Abstract
Evidence is presented for the production of prompt J/ψ mesons (not originating in b-hadron decays) in hadronic Z0 decays. Using a sample of 3.6 million hadronic events, 24 prompt J/ψ candidates are identified from their decays into e+e- and μ+μ- pairs. The background is estimated to be 10.2±2.0 events. The following branching ratio for prompt J/ψ production is obtained: Br(Z0 → prompt J/ψ + X) = (1.9 ± 0.7 ± 0.5 ± 0.5) · 10-4, where the first error is statistical, the second systematic and the third error accounts for uncertainties in the prompt J/ψ production mechanism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 343-352 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 384 |
Issue number | 1-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 19 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
We would like to thank P. Cho for useful discussions. We also wish to thank the SL Division for the excellent start-up and performanceo f the LEP accel-eratori n the datat aking and for their continuing close cooperationw ith our experimentalg roup. In addition to the support staff at our own institutions we are pleasedt o acknowledget he Departmento f Energy, USA, National Science Foundation, USA, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada, Israel Ministry of Science, Israel Science Foundation, administeredb y the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Minerva Gesellschaft, JapaneseM inistry of Education, Science and Culture (the Monbusho) and a grant under the Monbusho International Science ResearchP rogram, German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation (GF), Direction des Sciencesd e la Matiere du Commissariat a 1’Energie Atomique, France, Bundesministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, Germany, National Research Council of Canada, Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research,O TKA T-016660, and OTKA F-015089.
Funders | Funder number |
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Departmento f Energy | |
Direction des Sciencesd e la Matiere du Commissariat a 1’Energie Atomique, France, Bundesministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie | |
German Israeli Bi-national Science Foundation | |
Hungarian Foundation for Scientific Research | OTKA F-015089, O TKA T-016660 |
Israel Ministry of Science, Israel Science Foundation | |
JapaneseM inistry of Education, Science and Culture | |
Minerva Gesellschaft | |
Monbusho International Science ResearchP rogram | |
National Science Foundation | |
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | |
National Research Council Canada | |
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities |