J. A. McKenna

Publication List Details

Period

1983 - 2009

Number

361

Co-Authors

Evidence for the η_b(1S) Meson in Radiative Υ(2S) Decay (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees , J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We have performed a search for the η_b(1S) meson in the radiative decay of the Υ(2S) resonance using a sample of 91.6 × 10^6 Υ(2S) events recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B factory...

Observation of the baryonic B-decay [overline]B^0 → Lambda_c^+ [overline p]K^-pi^+ (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...

We report the observation of the baryonic B-decay B^0 → Λ^+_cpK^- π^+, excluding contributions from the decay B^0 → Λ^+_c ΛK^-. Using a data sample of 467 X 10^6 BB pairs collected with the...

Measurement of the γγ* → π^0 transition form factor (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent , X., ...

We study the reaction e^(+)e^(-) → e^(+)e^(-)π^0 in the single tag mode and measure the differential cross section dσ/dQ^2 and the γγ* → π^0 transition form factor in the momentum transfer...

Search for Dimuon Decays of a Light Scalar Boson in Radiative Transitions Y → yA^0 (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...

We search for evidence of a light scalar boson in the radiative decays of the Υ(2S) and Υ(3S) resonances: Υ(2S,3S) → γA^0, A^0 →µ^+µ^-. Such a particle appears in extensions of the standard...

Search for b → u transitions in B^0 → D^(0)K^(*0) decays (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We present a study of the decays B^0 → D^(0)K^(*0) and B^0 →[overline D]^(0)K^(*0) with K^(*0) → K^(+)π^-. The D^0 and the [overline D]^0 mesons are reconstructed in the final states f =...

Search for second-class currents in τ^- → ωπ^(-)ν_τ (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...

We report an analysis of τ^- decaying into ωπ^(-)ν_τ with ω → π^(+)π^(-)π^0 using a data sample containing nearly 320 × 10^6 pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II...

Search for B0 meson decays to pi^0KS^0KS^0, etaKS^0KS^0, and eta^([prime])KS^0KS^0 (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...

We describe searches for B^0 meson decays to the charmless final states π^(0)K^(0)_(S)K^(0)_(S), ηK^(0)_(S)K^(0)_(S), and η'K^(0)_(S)K^(0)_(S). The data sample corresponds to 467 × 10^6...

Search for the rare leptonic decays B^+ → l^+nu_l (l=e,µ) (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...

We have performed a search for the rare leptonic decays B^+ → ℓ^+v_ℓ(l=e,µ), using data collected at the Y(4S) resonance by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring. In a sample of...

Measurement of the semileptonic decays [overline B]-->Dtau^-[overline nu ]tau and [overline B]-->D^*tau-[overline nu ]tau (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We present measurements of the semileptonic decays B- → D0 Τ- Vτ, B- → D*0T- Vτ, B0 → D+ Τ-Vτ, and B0 → D*+ Τ- Vτ, which are sensitive to non-standard model amplitudes in certain...

Exclusive initial-state-radiation production of the D[overline D], D^*[overline D], and D^*[overline D]^* systems (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...

We perform a study of the exclusive production of D[overline D], D^*[overline D], and D^*[overline D]^* in initial-state-radiation events, from e^+e^- annihilations at a center-of-mass energy near...

Measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetry in B^0-->c[overline c]K^(*)0 decays (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...

We present updated measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries in fully reconstructed neutral B decays containing a charmonium meson. The measurements reported here use a data sample of...

Measurement of B → X^y Decays and Determination of │V_(td)/V_(ts)│ (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

Using a sample of 383 X 10^6 BB events collected by the BABAR experiment, we measure sums of seven exclusive final states B → X_(d(s))Y, where X_d (Xs) is a nonstrange (strange) charmless hadronic...

Dalitz plot analysis of B^± → pi^±pi^±pi^(-/+) decays (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...

We present a Dalitz plot analysis of charmless B^± decays to the final state π^± π^± π^(-/+) using a sample of (465 ± 5)X 10^6 BB pairs collected by the BABAR experiment at √s = 10:58 GeV....

Constraints on the CKM angle gamma in B^0-->[overline D]0K^(*0) and B^0-->D^0K^(*0) from a Dalitz analysis of D^0 and [overline D]^0 decays to K_Sπ^+π^- (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prudent, X., ...

We present constraints on the angle gamma of the unitarity triangle with a Dalitz analysis of neutral D decays to K_Sπ^+π^- from the processes B^0-->[overline D]^0K^(*0) ([overline...

Improved Measurement of B^+ → ρ^+ ρ^0 and Determination of the Quark-Mixing Phase Angle α (2009)

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...

We present improved measurements of the branching fraction B, the longitudinal polarization fraction f_L, and the direct CP asymmetry A_(CP) in the B meson decay channel B^+ → p^+p^0. The data...

Evidence for X(3872) → Ψ (2S)y in B^± → X(3872)K^± Decays and a Study of B → ccyK (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

In a search for B → ccyK decays with the BABAR detector, where cc includes J/Ψ and Ψ (2S), and K includes K^±, K^0_S , and K^*(892), we find evidence for X(3872) → J/Ψy and X(3872) → Ψ...

Search for the decay B^+-->K_s^0K_s^0pi^+ (2009)

Aubert , B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We search for charmless decays of charged B mesons to the three-body final state K_S^0K_S^0pi^+. Using a data sample of 423.7 fb^(-1) collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector,...

Direct CP, Lepton Flavor, and Isospin Asymmetries in the Decays B → K^(*)l^+l^- (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We measure branching fractions and integrated rate asymmetries for the rare decays B→K(*)l^+l^-, where l^+l^- is either e^+e^- or µ^+µ^-, using a sample of 384×10^6 B B events collected with the...

Measurement of time dependent CP asymmetry parameters in B0 meson decays to omegaK_S^0, eta^([prime])K^0, and pi^0K_S^0 (2009)

Aubert , B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We present measurements of the time-dependent CP-violation parameters S and C in the decays B0-->omegaKS0, B0-->eta[prime]K0, reconstructed as eta[prime]KS0 and eta[prime]KL0, and B0-->pi0KS0. The...

Measurement of the B^+ → omegal^+nu and B^+ → etal^+nu branching fractions (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We present a study of the charmless semileptonic B-meson decays B^+ → omega[script-l]^+nu and B^+ → eta[script-l]^+nu. The analysis is based on 3.83×10^8 B[overline B] pairs recorded at the...

Evidence for B^+ → [overline K]^(*0)K^(*+) (2009)

Aubert , B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We present measurements of the branching fraction and fraction of longitudinal polarization for the decay B^+ K^(*0)K^(*+) with a sample of (467±5)×10^6 BB pairs collected with the BABAR detector...

Observation of B meson decays to omegaK^* and improved measurements for omegarho and omegaf_0 (2009)

Aubert , B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent , X., ...

We present measurements of B meson decays to the final states ωK^*, ωp, and ωf_0, where K^* indicates a spin 0, 1, or 2 strange meson. The data sample corresponds to 465×10^6 BB pairs collected...

Angular distributions in the decay B → K^*l^+l^- (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prudent, X., ...

We use a sample of 384×106 B[overline B] events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- collider to study angular distributions in the rare decays B-->K*[script-l]+[script-l]-, where...

Dalitz plot analysis of D_s^+ → π^+π^-π^+ (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

A Dalitz plot analysis of approximately 13 000 D_s^+ decays to π^+π^-π^+ has been performed. The analysis uses a 384 fb-1 data sample recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy...

Measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries in B^0 → D^((*)+)D^((*)-) decays (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We present new measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries for B^0→D(*)+D(*)- decays using (467±5)×10^6 B[overline B] pairs collected with the BABAR detector located at the PEP-II B Factory at...

