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Title: Measurement of the B{sub d}{sup 0}{bar B}{sub d}{sup 0} oscillation frequency using dimuon data in p{bar p} collisions at {radical} (s) =1.8 TeV

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D
OSTI ID:365986
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  1. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, University of Bologna, I-40127 Bologna (Italy)
  3. Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254 (United States)
  4. University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States)
  5. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
  6. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 (United States)
  7. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
  8. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)
  9. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, I-00044 Frascati (Italy)
  10. University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4 (Switzerland)

We present a measurement of the mass difference {Delta}m{sub d} of the two B{sub d}{sup 0} mass eigenstates. We use a flavor tagging method based on the lepton charge, in a sample of events with two muons at low transverse momentum. The sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 90 pb{sup {minus}1} collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. The result obtained is {Delta}m{sub d}=0.503{plus_minus}0.064(stat){plus_minus}0.071(syst) ps{sup {minus}1}. thinsp {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}

OSTI ID:
365986
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D, Vol. 60, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English