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Heavy-flavour production asymmetry

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The measurement of the forward-backward heavy-quark asymmetry at LEP is presented. The present status of the experimental tecniques is reviewed and the LEP averages are given for the b and c asymmetries. Averaging all LEP results including the lepton asymmetries, the τ-polarization and its asymmetry yields sin2 ϑ lepteff =0.2318±0.0004. Combining this result with the SLC left-right asymmetry measurement gives sin2 ϑ lepteff =0.2313±0.0003.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma «La Sapienza», I-00185, Roma, Italy

    L. Ludovici

  2. Sezione di Roma, INFN, Roma, Italy

    L. Ludovici

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Ludovici, L. Heavy-flavour production asymmetry. Nuov Cim A 109, 651–661 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02731699

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