Measurement of the Average Lifetime of B-hadrons Produced in P[bar P] Collisions At[radical]
Measurement of the Average Lifetime of B-hadrons Produced in P[bar P] Collisions At[radical]

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The average b-hadron lifetime has been measured using a high statistics sample of[ital B][r-arrow][ital J]/[psi][Chi] decays recorded with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We use a sample with an integrated luminosity of[approx] 90[ital pb][sup -1] recorded during the 1994-95 running period. The decay vertices of[approx] 62656 inclusive[ital J]/[psi][r-arrow][mu][sup+][mu][sup -] candidates have been reconstructed using information from a silicon vertex-detector. The measured[ital B]lifetime, which is the average over all b-hadrons produced in[ital p][ital[anti p]] collisions at[radical]s= 1.8 TeV weighted by their branching ratios into[ital J]/[psi], is 1.524[+-] 0.015 ([ital stat])[sup+0.035][sub -0.026] ([ital sys]) ps. The precision of this measurement is significantly improved compared to the inclusive lifetime measurement published previously using[approx] 10[ital pb][sup -1].

The B[bar B] Production Cross Section and Correlations in P[bar P] Collisions At[radical]
The B[bar B] Production Cross Section and Correlations in P[bar P] Collisions At[radical]

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The authors present measurements of the b[bar b] production cross section and angular correlations between the b and[bar b]-quarks in p[bar p] collisions using the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron operating at[radical]s= 1.8 TeV. The b-quark production cross section for[vert-bar]y[sup b][vert-bar]1.0 and[rho][sub[tau]][sup b] 8 GeV/c is extracted and found to be consistent with next-to-leading order QCD predictions. In addition, the angular correlations between the b and[bar b]-quarks are found to agree in shape with next-to-leading order QCD predictions.

Average and Individual B Hadron Lifetimes at CDF.
Average and Individual B Hadron Lifetimes at CDF.

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Bottom hadron lifetime measurements have been performed using B → J/[psi] → [mu]+[mu]−X dacays recorded with the collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) during the first half of the 1992--1993 Tevatron collider run. These decays have been reconstructed in a silicon vertex detector. Using 5344 ± 73 inclusive J/[psi] events, the average lifetime of all bottom hadrons produced in 1.8 TeV p{bar p} collisions and decaying into a J/[psi] events, the average lifetime of all bottom hadrons produced in 1.8 TeV p{bar p} collisions and decaying into a J/[psi] is found to be 1.46 ± 0.06(stat) ±0.06(sys)ps. The charged and neutral B meson lifetimes have been measured separately using 75 ±10 (charged) and 61±9 (neutral) fully reconstructed decays; preliminary results are [tau]{sup ±} = 1.63 ± 0.21(stat) ± 0.16(sys) ± 0. 10(sys) ps, yielding a lifetime ratio of [tau]{sup ±}/[tau]° = 1.06{plus_minus} 0.20(stat){plus_minus}0.12(sys).