Averages of b-hadron Properties at the End of 2005
hep-ex
/ Authors
Heavy Flavor Averaging Group, E. Barberio, I. Bizjak, S. Blyth, G. Cavoto, P. Chang, J. Dingfelder, S. Eidelman, T. Gershon, R. Godang
and 19 more authors
R. Harr, A. Hoecker, T. Iijima, R. Kowalewski, F. Lehner, A. Limosani, C. -J. Lin, O. Long, V. Luth, M. Morii, S. Prell, O. Schneider, J. Smith, A. Stocchi, S. Tosi, K. Trabelsi, R. Van Kooten, C. Voena, C. Weiser
/ Abstract
This article reports world averages for measurements on b-hadron properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFAG) using the available results as of at the end of 2005. In the averaging, the input parameters used in the various analyses are adjusted (rescaled) to common values, and all known correlations are taken into account. The averages include lifetimes, neutral meson mixing parameters, parameters of semileptonic decays, branching fractions of B meson decays to final states with open charm, charmonium and no charm, and measurements related to CP asymmetries.