Measurement of the e+e- → γγ(γ) cross section at the LEP energies
Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics 433:3-4 (1998) 429-440
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The total and the differential cross-sections for the reaction e+e- → γγ(γ) have been measured with the DELPHI detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies from 130 to 183 GeV for an integrated luminosity of 78.19 pb-1. The results agree with the QED predictions. The lower limits (obtained including previously published results at the Z0 energies) on the QED cutoff parameters are ΛA study of the hadronic resonance structure in the decay τ → 3πντ
Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics 426:3-4 (1998) 411-427
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The hadronic structure of the decay of the τ lepton to three charged particles, τ → 3πνFirst evidence for a charm radial excitation, D
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 426:1-2 (1998) 231-242
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Using D *+ mesons exclusively reconstructed in the DELPHI detector at LEP, an excess of 66 ± 14(stat.) events is observed in the D *+π+ π- final state with a mass of 2637 ± 2(stat.) ± 6(syst.) MeV/c2 and a full width smaller than 15 MeV/c2 (95% C.L.). This signal is compatible with the expected decay of a radially excited D *′ (JP = 1-) meson. © 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.Measurement of the inclusive charmless and double-charm B branching ratios
Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics 426:1-2 (1998) 193-206
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The DELPHI experiment at LEP has measured the inclusive charmless B hadron decay branching ratio, the B branching ratio into two charmed particles, and the total number of charmed particles per B decay, using the hadronic Z data taken between 1992 and 1995. The results are extracted from a fit to the b-tagging probability distribution based on the precise impact parameter measurements made using the microvertex detector. The inclusive charmless B branching ratio, including B decays into hidden charm (cc̄), is measured to be 0.033 ± 0.021. The B branching ratio into two open charmed particles is 0.136 ± 0.042. The mean number of charmed particles per B decay (including hidden charm) is 1.147 ± 0.041. After subtracting the B decay branching ratio into hidden charm, the charmless B branching ratio is found to be 0.007 ± 0.021, compatible with the Standard Model expectation. Models that predict an additional contribution to the charmless B branching ratio of 0.037 or higher are excluded with at least 95% confidence. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.Measurement of the charged particle multiplicity of weakly decaying B hadrons
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 425:3-4 (1998) 399-412