Measurement of the e^(+)e^(-)→ bb(macron) cross section between √s = 10.54 and 11.20 GeV (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We report e^(+)e^(-)→ bb(macron) cross section measurements by the BABAR experiment performed during an energy scan in the range of 10.54 to 11.20 GeV at the SLAC PEP-II e^(+)e^(-) collider. A...

Branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in radiative B decays to ηKγ (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We present measurements of the CP-violation parameters S and C for the radiative decay B^0 → ηK^0_Sγ for B → ηKγ we also measure the branching fractions and for B^+ → ηK^+γ the...

Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Decays tau^- --> l^-Ks^0 with the BABAR Experiment (2009)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

A search for the lepton flavor violating decays τ^- → l^- K^0_S (l = e or µ) has been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1, collected with the BABAR...

Measurement of the branching fractions of (B)over-bar -> D**l(-)(v)over-bar(l) decays in events tagged by a fully reconstructed B meson (2008)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...

We report a measurement of the branching fractions of D**- decays based on 417 fb-1 of data collected at the (4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage rings. Events are...

Improved measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and the CP-odd fraction in the decay B(0) -> D*D(+)*(-) (2007)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...

8 pages, 3 figures, 1 table.-- PACS nrs.: 13.25.Hw; 11.30.Er; 12.15.Hh.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000251987200002.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.1549

Study of B(0)-->π(0)π(0), B(±)-->π(±)π(0), and B(±)-->K(±)π(0) decays, and isospin analysis of B-->ππ decays (2007)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...

9 pages, 3 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 13.25.Hw; 11.30.Er; 12.15.Hh.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000251327200002.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2798

Measurements of CP-Violating asymmetries in the decay B-0 -> K+ K- K-0 (2007)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...

7 pages, 3 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 13.25.Hw; 11.30.Er; 12.15.Hh.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000250296000017.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3885

Search for B+ -> tau(+)nu (2007)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...

12 pages, 7 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 13.20.-v; 13.25.Hw.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000249786800009.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.1820

Search for the rare decay B -> πl(+)l(-) (2007)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...

7 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables.-- PACS nrs.: 13.20.He.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248597500008.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0703018

Observation of B+ -> rho+ K-(0) and measurement of its branching fraction and charge asymmetry (2007)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...

8 pages, 1 figure.-- PACS nrs.: 13.25.Hw; 11.30.Er; 12.15.Hh.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248544300003.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0702043

Branching fraction measurements of B+ -> ρ(+)γ, B(0) -> ρ(0)γ, and B(0) -> ω^γ (2007)

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...

7 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables.-- PACS nrs.: 13.20.He; 12.15.Hh; 14.40.Nd.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000245691400015.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0612017

Study of Z Pair Production and Anomalous Couplings in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ between 190 GeV and 209 GeV (2005)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A study of Z-boson pair production in e+e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies between 190 GeV and 209 GeV is reported. Final states containing only leptons, (l+l-l+l- and l+l-nn), quark and...

Search for Radions at LEP2 (2004)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A new scalar resonance, called the radion, with couplings to fermions and bosons similar to those of the Higgs boson, is predicted in the framework of Randall-Sundrum models, proposed solutions to...

Search for Chargino and Neutralino Production at $\sqrt{s}$ = 192-209 GeV at LEP (2004)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Approximately 438 pb-1 of e+e- data from the OPAL detector, taken with the LEP collider running at centre-of-mass energies of 192-209 Gev, are analyzed to search for evidence of chargino pair...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^- \to D^0 K^{*-}$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B- --> D0 K*- using a sample of approximately 86 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector from e+e- collisions near the...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^- \to D^0 K^{*-}$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B- --> D0 K*- using a sample of approximately 86 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector from e+e- collisions near the...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^- \to D^0 K^{*-}$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B- --> D0 K*- using a sample of approximately 86 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector from e+e- collisions near the...

W Boson Polarisation at LEP2 (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Elements of the spin density matrix for W bosons in e+e- -> W+W- -> qqln events are measured from data recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP. This information is used calculate polarised differential...

Measurement of the partial widths of the Z into up- and down-type quarks (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Using the entire OPAL LEP1 on-peak Z hadronic decay sample, Z -> qbarq gamma decays were selected by tagging hadronic final states with isolated photon candidates in the electromagnetic calorimeter....

Flavour independent search for Higgs bosons decaying into hadronic final states in e+e- collisions (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A search for the Higgsstrahlung process e+e- -> hZ is described, where the neutral Higgs boson h is assumed to decay into hadronic final states. In order to be sensitive to a broad range of models,...

Search for R-parity violating decays of sfermions at LEP (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A search for pair-produced scalar fermions under the assumption that R-parity is not conserved has been performed using data collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data samples analysed...

Experimental studies of unbiased gluon jets from $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilations using the jet boost algorithm (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

We present the first experimental results based on the jet boost algorithm, a technique to select unbiased samples of gluon jets in e+e- annihilations, i.e. gluon jets free of biases introduced by...

Tests of the Standard Model and Constraints on New Physics from Measurements of Fermion-Pair Production at 189-209 GeV at LEP (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Cross-section and angular distributions for hadronic and lepton-pair final states in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies between 189 GeV and 209 GeV, measured with the OPAL detector at LEP,...

A Study of $W^{+}W^{-}\gamma$ Events at LEP (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A study of W+W- events accomanied by hard photon radiation produced in e+e- collisions at LEP is presented. Events consistent with being two on-shell W bosons and an isolated photon are selected from...

Search for Anomalous Production of Di-lepton Events with Missing Transverse Momentum in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 183-209 GeV (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

In total 1317 di-lepton events with significant missing transverse momentum were identified in a total data sample of 680 pb-1 collected at e+e- centre-of-mass energies ranging from 183 GeV to 209...

Search for the Single Production of Doubly-Charged Higgs Bosons and Constraints on their Couplings from Bhabha Scattering (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A search for single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons has been performed using 600.7 pb^-1 of e+e- collision data with sqrt(s)=189--209GeV collected by the OPAL detector at LEP. No evidence...

A study of charm production in beauty decays with the OPAL detector at LEP (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Using an inclusive method, BR(b -> D\bar{D}X) has been measured in hadronic Z^0 decays with the OPAL detector at LEP. The impact parameter significance of tracks opposite tagged b-jets is used to...

Measurement of charged current triple gauge boson couplings using W pairs at LEP (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Triple gauge boson couplings are measured from W-pair and single photon events recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP at center-of-mass energies between 183 - 209 GeV with a total integrated luminosity...

Measurement of Heavy Quark Forward-Backward Asymmetries and Average B Mixing Using Leptons in Hadronic Z Decays (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Carter, A, De Wolf, E, McPherson, R A, Neal, H, Thomson, M, ...

Hadronic Z0 decays with identified electrons or muons have been used to measure the forward-backward asymmetries of e^+e^- --> Z0 --> bbbar and e^+e^- --> Z0 --> ccbar events. The asymmetries at...

Tests of models of color reconnection and a search for glueballs using gluon jets with a rapidity gap (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Gluon jets with a mean energy of 22 GeV and purity of 95% are selected from hadronic Z0 decay events produced in e+e- annihilations. A subsample of these jets is identified which exhibits a large gap...

Measurement of Isolated Prompt Photon Production in Photon-Photon Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{ee}}$=183-209 GeV (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Alexander, G, Åkesson, P F, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

For the first time at LEP the production of prompt photons is studied in the collisions of quasi-real photons using the OPAL data taken at e+e- centre-of-mass energies between 183 GeV and 209 GeV....

