@article{3075600, title = "A measurement of D meson production in Z0 hadronic decays", author = "Abreu, P. and Adam, W. and Adye, T. and Agasi, E. and Ajinenko, I. and Aleksan, R. and Alekseev, G.D. and Algeri, A. and Allen, P. and Almehed, A. and Alvsvaag, S.J. and Amaldi, U. and Andreazza, A. and Antilogus, P. and Apel, W.-D. and Apsimon, R.J. and Arnoud, Y. and Åsman, B. and Augustin, J.-E. and Augustinus, A. and Baillon, P. and Bambade, P. and Barao, F. and Barate, R. and Barbiellini, G. and Bardin, D.Y. and Barker, G.J. and Baroncelli, A. and Barring, O. and Barrio, J.A. and Bartl, W. and Bates, M.J. and Battaglia, M. and Baubillier, M. and Becks, K.-H. and Beeston, C.J. and Begalli, M. and Beilliere, P. and Belokopyptov, Yu. and Beltran, P. and Benedic, D. and Benvenuti, A.C. and Berggren, M. and Bertrand, D. and Bianchi, F. and Bilenky, M.S. and Billoir, P. and Bjarne, J. and Bloch, D. and Blyth, S. and Bocci, V. and Bogolubov, P.N. and Bolognese, T. and Bonesini, M. and Bonivento, W. and Booth, P.S.L. and Borisov, G. and Borner, H. and Bosio, C. and Bostjancic, B. and Bosworth, S. and Botner, O. and Bouquet, B. and Bourdarios, C. and Bowcock, T.J.V. and Bozzo, M. and Braibant, S. and Branchini, P. and Brand, K.D. and Brenner, R.A. and Briand, H. and Bricman, C. and Brown, R.C.A. and Brummer, N. and Brunet, J.-M. and Bugge, L. and Buran, T. and Burmeister, H. and Buytaert, J.A.M.A. and Caccia, M. and Calvi, M. and Camacho Rozas, A.J. and Campion, R. and Camporesi, T. and Canale, V. and Cao, F. and Carena, F. and Carroll, L. and Castillo Gimenez, M.V. and Cattai, A. and Cavallo, F.R. and Cerrito, L. and Chabaud, V. and Chan, A. and Chapkin, M. and Charpentier, Ph. and Chaussard, L. and Chauveau, J. and Checchia, P. and Chelkov, G.A. and Chevalier, L. and Chliapnikov, P. and Chorowicz, V. and Chrin, J.T.M. and Collins, P. and Contreras, J.L. and Contri, R. and Cortina, E. and Cosme, G. and Couchot, F. and Crawley, H.B. and Crennell, D. and Crosetti, G. and Crozon, M. and Cuevas Maestro, J. and Czellar, S. and Dahl-Jensen, E. and Dalmagne, B. and Dam, M. and Damgaard, G. and Darbo, D. and Daubie, E. and Daum, A. and Dauncey, P.D. and Davenport, M. and Davies, P. and De Silva, W. and Defoix, C. and Delpierre, P. and Demaria, N. and De Angelis, A. and De Boeck, H. and De Boer, W. and De Clerq, C. and De Fez Laso, M.D.M. and De Groot, N. and De La Vaissiere, C. and De Lotto, B. and De Min, A. and Dijkstra, H. and Di Ciaccio, L. and Dolbeau, J. and Donszelmann, M. and Doroba, K. and Dracos, M. and Drees, J. and Dris, M. and Dufour, Y. and Dupont, F. and Edsall, D. and Eek, L.-O. and Eerola, P.A.-M. and Ehret, R. and Ekelof, T. and Ekspong, G. and Elliot Peisert, A. and Engel, J.-P. and Ershaidat, N. and Fassouliotis, D. and Feindt, M. and Fenyuk, A. and Fernandez Alonso, M. and Ferrer, A. and Filippas, T.A. and Firestone, A. and Foeth, H. and Fokitis, E. and Fontanelli, F. and Forbes, K.A.J. and Fousset, J.-L. and Francon, S. and Franek, B. and Frenkiel, P. and Fries, D.C. and Frodesen, A.G. and Fruhwirth, R. and Fulda-Quenzer, F. and Furnival, K. and Furstenau, H. and Fuster, J. and Gamba, D. and Garcia, C. and Garcia, J. and Gaspar, C. and Gasparini, U. and Gavillet, Ph. and Gazis, E.N. and Gerber, J.