A measurement of Rb using a double tagging method

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-239

  Abbiendi, G ^b   Ackerstaff, K ^g   Alexander, G ^u   Allison, J ^o   Altekamp, N ^e   Anderson, K J ^h   Anderson, S ^k   Arcelli, S ^p   Asai, S ^v,w   Ashby, S F ^a   Axen, D ^ab   Azuelos, G ^q,ah   Ball, A H ^p   Barberio, E ^g   Barlow, R J ^o   Bartoldus, R ^c   Batley, J R ^e   Baumann, S ^c   Bechtluft, J ^m   Behnke, T ^z   Bell, K W ^s   Bella, G ^u   Bellerive, A ^h   Bentvelsen, S ^g   Bethke, S ^m   Betts, S ⁿ   Biebel, O ^m   Biguzzi, A ^e   Bird, S D ^o   Blobel, V ^z   Bloodworth, I J ^a   Bobinski, M ⁱ   Bock, P ^j   Bohme J ^m   Bonacorsi, D ^b   Boutemeur, M ^ag   Braibant, S ^g   Bright Thomas, P ^a   Brigliadori, L ^b   Brown, R M ^s   Burckhart, H J ^g   Burgard, C ^g   Burgin R ⁱ   Capiluppi, P ^b   Carnegie, R K ^f   Carter, A A ^l   Carter, J R ^e   Chang, C Y ^p   Charlton, D G ^a   Chrisman, D ^d   Ciocca, C ^b   Clarke, P E L ⁿ   Clay, E ⁿ   Cohen, I ^u   Conboy, J E ⁿ   Cooke, O C ^g   Couyoumtzelis, C ^l   Coxe, R L ^h   Cuffiani, M ^b   Dado, S ^t   Dallavalle, G M ^b   Davis, R ^ac   de Jong, S ^k   del Pozo, L A ^d   de Roeck, A ^g   Desch, K ^g   Dienes, B ^af,ai   Dixit, M S ^f   Dubbert, J ^ag   Duchovni, E ^y   Duckeck, G ^ag   Duerdoth, I P ^o   Eatough, D ^o   Estabrooks, P G ^f   Etzion, E ^u   Evans, H G ^h   Fabbri, F ^b   Fanti, M ^b   Faust, A A ^ac   Fiedler, F ^z   Fierro, M ^b   Fleck, I ^g   Folman, R ^y   Furtjes A ^g   Futyan, D I ^o   Gagnon, P ^f   Gary, J W ^d   Gascon, J ^q   Gascon Shotkin, S M ^p   Gaycken, G ^z   Geich Gimbel, C ^c   Giacomelli, G ^b   Giacomelli, P ^b   Gibson, V ^e   Gibson, W R ^l   Gingrich, D M ^ac,ah   Glenzinski, D ^h   Goldberg, J ^t   Gorn, W ^d   Grandi, C ^b   Gross, E ^y   Grunhaus, J ^u   Gruwe M ^z   Hanson, G G ^k   Hansroul, M ^g   Hapke, M ^l   Harder, K ^z   Hargrove, C K ^f   Hartmann, C ^c   Hauschild, M ^g   Hawkes, C M ^e   Hawkings, R ^z   Hemingway, R J ^f   Herndon, M ^p   Herten, G ⁱ   Heuer, R D ^g   Hildreth, M D ^g   Hill, J C ^e   Hillier, S J ^a   Hobson, P R ^x   Hocker, A ^h   Homer, R J ^a   Honma, A K ^aa,ah   Horvath D ^ae,af   Hossain, K R ^ac   Howard, R ^ab   Huntemeyer P ^z   Igo Kemenes, P ^j   Imrie, D C ^x   Ishii, K ^v,w   Jacob, F R ^s   Jawahery, A ^p   Jeremie, H ^q   Jimack, M ^a   Jones, C R ^e   Jovanovic, P ^a   Junk, T R ^f   Karlen, D ^f   Kartvelishvili, V ^o   Kawagoe, K ^v,w   Kawamoto, T ^v,w   Kayal, P I ^ac   Keeler, R K ^aa   Kellogg, R G ^p   Kennedy, B W ^s   Klier, A ^y   Kluth, S ^g   Kobayashi, T ^v,w   Kobel, M ^c   Koetke, D S ^f   Kokott, T P ^c   Kolrep, M ⁱ   Komamiya, S ^v,w   Kowalewski, R V ^aa   Kress, T ^j   Krieger, P ^f   von Krogh, J ^j   Kuhl, T ^c   Kyberd, P ^l   Lafferty, G D ^o   Lanske, D ^m   Lauber, J ⁿ   Lautenschlager, S R ^ad   Lawson, I ^aa   Layter, J G ^d   Lazic, D ^t   Lee, A M ^ad   Lellouch, D ^y   Letts, J ^k   Levinson, L ^y   Liebisch, R ^j   List, B ^g   Littlewood, C ^e   Lloyd, A W ^a   Lloyd, S L ^l   Loebinger, F K ^o   Long, G D ^aa   Losty, M J ^f   Ludwig, J ⁱ   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  van Kooten, R ^k   Vannerem, P ⁱ   Verzocchi, M ⁱ   Voss, H ^c   Wackerle F ⁱ   Wagner, A ^z   Ward, C P ^e   Ward, D R ^e   Watkins, P M ^a   Watson, A T ^a   Watson, N K ^a   Wells, P S ^g   Wermes, N ^c   White, J S ^f   Wilson, G W ^o   Wilson, J A ^a   Wyatt, T R ^o   Yamashita, S ^v,w   Yekutieli, G ^y   Zacek, V ^q   Zer Zion, D ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^s RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^t TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^u TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^w KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^y WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^z UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^ad DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^af INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ah TRIUMF   (Canada)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

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EID: 0040143547     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100529901087     Document Type: Article

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