Measurement of b quark fragmentation fractions in the production of strange and light B mesons in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.8 TeV

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 60:9 (1999) 1-14

Authors:

F Abe, H Akimoto, A Akopian, MG Albrow, SR Amendolia, D Amidei, J Antos, S Aota, G Apollinari, T Arisawa, T Asakawa, W Ashmanskas, M Atac, P Azzi-Bacchetta, N Bacchetta, S Bagdasarov, MW Bailey, P De Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, M Barone, G Bauer, T Baumann, F Bedeschi, S Behrends, S Belforte, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Bensinger, A Beretvas, JP Berge, J Berryhill, S Bertolucci, S Bettelli, B Bevensee, A Bhatti, K Biery, C Bigongiari, M Binkley, D Bisello, RE Blair, C Blocker, K Bloom, S Blusk, A Bodek, W Bokhari, G Bolla, Y Bonushkin, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Brandl, L Breccia, C Bromberg, N Bruner, R Brunetti, E Buckley-Geer, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, M Campbell, A Caner, W Carithers, D Carlsmith, J Cassada, A Castro, D Cauz, A Cerri, PS Chang, PT Chang, HY Chao, J Chapman, MT Cheng, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, CN Chiou, F Chlebana, L Christofek, ML Chu, S Cihangir, AG Clark, M Cobal, E Cocca, M Contreras, J Conway, J Cooper, M Cordelli, D Costanzo, C Couyoumtzelis, D Cronin-Hennessy, R Cropp, R Culbertson, D Dagenhart, T Daniels, F DeJongh, S Dell'Agnello, M Dell'Orso

Abstract:

A new technique to measure the ratio of b quark fragmentation fractions in pp̄ collisions is described. Using a 70-pb-1 sample of low-mass dimuon trigger data recorded with the Collider Detector at Fermilab, we identify B mesons by observing the double semileptonic decays b→c μX with c→s μX. By counting the numbers of K*(892)0, K*(892)+, and φ(1020) mesons produced in association with these muon pairs, we measure the ratio of strange to nonstrange B meson production to be fs/(fu+fd)=[21.0±3.6(stat) -3.0+3.8(syst)]%. This measurement is the most precise available from hadron collisions to date. Limits on the branching fractions of semileptonic charm meson decays with K1(1270), K1* (1410), and K2*(1430) mesons in the final state are also obtained. ©1999 The American Physical Society.

Measurement of b quark fragmentation fractions in the production of strange and light B mesons in pp¯ collisions at s=1.8 TeV

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 60:9 (1999) 092005

Authors:

