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A study of B0s meson oscillation using hadronic Z0 decays containing leptons

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

A sample of Z decays containing b-flavoured hadrons is tagged using leptons, and events having precise proper time measurements are selected. These events are used to study Bs oscillations. using the lepton to tag the decay b-flavour and jet charge or a second lepton, where available, to determine the produced b-flavour. The flavour (b or b-bar) at decay is determined from the lepton charge while the flavour at production is determined from jet charge or the charge of a second lepton, where available. The experiment was not able to resolve the oscillatory behaviour, and we deduce that the Bs oscillation frequency Delta(ms)> 5.2ps-1 at the 95% confidence level.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/9907061,
  title  = {A study of B0s meson oscillation using hadronic Z0 decays containing leptons},
  author = {The OPAL collaboration and G. Abbiendi et al},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/9907061},
  year   = {2008}
}

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28 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Euro. Phys. J.C