Author/Authors :
OPAL Collaboration، نويسنده , , G. Abbiendi، نويسنده , , C Ainsley، نويسنده , , P.F. Akesson، نويسنده , , G Alexander، نويسنده , , J Allison، نويسنده , , P Amaral، نويسنده , , G Anagnostou، نويسنده , , K.J. Anderson، نويسنده , , S Arcelli، نويسنده , , S Asai، نويسنده , , D Axen، نويسنده , , G Azuelos، نويسنده , , I Bailey، نويسنده , , E Barberio، نويسنده , , R.J. Barlow، نويسنده , , R.J Batley، نويسنده , , P Bechtle، نويسنده , , T Behnke، نويسنده , , K.W. Bell، نويسنده , , et al.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The b quark forward–backward asymmetry has been measured using hadronic Z0 decays collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP. Z0→bb̄ decays were selected using a combination of secondary vertex and lepton tags, and the sign of the b quark charge was determined using an inclusive tag based on jet, vertex and kaon charges. The results, corrected to the quark level, are: AFBb=0.0582±0.0153±0.0012 at s=89.50 GeV,AFBb=0.0977±0.0036±0.0018 at s=91.26 GeV,AFBb=0.1221±0.0123±0.0025 at s=92.91 GeV, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic in each case. Within the framework of the Standard Model, the result is interpreted as a measurement of the effective weak mixing angle for electrons of sin2θeff,eW=0.23205±0.00068.
