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Direct observation of the strange b Baryon Ξb
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:18:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-08-03; We report the first direct observation of the strange b baryon Ξb-(Ξ̄b+). We reconstruct the decay Ξb-→J/ψΞ-, with J/ψ→μ+μ-, and Ξ-→Λπ-→pπ-π- in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV. Using 1.3fb-1 of data collected by the D0 detector, we observe 15.2±4.4(stat)-0.4+1.9(syst) Ξb- candidates at a mass of 5.774±0.01...
Search for stopped gluinos from pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:19:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-09-24; Long-lived, heavy particles are predicted in a number of models beyond the standard model of particle physics. We present the first direct search for such particles' decays, occurring up to 100 h after their production and not synchronized with an accelerator bunch crossing. We apply the analysis to the...
Measurement of the tt̄ production cross section in pp̄ collisions using dilepto...
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:20:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-09-28; We present a measurement of the tt̄ pair production cross section in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV utilizing approximately 425pb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector. We consider decay channels containing two high pT charged leptons (either e or μ) from leptonic decays of both top-daughter W bosons. T...
Measurement of the Λb lifetime in the exclusive decay Λb→J/ψΛ
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:21:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-10-01; We have measured the Λb lifetime using the exclusive decay Λb→J/ψΛ, based on 1.2fb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector during 2002-2006. From 171 reconstructed Λb decays, where the J/ψ and Λ are identified via the decays J/ψ→μ+μ- and Λ→pπ, we measured the Λb lifetime to be τ(Λb)=1.218-0.115+0.130(s...
Properties of L=1 B1 and B2* mesons
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:32:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-10-23; This Letter presents the first strong evidence for the resolution of the excited B mesons B1 and B2* as two separate states in fully reconstructed decays to B+(*)Ï€-. The mass of B1 is measured to be 5720.6Â.±2.4Â.±1.4Â.€‰Â.€ ‰MeV/c2 and the mass difference ÎM between B2* and B1 is 26.2Â.±3.1Â.±0. 9Â.€‰...
Measurement of the Λb0 lifetime using semileptonic decays
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:32:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-10-30; We report a measurement of the Λb0 lifetime using a sample corresponding to 1.3fb-1 of data collected by the D0 experiment in 2002-2006 during run II of the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The Λb0 baryon is reconstructed via the decay Λb0→μν̄Λc+X. Using 4437±329 signal candidates, we measure the Λb0 lifetim...
Search for Bs0→μ+μ- decays at D0
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:33:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-11-05; We report results from a search for the decay Bs0→μ+μ- using 1.3fb-1 of pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We find two candidate events, consistent with the expected background of 1.24±0.99, and set an upper limit on the branching fraction of B(...
Measurement of the tt̄ production cross section in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV ...
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:34:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-11-27; We present a measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV utilizing 425pb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We consider the final state of the top quark pair containing one high-pT electron or muon and at least four j...
Measurement of the pp̄→WZ+X cross section at s=1.96TeV and limits on WWZ trilin...
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:35:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-12-28; We present measurements of the process pp̄→WZ+X→ℓ′ νℓ′ℓ̄ at s=1.96TeV, where ℓ and ℓ′ are electrons or muons. Using 1fb-1 of data from the D0 experiment, we observe 13 candidates with an expected background of 4.5±0.6 events and measure a cross section σ(WZ)=2.7-1.3+1.7pb. From the number of observed ev...
Measurement of the muon charge asymmetry from W boson decays
Abazov, V. M.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adams, M.; Adams, T.; Aguilo, E.; Ahn, S. H.; Ahsan, M.; Alexeev, G. D.; Alkhazov, G.; Alton, A.Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:36:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-01-23; Science and Technology Facilities Council; We present a measurement of the muon charge asymmetry from W boson decays using 0.3fb-1 of data collected at s=1.96GeV between 2002 and 2004 with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron pp̄ Collider. We compare our findings with expectations from next-to-leadi...