Measuring $$A_\textrm{FB}^b$$ A FB b and $$R_b$$ R b with exclusive b-hadron decays at the FCC-ee
Abstract This paper presents a novel tagging technique to measure the beauty-quark partial decay-width ratio $$R_b$$ R b and its forward–backward asymmetry $$A_{\textrm{FB}}^b$$ A FB b at the FCC-ee, using $$\mathcal {O}(10^{12})$$ O ( 10 12 ) Z-boson decays. The method is based on the exclusive rec...
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| description | Abstract This paper presents a novel tagging technique to measure the beauty-quark partial decay-width ratio $$R_b$$ R b and its forward–backward asymmetry $$A_{\textrm{FB}}^b$$ A FB b at the FCC-ee, using $$\mathcal {O}(10^{12})$$ O ( 10 12 ) Z-boson decays. The method is based on the exclusive reconstruction of a selected list of b-hadron decay modes in $$Z\rightarrow b\bar{b}$$ Z → b b ¯ events at the Z pole, which can provide the flavour and possibly the charge of the hemisphere. This approach effectively eliminates the contamination from light-quark physics events and reduces the leading systematic uncertainties arising from background contamination, tagging-efficiency correlations, and gluon-radiation corrections by exploiting the geometric and kinematic properties of beauty hadrons. This results in a total relative uncertainty of the order of 0.01 % for both observables. Furthermore, this precision allows to obtain a commensurate precision on the weak mixing angle $$\sin ^2(\theta _\text {W}^{\text {eff}})$$ sin 2 ( θ W eff ) compared to the muon forward–backward asymmetry on the order of 0.002 %. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8b8a8dd200e74887a7117b77543b5cbd2025-08-24T11:47:21ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields1434-60522025-08-0185812810.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14603-1Measuring $$A_\textrm{FB}^b$$ A FB b and $$R_b$$ R b with exclusive b-hadron decays at the FCC-eeLars Röhrig0Kevin Kröninger1Romain Madar2Stéphane Monteil3Fabrizio Palla4Emmanuel Perez5Department of Physics, TU Dortmund UniversityDepartment of Physics, TU Dortmund UniversityUniversité Clermont-Auvergne, CNRS, LPCAUniversité Clermont-Auvergne, CNRS, LPCAINFN PisaCERN, EP DepartmentAbstract This paper presents a novel tagging technique to measure the beauty-quark partial decay-width ratio $$R_b$$ R b and its forward–backward asymmetry $$A_{\textrm{FB}}^b$$ A FB b at the FCC-ee, using $$\mathcal {O}(10^{12})$$ O ( 10 12 ) Z-boson decays. The method is based on the exclusive reconstruction of a selected list of b-hadron decay modes in $$Z\rightarrow b\bar{b}$$ Z → b b ¯ events at the Z pole, which can provide the flavour and possibly the charge of the hemisphere. This approach effectively eliminates the contamination from light-quark physics events and reduces the leading systematic uncertainties arising from background contamination, tagging-efficiency correlations, and gluon-radiation corrections by exploiting the geometric and kinematic properties of beauty hadrons. This results in a total relative uncertainty of the order of 0.01 % for both observables. Furthermore, this precision allows to obtain a commensurate precision on the weak mixing angle $$\sin ^2(\theta _\text {W}^{\text {eff}})$$ sin 2 ( θ W eff ) compared to the muon forward–backward asymmetry on the order of 0.002 %.https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14603-1 |
| spellingShingle | Lars Röhrig Kevin Kröninger Romain Madar Stéphane Monteil Fabrizio Palla Emmanuel Perez Measuring $$A_\textrm{FB}^b$$ A FB b and $$R_b$$ R b with exclusive b-hadron decays at the FCC-ee European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields |
| title | Measuring $$A_\textrm{FB}^b$$ A FB b and $$R_b$$ R b with exclusive b-hadron decays at the FCC-ee |
| title_full | Measuring $$A_\textrm{FB}^b$$ A FB b and $$R_b$$ R b with exclusive b-hadron decays at the FCC-ee |
| title_fullStr | Measuring $$A_\textrm{FB}^b$$ A FB b and $$R_b$$ R b with exclusive b-hadron decays at the FCC-ee |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring $$A_\textrm{FB}^b$$ A FB b and $$R_b$$ R b with exclusive b-hadron decays at the FCC-ee |
| title_short | Measuring $$A_\textrm{FB}^b$$ A FB b and $$R_b$$ R b with exclusive b-hadron decays at the FCC-ee |
| title_sort | measuring a textrm fb b a fb b and r b r b with exclusive b hadron decays at the fcc ee |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14603-1 |
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