F Abe, H Akimoto, A Akopian, MG Albrow, SR Amendolia, D Amidei, J Antos, S Aota, G Apollinari, T Arisawa, T Asakawa, W Ashmanskas, M Atac, P Azzi-Bacchetta, N Bacchetta, S Bagdasarov, MW Bailey, P de Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, M Barone, G Bauer, T Baumann, F Bedeschi, S Behrends, S Belforte, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Bensinger, A Beretvas, JP Berge, J Berryhill, S Bertolucci, S Bettelli, B Bevensee, A Bhatti, K Biery, C Bigongiari, M Binkley, D Bisello, RE Blair, C Blocker, K Bloom, S Blusk, A Bodek, W Bokhari, G Bolla, Y Bonushkin, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Brandl, L Breccia, C Bromberg, N Bruner, R Brunetti, E Buckley-Geer, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, M Campbell, A Caner, W Carithers, D Carlsmith, J Cassada, A Castro, D Cauz, A Cerri, PS Chang, PT Chang, HY Chao, J Chapman, M-T Cheng, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, CN Chiou, F Chlebana, L Christofek, ML Chu, S Cihangir, AG Clark, M Cobal, E Cocca, M Contreras, J Conway, J Cooper, M Cordelli, D Costanzo, C Couyoumtzelis, D Cronin-Hennessy, R Cropp, R Culbertson, D Dagenhart, T Daniels, F DeJongh, S Dell’Agnello, M Dell’Orso, R Demina, L Demortier, M Deninno, PF Derwent, T Devlin, JR Dittmann, S Donati, J Done, T Dorigo, N Eddy, K Einsweiler, JE Elias, R Ely, E Engels, W Erdmann, D Errede, S Errede, Q Fan, RG Feild, Z Feng, C Ferretti, I Fiori, B Flaugher, GW Foster, M Franklin, J Freeman, J Friedman, Y Fukui, S Gadomski, S Galeotti, M Gallinaro, O Ganel, M Garcia-Sciveres, AF Garfinkel, C Gay, S Geer, DW Gerdes, P Giannetti, N Giokaris, P Giromini, G Giusti, M Gold, A Gordon, AT Goshaw, Y Gotra, K Goulianos, H Grassmann, C Green, L Groer, C Grosso-Pilcher, G Guillian, J Guimaraes da Costa, RS Guo, C Haber, E Hafen, SR Hahn, R Hamilton, T Handa, R Handler, W Hao, F Happacher, K Hara, AD Hardman, RM Harris, F Hartmann, J Hauser, E Hayashi, J Heinrich, A Heiss, B Hinrichsen, KD Hoffman, C Holck, R Hollebeek, L Holloway, Z Huang, BT Huffman, R Hughes, J Huston, J Huth, H Ikeda, M Incagli, J Incandela, G Introzzi, J Iwai, Y Iwata, E James, H Jensen, U Joshi, E Kajfasz, H Kambara, T Kamon, T Kaneko, K Karr, H Kasha, Y Kato, TA Keaffaber, K Kelley, M Kelly, RD Kennedy, R Kephart, D Kestenbaum, D Khazins, T Kikuchi, M Kirk, BJ Kim, HS Kim, SH Kim, YK Kim, L Kirsch, S Klimenko, D Knoblauch, P Koehn, A Köngeter, K Kondo, J Konigsberg, K Kordas, A Korytov, E Kovacs, W Kowald, J Kroll, M Kruse, SE Kuhlmann, E Kuns, K Kurino, T Kuwabara, AT Laasanen, S Lami, S Lammel, JI Lamoureux, M Lancaster, M Lanzoni, G Latino, T LeCompte, S Leone, JD Lewis, M Lindgren, TM Liss, JB Liu, YC Liu, N Lockyer, O Long, M Loreti, D Lucchesi, P Lukens, S Lusin, J Lys, K Maeshima, P Maksimovic, M Mangano, M Mariotti, JP Marriner, G Martignon, A Martin, JAJ Matthews, P Mazzanti, K McFarland, P McIntyre, P Melese, M Menguzzato, A Menzione, E Meschi, S Metzler, C Miao, T Miao, G Michail, R Miller, H Minato, S Miscetti, M Mishina, S Miyashita, N Moggi, E Moore, Y Morita, A Mukherjee, T Muller, A Munar, P Murat, S Murgia, M Musy, H Nakada, T Nakaya, I Nakano, C Nelson, D Neuberger, C Newman-Holmes, C-YP Ngan, H Niu, L Nodulman, A Nomerotski, SH Oh, T Ohmoto, T Ohsugi, R Oishi, M Okabe, T Okusawa, J Olsen, C Pagliarone, R Paoletti, V Papadimitriou, SP Pappas, N Parashar, A Parri, D Partos, J Patrick, G Pauletta, M Paulini, A Perazzo, L Pescara, MD Peters, TJ Phillips, G Piacentino, M Pillai, KT Pitts, R Plunkett, A Pompos, L Pondrom, J Proudfoot, F Ptohos, G Punzi, K Ragan, D Reher, A Ribon, F Rimondi, L Ristori, WJ Robertson, A Robinson, T Rodrigo, S Rolli, L Rosenson, R Roser, T Saab, WK Sakumoto, D Saltzberg, A Sansoni, L Santi, H Sato, P Schlabach, EE Schmidt, MP Schmidt, A Scott, A Scribano, S Segler, S Seidel, Y Seiya, F Semeria, T Shah, MD Shapiro, NM Shaw, PF Shepard, T Shibayama, M Shimojima, M Shochet, J Siegrist, A Sill, P Sinervo, P Singh, K Sliwa, C Smith, FD Snider, J Spalding, T Speer, P Sphicas, F Spinella, M Spiropulu, L Spiegel, L Stanco, J Steele, A Stefanini, R Ströhmer, J Strologas, F Strumia, D Stuart, K Sumorok, J Suzuki, T Suzuki, T Takahashi, T Takano, R Takashima, K Takikawa, M Tanaka, B Tannenbaum, F Tartarelli, W Taylor, M Tecchio, PK Teng, Y Teramoto, K Terashi, S Tether, D Theriot, TL Thomas, R Thurman-Keup, M Timko, P Tipton, A Titov, S Tkaczyk, D Toback, K Tollefson, A Tollestrup, H Toyoda, W Trischuk, JF de Troconiz, S Truitt, J Tseng, N Turini, T Uchida, F Ukegawa, J Valls, SC van den Brink, S Vejcik, G Velev, R Vidal, R Vilar, I Vologouev, D Vucinic, RG Wagner, RL Wagner, J Wahl, NB Wallace, AM Walsh, C Wang, CH Wang, MJ Wang, A Warburton, T Watanabe, T Watts, R Webb, C Wei, H Wenzel, WC Wester, AB Wicklund, E Wicklund, R Wilkinson, HH Williams, P Wilson, BL Winer, D Winn, D Wolinski, J Wolinski, S Worm, X Wu, J Wyss, A Yagil, W Yao, K Yasuoka, GP Yeh, P Yeh, J Yoh, C Yosef, T Yoshida, I Yu, A Zanetti, F Zetti, S Zucchelli