Search for pair-produced leptoquarks in $e^{+}e^{-}$ interactions at $\sqrt{s}\simeq$ 189 -209 GeV (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A search for pair-produced leptoquarks is performed using e+e- collision events collected by the OPAL detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies between 189 and 209 GeV. The data sample corresponds...

Search for Stable and Long-Lived Massive Charged Particles in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-209 GeV (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, Anagnostou, G, ...

A search for stable and long-lived massive particles of electric charge |Q/e|=1 or fractional charges of 2/3, 4/3, and 5/3 is reported using data collected by the OPAL detector at LEP, at...

Test of non-commutative QED in the process $e^{+}e^{-} \to \gamma \gamma$ at LEP (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, Anagnostou, G, ...

Non-communicative QED would lead to deviations from the Standard Model depending on a new energy scale $\Delta_{NC}$ and a unique direction in space defined by two angles $\eta$ and $\xi$. Here in...

Bose-Einstein Correlations of $\pi^{0}$ Pairs from Hadronic $Z^{0}$ Decays (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

We observed Bose-Einstein correlation in pi0 pairs produced in Z0 decays using the data sample collected by the OPAL detector at LEP 1 from 1991 to 1995. Using a static Gaussian picture for the pion...

A Measurement of Semileptonic B Decays to Narrow Orbitally-Excited Charm Mesons (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

The decay chain b -> Bbar -> D^{**0} l nu X, D^{**0} -> D^{*+} pi^-, D^{*+} -> D^0 pi^+, D^0 ->(Kpi or K3pi) is identified in a sample of 3.9 million hadronic Z decays collected with the OPAL...

Di-Jet Production in Photon-Photon colisions at $\sqrt{s_{ee}}$ from 189 to 209 GeV (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Di-jet producion is studied in collisions of quasi-real photons at e+e- centre- of-mass energies sqrt(s)ee from 189 to 209 GeV at LEP. The data were collected with the OPAL detector. Jets are...

Observation of a significant excess of $\pi^{0}\pi^{0}$ events in B meson decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present an observation of the decay $B^{0} \to \pi^{0} \pi^{0}$ based on a sample of 124 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ Factory at...

Observation of a significant excess of $\pi^{0}\pi^{0}$ events in B meson decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present an observation of the decay $B^{0} \to \pi^{0} \pi^{0}$ based on a sample of 124 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ Factory at...

Observation of a significant excess of $\pi^{0}\pi^{0}$ events in B meson decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present an observation of the decay $B^{0} \to \pi^{0} \pi^{0}$ based on a sample of 124 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ Factory at...

A Measurement of the $\tau^{-}\to \mu^{-}\overline{\nu}_{\mu}\nu_{\tau}$ Branching Ratio (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

The tau -> mu nu nu branching ratio has been measured using data collected from 1990 to 1995 by the OPAL detector at the LEP collider. The resulting value of B(tau -> mu nu nu) = 0.1734 +-...

Charged particle multiplicities in heavy and light quark initiated events above the $Z^0$ peak (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

We have measured the mean charged particle multiplicities separately for bbbar, ccbar and light quark (uubar, ddbar, ssbar) initiated events produced in e+e- annihilations at LEP. The data were...

Multi-Photon Production in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 181 - 209 GeV (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

The process e+e- -> gamma gamma (gamma) is studied using data collected by the OPAL detector at LEP between the years 1997 and 2000. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 672.3pb-1...

Search for Nearly Mass-Degenerate Charginos and Neutralinos at LEP (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A search was performed for charginos with masses close to the mass of the lightest neutralino in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 189-209 GeV recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP. Events...

Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the OPAL Detector at LEP (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

This paper summarises the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV performed by the OPAL Collaboration at LEP. The consistency of the data...

Measurement of the b quark forward-backward asymmetry around the $Z^{0}$ peak using an inclusive tag (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

The b quark forward-backward asymmetry has been measured using hadronic Z0 decays collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP. Z0 -> bbbar decays were selected using a combination of secondary vertex and...

Search for a low mass CP-odd Higgs boson in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions with the OPAL detector at LEP2 (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

We have analysed the data collected by OPAL at centre-of-mass energies between 189 and 209 GeV searching for Higgs boson candidates from the process e/sup +/e/sup -/ to h/sup 0/Z/sup 0/ followed by...

Measurement of the Cross-Section for the Process $\gamma\gamma \to p \overline{p}$ at $\sqrt{s}_{ee}$=183-189 GeV at LEP (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

The exclusive production of proton-antiproton pairs in the collisions of two quasi-real photons had been studied using data taken at sqrt(s)_ee=183 GeV and 189 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP....

Charged Particle Momentum Spectra in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation at $\sqrt{s}$ = 192-209 GeV (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Charged particle momentum distributions are studied in the reaction e+e- -> hadrons, using data collected with the OPAL detector at centre-of-mass energies from 192 GeV to 209 GeV. The data...

Search for scalar top and scalar bottom quarks at LEP (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Searches for a scalar top quark and a scalar bottom quark have been performed using a data sample of 438 pb-1 at centre-of-mass energies of sqrt(s) = 192 - 209 GeV collected with the OPAL detector at...

Measurement of Neutral-Current Four-Fermion Production at LEP2 (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

Four-fermion final states qqbar e+e- and qqbar mu+mu- from neutral-current interactions in e+e- collisions are studied in the OPAL detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies from 183 GeV to 209 GeV....

Inclusive Analysis of the b Quark Fragmentation Function in Z Decays at LEP (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A study of b quark hadronisation is presented using inclusively reconstructed B hadrons in about four million hadronic Z decays recorded in 1992-2000 with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data are...

Search for associated production of massive states decaying into two photons in $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilations at $\sqrt{s}$ = 88 - 209 GeV (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

A search is performed for production of short-lived particles in e+e- -> XY, with X -> gamma gamma and Y -> ffbar, for scalar X and scalar or vector Y. Model-independent limits in the range of 25-60...

Decay-mode independent searches for new scalar bosons with the OPAL detector at LEP (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

This paper describes topological searches for neutral scalar bosons S0 produced in association with a Z0 boson via the Bjorken process e+e- -> S0Z0 at centre-of-mass energies of 91 GeV and 183-209...

Measurement of the Charm structure Function $F_{2}^{\gamma},c$ of the Photon at LEP (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...

The production of charm quarks is studied in deep-inelastic electron-photon scattering using data recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP at normal e+e- centre-of-mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV. The...

Measurement of the Mass of the W Boson in $e^+ e^-$ collisions using the Fully Leptonic Channel (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

A novel method of determining the mass of the W boson in the W+W- -> lnu lnu channel is presented and applied to 667pb^-1 of data recorded at the center-of- mass energies in the range 183-207 GeV...

Measurement of the Hadronic Photon Structure Function $F_{2}^{\gamma}$ at LEP2 (2002)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

The hadronic structure of the photon F2gamma is measured as a function of Bjorken x and of the photon virtuality Q2 using deep-inelastic scattering data taken by the OPAL detector at LEP at e+e-...

Penguin Mediated B Decays at BABAR (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report on preliminary results of searches for penguin mediated B decays based on 20.7 fb^{-1} of data collected at the Y(4S) peak with the BABAR detector at PEP-II. The following branching...

Measurement of the CP-Violating Asymmetry Amplitude sin2$\beta$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present results on time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to several CP eigenstates. The measurements use a data sample of about 88 million Y(4S) --> B Bbar decays collected...

Penguin Mediated B Decays at BABAR (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report on preliminary results of searches for penguin mediated B decays based on 20.7 fb^{-1} of data collected at the Y(4S) peak with the BABAR detector at PEP-II. The following branching...

