Measurement of the fraction of hadronic Z decays into charm quark pairs

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 557-570

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^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 FLORENCE   (Italy)

^k FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^o IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^q LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^r JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^t MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^v UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^w UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^x STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^y CEA SACLAY   (France)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^ae University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^af INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^ah CNR   (Italy)

^ai Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^al Schweizerischer Bankverein   (Switzerland)

^am UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^an Cornell University   (United States)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ap HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040543005     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100529800939     Document Type: Article

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