Measurement of the associated γ+μ± production cross section in pp¯ collisions at s=1.8 TeV

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 60:9 (1999) 092003

Authors:

F Abe, MG Albrow, SR Amendolia, D Amidei, J Antos, C Anway-Wiese, G Apollinari, H Areti, M Atac, P Auchincloss, F Azfar, P Azzi, N Bacchetta, W Badgett, MW Bailey, J Bao, P de Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Bartalini, G Bauer, T Baumann, F Bedeschi, S Behrends, S Belforte, G Bellettin, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Benlloch, J Bensinger, D Benton, A Beretvas, JP Berge, S Bertolucci, A Bhatti, K Biery, M Binkley, F Bird, D Bisello, RE Blair, C Blocker, A Bodek, W Bokhari, V Bolognesi, D Bortoletto, C Boswell, T Boulos, G Brandenburg, C Bromberg, E Buckley-Geer, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, J Cammerata, C Campagnari, M Campbell, A Caner, W Carithers, D Carlsmith, A Castro, Y Cen, F Cervelli, HY Chao, J Chapman, M-T Cheng, G Chiarelli, T Chikamatsu, CN Chiou, L Christofek, S Cihangir, AG Clark, M Cobal, M Contreras, J Conway, J Cooper, M Cordelli, C Couyoumtzelis, D Crane, JD Cunningham, T Daniels, F DeJongh, S Delchamps, S Dell’Agnello, M Dell’Orso, L Demortier, B Denby, M Deninno, PF Derwent, T Devlin, M Dickson, JR Dittmann, S Donati, RB Drucker, A Dunn, K Einsweiler, JE Elias, R Ely, E Engels, S Eno, D Errede, S Errede, Q Fan, B Farhat, I Fiori, B Flaugher, GW Foster, M Franklin, M Frautschi, J Freeman, J Friedman, H Frisch, A Fry, TA Fuess, Y Fukui, S Funaki, G Gagliardi, S Galeotti, M Gallinaro, AF Garfinkel, S Geer, DW Gerdes, P Giannetti, N Giokaris, P Giromini, L Gladney, D Glenzinski, M Gold, J Gonzalez, A Gordon, AT Goshaw, K Goulianos, H Grassmann, A Grewal, L Groer, C Grosso-Pilcher, C Haber, SR Hahn, R Hamilton, R Handler, RM Hans, K Hara, B Harral, RM Harris, SA Hauger, J Hauser, C Hawk, J Heinrich, D Cronin-Hennessy, R Hollebeek, L Holloway, A Hölscher, S Hong, G Houk, P Hu, BT Huffman, R Hughes, P Hurst, J Huston, J Huth, J Hylen, M Incagli, J Incandela, H Iso, H Jensen, CP Jessop, U Joshi, RW Kadel, E Kajfasz, T Kamon, T Kaneko, DA Kardelis, H Kasha, Y Kato, L Keeble, RD Kennedy, R Kephart, P Kesten, D Kestenbaum, RM Keup, H Keutelian, F Keyvan, DH Kim, HS Kim, SB Kim, SH Kim, YK Kim, L Kirsch, P Koehn, K Kondo, J Konigsberg, S Kopp, K Kordas, W Koska, E Kovacs, W Kowald, M Krasberg, J Kroll, M Kruse, SE Kuhlmann, E Kuns, AT Laasanen, N Labanca, S Lammel, JI Lamoureux, T LeCompte, S Leone, JD Lewis, P Limon, M Lindgren, TM Liss, N Lockyer, C Loomis, O Long, M Loreti, EH Low, J Lu, D Lucchesi, CB Luchini, P Lukens, J Lys, P Maas, K Maeshima, A Maghakian, P Maksimovic, M Mangano, J Mansour, M Mariotti, JP Marriner, A Martin, JAJ Matthews, R Mattingly, P McIntyre, P Melese, A Menzione, E Meschi, G Michail, S Mikamo, M Miller, R Miller, T Mimashi, S Miscetti, M Mishina, H Mitsushio, S Miyashita, Y Morita, S Moulding, J Mueller, A Mukherjee, T Muller, P Musgrave, LF Nakae, I Nakano, C Nelson, D Neuberger, C Newman-Holmes, L Nodulman, S Ogawa, SH Oh, KE Ohl, R Oishi, T Okusawa, C Pagliarone, R Paoletti, V Papadimitriou, SP Pappas, S Park, J Patrick, G Pauletta, M Paulini, L Pescara, MD Peters, TJ Phillips, G Piacentino, M Pillai, R Plunkett, L Pondrom, N Produit, J Proudfoot, F Ptohos, G Punzi, K Ragan, F Rimondi, L Ristori, M Roach-Bellino, WJ Robertson, T Rodrigo, J Romano, L Rosenson, WK Sakumoto, D Saltzberg, A Sansoni, V Scarpine, A Schindler, P Schlabach, EE Schmidt, MP Schmidt, O Schneider, GF Sciacca, A Scribano, S Segler, S Seidel, Y Seiya, G Sganos, A Sgolacchia, M Shapiro, NM Shaw, Q Shen, PF Shepard, M Shimojima, M Shochet, J Siegrist, A Sill, P Sinervo, P Singh, J Skarha, K Sliwa, DA Smith, FD Snider, L Song, T Song, J Spalding, L Spiegel, P Sphicas, L Stanco, J Steele, A Stefanini, K Strahl, J Strait, D Stuart, G Sullivan, K Sumorok, RL Swartz, T Takahashi, K Takikawa, F Tartarelli, W Taylor, PK Teng, Y Teramoto, S Tether, D Theriot, J Thomas, TL Thomas, R Thun, M Timko, P Tipton, A Titov, S Tkaczyk, K Tollefson, A Tollestrup, J Tonnison, JF de Troconiz, J Tseng, M Turcotte, N Turini, N Uemura, F Ukegawa, G Unal, SC van den Brink, S Vejcik, R Vidal, M Vondracek, D Vucinic, RG Wagner, RL Wagner, N Wainer, RC Walker, C Wang, CH Wang, G Wang, J Wang, MJ Wang, QF Wang, A Warburton, G Watts, T Watts, R Webb, C Wei, C Wendt, H Wenzel, WC Wester, T Westhusing, AB Wicklund, E Wicklund, R Wilkinson, HH Williams, P Wilson, BL Winer, J Wolinski, DY Wu, X Wu, J Wyss, A Yagil, W Yao, K Yasuoka, Y Ye, GP Yeh, P Yeh, M Yin, J Yoh, C Yosef, T Yoshida, D Yovanovitch, I Yu, JC Yun, A Zanetti, F Zetti, L Zhang, S Zhang, W Zhang, S Zucchelli

Measurement of the associated γ+μ± production cross section in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.8 TeV

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 60:9 (1999) 1-5

Authors:

F Abe, MG Albrow, SR Amendolia, D Amidei, J Antos, C Anway-Wiese, G Apollinari, H Areti, M Atac, P Auchincloss, F Azfar, P Azzi, N Bacchetta, W Badgett, MW Bailey, J Bao, P De Barbara, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Bartalini, G Bauer, T Baumann, F Bedeschi, S Behrends, S Belforte, G Bellettin, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Benlloch, J Bensinger, D Benton, A Beretvas, JP Berge, S Bertolucci, A Bhatti, K Biery, M Binkley, F Bird, D Bisello, RE Blair, C Blocker, A Bodek, W Bokhari, V Bolognesi, D Bortoletto, C Boswell, T Boulos, G Brandenburg, C Bromberg, E Buckley-Geer, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, J Cammerata, C Campagnari, M Campbell, A Caner, W Carithers, D Carlsmith, A Castro, Y Cen, F Cervelli, HY Chao, J Chapman, MT Cheng, G Chiarelli, T Chikamatsu, CN Chiou, L Christofek, S Cihangir, AG Clark, M Cobal, M Contreras, J Conway, J Cooper, M Cordelli, C Couyoumtzelis, D Crane, JD Cunningham, T Daniels, F DeJongh, S Delchamps, S Dell'Agnello, M Dell'Orso, L Demortier, B Denby, M Deninno, PF Derwent, T Devlin, M Dickson, JR Dittmann, S Donati, RB Drucker, A Dunn, K Einsweiler, JE Elias, R Ely

Abstract:

We present the first measurement of associated direct photon+muon production in hadronic collisions, from a sample of 1.8 TeV pp collisions recorded with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) predicts that these events are primarily from the Compton scattering process cg→cγ, with the final state charm quark producing a muon. Hence this measurement is sensitive to the charm quark content of the proton. The measured cross section of 29±9 pb is compared to a leading-order QCD parton shower model as well as a next-to-leading-order QCD calculation. ©1999 The American Physical Society.

Limits of the separated-path Ramsey atom interferometer

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 32:20 (1999) 5033-5045

Authors:

RM Godun, CL Webb, PD Featonby, MB D'Arcy, MK Oberthaler, GS Summy, CJ Foot, K Burnett

Abstract:

We describe in detail our caesium atom interferometer which uses a combination of microwaves and momentum-changing adiabatic transfer pulses. This combination allows us to achieve spatial separation between the arms of the interferometer. We account for the observed visibility of the resulting interference fringes and find that the effects which contribute the most are optical pumping and magnetic fields.