b-Quark Physics with the LEP Collider The Development of Experimental Techniques for b-Quark Studies from Z^0-Decay /

• Main Author: Barker, Gary John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, STMP, 236
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Particle acceleration.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.

The book reviews the unexpected impact that the LEP experiments have had on the subject of b-quark physics. The emphasis is firmly on telling the story from an experimental viewpoint. Aspects of the detectors that were essential for the reconstruction of b-hadrons are highlighted, especially the rol...

Table of Contents:

• b-physics at LEP
• Silicon Vertex Detectors and Particle Identification
• Experience in Reconstructing Z0 ? b?b Events
• Tagging Z0 ? b?b Events
• Tagging b-quark Charge
• Double-Hemisphere Tagging
• Optimal b-Flavour and b-Hadron Reconstruction
• Conclusion and Next Steps.