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 R_{CKM}=|V_{cb'}/V_{tb'}V_{tb}|, where V_{cb'}, V_{tb'} and V_{tb} are elements of the extended CKM matrix.

J. ABDALLAH, P. ABREU, W. ADAM, P. ADZIC, T. ALBRECHT, R. ALEMANY-FERNANDEZ, et al. (2007). Search for a fourth generation b-prime-quark at LEP-II at s**(1/2) = 196-GeV - 209-GeV. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 50, 507-518 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0273-z].

Search for a fourth generation b-prime-quark at LEP-II at s**(1/2) = 196-GeV - 209-GeV

NAVARRIA, FRANCESCO LUIGI;PAIANO, SIMONE;PERROTTA, ANDREA;ROVELLI, TIZIANO;
2007

Abstract

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 R_{CKM}=|V_{cb'}/V_{tb'}V_{tb}|, where V_{cb'}, V_{tb'} and V_{tb} are elements of the extended CKM matrix.
2007
J. ABDALLAH, P. ABREU, W. ADAM, P. ADZIC, T. ALBRECHT, R. ALEMANY-FERNANDEZ, et al. (2007). Search for a fourth generation b-prime-quark at LEP-II at s**(1/2) = 196-GeV - 209-GeV. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 50, 507-518 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0273-z].
J. ABDALLAH; P. ABREU; W. ADAM; P. ADZIC; T. ALBRECHT; R. ALEMANY-FERNANDEZ; T. ALLMENDINGER; P.P. ALLPORT; U. AMALDI; N. AMAPANE; S. AMATO; E. ANASHK...espandi
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