Measurement of the CP-Violating Asymmetry Amplitude sin2$\beta$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present results on time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to several CP eigenstates. The measurements use a data sample of about 88 million Y(4S) --> B Bbar decays collected...

Penguin Mediated B Decays at BABAR (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report on preliminary results of searches for penguin mediated B decays based on 20.7 fb^{-1} of data collected at the Y(4S) peak with the BABAR detector at PEP-II. The following branching...

Measurement of the CP-Violating Asymmetry Amplitude sin2$\beta$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present results on time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to several CP eigenstates. The measurements use a data sample of about 88 million Y(4S) --> B Bbar decays collected...

Search for Leptoquarks in Electron-Photon Scattering at $\sqrt{s_{ee}}$ up to 209 GeV at LEP (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

Searches for first generation scalar and vector leptoquarks, and for squarks in R-parity violating SUSY models with the direct decay of the squark into Standard Model particles, have been performed...

Search for Doubly Charged Higgs Bosons with the OPAL detector at LEP (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

A search for pair-produced doubly charged Higgs bosons has been performed using data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 614 pb-1 collected with the OPAL detector at LEP at...

Particle multiplicity of unbiased gluon jets from $e^+ e^-$ three-jet events (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

The charged particle multiplicities of two- and three-jet events from the reaction e+e- -> Z0 -> hadrons are measured for Z0 decays to light quark (uds) flavors. Using recent theoretical expressions...

Search for Yukawa Production of a Light Neutral Higgs Boson at LEP (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

Within a Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM) a search for a light Higgs boson in the mass range of 4-12 GeV has been performed in the Yukawa process e+e- -> b bbar A/h -> b bbar tau+tau-, using the data...

Genuine Correlations of Like-Sign Particles in Hadronic $Z^0$ Decays (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

Correlations among hadrons with the same electric charge produced in Z0 decays are studied using the high statistics data collected from 1991 through 1995 with the OPAL detector at LEP. Normalized...

Search for Single Top Quark Production at LEP2 (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

A search for single top quark production via flavour changing neutral currents (FCNC) was performed with data collected by the OPAL detector at the e+e- collider LEP. Approximately 600 pb-1 of data...

Measurement of the Hadronic Cross-Section for the Scattering of Two Virtual Photons at LEP (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

The interaction of virtual photons is investigated using the reaction e+e- -> e+e- hadrons based on data taken by the OPAL experiment at e+e- centre-of-mass energies sqrt(s_ee)=189-209 GeV, for W>5...

Measurement of $Z/\gamma^{*}$ production in Compton scattering of quasi-real photons (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

The process e+ e- -> e+ e- Z/gamma* is studied with the OPAL detector at LEP at a centre of mass energy of sqrt(s) = 189 GeV. The cross-section times the branching ratio of the Z/gamma* decaying into...

Determination of the b Quark Mass at the Z Mass Scale (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

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...

Search for Lepton Flavour Violation in $e^+e^-$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 189 - 209 GeV (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

We search for lepton flavour violating events (e mu, e tau and mu tau) that could be directly produced in e+e- annihilations, using the full available data sample collected with the OPAL detector at...

Measurement of the Branching Ratio for the Process $b \to \tau^{-}\overline{\nu}_{\tau}X$ (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

The inclusive branching ratio for the process b -> tau nu X has been measured using hadronic Z decays collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP in the years 1992-2000. The result is: BR(b -> tau nu X)...

Angular Analysis of the Muon Pair Asymmetry at LEP 1 (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

Data on muon pair production obtained by the OPAL collaboration at centre of mass energies near the Z peak are analysed. Small angular mismatches between the directions of the two muons are used to...

Measurement of |$V_{ub}$| using b hadron semileptonic decays (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

The magnitude of the CKM matrix element Vub is determined by measuring the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching fraction of beauty hadrons at OPAL based on b -> Xu l nu event topology and...

Search for Single Leptoquark and Squark Production in Electron-Photon Scattering at $\sqrt{s_{ee}}$ = 189 GeV at LEP (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

A search for first generation scalar and vector leptoquarks (LQ) as well as for squarks in R-parity violating SUSY models has been performed using e+e- collisions collected with the OPAL detector at...

Precision Neutral Current Asymmetry Parameter Measurements from the Tau Polarization at LEP (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

Measurements of the tau lepton polarization and forward-backward polarization asymmetry near the Z resonance using the OPAL detector are described. The measurements are based on analyses of tau -> e...

Measurement of the Branching Ratio for $D_{s} \to \tau\nu_{\tau}$ Decays (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

Using about 3.9 million hadronic Z decays from e+e- collisions recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies near MZ the branching ratio for the decay D_s -> tau nu_tau has been...

A Simultaneous Measurement of the QCD Colour Factors and the Strong Coupling (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

Using data from e+e- annihilation into hadrons, taken with the OPAL detector at LEP at the Z pole between 1991 and 1995, we performed a simultaneous measurement of the colour factors of the...

A Search for a Narrow Radial Excitation of the $D^{*\pm}$ Meson (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

A sample of 3.73 million hadronic Z decays, recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP in the years 1991-95, has been used to search for a narrow resonance corresponding to the decay of the D*'+/-(2629)...

Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 192-209 GeV (2001)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson has been performed with the OPAL detector at LEP based on the full data sample collected at sqrt(s) = 192-209 GeV in 1999 and 2000, corresponding to an...

Measurement of the B$^0$ and B$^+$ meson lifetimes with fully reconstructed hadronic final states (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B0 and B+ meson lifetimes have been measured in e+e- annihilation data collected in 1999 and 2000 with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. Events are...

Measurement of the decays $B\to\phi K$ and $B\to\phi K*$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have observed the decays B-->phi K and phi K^* in a sample of over 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. The measured branching fractions are BF(B^+ --> phi...

Measurement of $J/\psi$ production in continuum $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilations near $\sqrt{s}=10.6-GeV$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The production of $J/\psi$ mesons in continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations has been studied with the BABAR detector at energies near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, approximately 10.6 GeV. The mesons are...

Measurement of the B$^0$ and B$^+$ meson lifetimes with fully reconstructed hadronic final states (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B0 and B+ meson lifetimes have been measured in e+e- annihilation data collected in 1999 and 2000 with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. Events are...

Measurement of the decays $B\to\phi K$ and $B\to\phi K*$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have observed the decays B-->phi K and phi K^* in a sample of over 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. The measured branching fractions are BF(B^+ --> phi...

Measurement of $J/\psi$ production in continuum $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilations near $\sqrt{s}=10.6-GeV$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The production of $J/\psi$ mesons in continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations has been studied with the BABAR detector at energies near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, approximately 10.6 GeV. The mesons are...

Measurement of the B$^0$ and B$^+$ meson lifetimes with fully reconstructed hadronic final states (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B0 and B+ meson lifetimes have been measured in e+e- annihilation data collected in 1999 and 2000 with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. Events are...

Measurement of the decays $B\to\phi K$ and $B\to\phi K*$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have observed the decays B-->phi K and phi K^* in a sample of over 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. The measured branching fractions are BF(B^+ --> phi...

Measurement of $J/\psi$ production in continuum $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilations near $\sqrt{s}=10.6-GeV$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The production of $J/\psi$ mesons in continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations has been studied with the BABAR detector at energies near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, approximately 10.6 GeV. The mesons are...

Precise Determination of the Z Resonance Parameters at LEP: Zedometry (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

This final analysis of hadronic and leptonic cross-sections and of leptonic forward-backward asymmetries in e+e- collisions with the OPAL detector makes use of the full LEP1 data sample comprising...

