Title Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry of charm and bottom quarks at the Z pole using $D^{*\pm}$ mesonsMeasurement of the forward-backward asymmetry of charm and bottom quarks at the Z pole using $D^{*\pm}$ mesons Author Abreu, P. Boeck, de, H. Brabandere, de, S. Tomaradze, A. Verbeure, F. [et al.] Faculty/Department Faculty of Sciences. Physics Research group Department of Physics Publication type article Publication 1995Berlin, 1995 Subject Physics Source (journal) Zeitschrift für Physik : C : particles and fields. - Berlin Volume/pages 66(1995):3, p. 341-354 ISSN 0170-9739 ISI A1995QV77200002 Carrier E Target language English (eng) Affiliation University of Antwerp Abstract The forward-backward asymmetries for the processes e(+)e(-) --> c (c) over bar and e(+)e(-) --> b (b) over bar at the Z resonance are measured using identified D*(+/-) mesons. In 905,000 selected hadronic events, taken in 1991 and 1992 with the DELPHI detector at LEP, 4757 D*(+) --> D degrees pi(+) decays are reconstructed. The c and b quark forward-backward asymmetries are determined to be: A(FB)(c (c) over bar) = 0.077 +/- 0.029 (stat) +/- 0.012 (sys), A(FB)(b (b) over bar) = 0.059 +/- 0.062 (stat) +/- 0.025 (sys). Constraining the b asymmetry to the value measured by DELPHI using independent analyses, the charm asymmetry is determined to be: A(FB)(c,const) = 0.068 +/- 0.027 (stat) +/- 0.011 (sys). This result corresponds to an effective electroweak mixing angle measured using charm quark events of: sin2 theta(eff)(lept) = 0.2307 +/- 0.0062 (stat) +/- 0.0026 (sys). E-info http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1995QV77200002&DestLinkType=RelatedRecords&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=ef845e08c439e550330acc77c7d2d848 http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1995QV77200002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=ef845e08c439e550330acc77c7d2d848 http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1995QV77200002&DestLinkType=CitingArticles&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=ef845e08c439e550330acc77c7d2d848 Handle