{"product_id":"b-quark-physics-with-the-lep-collider-the-development-of-experimental-techniques-for-b-quark-studies-from-z-0-decay-von-gary-john-barker","title":"b-Quark Physics with the LEP Collider","description":"\u003cp\u003eliketothankthepeopleatSpringer,especiallyUteHeuserforherprofessionalh- dlingoftheprojectandpatiencewithmyregularfailuretomeetdeadlines. UniversityofWarwick,UK GaryJ. Barker September2009 vii Contents 1 b-physics at LEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 2 TheLEPMachineandExperiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 3 b-PhysicsOverview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 3. 1 b-QuarkProduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 b 1. 3. 2 Forward-BackwardAsymmetry A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 FB 1. 3. 3 R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 b 1. 3. 4 HeavyQuarkSymmetry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1. 3. 5 b-QuarkFragmentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1. 3. 6 b-HadronSpectroscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1. 3. 7 b-HadronProductionFractions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1. 3. 8 Weakb-QuarkDecay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1. 4 Combiningb-PhysicsResults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1. 4. 1 AveragingofElectroweakHeavyFlavourQuantities. . . . . . . . 19 1. 4. 2 AveragingofNon-electroweakHeavyFlavourQuantities. . . . 20 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2 Silicon Vertex Detectors and Particle Identi?cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2. 1 Silicon-StripVertexDetectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2. 2 ParticleIdenti?cation. . . . . . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783642263507\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Development of Experimental Techniques for b-Quark Studies from Z^0-Decay\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783642263507","offer_id":39429984190557,"sku":"9783642263507","price":106.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/e4838a12-05b0-4f6b-b4e2-78b151810f73.jpg?v=1774760028","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/b-quark-physics-with-the-lep-collider-the-development-of-experimental-techniques-for-b-quark-studies-from-z-0-decay-von-gary-john-barker","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}