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Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1663–1668 (2000)

Measurement of b-Quark Fragmentation Fractions in pp̅ Collisions at s = 1.8TeV

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T. Affolder et al. (CDF Collaboration)
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Received 21 September 1999; published in the issue dated 21 February 2000

We have studied the production of B hadrons in 1.8-TeV pp̅ collisions. We present measurements of the fragmentation fractions, fu, fd, fs, and fbaryon, of produced b quarks that yield B+, B0, Bs0, and Λ̅ b0 hadrons. Reconstruction of five electron-charm final states yields fs/(fu+fd) = 0.213±0.068 and fbaryon/(fu+fd) = 0.118±0.042, assuming fu = fd. If all B hadrons produced in pp̅ collisions cascade to one of these four hadrons, we determine fu = fd = 0.375±0.023, fs = 0.160±0.044, and fbaryon = 0.090±0.029. If we do not assume fu = fd, we find fd/fu = 0.84±0.16.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1663
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1663
PACS:
13.87.Fh, 13.60.Le, 13.60.Rj, 14.65.Fy