Title Production-rate and decay lifetime measurements of $B_{S}^{0}$ mesons at LEP using $D_{s}$ and $\phi$ mesons Author Abreu, P. Adam, W. Adye, T. Verbeure, F. et al. Faculty/Department Faculty of Sciences. Biology Faculty of Sciences. Physics Publication type article Publication 1994 Berlin , 1994 Subject Physics Source (journal) Zeitschrift für Physik : C : particles and fields. - Berlin Volume/pages 61(1994) :3 , p. 407-419 ISSN 0170-9739 ISI A1994MZ68700005 Carrier E Target language English (eng) Full text (Publishers DOI) Affiliation University of Antwerp Abstract The study of the properties of inclusive production of D(s) mesons and of events in which a phi and a muon are present in the same jet provides two independent measurements of the probability, f(s)w, for a heavy quark to hadronize into a strange B or D meson. The data sample analysed corresponds to 243,000 hadronic Z0 decays. The combined value of these measurements is f(s)w=0.19+/-0.06+/-0.08. From the flight distance distributions of D(s) and of (phi-lepton) secondary vertices, with the lepton emitted at high transverse momentum relative to the jet axis, two values are obtained for the B(s)0 meson lifetime. Combining these measurements with a previous result based on the study of D(s)-mu events, the B(s)0 meson lifetime is measured to be: 0.96+/-0.37 ps. E-info http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1994MZ68700005&DestLinkType=RelatedRecords&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=ef845e08c439e550330acc77c7d2d848 http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1994MZ68700005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=ef845e08c439e550330acc77c7d2d848 http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1994MZ68700005&DestLinkType=CitingArticles&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=ef845e08c439e550330acc77c7d2d848 Handle