An inclusive measurement of the average multiplicity of b (b) over bar pairs from gluons, g(b (b) over bar), in hadronic Z(0) events collected by the DELPHI experiment at LEP, is presented. A counting technique, based on jet b-tagging in 4-jet events, has been used. Looking for secondary bottom production in events with production of any primary flavour, by requiring two b-tagged jets in well defined topological configurations, gave g(b (b) over bar) = (0.21 +/- 0.11(stat) +/- 0.09(syst))%. This result was checked with a different method designed to select events with four b quarks in the final state. Agreement within the errors was found. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
Measurement of the multiplicity of gluons splitting to bottom quark pairs in hadronic Z(0) decays
DE LOTTO, Barbara;SCURI, Fabrizio;
1997-01-01
Abstract
An inclusive measurement of the average multiplicity of b (b) over bar pairs from gluons, g(b (b) over bar), in hadronic Z(0) events collected by the DELPHI experiment at LEP, is presented. A counting technique, based on jet b-tagging in 4-jet events, has been used. Looking for secondary bottom production in events with production of any primary flavour, by requiring two b-tagged jets in well defined topological configurations, gave g(b (b) over bar) = (0.21 +/- 0.11(stat) +/- 0.09(syst))%. This result was checked with a different method designed to select events with four b quarks in the final state. Agreement within the errors was found. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
