Determination of the b quark mass at the Z mass scale

G. Abbiendi; C. Ainsley; P. F. Åkesson; G. Alexander; J. Allison; G. Anagnostou; K. J. Anderson; S. Arcelli; S. Asai; D. Axen; G. Azuelos; I. Bailey; A. H. Ball; E. Barberio; R. J. Barlow; R. J. Batley; T. Behnke; K. W. Bell; G. Bella; A. Bellerive; S. Bethke; O. Biebel; I. J. Bloodworth; O. Boeriu; P. Bock; J. Böhme; D. Bonacorsi; M. Boutemeur; S. Braibant; L. Brigliadori; R. M. Brown; H. J. Burckhart; J. Cammin; R. K. Carnegie; B. Caron; A. A. Carter; J. R. Carter; C. Y. Chang; D. G. Charlton; P. E.L. Clarke; E. Clay; I. Cohen; J. Couchman; A. Csilling; M. Cuffiani; S. Dado; G. M. Dallavalle; S. Dallison; A. de Roeck; E. A. de Wolf; P. Dervan; K. Desch; B. Dienes; M. S. Dixit; M. Donkers; J. Dubbert; E. Duchovni; G. Duckeck; I. P. Duerdoth; E. Etzion; F. Fabbri; L. Feld; P. Ferrari; F. Fiedler; I. Fleck; M. Ford; A. Frey; A. Fürtjes; D. I. Futyan; P. Gagnon; J. W. Gary; G. Gaycken; C. Geich-Gimbel; G. Giacomelli; P. Giacomelli; D. Glenzinski; J. Goldberg; C. Grandi; K. Graham; E. Gross; J. Grunhaus; M. Gruwé; P. O. Günther; A. Gupta; C. Hajdu; G. G. Hanson; K. Harder; A. Harel; M. Harin-Dirac; M. Hauschild; C. M. Hawkes; R. Hawkings; R. J. Hemingway; C. Hensel; G. Herten; R. D. Heuer; J. C. Hill; K. Hoffman; R. J. Homer; D. Horváth; K. R. Hossain; R. Howard; P. Hüntemeyer; P. Igo-Kemenes; K. Ishii; A. Jawahery; H. Jeremie; C. R. Jones; P. Jovanovic; T. R. Junk; N. Kanaya; J. Kanzaki; G. Karapetian; D. Karlen; V. Kartvelishvili; K. Kawagoe; T. Kawamoto; R. K. Keeler; R. G. Kellogg; B. W. Kennedy; D. H. Kim; K. Klein; A. Klier; S. Kluth; T. Kobayashi; M. Kobel; T. P. Kokott; S. Komamiya; R. V. Kowalewski; T. Krämer; T. Kress; P. Krieger; J. von Krogh; D. Krop; T. Kuhl; M. Kupper; P. Kyberd; G. D. Lafferty; H. Landsman; D. Lanske; I. Lawson; J. G. Layter; A. Leins; D. Lellouch; J. Letts; L. Levinson; R. Liebisch; J. Lillich; C. Littlewood; A. W. Lloyd; S. L. Lloyd; F. K. Loebinger; G. D. Long; M. J. Losty; J. Lu; J. Ludwig; A. Macchiolo; A. Macpherson; W. Mader; S. Marcellini; T. E. Marchant; A. J. Martin; J. P. Martin; G. Martinez; T. Mashimo; P. Mättig; W. J. McDonald; J. McKenna; T. J. McMahon; R. A. McPherson; F. Meijers; P. Mendez-Lorenzo; W. Menges; F. S. Merritt; H. Mes; A. Michelini; S. Mihara; G. Mikenberg; D. J. Miller; S. Moed; W. Mohr; A. Montanari; T. Mori; K. Nagai; I. Nakamura; H. A. Neal; R. Nisius; S. W. O'Neale; F. G. Oakham; F. Odorici; A. Oh; A. Okpara; M. J. Oreglia; S. Orito; C. Pahl; G. Pásztor; J. R. Pater; G. N. Patrick; J. E. Pilcher; J. Pinfold; D. E. Plane; B. Poli; J. Polok; O. Pooth; A. Quadt; K. Rabbertz; C. Rembser; P. Renkel; H. Rick; N. Rodning; J. M. Roney; S. Rosati; K. Roscoe; Y. Rozen; K. Runge; D. R. Rust; K. Sachs; T. Saeki; O. Sahr; E. K.G. Sarkisyan; C. Sbarra; A. D. Schaile; O. Schaile; P. Scharff-Hansen; M. Schröder; M. Schumacher; C. Schwick; W. G. Scott; R. Seuster; T. G. Shears; B. C. Shen; C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous; P. Sherwood; A. Skuja; A. M. Smith; G. A. Snow; R. Sobie; S. Söldner-Rembold; S. Spagnolo; F. Spano; M. Sproston; A. Stahl; K. Stephens; D. Strom; R. Ströhmer; L. Stumpf; B. Surrow; S. D. Talbot; S. Tarem; M. Tasevsky; R. J. Taylor; R. Teuscher; J. Thomas; M. A. Thomson; E. Torrence; D. Toya; T. Trefzger; I. Trigger; Z. Trócsányi; E. Tsur; M. F. Turner-Watson; I. Ueda; B. Ujvári; B. Vachon; C. F. Vollmer; P. Vannerem; M. Verzocchi; H. Voss; J. Vossebeld; D. Waller; C. P. Ward; D. R. Ward; P. M. Watkins; A. T. Watson; N. K. Watson; P. S. Wells; T. Wengler; N. Wermes; D. Wetterling; G. W. Wilson; J. A. Wilson; T. R. Wyatt; S. Yamashita; V. Zacek; D. Zer-Zion

