A MEASUREMENT OF e+ e- ---> b anti-b FORWARD - BACKWARD CHARGE ASYMMETRY BETWEEN s**(1/2) = 52-GeV AND 57-GeV

The AMY collaboration Sagawa, H. ; Lim, J. ; Abe, K. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 63 (1989) 2341, 1989.
Inspire Record 279824 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19996

Using 123 multihadronic inclusive muon-production e+e− annihilation events at an average c.m. energy of 55.2 GeV, we extracted the forward-backward charge asymmetry of the e+e−→bb¯ process and the R ratio for bb¯ production. We used an analysis method in which the behavior of the c quark and lighter quarks is assumed, with only that of the b quark left indeterminate. The results, Ab=-0.72±0.28(stat)±0.13(syst) and Rb=0.57±0.16±0.10, are consistent with the standard model.

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Asymmetry in BOTTOM quark production.

Ratio of BOTTOM quark production to total hadron cross section (R value).


MEASUREMENTS OF R FOR e+ e- ANNIHILATION AT TRISTAN

The AMY collaboration Kumita, T. ; Sagawa, H. ; Auchincloss, Priscilla S. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 42 (1990) 1339-1349, 1990.
Inspire Record 294525 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.22908

The ratio R of the total cross section for e+e− annihilation into hadrons to the lowest-order QED cross section for e+e−→μ+μ− has been measured for center-of-mass energies ranging from 50 to 61.4 GeV. If we allow for an overall shift of —4.9%, about 1.5 times our estimated normalization error, the results are consistent with the standard-model predictions.

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Error quoted contains point-to-point systematics. There is also an additional 3.2 pct systematic error.


MEASUREMENTS OF THE e+ e- TOTAL HADRONIC CROSS-SECTION AND A DETERMINATION OF M(Z) AND LAMBDA (MS)

The AMY collaboration Mori, T. ; Nozaki, T. ; Blanis, D. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 218 (1989) 499-507, 1989.
Inspire Record 276653 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.29847

The total cross section for e + e − annihilation into hadrons has been measured for CM energies ranging from 50 to 57 GeV. We fit the predictions of the standard model to these measurements and those at lower energies. The mass of the Z 0 boson, M Z , and the QCD scale parameter, Λ MS , are derived from the fit. The results are M Z =88.6 −1.8 +2.0 GeV/ c 2 , and Λ MS =0.15 −0.11 +0.16 GeV .

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Measurements of r and a Search for Heavy Quark Production in e+ e- Annihilation at s**(1/2) = 50-GeV and 52-GeV

The AMY collaboration Sagawa, H. ; Mori, T. ; Abe, K. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 60 (1988) 93, 1988.
Inspire Record 251270 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.20143

The ratio R of the cross section for e+e− annihilation into hadronic final states to the QED cross section for muon-pair production is measured to be 4.34±0.45±0.30 and 4.23±0.20±0.21 at c.m. energies of 50 and 52 GeV, respectively. From these values of R and an analysis of the event shapes we deduce a 95%-confidence-level upper limit for the production rate of new heavy charge +23e or −13e quarks to be 0.19 units of R.

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