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most citedBranching ratios and spectral functions of tau decays: final ALEPH measurements and physics implications

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18 papers

hep-ex2006★ 64 cited

Fermion pair production in e+e- collisions at 189-209 GeV and constraints on physics beyond the Standard Model

The ALEPH Collaboration

Cross sections, angular distributions and forward-backward asymmetries are presented, of two-fermion events produced in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies from 189 to 209 G…

hep-ex2006★ 50 cited

Measurement of the W boson mass and width in e+e- collisions at LEP

The ALEPH Collaboration

The mass of the W boson is determined from the direct reconstruction of its decays into purely hadronic and semi-leptonic events in e+e- collisions at LEP. The data sample correspo…

hep-ex2006★ 11 cited

Test of Colour Reconnection Models using Three-Jet Events in Hadronic Z Decays

ALEPH collaboration

Hadronic Z decays into three jets are used to test QCD models of colour reconnection (CR). A sensitive quantity is the rate of gluon jets with a gap in the particle rapidity distri…

hep-ex2005★ 351 cited

Branching ratios and spectral functions of tau decays: final ALEPH measurements and physics implications

the ALEPH Collaboration

The full LEP-1 data set collected with the ALEPH detector at the pole during 1991-1995 is analysed in order to measure the decay branching fractions. Extensive systematic s…

hep-ex2002★ 55 cited

Absolute Lower Limits on the Masses of Selectrons and Sneutrinos in the MSSM

ALEPH Collaboration

The results of searches for selectrons, charginos and neutralinos performed with the data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV are interp…

hep-ex2002★ 54 cited

Search for Single Top Production in e+e- Collisions at sqrt(s) up to 209GeV

ALEPH Collaboration

Single top production via the flavour changing neutral current reactions e+e- -> \bar{t}c, \bar{t}u is searched for within the 214 pb-1 of data collected by ALEPH at centre-of-mass…

hep-ex2002

Search for charginos nearly mass degenerate with the lightest neutralino in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies up to 209GeV

ALEPH Collaboration

A search for charginos nearly mass degenerate with the lightest neutralino is performed with the data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP, at centre-of-mass energies between 189…

hep-ex2002★ 19 cited

Inclusive Production of the omega and eta Mesons in Z Decays, and the Muonic Branching Ratio of the omega

ALEPH Collaboration

The inclusive production of the omega(782) vector meson in hadronic Z decays is measured and compared to model predictions. The analysis is based on 4 million hadronic Z decays rec…

hep-ex2001★ 19 cited

Production of Ds** mesons in hadronic Z decays

ALEPH Collaboration

The production rates of the orbitally excited Ds** mesons, Ds1 and Ds2*, are measured with the 4.1 million hadronic Z decays recorded by the ALEPH detector during 1991--1995. The D…

hep-ex2001★ 20 cited

Measurement of Ab_FB using inclusive b-hadron decays

ALEPH Collaboration

Based on a sample of four million events collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1995, a measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z -> b-barb decays using inclusive final states is…

hep-ex2001★ 165 cited

Study of the fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons at the Z peak

ALEPH Collaboration

The fragmentation of b quarks into B mesons is studied with four million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH experiment during the years 1991-1995. A semi-exclusive reconstruc…

hep-ex2000★ 58 cited

Search for Supersymmetric Particles in e+e- Collisions at sqrt(s) up to 202GeV and Mass Limit for the Lightest Neutralino

ALEPH Collaboration

Searches for pair production of squarks, sleptons, charginos, and neutralinos are performed with the data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies from 188…

hep-ex2000★ 170 cited

Observation of an Excess in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson at ALEPH

ALEPH Collaboration

A search has been performed for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the data sample collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP, at centre-of-mass energies up to 209GeV. An excess of 3s…

hep-ex2000★ 106 cited

Measurements of BR (b -> tau- nubar_tau X) and BR (b -> tau- nubar_tau D*+- X) and Upper Limits on BR (B- -> tau- nubar_tau) and BR (b -> s nu nubar)

ALEPH Collaboration

Inclusive branching ratios involving b to tau transitions are measured in approximately four million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP. The fully-inclusive b…

hep-ex2000★ 46 cited

Study of the CP asymmetry of B0 -> J/psi K0S decays in ALEPH

ALEPH Collaboration

The decay B0 -> J/psi K0_S is reconstructed with J/psi -> e+ e- or mu+ mu- and K0_S -> pi+ pi-. From the full ALEPH dataset at LEP1 of about 4 million hadronic Z decays, 23 candida…

hep-ex2000★ 9 cited

Measurement of the Bbar0 and B- Meson Lifetimes

ALEPH Collaboration

The lifetimes of the Bbar0 and B- mesons are measured using a sample of about four million hadronic Z decays collected from 1991 to 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP. The data sa…

hep-ex1999★ 37 cited

Search for the glueball candidates f0(1500) and fJ(1710) in gamma gamma collisions

ALEPH Collaboration

Data taken with the ALEPH detector at LEP1 have been used to search for gamma gamma production of the glueball candidates f0(1500) and fJ(1710) via their decay to pi+pi-. No signal…

hep-ex1999★ 31 cited

Measurement of the e+e- -> ZZ production cross-section at centre-of-mass energies of 183 and 189GeV

ALEPH Collaboration

The ee -> ZZ cross section at sqrt(s)=182.7 and 188.6 GeV has been measured using the ALEPH detector. The analysis covers all of the visible ZZ final states and yields cross sectio…