Final Results on Heavy Quarks at LEP and SLD
Abstract
In the last decade, the LEP and SLD experiments played a central role in the study of B hadrons (hadrons containing a b quark). New B hadrons have been observed ($B^0_s$, \Lambda_b$, $\Xi_b$ and $B^{**}$) and their production and decay properties have been measured. In this paper we will focus on measurements of the CKM matrix elements: $|V_{cb}|$, $|V_{ub}|$, $|V_{td}|$ and $|V_{ts}|$. We will show how all these measurements, together with theoretical developments, have significantly improved our knowledge on the flavour sector of the Standard Model.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 2003
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.hep-ph/0304237
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-ph/0304237
- Bibcode:
- 2003hep.ph....4237S
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- Talk given at the XXX SLAC Summer Institute, ssi2002, August 5-16,2002