Precise measurement of the b-quark fragmentation function in Z0 boson decays
Preprint
- 23 December 1999
Abstract
We have developed a new technique for inclusive reconstruction of the energy of B hadrons. The excellent efficiency and resolution of this technique allow us to make the most precise determination of the b-quark fragmentation function, using e+e- -> Z0 decays recorded in the SLD experiment at SLAC. We compared our measurement with the predictions of a number of fragmentation models. We excluded several of these models and measured the average scaled energy of weakly-decaying B hadrons to be =0.714+-0.005(stat)+-0.007(syst) +-0.002(model dependence).Keywords
All Related Versions
- Version 1, 1999-12-23, ArXiv
- Published version: Physical Review Letters, 84 (19), 4300.
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: