The flavour changing neutral current decay b --> s gamma has been detected in hadronic Z decays collected by ALEPH at LEP. The signal is isolated in lifetime-tagged b (b) over bar events by the presence of a hard photon associated with a system of high momentum and high rapidity hadrons. The background processes are normalised from the data themselves. The inclusive branching ratio is measured to be (3.11 +/- 0.80(stat) +/- 0.72(syst)) x 10(-4), consistent with the Standard Model expectation via penguin processes.

A measurement of the inclusive b -> s gamma branching ratio

G. Batignani;CIOCCI, MARIA AGNESE;FERRANTE, ISIDORO;MESSINEO, ALBERTO MARIA;TONELLI, GUIDO EMILIO;
1998-01-01

Abstract

The flavour changing neutral current decay b --> s gamma has been detected in hadronic Z decays collected by ALEPH at LEP. The signal is isolated in lifetime-tagged b (b) over bar events by the presence of a hard photon associated with a system of high momentum and high rapidity hadrons. The background processes are normalised from the data themselves. The inclusive branching ratio is measured to be (3.11 +/- 0.80(stat) +/- 0.72(syst)) x 10(-4), consistent with the Standard Model expectation via penguin processes.
1998
Barate, R.; Buskulic, D.; Decamp, D.; Ghez, P.; Goy, C.; Lees, J. P.; Lucotte, A.; Merle, E.; Minard, M. N.; Nief, J. Y.; Pietrzyk, B.; Alemany, R.; B...espandi
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