A Measurement of R_c using a Multiple-Tagging Method
We present a new measurement of Rc, the branching fraction of the Z to
primary charm quarks, using a novel multitag method. Four tags, based on
kinematic and lifetime variables, are used to separate light from charm
from bottom quark jets. The rates of single- and double- tagged events
are used to measure many of the tag efficiencies and some of the
interhemisphere tagging correlations, greatly reducing the overall
systematic errors.
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