Determination of |Vub| from the measurement of the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching ratio of b hadrons

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 555-574

  Barate, R ^a   Buskulic, D ^a   Decamp, D ^a   Ghez, P ^a   Goy, C ^a   Lees, J P ^a   Lucotte, A ^a   Merle, E ^a   Minard, M N ^a   Nief, J Y ^a   Pietrzyk, B ^a   Alemany, R ^b   Boix, G ^b   Casado, M P ^b   Chmeissani, M ^b   Crespo, J M ^b   Delfino, M ^b   Fernandez, E ^b   Fernandez Bosman, M ^b   Garrido, L ^b,aj   Grauges E ^b   Juste, A ^b   Martinez, M ^b   Merino, G ^b   Miquel, R ^b   Mir, L M ^b   Park, I C ^b   Pascual, A ^b   Riu, I ^b   Sanchez, F ^b   Colaleo, A ^c   Creanza, D ^c   dePalma, M ^c   Gelao, G ^c   Iaselli, G ^c   Maggi, G ^c   Maggi, M ^c   Nuzzo, S ^c   Ranieri, A ^c   Raso, G ^c   Ruggieri, F ^c   Selvaggi, G ^c   Silvestris, L ^c   Tempesta, P ^c   Tricomi, A ^c,af   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   Abbaneo, D ^e   Becker, U ^e   Bright Thomas, P ^e   Casper, D ^e   Cattaneo, M ^e   Ciulli, V ^e   Dissertori, G ^e   Drevermann, H ^e   Forty, R W ^e   Frank, M ^e   Hagelberg, R ^e   Hansen, J B ^e   Harvey, J ^e   Janot, P ^e   Jost, B ^e   Lehraus, I ^e   Mato, P ^e   Minten, A ^e   Moneta, L ^e,am   Pacheco, A ^e   Ranjard, F ^e   Rolandi, L ^e   Rousseau, D ^e   Schlatter, D ^e   Schmitt, M ^e,al   Schneider, O ^e   Tejessy, W ^e   Teubert, F ^e   Tomalin, I R ^e   Wachsmuth, H ^e   Ajaltouni, Z ^f   Badaud, F ^f   Chazelle, G ^f   Deschamps, O ^f   Falvard, A ^f   Ferdi, C ^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   Rosnet, P ^f   Hansen, J D ^g   Hansen, J R ^g   Hansen, P H ^g   Nilsson, B S ^g   Rensch, B ^g   Waananen A ^g   Daskalakis, G ^h   Kyriakis, A ^h   Markou, C ^h   Simopoulou, E ^h   Siotis, I ^h   Vayaki, A ^h   Blondel, A ⁱ   Bonneaud, G ⁱ   Brient, J C ⁱ   Bourdon, P ⁱ   Rouge A ⁱ   Rumpf, M ⁱ   Valassi, A ⁱ   Verderi, M ⁱ   Videau, H ⁱ   Focardi, E ^j   Parrini, 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Rudolph, G ^p   Bowdery, C K ^q   Buck, P G ^q   Colrain, P ^q   Crawford, G ^q   Finch, A J ^q   Foster, F ^q   Hughes, G ^q   Jones, R W L ^q   Robertson, N A ^q   Williams, M I ^q   Giehl, I ^r   Hoffmann, C ^r   Jakobs, K ^r   Kleinknecht, K ^r   Quast, G ^r   Renk, B ^r   Rohne, E ^r   Sander, H G ^r   van Gemmeren, P ^r   Zeitnitz, C ^r   Aubert, J J ^a   Benchouk, C ^a   Bonissent, A ^a   Bujosa, G ^a   Carr, J ^a,e   Coyle, P ^a   Etienne, F ^a   Leroy, O ^a   Motsch, F ^a   Payre, P ^a   Talby, M ^a   Sadouki, A ^a   Thulasidas, M ^a   Trabelsi, K ^a   Aleppo, M ^s   Antonelli, M ^s   Ragusa, F ^s   Berlich, R ^t   Blum, W ^t   Buscher V ^t   Dietl, H ^t   Ganis, G ^t   Kroha, H ^t   Lutjens G ^t   Mannert, C ^t   Manner W ^t   Moser, H G ^t   Schael, S ^t   Settles, R ^t   Seywerd, H ^t   Stenzel, H ^t   Wiedenmann, W ^t   Wolf, G ^t   Boucrot, J ^u   Callot, O ^u   Chen, S ^u   Cordier, A ^u   Davier, M ^u   Duflot, L ^u   Grivaz, J F ^u   Heusse, Ph ^u   Hocker A ^u   Jacholkowska, A ^u   Kim, D W ^u,ai   Le Diberder, F ^u   Lefrancois J ^u   Lutz, A M ^u   Schune, M H ^u   Tournefier, E ^u   Veillet, J J ^u   Videau, I ^u   Zerwas, D ^u   Azzurri, P ^v   Bagliesi, G ^e,v   Batignani, G ^v   Bettarini, S ^v   Boccali, T ^v   Bozzi, C ^v   Calderini, G ^v   Carpinelli, M ^v   Ciocci, M A ^v   Dell'Orso, R ^v   Fantechi, R ^v   Ferrante, I ^v   Foa L ^e,v   Forti, F ^v   Giassi, A ^v   Giorgi, M A ^v   Gregorio, A ^v   Ligabue, F ^v   Lusiani, A ^v   Marrocchesi, P S ^v   Messineo, A ^v   Palla, F ^v   Rizzo, G ^v   Sanguinetti, G ^v   Sciaba A ^v   Sguazzoni, G ^v   Tenchini, R ^v   Tonelli, G ^v,ak   Vannini, C ^v   Venturi, A ^v   Verdini, P G ^v   Blair, G A ^w   Bryant, L M ^w   Chambers, J T ^w   Green, M G ^w   Medcalf, T ^w   Perrodo, P ^w   Strong, J A ^w   von Wimmersperg Toeller, J H ^w   Botterill, D R ^x   Clifft, R W ^x   Edgecock, T R ^x   Haywood, S ^x   Norton, P R ^x   Thompson, J C ^x   Wright, A E ^x   Bloch Devaux, B ^y   Colas, P ^y   Emery, S ^y   Kozanecki, W ^y   Lancon E ^e,y   Lemaire, M C ^y   Locci, E ^y   Perez, P ^y   Rander, J ^y   Renardy, J F ^y   Roussarie, A ^y   Schuller, J P ^y   Schwindling, J ^y   Trabelsi, A ^y   Vallage, B ^y   Black, S N ^z   Dann, J H ^z   Johnson, R P ^z   Kim, H Y ^z   Konstantinidis, N ^z   Litke, A M ^z   McNeil, M A ^z   Taylor, G ^z   Booth, C N ^aa   Cartwright, S ^aa   Combley, F ^aa   Kelly, M S ^aa   Lehto, M ^aa   Thompson, L F ^aa   Affholderbach, K ^ab   Bohrer A ^ab   Brandt, S ^ab   Cowan, G ^ab   Grupen, C ^ab   Saraiva, P ^ab   Smolik, L ^ab   Stephan, F ^ab   Giannini, G ^ac   Gobbo, B ^ac   Musolino, G ^ac   Rothberg, J ^ad   Wasserbaech, S ^ad   Armstrong, S R ^ae   Betteridge, A P ^ae   Charles, E ^ae   Elmer, P ^ae   Ferguson, D P S ^ae   Gao, Y ^ae   Gonzalez S ^ae   Greening, T C ^ae   Hayes, O J ^ae   Hu, H ^ae   Jin, S ^ae   McNamara, P A ^ae   Nachtman, J M ^ae,an   Nielsen, J ^ae   Orejudos, W ^ae   Pan, Y B ^ae   Saadi, Y ^ae   Scott, I J ^ae   Walsh, J ^ae   Wu, S L ^ae   Wu, X ^ae   Zobernig, G ^ae   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 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 INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^t MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^v SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^w UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^x Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (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 Università di Torino ^*  (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 HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^an UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 17544390649     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100529801031     Document Type: Article

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