Abdallah, J. and Sopczak, Andre and The DELPHI Collaboration, et al. (2007) Search for a fourth generation b-prime-quark at LEP-II at s**(1/2) = 196-GeV - 209-GeV. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 50 (3). pp. 507-518. ISSN 1434-6044
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A search for the pair production of fourth generation b’-quarks was performed using data taken by the DELPHI detector at LEP-II. The analysed data were collected at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 196 to 209 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 420 pb-1. No evidence for a signal was found. Upper limits on BR(b’→bZ) and BR(b’→cW) were obtained for b’ masses ranging from 96 to 103 GeV/c 2. These limits, together with the theoretical branching ratios predicted by a sequential four generations model, were used to constrain the value of , where Vcb′, Vtb′ and Vtb are elements of the extended CKM matrix.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics |
| ID Code: | 18647 |
| Deposited By: | ep_ss_importer |
| Deposited On: | 30 Oct 2008 11:42 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 15:20 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/18647 |
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