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An Improved Study of the Structure of e+e- -> b-bbar-g Events and Limits on the Anomalous Chromomagnetic Coupling of the b-Quark

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/826706· OSTI ID:826706
The structure of threejet e{sup +}e{sup -} {yields} b{bar b}g events has been studied using hadronic Z{sup 0} decays recorded in the SLD experiment at SLAC. Three-jet final states were selected and the CCD-based vertex detector was used to identify two of the jets as b or {bar b}; the remaining jet in each event was tagged as the gluon jet. Distributions of the gluon energy and polar angle with respect to the electron beam were measured over the full kinematic range, and used to test the predictions of perturbative QCD. The energy distribution is potentially sensitive to an anomalous b chromomagnetic moment {kappa} at the b{bar b}g vertex. We measured {kappa} to be consistent with zero and set 95% C.L. limits on its value, -0.07 < {kappa} < 0.08 (preliminary).
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
826706
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-8954
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English