-P. and Giacomelli, P. and Gokieli, R. and Golob, B. and Golovatyuk, V.M. and Gomez Y Cadenas, J.J. and Gopal, G. and Gorski, M. and Gracco, V. and Grant, A. and Grard, F. and Graziani, E. and Grosdidier, G. and Gross, E. and Grosse-Wiesmann, P. and Grossetete, B. and Guy, J. and Haedinger, U. and Hahn, F. and Hahn, M. and Haider, S. and Hajduk, Z. and Hakansson, A. and Hallgren, A. and Hamacher, K. and Hamel De Monchenault, G. and Hao, W. and Harris, F.J. and Hedberg, V. and Henkes, T. and Hernandez, J.J. and Herquet, P. and Herr, H. and Hessing, T.L. and Hietanen, I. and Higgins, C.O. and Higon, E. and Hilke, H.J. and Hodgson, S.D. and Hofmokl, T. and Holmes, R. and Holmgren, S.-O. and Holthuizen, D. and Honore, P.F. and Hooper, J.E. and Houlden, M. and Hrubec, J. and Huet, K. and Hulth, P.O. and Hultqvist, K. and Ioannou, P. and Iversen, P.-S. and Jackson, J.N. and Jalocha, P. and Jarlskog, G. and Jarry, P. and Jean-Marie, B. and Johansson, E.K. and Johnson, D. and Jonker, M. and Jonsson, L. and Juillot, P. and Kalkanis, G. and Kalmus, G. and Kapusta, F. and Karlsson, M. and Karvelas, E. and Katsanevas, S. and Katsoufis, E.C. and Keranen, R. and Kesteman, J. and Khomenko, B.A. and Khovanski, N.N. and King, B. and Kjaer, N.J. and Klein, H. and Klovning, A. and Kluit, P. and Koch-Mehrin, A. and Köhne, J.H. and Koene, B. and Kokkinias, P. and Koratzinos, M. and Korcyl, K. and Korytov, A.V. and Kostioukhine, V. and Kourkoumelis, C. and Kouznetsov, O. and Kramer, P.H. and Krolikowski, J. and Kronkvist, I. and Kruener-Marquis, U. and Kucewicz, W. and Kulka, K. and Kurvinen, K. and Lacasta, C. and Lambropoulos, C. and Lamsa, J.W. and Lanceri, L. and Lapin, V. and Laugier, J.-P. and Lauhakangas, R. and 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SECTION C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS", year = "1993", volume = "59", number = "4", pages = "533-545", issn = "0170-9739", doi = "10.1007/BF01562545", abstract = "A study of the fragmentation properties of charm and bottom quarks into D mesons is presented. From 263 700 Z0 hadronic decays collected in 1991 with the DELPHI detector at the LEP collider, D0, D+ and D*+ are reconstructed in the modes K-π+, K-π+K+ and D0π+ followed by D0→K-π+, respectively. The fractional decay widths {Mathematical expression} are determined, and first results are presented for the production of D mesons from {Mathematical expression} and {Mathematical expression} events separately. The average energy fraction of D*± in charm quark fragmentation is found to be 〈XE(D*)〉c=0.487± 0.015 (stat)±0.005 (sys.). Assuming that the fraction of Ds and charm-baryons produced at LEP is similar to that around 10 GeV, the Z0 partial width into charm quark pairs is determined to be Γc/Γh=0.187±0.031 (stat)±0.023 (sys). The probability for a b quark to fragment into {Mathematical expression} or b-baryons is inferred to be 0.268±0.094 (stat)±0.100 (sys) from the measured probability that it fragments into a {Mathematical expression} or B-. © 1993 Springer-Verlag." }