Publication Date
2000
Journal or Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Abstract
We present the first direct measurement of As, the parity-violating coupling of the Z0 boson to the strange quark, using ∼550000 e+e−→Z0→hadrons events recorded by the SLC Large Detector with a polarized e− beam. We tagged Z0→s¯s events by the absence of B or D hadrons and the presence in each hemisphere of a high momentum K± or K0s. Fitting the polar angle distributions of the strangeness-signed thrust axis gave As=0.895±0.066(stat)±0.062(syst). The analyzing power and uu+dd background were constrained using the data, greatly reducing any model dependence.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5059
Pages
5059-5063
Volume
85
Issue
24
Recommended Citation
The SLD Collaboration, "First direct measurement of the parity-violating coupling of the Z(0) to the s quark" (2000). Physical Review Letters. 486.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5059