MEAN LIFE RATIO ${\mathit \tau}_{{{\mathit B}^{+}}}/{\mathit \tau}_{{{\mathit B}^{0}}}$

${\mathit \tau}_{{{\mathit B}^{+}}}/{\mathit \tau}_{{{\mathit B}^{0}}}$ (inferred from branching fractions)

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These measurements are inferred from the branching fractions for semileptonic decay or other spectator-dominated decays by assuming that the rates for such decays are equal for ${{\mathit B}^{0}}$ and ${{\mathit B}^{+}}$. We do not use measurements which assume equal production of ${{\mathit B}^{0}}$ and ${{\mathit B}^{+}}$ because of the large uncertainty in the production ratio.
VALUE CL% EVTS DOCUMENT ID TECN  COMMENT
$\bf{ 1.07 \pm0.04}$ OUR AVERAGE
$1.07$ $\pm0.04$ $\pm0.03$
URQUIJO
2007
BELL ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
$1.067$ $\pm0.041$ $\pm0.033$
AUBERT,B
2006Y
BABR ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
• • We do not use the following data for averages, fits, limits, etc. • •
$0.95$ ${}^{+0.117}_{-0.080}$ $\pm0.091$ 1
ARTUSO
1997
CLE2 ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
$1.15$ $\pm0.17$ $\pm0.06$ 2
JESSOP
1997
CLE2 ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
$0.93$ $\pm0.18$ $\pm0.12$ 3
ATHANAS
1994
CLE2 Sup. by ARTUSO 1997
$0.91$ $\pm0.27$ $\pm0.21$ 4
ALBRECHT
1992C
ARG ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
$1.0$ $\pm0.4$ 29 4, 5
ALBRECHT
1992G
ARG ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
$0.89$ $\pm0.19$ $\pm0.13$ 4
FULTON
1991
CLEO ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
$1.00$ $\pm0.23$ $\pm0.14$ 4
ALBRECHT
1989L
ARG ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
$0.49\text{ to }2.3 $ 90 6
BEAN
1987B
CLEO ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$
1  ARTUSO 1997 uses partial reconstruction of ${{\mathit B}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit D}^{*}}{{\mathit \ell}}{{\mathit \nu}_{{{{{\mathit \ell}}}}}}$ and independent of ${{\mathit B}^{0}}$ and ${{\mathit B}^{+}}$ production fraction.
2  Assumes equal production of ${{\mathit B}^{+}}$ and ${{\mathit B}^{0}}$ at the ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$.
3  ATHANAS 1994 uses events tagged by fully reconstructed ${{\mathit B}^{-}}$ decays and partially or fully reconstructed ${{\mathit B}^{0}}$ decays.
4  Assumes equal production of ${{\mathit B}^{0}}$ and ${{\mathit B}^{+}}$.
5  ALBRECHT 1992G data analyzed using ${{\mathit B}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit D}_{{{s}}}}{{\overline{\mathit D}}}$, ${{\mathit D}_{{{s}}}}{{\overline{\mathit D}}^{*}}$, ${{\mathit D}_{{{s}}}^{*}}{{\overline{\mathit D}}}$, ${{\mathit D}_{{{s}}}^{*}}{{\overline{\mathit D}}^{*}}$ events.
6  BEAN 1987B assume the fraction of ${{\mathit B}^{0}}{{\overline{\mathit B}}^{0}}$ events at the ${{\mathit \Upsilon}{(4S)}}$ is $0.41$.
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