doi:10.1007/s100520100746

Determination of the b quark mass at the Z mass scale

G. Abbiendi, C. Ainsley, P. F. Åkesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, G. Anagnostou, K. J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, A. H. Ball, E. Barberio, R. J. Barlow, R. J. Batley, T. Behnke, K. W. Bell, G. Bella, A. BelleriveS. Bethke, O. Biebel, I. J. Bloodworth, O. Boeriu, P. Bock, J. Böhme, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R. M. Brown, H. J. Burckhart, J. Cammin, R. K. Carnegie, B. Caron, A. A. Carter, J. R. Carter, C. Y. Chang, D. G. Charlton, P. E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J. Couchman, A. Csilling, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G. M. Dallavalle, S. Dallison, A. de Roeck, E. A. de Wolf, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M. S. Dixit, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I. P. Duerdoth, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, I. Fleck, M. Ford, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, D. I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J. W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P. O. Günther, A. Gupta, C. Hajdu, G. G. Hanson, K. Harder, A. Harel, M. Harin-Dirac, M. Hauschild, C. M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R. J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R. D. Heuer, J. C. Hill, K. Hoffman, R. J. Homer, D. Horváth, K. R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, K. Ishii, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, C. R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T. R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, R. K. Keeler, R. G. Kellogg, B. W. Kennedy, D. H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, T. P. Kokott, S. Komamiya, R. V. Kowalewski, T. Krämer, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, D. Krop, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, P. Kyberd, G. D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, I. Lawson, J. G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, J. Lillich, C. Littlewood, A. W. Lloyd, S. L. Lloyd, F. K. Loebinger, G. D. Long, M. J. Losty, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, S. Marcellini, T. E. Marchant, A. J. Martin, J. P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W. J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T. J. McMahon, R. A. McPherson, F. Meijers, P. Mendez-Lorenzo, W. Menges, F. S. Merritt, H. Mes, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D. J. Miller, S. Moed, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H. A. Neal, R. Nisius, S. W. O'Neale, F. G. Oakham, F. Odorici, A. Oh, A. Okpara, M. J. Oreglia, S. Orito, C. Pahl, G. Pásztor, J. R. Pater, G. N. Patrick, J. E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D. E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, O. Pooth, A. Quadt, K. Rabbertz, C. Rembser, P. Renkel, H. Rick, N. Rodning, J. M. Roney, S. Rosati, K. Roscoe, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, D. R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, E. K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A. D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W. G. Scott, R. Seuster, T. G. Shears, B. C. Shen, C. H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, A. Skuja, A. M. Smith, G. A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, F. Spano, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, L. Stumpf, B. Surrow, S. D. Talbot, S. Tarem, M. Tasevsky, R. J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, J. Thomas, M. A. Thomson, E. Torrence, D. Toya, T. Trefzger, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M. F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, B. Ujvári, B. Vachon, C. F. Vollmer, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, J. Vossebeld, D. Waller, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, P. M. Watkins, A. T. Watson, N. K. Watson, P. S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, G. W. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, T. R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, V. Zacek, D. Zer-Zion

