A precise measurement of the average b hadron lifetime

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-162

  Buskulic, D ^a   de Bonis, I ^a   Casper, D ^a   Decamp, D ^a   Ghez, P ^a   Goy, C ^a   Lees, J P ^a   Lucotte, A ^a   Minard, M N ^a   Odier, P ^a   Pietrzyk, B ^a   Ariztizabal, F ^b   Chmeissani, M ^b   Crespo, J M ^b   Efthymiopoulos, I ^b   Fernandez, E ^b   Fernandez Bosman, M ^b   Gaitan, V ^b   Garrido, L ^b,ak   Martinez, M ^b   Orteu, S ^b   Pacheco, A ^b   Padilla, C ^b   Palla, F ^b   Pascual, A ^b   Perlas, J A ^b   Sanchez, F ^b   Teubert, F ^b   Colaleo, A ^c   Creanza, D ^c   de Palma, M ^c   Farilla, A ^c   Gelao, G ^c   Girone, M ^c   Iaselli, G ^c   Maggi, G ^c,ag   Maggi, M ^c   Marinelli, N ^c   Natali, S ^c   Nuzzo, S ^c   Ranieri, A ^c   Raso, G ^c   Romano, F ^c   Ruggieri, F ^c   Selvaggi, G ^c   Silvestris, L ^c   Tempesta, P ^c   Zito, G ^c   Huang, X ^d   Lin, J ^d   Ouyang, Q ^d   Wang, T ^d   Xie, Y ^d   Xu, R ^d   Xue, S ^d   Zhang, J ^d   Zhang, L ^d   Zhao, W ^d   Bonvicini, G ^e   Cattaneo, M ^e   Comas, P ^e   Coyle, P ^e   Drevermann, H ^e   Forty, R W ^e   Frank, M ^e   Hagelberg, R ^e   Harvey, J ^e   Jacobsen, R ^e,ao   Janot, P ^e   Jost, B ^e   Knobloch, J ^e   Lehraus, I ^e   Markou, C ^e,an   Martin, E B ^e   Mato, P ^e   Minten, A ^e   Miquel, R ^e   Oest, T ^e   Palazzi, P ^e   Pater, J R ^e,aq   Pusztaszeri, J F ^e   Ranjard, F ^e   Rensing, P ^e   Rolandi, L ^e   Schlatter, D ^e   Schmelling, M ^e   Schneider, O ^e   Tejessy, W ^e   Tomalin, I R ^e   Venturi, A ^e   Wachsmuth, H ^e   Wiedenmann, W ^e   Wildish, T ^e   Witzeling, W ^e   Wotschack, J ^e   Ajaltouni, Z ^f   Bardadin Otwinowska, M ^f   Barres A ^f   Boyer, C ^f   Falvard, A ^f   Gay, P ^f   Guicheney, C ^f   Henrard, P ^f   Jousset, J ^f   Michel, B ^f   Monteil, S ^f   Montret, J C ^f   Pallin, D ^f   Perret, P ^f   Podlyski, F ^f   Proriol, J ^f   Rossignol, J M ^f   Saadi, F ^f   Fearnley, T ^g   Hansen, J B ^g   Hansen, J D ^g   Hansen, J R ^g   Hansen, P H ^g   Nilsson, B S ^g   Kyriakis, A ^h   Simopoulou, E ^h   Siotis, I ^h   Vayaki, A ^h   Zachariadou, K ^h   Blondel, A ^e,i   Bonneaud, G ⁱ   Brient, J C ⁱ   Bourdon, P ⁱ   Passalacqua, L ⁱ   Rouge A ⁱ   Rumpf, M ⁱ   Tanaka, R ⁱ   Valassi, A ⁱ   Verderi, M ⁱ   Videau, H ^e,i   Candlin, D J ^j   Parsons, M I ^j   Focardi, E ^k   Parrini, G ^k   Corden, M ^l   Delfino, M ^l   Georgiopoulos, C ^l   Jaffe, D E ^l   Antonelli, A ^m   Bencivenni, G ^m   Bologna, G ^m,ah   Bossi, F ^m   Campana, P ^m   Capon, G ^m   Chiarella, V ^m   Felici, G ^m   Laurelli, P ^m   Mannocchi, G ^m,ai   Murtas, F ^m   Murtas, G P ^m   Pepe Altarelli, M ^m   Dorris, S J ⁿ   Halley, A W ⁿ   ten Have, I ⁿ   Knowles, I G ⁿ   Lynch, J G ⁿ   Morton, W T ⁿ   O'Shea, V ⁿ   Raine, C ⁿ   Reeves, P ⁿ   Scarr, J M ⁿ   Smith, K ⁿ   Smith, M G ⁿ   Thompson, A S ⁿ   Thomson, F ⁿ   Thorn, S ⁿ   Turnbull, R M ⁿ   Becker, U ^o   Braun, O ^o   Geweniger, C ^o   Graefe, G ^o   Hanke, P ^o   Hepp, V ^o   Kluge, E E ^o   Putzer, A ^o   Rensch, B ^o   Schmidt, M ^o   Sommer, J ^o   Stenzel, H ^o   Tittel, K ^o   Werner, S ^o   Wunsch, M ^o   Abbaneo, D ^p   Beuselinck, R ^p   Binnie, D M ^p   Cameron, W ^p   Colling, D J ^p   Dornan, P J ^p   Konstantinidis, N ^p   Moneta, L ^p   Moutoussi, A ^p   Nash, J ^p   San Martin, G ^p   Sedgbeer, J K ^p   Stacey, A M ^p   Dissertori, G ^q   Girtler, P ^q   Kneringer, E ^q   Kuhn, D ^q   Rudolph, G ^q   Bowdery, C K ^r   Brodbeck, T J ^r   Colrain, P ^r   Crawford, G ^r   Finch, A J ^r   Foster, F ^r   Hughes, G ^r   Sloan, T ^r   Whelan, E P ^r   Williams, M I ^r   Galla, A ^s   Greene, A M ^s   Kleinkneeht, K ^s   Quast, G ^s   Raab, J ^s   Renk, B ^s   Sander, H G ^s   van Gemmeren, P ^s,aj   Wanke, R ^s   Zeitnitz, C ^s   Aubert, J J ^t   Bencheikh, A M ^t   Benchouk, C ^t   Bonissent, A ^e,t   Bujosa, G ^t   Calvet, D ^t   Carr, J ^t   Diaconu, C ^t   Etienne, F ^t   Nicod, D ^t   Payre, P ^t   Rousseau, D ^t   Talby, M ^t   Thulasidas, M ^t   Abt, I ^u   Assmann, R ^u   Bauer, C ^u   Blum, W ^u   Brown, D ^u,ao   Dietl, H ^u   Dydak, F ^e,u   Ganis, G ^u   Gotzhein, C ^u   Jakobs, K ^u   Kroha, H ^u   Lutjens G ^u   Lutz, G ^u   Manner, W ^u   Moser, H G ^u   Richter, R ^u   Rosado Schlosser, A ^u   Schael, S ^u   Settles, R ^u   Seywerd, H ^u   Stierlin, U ^u   Denis, R S ^u   Wolf, G ^u   Alemany, R ^v   Boucrot, J ^v   Callot, O ^v   Cordier, A ^v   Courault, F ^v   Davier, M ^v   Duflot, L ^v   Grivaz, J F ^v   Heusse, P ^v   Jacquet, M ^v   Kim, D W ^v,al   Le Diberder, F ^v   Lefrancois J ^v   Lutz, A M ^v   Musolino, G ^v   Nikolic, I ^v   Park, H J ^v   Park, I C ^v   Schune, M H ^v   Simion, S ^v   Veillet, J J ^v   Videau, I ^v   Azzurri, P ^w   Bagliesi, G ^w   Batignani, G ^w   Bettarini, S ^w   Bozzi, C ^w   Calderini, G ^w   Carpinelli, M ^w   Ciocci, M A ^w   Ciulli, V ^w   Dell'Orso, R ^w   Fantechi, R ^w   Ferrante, I ^w   Foa L ^e,w   Forti, F ^w   Giassi, A ^w   Giorgi, M A ^w   Gregorio, A ^w   Ligabue, F ^w   Lusiani, A ^w   Marrocchesi, P S ^w   Messineo, A ^w   Rizzo, G ^w   Sanguinetti, G ^w   Sciaba 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Letho, M ^ab   Newton, W M ^ab   Rankin, C ^ab   Thompson, L F ^ab   Bohrer A ^ac   Brandt, S ^ac   Cowan, G ^ac   Feigl, E ^ac   Grupen, C ^ac   Lutters, G ^ac   Minguet Rodriguez, J ^ac   Rivera, F ^ac   Saraiva, P ^ac   Smolik, L ^ac   Stephan, F ^ac   Apollonio, M ^ad   Bosisio, L ^ad   della Marina, R ^ad   Giannini, G ^ad   Gobbo, B ^ad   Ragusa, F ^ad,am   Rothberg, J ^ae   Wasserbaech, S ^ae   Armstrong, S R ^af   Bellantoni, L ^af,at   Elmer, P ^af   Feng, Z ^af   Ferguson, D P S ^af   Gao, Y S ^af   Gonzalez, S ^af   Grahl, J ^af   Harton, J L ^af,ar   Hayes, O J ^af   Hu, H ^af   McNamara, P A ^af   Nachtman, J M ^af   Orejudos, W ^af   Pan, Y B ^af   Saadi, Y ^af   Schmitt, M ^af   Scott, I J ^af   Sharma, V ^af,as   Turk, J D ^af   Walsh, A M ^af   Sau Lan, W ^af   Wu, X ^af   Yamartino, J M ^af   Zheng, M ^af   Zobernig, G ^af   more..

^a CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

ⁱ ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^l FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^r LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^s JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^t CNRS   (France)

^u MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^w SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^y STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^z DIF   (France)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^af University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^ai CNR   (Italy)

^aj TSM Business School   (Netherlands)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^al Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^am UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^an UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^ao LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^ar Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^as UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^at FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0013546481     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(95)01586-8     Document Type: Article

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