A Study of $B_{s}$ Meson Oscillation Using $D_{s}^{-}$-Lepton Correlations (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

From data collected around the Z resonance by the OPAL detector at LEP a sample of Bs decays was obtained using Ds^-l^+ combinations, where the Ds^- was fully reconstructed in the phi pi-, K*0K- and...

Charged Multiplicities in Z Decays into u, d, and s Quarks (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anagnostou, G, ...

About 4.4 million hadronic decays of Z bosons, recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP at a centre-of-mass energy of around sqrt(s) = 91.2 GeV, are used to determine the mean charged particle...

Production rate of $b\overline{b}$ quark pairs from gluons and $b\overline{b}b\overline{b}$ events in hadronic Z decays (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

The rates are measured per hadronic Z decay for gluon splitting to bb(bar) quark pairs, g_bb, and of events containing two bb(bar) quark pairs, g_4b, using a sample of four-jet events selected from...

Investigation of the Decay of Orbitally-Excited B Mesons and First Measurement of the Branching Ratio $BR(B*_{J} \to B*\pi(X))$ (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

From about 4 million hadronic Z decays recorded by the OPAL detector on and near to the Z resonance, we select a sample of more than 570000 inclusively reconstructed B mesons. Orbitally-excited...

Measurement of the $B^0$ Lifetime and Oscillation Frequency using $\overline{B}^{0} \to D^{*+}l^{-}\overline{\nu}$ decays (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

The lifetime and oscillation frequency of the B0 meson has been measured using B0->D*+l-v decays recorded on the Z0 peak with the OPAL detector at LEP. The D*+ -> D0pi+ decays were reconstructed...

Measurement of triple gauge boson couplings from $W^{+}W^{-}$ production at LEP energies up to 189 GeV (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

A measurement of triple gauge boson couplings is presented, based on W-pair data recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP during 1998 at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV with an integrated luminosity...

$W^{+}W^{-}$ Production Cross Section and W Branching Fractions in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at 189 GeV (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

From a data sample of 183 pb^-1 recorded at a center-of-mass energy of roots = 189 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP, 3068 W-pair candidate events are selected. Assuming Standard Model W boson decay...

A Measurement of the Rate of Charm Production in W Decays (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

Using data recorded at centre-of-mass energies around 183 GeV and 189 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP, the fundamental coupling of the charm quark to the W boson has been studied. The ratio Rc^W =...

Measurement of W boson polarisations and CP-violating triple gauge couplings from $W^{+}W^{-}$ production at LEP (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

Measurements are presented of the polarisation of W+W- boson pairs produced in e+e- collisions, and of CP-violating WWZ and WWGamma trilinear gauge couplings. The data were recorded by the OPAL...

A Study of One-Prong Tau Decays with a Charged Kaon (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

From an analysis of the ionisation energy loss of charged particles selected from 110326 e+e- -> tau+tau- candidates recorded by the OPAL detector at e+e- centre-of-mass energies near the Z0...

Measurement of the Mass and Width of the W Boson in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at 189 GeV (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

The mass and width of the W boson are determined in e+e- collisions at LEP using 183 pb^-1 of data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy roots=189 GeV with the OPAL detector. The invariant mass...

Two Higgs Doublet Model and Model Independent Interpretation of Neutral Higgs Boson Searches (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

Searches for the neutral Higgs bosons h0 and A0, are used to obtain limits on the Type II Two Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM(II)) with no CP-violation in the Higgs sector and no additional particles...

First Measurement of the Inclusive Branching Ratio of b Hadrons $\to \phi$ Mesons in $Z^{0}$ Decays (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

The inclusive production rate of phi mesons from the decay of b hadrons produced in Z0 decays was measured to be Br(b->phi+X) = 0.0282+-0.0013(stat.)+-0.0019(syst.), using data collected by the OPAL...

Search for Trilinear Neutral Gauge Boson Couplings in $Z-\gamma$ production at $\sqrt{s}$=189 GeV at LEP (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

The data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 189GeV by the OPAL detector at LEP are used to search for trilinear couplings of the neutral gauge bosons in the process e+e- --> Z-gamma. The...

Multiplicities of $\pi^{0}$, $\eta$, $K^{0}$ and of charged particles in quark and gluon jets (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

We compared the multiplicities of pizero, eta, Kzero and of charged particles in quark and gluon jets in 3-jet events, as measured by the OPAL experiment at LEP. The comparisons were performed for...

Measurement of the Low-x Behaviour of the Photon Structure Function $F2-\gamma$ (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

The photon structure function F2-gamma(x,Q**2) has been measured using data taken by the OPAL detector at centre-of-mass energies of 91Gev, 183Gev and 189Gev, in Q**2 ranges of 1.5 to 30.0 GeV**2...

Searches for prompt light gravitino signatures in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 189 GeV (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

Searches for final states expected in models with light gravitinos have been performed, including experimental topologies with multi-leptons with missing energy, leptons and photons with missing...

A measurement of the $\tau$ mass and the first CPT test with $\tau$ leptons (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

We measure the mass of the tau lepton to be 1775.1+-1.6(stat)+-1.0(sys t.) MeV using tau pairs from Z0 decays. To test CPT invariance we compare the masses of the positively and negatively charged...

Photonic events with missing energy in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=189 GeV$ (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, ...

Photonic events with large missing energy have been observed in e+e- collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 189GeV using the OPAL detector at LEP. Results are presented for event topologies...

Z boson pair production in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 183 and 189 GeV (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

A study of Z boson pair production in e+e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies near 183 GeV and 189 GeV is reported. Final states containing only leptons, (l+l-l+l- and l+l-nu nubar), quark and...

Measurement of |$V_{cb}$| using $\overline{B}^{0} \to D^{*+}l^{-}\overline{\nu}$ decays (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

The magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element Vcb has been measured using B0 to D*l nu decays recorded on the Z0 peak using the OPAL detector at LEP. The D* to D0 pi+ decays were...

Transverse and Longitudinal Bose Einstein Correlations in hadronic $Z^0$ Decays (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

Bose-Einstein correlations in pairs of identical charged pions produced in asample of 4.3 million Z0 hadronic decays are studied as a function of the threecomponents of the momentum difference,...

Measurements of $R_{b}$, $A_{FB}^{b}$ and $A_{FB}^{c}$ in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at 130-189 GeV (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

The cross-section ratio Rb=sigma(e+e- to b-antib)/sigma(e+e- to q-antiq) andthe bottom and charm forward-backward asymmetries AFB^b and AFB^c are measuredusing event samples collected by the OPAL...

QCD studies with $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilation data at 172-189 GeV (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

We have studied hadronic events from e+e- annihilation data at centre-of-mass energies of sqrt{s}=172, 183 and 189 GeV. The total integrated luminosity of the three samples, measured with the OPAL...

Search for new Physics in rare B Decays (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

A search for the decay B+- to K+-K+-pi-+ was performed using data collected by the OPAL detector at LEP. These decays are strongly suppressed in the Standard Model but could occur with a higher...

Leading Particle Production in Light Flavour Jets (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

The energy distribution and type of the particle with the highest momentum in quark jets are determined for each of the five quark flavours making only minimal model assumptions. The analysis is...

QCD analyses and determinations of $\alpha_{s}$ in $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilation at energies between 35 and 189 GeV (2000)

Pfeifenschneider, P, Biebel, O, Movilla-Fernández, P A, Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, ...

We employ data taken by the JADE and OPAL experiments for an integrated QCD study in hadronic e+e- annihilations at c.m.s. energies ranging from 35 GeV through 189 GeV. The study is based on...

Search for Unstable Heavy and Excited Leptons at LEP2 (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

Searches for unstable neutral and charged heavy leptons, N and L+-, and for excited states of neutral and charged leptons, nu*, e*, mu*, and tau*, have been performed in e+e- collisions using data...

Bose-Einstein correlations in $K^{\pm}K^{\pm}$ pairs from $Z^{0}$ decays into two hadronic jets (2000)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

Bose-Einstein correlations in pairs of charged kaons produced in a sample of 3.9 million hadronic Z0 decays have been measured with the OPAL experiment at LEP. Charged kaons were identified in the...

$\tau$ decays with neutral kaons (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

The branching ratio of the tau lepton to a neutral K meson is measured from a sample of approximately 200,000 tau decays recorded by the OPAL detector at centre-of-mass energies near the Z0...

Inclusive production of $D^{*\pm}$ mesons in photon-photon collisions at $\sqrt{s}_{ee}$= 183 and 189 GeV and a first measurement of $F^{\gamma}_{2,c}$ (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

The inclusive production of D*+- mesons in photon-photon collisions has been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP at e+e- centre-of-mass energies of 183 and 189GeV. The D* mesons are reconstructed...

Measurement of the $W^{+}W^{-} \gamma$ Cross-section and First direct Limits on Anomalous Electroweak Quartic Gauge Couplings (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, ...

A study of W+W- events accompanied by hard photon radiation produced in e+e- collisions at LEP is presented. Events consistent with two on-shell W-bosons and an isolated photon are selected from...

Precision Luminosity for $Z^{0}$ Lineshape Measurements with a Silicon-Tungsten Calorimeter (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The measurement of small-angle Bhabha scattering is used to determine the luminosity at the OPAL interaction point for the LEP I data recorded between 1993 and 1995. The measurement is based on the...

Search for Chargino and Neutralino Production at $\sqrt{s} = 189 GeV$ at LEP (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, is performed using a data sample of 182.1 pb-1 taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP....

Search for Anomalous Production of Acoplanar Di-lepton Events in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=183 and 189 GeV (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A selection of di-lepton events with significant missing transverse momentum has been performed using a total data sample of 237.4 pb-1 at e+e- centre-of-mass energies of 183 GeV and 189 GeV. The...

A Study of Three-Prong $\tau$ Decays with Charged Kaons (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

From an analysis of the ionisation energy loss of charged particles selected from a sample of 147926 e+e- -> tau+tau- candidates recorded in the OPAL detector at e+e- centre-of-mass energies near the...

Search for pair-produced leptoquarks in $e^{+}e^{-}$ interactions at $\sqrt{s} \simeq$ 183 GeV (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for pair-produced leptoquarks has been performed using a sample of e+e- collision events collected by the OPAL detector at LEP at e+e- centre-of-mass energies of about 183 GeV. The data...

Tests of the Standard Model and Constraints on New Physics from Measurements of Fermion-pair Production at 189 GeV at LEP (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Cross-sections and angular distributions for hadronic and lepton pair final states in e+e- collisions at a centre-of-mass energy near 189 GeV, measured with the OPAL detector at LEP, are presented...

Search for Neutral Higgs Bosons in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} \sim$ 189 GeV (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for neutral Higgs bosons has been performed with the OPAL detector at LEP, using approximately 170 pb-1 of e+e- collision data collected at sqrt(s)~189GeV. Searches have been performed for...

Measurement of the Production Rate of Charm Quark Pairs from Gluons in Hadronic $Z^{0}$ Decays (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The rate of secondary charm-quark-pair production has been measured in 4.4 million hadronic Z0 decays collected by OPAL. By selecting events with three jets and tagging charmed hadrons in the gluon...

Multi-photon production in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 189 GeV (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The process e+e- to 2 (or 3) gammas is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV corresponds to a total integrated...

A study of $B^{0}_{s}$ meson oscillation using hadronic $Z^{0}$ decays containing leptons (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A sample of Z decays containing b-flavoured hadrons is tagged using leptons, and events having precise proper time measurements are selected. These events are used to study Bs oscillations. using the...

Search for Higgs Bosons and Other Massive States decaying into two Photons in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at 189 GeV (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A search is described for the generic process e+e- to X Y, where X is a neutral heavy scalar boson decaying into a pair of photons, and Y is a neutral heavy boson (scalar or vector) decaying into a...

A Study of Spin Alignment of $\rho(770)^{\pm}$ and $\omega(782)$ Mesons in Hadronic $Z^{0}$ Decays (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The helicity density matrix elements rho[00] of rho(770)+- and omega(782) mesons produced in Z decays have been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. Over the measured meson energy range, the...

Measurements of inclusive semileptonic branching fractions of b hadrons in $Z^{0}$ decays (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A measurement of inclusive semileptonic branching fractions of b hadrons produced in Z decays is presented. An enriched Z -> bbbar sample is obtained with a lifetime flavour-tagging technique. The...

Total Hadronic Cross-Section of Photon-Photon Interactions at LEP (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The total hadronic cross-section sigma_gg(W) for the interaction of real photons, gg->hadrons, is measured for gg centre-of-mass energies 10 e+e- hardrons, using a luminosity function for the photon...

Search for R-Parity Violating Decays of Scalar Fermions at LEP (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A search for pair produced scalar fermions with couplings that violate R-parity has been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 56 pb-1 at a centre-of-mass energy...

Test of the Flavour Independence of $\alpha_{s}$ using Next-to-Leading Order Calculations for Heavy Quarks (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

We present a test of the flavour independence of the strong coupling constant for charm and bottom quarks with respect to light (uds) quarks, based on a hadronic event sample obtained with the OPAL...

Search for Scalar Top and Scalar Bottom Quarks at $\sqrt{s}$ = 189 GeV at LEP (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Searches for a scalar top quark and a scalar bottom quark have been performed using a data sample of 182 pb-1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. No...

Experimental properties of gluon and quark jets from a point source (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Gluon jets are identified in hadronic Z0 decays as all the particles in a hemisphere opposite to a hemisphere containing two tagged quark jets. Gluon jets defined in this manner are equivalent to...

Intermittency and correlations in hadronic $Z^0$ decays (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A multidimensional study of local multiplicity fluctuations and multiparticle correlations of hadrons produced in Z decays is performed. The study is based on the data sample of more than 4 million...

Measurements of the QED Structure of the Photon (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The structure of both quasi-real and highly virtual photons is investigated using the reaction e+e- -> e+e-mu+mu-, proceeding via the exchange of two photons. The results are based on the complete...

Searches for R-Parity Violating Decays of Gauginos at 183 GeV at LEP (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Searches for pair-produced charginos and neutralinos with R-parity violating decays have been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 56 pb-1 collected with the...

Measurement of the W Mass and Width in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at 183 GeV (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Using a data sample of 57 pb-1 recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 183 GeV with the Opal detector at LEP, 282 W+W- -> qqqq and 300 W+W- -> qqlnu candidate events are used to obtain a measurement...

Colour reconnection studies in $e^{+}e^{-} \to W^{+}W^{-}$ at $\sqrt{s}$=183 GeV (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The predicted effects of final state interactions such as colour reconnection are investigated by measuring properties of hadronic decays of W bosons, recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of...

Measurement of the $B^{+}$ and $B^{0}$ lifetimes and search for CP(T) violation using reconstructed secondary vertices (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The lifetimes of the B+ and B0 mesons, and their ratio, have been measured in the OPAL experiment using 2.4 million hadronic Z0 decays recorded at LEP. Z0 -> b bbar decays were tagged using displaced...

Search for Baryon and Lepton Number Violating $Z^0$ Decays (1999)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Using data collected with the OPAL detector at LEP, we have searched for the processes e+e- -> Z0 -> p e-, p mu- and the charge conjugate final-states. These would violate the conservation of the...

A Measurement of the Product Branching Ratio $f(b \to \Lambda_{b}).BR (\Lambda_{b} \to \Lambda X)$ in $Z^{0}$ Decays (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The product branching ratio, f(b->Lambda_b).BR(Lambda_b->Lambda X), where Lambda_b denotes any weakly-decaying b-baryon, has been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. Lambda_b are selected by the...

A measurement of the $\tau^{-} \to e^{-} \overline{\nu}_{e}\nu_{\tau}$ branching ratio (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The branching ratio for the decay tau->e nue nutau has been measured using Z0 decay data collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP. In total 33073 tau->e nue nutau candidates were identified from a...

$W^{+}W^{-}$ production and triple gauge boson couplings at LEP energies up to 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A study of W-pair production in e+e- annihilations at Lep2 is presented, based on 877 W+W- candidates corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 57 pb-1 at sqrt(s) = 183 GeV. Assuming that the...

Search for Higgs Bosons in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Collisions at 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The data collected by the OPAL experiment at sqrts=183 GeV were used to search for Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Standard Model and various extensions, such as general models with two Higgs...

Bose-Einstein Correlations in $e^{+} e^{-} \to W^{+}W^{-}$ at 172 and 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Bose-Einstein correlations between like-charge pions are studied in hadronic final states produced by e+e- annihilations at center-of-mass energies of 172 and 183 GeV. Three event samples are...

A Measurement of $R_{b}$ using a Double Tagging Method (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The fraction of Z to bbbar events in hadronic Z decays has been measured by the OPAL experiment using the data collected at LEP between 1992 and 1995. The Z to bbbar decays were tagged using...

Search for Anomalous Photonic Events with Missing Energy in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130, 136 and 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Photonic events with large missing energy have been observed in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130, 136 and 183 GeV collected in 1997 using the OPAL detector at LEP. Results are...

Measurement of the Semileptonic Branching Ratio of Charm Hadrons Produced in $Z^{0} \to c\bar{c}$ Decays (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The inclusive charm hadron semileptonic branching fractions B(c to e) and B(c to mu) in Z to ccbar events have been determined using 4.4 million hadronic Z decays collected with the OPAL detector at...

Search for Chargino and Neutralino Production at $\sqrt{s}$ = 181-184 GeV at LEP (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A search for charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, has been performed using a data sample of 57 pb-1 at centre-of-mass energies of 181-184 GeV taken with the OPAL detector...

Measurement of the longitudinal cross-section using the direction of the thrust axis in hadronic events at LEP (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

In the process e+e- to hadrons, one of the effects of gluon emission is to modify the 1+cos(theta)**2 form of the angular distribution of the thrust axis, an effect which may be quantified by the...

Search for Acoplanar Lepton Pair Events in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161, 172 and 183 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

A selection of di-lepton events with significant missing transverse momentum has been performed using a total data sample of 77.0 pb-1 at e+e- centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV, 172 GeV and 183 GeV....

A Study of Parton Fragmentation in Hadronic $Z^{0}$ Decays Using $\Lambda \overline\Lambda$ Correlations (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

The correlated production of Lambda and Lambdabar baryons has been studied using 4.3 million multihadronic Zo decays recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. Di-lambda pairs were investigated in the...

First measurement of $Z/\gamma^{*}$ production in Compton scattering of quasi-real photons (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

We report the first observation of Z/gamma* production in Compton scattering of quasi-real photons. This is a subprocess of the reaction e+e- to e+e-Z/gamma*, where one of the final state electrons...

Di-Jet Production in Photon-Photon Collisions at $\sqrt{s}_{ee}$ = 161 and 172 GeV (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Di-jet production is studied in collisions of quasi-real photons radiated by the LEP beams at e+e- centre-of-mass energies 161 and 172 GeV. The jets are reconstructed using a cone jet finding...

Tests of the Standard Model and constraints on new physics from measurements of fermion-pair production at 183 GeV at LEP (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

Cross-sections for hadronic, b-bbar and lepton pair final states in e+e- collisions at sqrt(s) = 183 GeV, measured with the OPAL detector at LEP, are presented and compared with the predictions of...

Measurement of the Strong Coupling Constant $\alpha_s$ and the Vector and Axial-Vector Spectral Functions in Hadronic Tau Decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The spectral functions of the vector current and the axial-vector current have been measured in hadronic tau decays using the OPAL detector at LEP. Within the framework of the Operator Product...

Measurement of the Michel Parameters in Leptonic Tau Decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The Michel parameters of the leptonic tau decays are measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. The Michel parameters are extracted from the energy spectra of the charged decay leptons and from their...

Search for Higgs bosons and new particles decaying into two photons at $\sqrt{s}$ = 183 GeV (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for the resonant production of high mass photon pairs associated with a leptonic or hadronic system has been performed using a data sample of 57.7 pb-1 collected at an average center-of-mass...

Multi-photon production in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 183 GeV (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The process e+e- to gamma gamma (gamma) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 56.2 pb-1 taken at a...

Inclusive production of charged hadrons and $K_{s}^{0}$ mesons in photon-photon collisions (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The production of charged hadrons and K_s mesons in the collisions of quasi-real photons has been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. The data were taken at e+e- centre-of-mass energies of 161...

Measurement of the average polarization of b baryons in hadronic $Z^0$ decays (1998)

Abbiendi, G, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...

In the Standard Model, b quarks produced in e^+e^- annihilation at the Z^0 peak have a large average longitudinal polarization of -0.94. Some fraction of this polarization is expected to be...

Measurement of Tau Branching Ratios to Five Charged Hadrons (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The branching ratios of the decay of the tau lepton to five charged hadrons have been measured with the OPAL detector at LEP using data collected between 1991 and 1995 at e+e- centre-of-mass energies...

Measurements of flavour dependent fragmentation functions in $Z^{0} \to q\overline{q}$ events (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Fragmentation functions for charged particles in Z -> qq(bar) events have been measured for bottom (b), charm (c) and light (uds) quarks as well as for all flavours together. The results are based on...

Bose-Einstein correlations of three charged pions in hadronic $Z^{0}$ decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Bose-Einstein Correlations (BEC) of three identical charged pions were studied in 4 x 10^6 hadronic Z^0 decays recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The genuine three-pion correlations, corrected...

An upper limit for the $\tau$-neutrino mass from $\tau \to 5\pi^{\pm} \nu_{\tau}$ decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

An upper limit for the tau-neutrino mass has been determined from the decay tau -> 5pi+- \nu_tau using data collected with the OPAL detector from 1991 to 1995 in e+e- collisions at \sqrt{s} ~ M_Z. A...

Photon and light meson production in hadronic $Z^{0}$ decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The inclusive production rates and differential cross-sections of photons and mesons with a final state containing photons have been measured with the OPAL detector at LEP. The light mesons covered...

Production of $K^{0}_{S}$ and $\Lambda$ in Quark and Gluon Jets from $Z^{0}$ Decay (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The production of K^0_S mesons and Lambda baryons in quark and gluon jets has been investigated using two complementary techniques. In the first approach, which provides high statistical accuracy,...

An upper limit on the anomalous magnetic moment of the $\tau$ lepton (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Using radiative Z^0 -> \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma events collected with the OPAL detector at LEP at \sqrt{s}=M_Z during 1990-95, a direct study of the electromagnetic current at the \tau\gamma vertex has...

A search for neutral Higgs bosons in the MSSM and models with two scalar field doublets (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search is described for the neutral Higgs bosons h^0 and A^0 predicted by models with two scalar field doublets and, in particular, the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The search in...

Search for stable and long-lived massive charged particles in $e^{+} e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-183 GeV (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for stable and long-lived massive particles of electric charge |Q/e| = 1 or 2/3, pair-produced in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies from 130 to 183 GeV, is reported by the OPAL...

Search for an excess in the production of four-jet events from $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-184 GeV (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Events with four distinct jets from e^+e^- collisions, collected by the OPAL detector at centre-of-mass energies between 130 and 184 GeV, are analysed for a peak in the sum of dijet masses. This...

Production of $f_{0}(980), f_{2}(1270)$ and $\phi(1020)$ in hadronic $Z^{0}$ decay (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Inclusive production of the f_0(980), f_2(1270) and \phi(1020) resonances has been studied in a sample of 4.3 million hadronic Z^0 decays from the OPAL experiment at LEP. A coupled channel analysis...

Determination of the Production Rate of $D^{*0}$ Mesons and of the Ratio V/(V+P) in $Z^{0} \to c\overline{c}$ Decays (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

In e^+e^- collisions at centre-of-mass energies around 91 GeV, D^*0 mesons have been reconstructed using data collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. The hadronisation fraction has been measured to...

Measurements of the $B^{0}_s$ and $\Lambda^{0}_b$ lifetimes (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

This paper presents updated measurements of the lifetimes of the B^0_s meson and the \Lambda_b baryon using 4.4 million hadronic Z^0 decays recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP from 1990 to 1995. A...

Search for charged Higgs bosons in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-172 GeV (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search is described to detect charged Higgs bosons via the process e^+e^- -> H^+H^-, using data collected by the OPAL detector at center-of-mass energies of 130-172 GeV with a total integrated...

Measurement of the one-prong hadronic $\tau$ branching ratios at LEP (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The branching ratios of the \tau^- -> h^- \nu_\tau, \tau^- -> h^- \pi^0 1991-1995 data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. These branching ratios are measured simultaneously using three selection...

Investigation of CP violation in $B^{0} \to J/\psi K_{s}^{0}$ decays at LEP (1998)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

An investigation of CP violation was performed using a total of 24 candidates for B^0 -> J/psi K^0_S decay, with a purity of about 60%. These events were selected from 4.4 million hadronic Z^0 decays...

Search for anomalous production of photonic events with missing energy in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Photonic events with large missing energy have been observed in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130, 136, 161 and 172 GeV using the OPAL detector at LEP. Results are presented based on...

Search for the $B_c$ meson in hadronic $Z^0$ decays (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for decays of the B_c meson was performed using data collected from 1990-1995 with the OPAL detector on or near the Z peak at LEP. The decay channels B_c^+ -> J/psi pi^+, B_c^+ -> J/psi...

Search for anomalous production of dilepton events with missing transverse momentum in $e^{+} e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 and 172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Events containing a pair of charged leptons and significant missing transverse momentum are selected from a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 20.6 pb^-1 at centre-of-mass...

Measurement of triple gauge boson couplings from $W^+ W^-$ production at $\sqrt{s}$ = 172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

We present measurements of triple gauge boson coupling parameters using data recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP2 at a centre-of-mass energy of 172 GeV. A total of 120 W-pair candidates has been...

Search for Unstable Heavy and Excited Leptons in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 170-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

We have searched for unstable neutral and charged heavy leptons, N and L^+/-, and for excited states of neutral and charged leptons, nu*, e*, mu* and tau*, in e^+e^- collisions at centre-of-mass...

Search for a massive diphoton resonance at $\sqrt{s}$ = 91-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for the resonant production of high mass photon pairs associated with a leptonic or hadronic system has been performed using a total data sample of 25.7 pb^-1 taken at centre-of-mass...

Multi-photon final states in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The process e^+e^- -> gamma gamma (gamma) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 25.38 pb^{-1} taken at...

Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161-172 GeV (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

This paper describes a search for the Standard Model Higgs boson using data from e^+e^- collisions collected at center-of-mass energies of 161, 170 and 172 GeV by the OPAL detector at LEP. The data...

Multiplicity distributions of gluon and quark jets and tests of QCD analytic predictions (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Gluon jets are identified in e+e- hadronic annihilation events by tagging two quark jets in the same hemisphere of an event. The gluon jet is defined inclusively as all the particles in the opposite...

Measurement of the photon structure function $F_{2}^{\gamma}$ at low x (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Deep inelastic electron-photon scattering is studied using e+e- data collected by the OPAL detector at centre-of-mass energies sqrt{s_ee} ~ M_{Z^0}. The photon structure function F_2^gamma(x,Q^2) is...

Polarization and forward-backward asymmetry of $\Lambda$ baryons in hadronic $Z^0$ decays (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

The longitudinal polarization, the transverse polarization, and the forward-backward asymmetry of Lambda baryons have been measured using a sample of 4.34 million hadronic Z^0 decays collected with...

Search for chargino and neutralino production at $\sqrt{s}$ = 170 and 172 GeV at LEP (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

A search for charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, has been performed using a data sample of 10.3 pb^-1 at centre-of-mass energies of sqrt(s) = 170 and 172 GeV with the...

Measurement of the branching fractions and forward-backward asymmetries of the $Z^0$ into light quarks (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

Using approximately 4.3 million hadronic Z^0 decays collected with the OPAL detector at LEP between 1990 and 1995, we measure the branching fractions of the Z^0 into up-type and down-type light...

An updated study of B meson oscillations using dilepton events (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

This paper reports a study of B meson oscillations using hadronic Z^0 decays with two identified leptons, and updates a previous publication by including data collected in 1994. Decay times are...

An upper limit on the branching ratio for $\tau$ decays into seven charged particles (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

We have searched for decays of the tau lepton into seven or more charged particles, using data collected with the OPAL detector from 1990 to 1995 in e^+e^- collisions at sqrt(s) ~ M_Z. No candidate...

A study of B meson oscillations using hadronic $Z^0$ decays containing leptons (1997)

Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...

An event sample enriched in semileptonic decays of b hadrons is selected using an inclusive lepton selection from approximately 3.0 million hadronic Z^0 decays collected with the OPAL detector. This...

Measurements of Z-boson resonance parameters in e+e- annihilation (1989)

Abrams, G. S., Adolphsen, C. E., Averill, D., Ballam, J., Barish, B. C., Barklow, T., ...

We have measured the mass of the Z boson to be 91.14±0.12 GeV/c^2, and its width to be 2.42-0.35+0.45 GeV. If we constrain the visible width to its standard-model value, we find the partial width to...

First measurements of hadronic decays of the Z boson (1989)

Abrams, G. S., Adolphsen, C. E., Aleksan, R., Alexander, J. P., Averill, D., Ballam, J., ...

We have observed hadronic final states produced in the decays of Z bosons. In order to study the parton structure of these events, we compare the distributions in sphericity, thurst, aplanarity, and...

Initial measurements of Z-boson resonance parameters in e+e- annihilation (1989)

Abrams, G. S., Adolphsen, C. E., Aleksan, R., Alexander, J. P., Allen, M. A., Atwood, W. B., ...

We have measured the mass of the Z boson to be 91.11±0.23 GeV/c^2, and its width to be 1.61-0.43+0.60 GeV. If we constrain the visible width to its standard-model value, we find the partial width to...

SINGLE INJECTION SPINAL ANAESTHESIA WITH AMETHOCAINE AND MORPHINE FOR TRANSURETHERAL PROSTATECTOMY (1983)

CUNNINGHAM, A. J., MCKENNA, J. A., SKENE, D. S.

The intrathecal administration of amethocaine plus morphine as an anaesthetic technique for providing surgical anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia was evaluated in 24 patients undergoing...