QCD Tests Using b-bbar-g Events and a new Measurement of the B Hadron Energy Distribution
Author(s) -
David Müller
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
high energy physics - experiment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/9921
Subject(s) - physics , quantum chromodynamics , hadron , particle physics , electroweak interaction , gluon , jet (fluid) , vertex (graph theory) , kinematics , nuclear physics , quark , mathematics , classical mechanics , discrete mathematics , thermodynamics , graph
We present new studies of 3-jet final states from hadronic Z0 decays recorded by the SLD experiment, in which jets are identified as quark, anatiquark or gluon. our gluon energy spectrum, measured over the full kinematic range, is consistent with the predictions of QCD, and we derive a limit on an anomalous chromomagnetic bbg coupling. We measure the parity violation in Z0 decays into b anti-bg to be consistent with the predictions of electroweak theory and QCD, and perform new tests of T- and CP-conservation at the bbg vertex. We also present a new technique for reconstructing the energy of a B hadron using the set of charged tracks attached to a secondary vertex. The B hadron energy spectrum is measured over the full kinematic range, allowing improved tests of predictions for the shape of the spectrum. The average scaled energy is measured to be B>=0.719 +/-0.005(stat.)
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