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Masses and Lifetimes of B Hadrons

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The latest measurements of the masses and lifetimes of weakly decaying BB~hadrons from experiments at e+ee^+e^- and ppˉp\bar{p} colliders are presented. These measurements include the lifetimes of the Bˉ0\bar{B}^0, Bˉs0\bar{B}^0_s, BB^-, and bb~baryons, as well as searches for the BcB_c~meson. The observation of BB^*, p-wave B~mesons (BB^{**}), and excited bb~baryons using inclusive and exclusive BB~hadron reconstruction are discussed. Results on bb~quark flavour tagging are given. The latest measurements of the masses and lifetimes of weakly decaying BB~hadrons from experiments at e+ee^+e^- and ppˉp\bar{p} colliders are presented. These measurements include the lifetimes of the Bˉ0\bar{B}^0, Bˉs0\bar{B}^0_s, BB^-, and bb~baryons, as well as searches for the BcB_c~meson. The observation of BB^*, p-wave B~mesons (BB^{**}), and excited bb~baryons using inclusive and exclusive BB~hadron reconstruction are discussed. Results on bb~quark flavour tagging are given.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/9602005,
  title  = {Masses and Lifetimes of B Hadrons},
  author = {I. Joseph Kroll},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/9602005},
  year   = {2007}
}

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35 pages, 6 postscript figures