schwienhorst, J Sekaric, S Sengupta, H Severini, E Shabalina, M Shamim, V Shary, AA Shchukin, RK Shivpuri, D Shpakov, V Siccardi, V Simak, V Sirotenko, P Skubic, P Slattery, D Smimov, RP Smith, GR Snow, J Snow, S Snyder, S Soeldner-Rembold, L Sonnenschein, A Sopczak, M Sosebee, K Soustruznik, M Souza, B Spurlock, J Stark, J Steele, V Stolin, A Stone, DA Stoyanova, J Strandberg, S Strandberg, MA Strang, M Strauss, R Stroehmer, D Strom, M Strovink, L Stutte, S Surnowidagdo, P Svoisky, A Sznajder, M Talby, P Tamburello, A Tanasijczuk, W Taylor, P Telford, J Temple, B Tiller, E Tissandier, M Titov, VV Tokmenin, M Tornoto, T Toole, I Torchiani, T Trefzger, D Tsybychev, B Tuchming, C Tully, PM Tuts, R Unalan, L Uvarov, S Uvarov, S Uzunyan, B Vachon, Pt van den Berg, B van Eiik, R van Kooten, WM van Leeuwen, N Varelas, EW Varnes, A Vartapetian, IA Vasilyev, M Vaupel, P Verdier, LS Vertogradov, M Verzocchi, F Villeneuve-Seguier, P Vint, E Von Toerne, M Voutilainen, M Vreeswijk, R Wagner, HD Wahl, L Wang, MHLS Wang, J Warchol, G Watts, A Wayne, G Weber, A Weber, H Weerts, A Wenger, N Wermes, M Wetstein, A White, D Wicke, GW Wilson, SJ Wimpenny, M Wobisch, DR Wood, TR Wyatt, Y Xie, S Yacoob, R Yamada, M Yan, T Yasuda, YA Yatsunenko, K Yip, HD Yoo, SW Youn, C Yu, I Yu, A Yurkewicz, A Zatserklyaniy, C Zeitnitz, D Zhang, T Zhao, B Zhou, J Zhu, M Zielinski, D Zieminska, A Zieminski, L Zivkovic, V Zutshi, EG Zverev

Measurement of Bd mixing using opposite-side flavor tagging

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 74:11 (2006)

Authors:

VM Abazov, B Abbott, M Abolins, BS Acharya, M Adams, T Adams, M Agelou, E Aguilo, SH Ahn, M Ahsan, GD Alexeev, G Alkhazov, A Alton, G Alverson, GA Alves, M Anastasoaie, T Andeen, S Anderson, B Andrieu, MS Anzelc, Y Arnoud, M Arov, A Askew, B Åsman, ACSA Jesus, O Atramentov, C Autermann, C Avila, C Ay, F Badaud, A Baden, L Bagby, B Baldin, DV Bandurin, P Banerjee, S Banerjee, E Barberis, P Bargassa, P Baringer, C Barnes, J Barreto, JF Bartlett, U Bassler, D Bauer, S Beale, A Bean, M Begalli, M Begel, C Belanger-Champagne, L Bellantoni, A Bellavance, JA Benitez, SB Beri, G Bernardi, R Bernhard, L Berntzon, I Bertram, M Besançon, R Beuselinck, VA Bezzubov, PC Bhat, V Bhatnagar, M Binder, C Biscarat, KM Black, I Blackler, G Blazey, F Blekman, S Blessing, D Bloch, K Bloom, U Blumenschein, A Boehnlein, O Boeriu, TA Bolton, G Borissov, K Bos, T Bose, A Brandt, R Brock, G Brooijmans, A Bross, D Brown, NJ Buchanan, D Buchholz, M Buehler, V Buescher, S Burdin, S Burke, TH Burnett, E Busato, CP Buszello, JM Butler, P Calfayan, S Calvet, J Cammin, S Caron, W Carvalho, BCK Casey, NM Cason

Abstract:

We report on a measurement of the Bd0 mixing frequency and the calibration of an opposite-side flavor tagger in the D0 experiment. Various properties associated with the b quark on the opposite side of the reconstructed B meson are combined using a likelihood-ratio method into a single variable with enhanced tagging power. Its performance is tested with data, using a large sample of reconstructed semileptonic B→μD0X and B→μD*X decays, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 1fb-1. The events are divided into groups depending on the value of the combined tagging variable, and an independent analysis is performed in each group. Combining the results of these analyses, the overall effective tagging power is found to be εD2=(2.48±0.21-0.06+0.08)%. The measured Bd0 mixing frequency Δmd=0.506±0.020(stat)±0.016(syst)ps-1 is in good agreement with the world average value. © 2006 The American Physical Society.

Measurement of the Bs0 lifetime using semileptonic decays

Physical Review Letters 97:24 (2006)

Authors:

VM Abazov, B Abbott, M Abolins, BS Acharya, M Adams, T Adams, M Agelou, JL Agram, SH Ahn, M Ahsan, GD Alexeev, G Alkhazov, A Alton, G Alverson, GA Alves, M Anastasoaie, T Andeen, S Anderson, B Andrieu, MS Anzelc, Y Arnoud, M Arov, A Askew, B Åsman, ACS Assis Jesus, O Atramentov, C Autermann, C Avila, C Ay, F Badaud, A Baden, L Bagby, B Baldin, DV Bandurin, P Banerjee, S Banerjee, E Barberis, P Bargassa, P Baringer, C Barnes, J Barreto, JF Bartlett, U Bassler, D Bauer, A Bean, M Begalli, M Begel, C Belanger-Champagne, A Bellavance, JA Benitez, SB Beri, G Bernardi, R Bernhard, L Berntzon, I Bertram, M Besançon, R Beuselinck, VA Bezzubov, PC Bhat, V Bhatnagar, M Binder, C Biscarat, KM Black, I Blackler, G Blazey, F Blekman, S Blessing, D Bloch, K Bloom, U Blumenschein, A Boehnlein, O Boeriu, TA Bolton, F Borcherding, G Borissov, K Bos, T Bose, A Brandt, R Brock, G Brooijmans, A Bross, D Brown, NJ Buchanan, D Buchholz, M Buehler, V Buescher, S Burdin, S Burke, TH Burnett, E Busato, CP Buszello, JM Butler, S Calvet, J Cammin, S Caron, MA Carrasco-Lizarraga, W Carvalho, BCK Casey, NM Cason, H Castilla-Valdez

Abstract:

We report a measurement of the Bs0 lifetime in the semileptonic decay channel Bs0→Ds-μ+νX (and its charge conjugate), using approximately 0.4fb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector during 2002-2004. Using 5176 reconstructed Ds-μ+ signal events, we have measured the Bs0 lifetime to be τ(Bs0)=1.398±0.044(stat)-0.025+0.028(syst)ps. This is the most precise measurement of the Bs0 lifetime to date. © 2006 The American Physical Society.