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In hadronic decays of Z bosons recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP, events containing b quarks were selected using the long lifetime of b flavoured hadrons. Comparing the 3-jet rate in b events with that in d,u,s and c quark events, a significant difference was observed. Using script O sign(α²_S) calculations for massive quarks, this difference was used to determine the b quark mass in the MS renormalisation scheme at the scale of the Z boson mass. By combining the results from seven different jet finders the running b quark mass was determined to be m̄_b(m_z) = (2.67 ± 0.03(stat.)^+0.29_-0.37(syst.)±0.19(theo.)) GeV. Evolving this value to the b quark mass scale itself yields m̄_b(m̄_b) = (3.95^+0.52_-0.6) GeV, consistent with results obtained at the b quark production threshold. This determination confirms the QCD expectation of a scale dependent quark mass. A constant mass is ruled out by 3.9 standard deviations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	411-422
Number of pages	12
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520100746
State	Published - Jul 2001

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Abbiendi, G., Ainsley, C., Åkesson, P. F., Alexander, G., Allison, J., Anagnostou, G., Anderson, K. J., Arcelli, S., Asai, S., Axen, D., Azuelos, G., Bailey, I., Ball, A. H., Barberio, E., Barlow, R. J., Batley, R. J., Behnke, T., Bell, K. W., Bella, G., ... Zer-Zion, D. (2001). Determination of the b quark mass at the Z mass scale. European Physical Journal C, 21(3), 411-422. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520100746

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N2 - In hadronic decays of Z bosons recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP, events containing b quarks were selected using the long lifetime of b flavoured hadrons. Comparing the 3-jet rate in b events with that in d,u,s and c quark events, a significant difference was observed. Using script O sign(α2S) calculations for massive quarks, this difference was used to determine the b quark mass in the MS renormalisation scheme at the scale of the Z boson mass. By combining the results from seven different jet finders the running b quark mass was determined to be m̄b(mz) = (2.67 ± 0.03(stat.)+0.29-0.37(syst.)±0.19(theo.)) GeV. Evolving this value to the b quark mass scale itself yields m̄b(m̄b) = (3.95+0.52-0.6) GeV, consistent with results obtained at the b quark production threshold. This determination confirms the QCD expectation of a scale dependent quark mass. A constant mass is ruled out by 3.9 standard deviations.

AB - In hadronic decays of Z bosons recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP, events containing b quarks were selected using the long lifetime of b flavoured hadrons. Comparing the 3-jet rate in b events with that in d,u,s and c quark events, a significant difference was observed. Using script O sign(α2S) calculations for massive quarks, this difference was used to determine the b quark mass in the MS renormalisation scheme at the scale of the Z boson mass. By combining the results from seven different jet finders the running b quark mass was determined to be m̄b(mz) = (2.67 ± 0.03(stat.)+0.29-0.37(syst.)±0.19(theo.)) GeV. Evolving this value to the b quark mass scale itself yields m̄b(m̄b) = (3.95+0.52-0.6) GeV, consistent with results obtained at the b quark production threshold. This determination confirms the QCD expectation of a scale dependent quark mass. A constant mass is ruled out by 3.9 standard deviations.

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U2 - 10.1007/s100520100746

DO - 10.1007/s100520100746

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AN - SCOPUS:0001519435

SN - 1434-6044

VL - 21

SP - 411

EP - 422

JO - European Physical Journal C

JF - European Physical Journal C

IS - 3

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Determination of the b quark mass at the Z mass scale

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