Articulo
Combining heavy flavour electroweak measurements at LEP
Autor
Dova, María Teresa
ALEPH Collaboration
DELPHI Collaboration
OPAL Collaboration
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Institución
Resumen
The ratios of cross sections, Rb = a(e+e- → bb)/a(e+e- → hadrons) and R, = cr(e+e- → E)/a(e+e- → hadrons) and , and the forward-backward asymmetries and , have been measured by the four LEP experiments at centre-of-mass energies close to the Z boson mass, using a variety of heavy flavour identification techniques and analysis methods. The procedure adopted to combine these measurements is described here. It takes into account the statistical and systematic correlations among the measurements and their interdependences in a χ2 minimization. The procedure is illustrated using published measurements. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas