Abstract
We have studied the production of B mesons in e+e- annihilations and present new measurements of the semileptonic branching fractions for B-meson decay. We find B(B=eX)=0.127±0.017±0.013 and B(B=X)=0.122±0.017±0.031, where the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively. The observed lepton momentum spectra from B decays are presented. From these spectra we find the mean hadronic mass (MX) recoiling against the detected lepton to be MX=2.2±0.2 GeV/c2. We have also observed an enhancement in the lepton yield from the continuum above BB» threshold. This enhancement is interpreted as continuum B production and is consistent with what is expected from the naive quark model.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 475-485 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1983 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:• This research was supported by the UK Science and Engineering Research Council under grants GR/G 32779 and GR/J 21347. I thank my colleagues from the UKQCD Collaboration and G. Martlnelli for fruitful discussions.
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