B HADRON LIFETIMES
Author(s) -
W. B. Atwood,
J. A. Jaros
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1449625
Subject(s) - physics , hadron , nuclear physics , extrapolation , lepton , luminosity , vertex (graph theory) , particle physics , astrophysics , electron , mathematical analysis , graph , mathematics , discrete mathematics , galaxy
The theory and practice of measuring B-hadron lifetimes, and extracting the Cabibbo-Kobayshi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element Vca are reviewed. Experiments from CESR, DORIS, PEP, PETRA, LEP, and Fermilab are included to form an up-to-date compilation of the experimental results.The generic lifetime measurement techniques, the just-now-emerging meson-specific vertexing methods, as well as indirect methods for measuring lifetime ratios, are discussed
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