Download or read book Measurement of Neutral B Decay Branching Fractions to K sub S sup 0 pi sup pi sup Final States written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The branching fractions for B[sup 0] --> K[sup 0][pi][sup +][pi][sup -], B[sup 0] --> K*[sup +][pi][sup -] and B[sup 0] --> D[sup -]( --> K[sub s][sup 0][pi][sup -])[pi][sup +] decaying to a K[sub s][sup 0][pi][sup +][pi][sup -] state have been measured and agree with previous measurements. The direct CP violating parameter A[sub K*[pi]] was measured for the decay B[sup 0] --> K*[sup +][pi][sup -] and is in agreement with the CLEO measurement, with no evidence of CP violation with the statistics used. Using larger datasets, one can extract amplitudes and relative phases of the resonant contributions to the Dalitz plot, with the possibility to observe new B-meson decays.

Download or read book Improved Measurements of Neutral B Decay Branching Fractions to K0s Pi Pi and the Charge Asymmetry of B0 K Pi written by J. C. Chen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors analyze the decay B{sup 0} {yields} K{sub S}{sup 0}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -} using a sample of 232 million {Upsilon}(4S) {yields} B{bar B} decays collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory. A maximum likelihood fit finds the following branching fractions: {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} K{sup 0}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}) = (43.0 {+-} 2.3 {+-} 2.3) x 10{sup -6}, {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} f{sub 0}({yields} {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -})K{sup 0}) = (5.5 {+-} 0.7 {+-} 0.5 {+-} 0.3) x 10{sup -6} and {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} K*{sup +}{pi}{sup -}) = (11.0 {+-} 1.5 {+-} 0.5 {+-} 0.5) x 10{sup -6}. For these results, the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third (if present) is due to the effect of interference from other resonances. They also measure the CP-violating charge asymmetry in the decay B{sup 0} {yields} K*{sup +}{pi}{sup -}, {Alpha}{sub K*{pi}} = -0.11 {+-} 0.14 {+-} 0.05.

Download or read book Measurements of the Branching Fractions of Charged B Decays to K pi pi Final States written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present results of searches for B-meson decays to K[sup+][pi][sup -][pi][sup+] with the BABAR detector. With a data sample of 61.6 million B[bar B] pairs, they measure the branching fractions and 90% confidence-level upper limits averaged over charge-conjugate states (the first error is statistical and the second is systematic):[Beta](B[sup+][yields] K*[sup 0](892)[pi][sup+])= (15.5[+-] 1.8[sub -4.0][sup+1.5]) x 10[sup -6], [Beta](B[sup+][yields] f[sub 0](980)K[sup+], f[sub 0][yields][pi][sup+][pi][sup -])= (9.2[+-] 1.2[sub -2.6][sup+2.1]) x 10[sup -6], [Beta](B[sup+][yields][bar D][sup 0][yields] K[sup+][pi][sup -])= (184.6[+-] 3.2[+-] 9.7) x 10[sup -6], [Beta](B[sup+][yields][rho][sup 0](770)K[sup+])

Download or read book Measurement of the Branching Fractions for B K sup 0 pi sup written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present a preliminary result of the branching fraction for the B meson decay to the final state K[sup +][pi][sup -][pi][sup +] via an intermediate K*[sup 0] resonance using the sample of approximately 23 million B[bar B] mesons produced at the [Upsilon](4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP II e[sup +]e[sup -] collider. The K*[sup 0] was detected through the decay to the final state K[sup +][pi][sup -]. The result of this analysis is [Beta](B[sup +] [yields] K*[sup 0][pi][sup +]) = (15.5 [+-] 3.4 [+-] 1.8) x 10[sup -6] where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic.

Download or read book Measurement of Branching Fractions for Exclusive B Decays to Charmonium Final States written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We report branching fraction measurements for exclusive decays of charged and neutral B mesons into two-body final states containing a charmonium meson. We use a sample of 22.72[+-] 0.36 million B[bar B] events collected between October 1999 and October 2000 with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage rings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. The charmonium mesons considered here are J/[psi], [psi](2S), [chi][sub c1], and the light meson in the decay is either a K, K*, or[pi][sup 0].

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Download or read book Measurement Of Beta B sup 0 yields D sub S sup D sup and Determination of the D sub S sup yields phi pi sup Branching Fraction with a Partial Reconstruction Method written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present model-independent measurements of the branching fractions[Beta](B[sup 0][yields] D*[sub s][sup+] D*[sup -]) and[Beta](D[sub s][sup+][yields][phi][pi][sup+]) based on 19.3 fb[sup -1] of data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e[sup+]e[sup -] B Factory. Neutral B-meson decays to the D*[sub s][sup+]D*[sup -] final state are selected with a partial reconstruction of the D*[sub s][sup+]; that is, only the D*[sup -] and the soft photon from the decay D*[sub s][sup+][yields] D[sub s][sup+][gamma] are reconstructed. The branching fraction[Beta](B[sup 0][yields] D*[sub s][sup+] D*[sup -]) is extracted from these event yields, while[Beta](D[sub s][sup+][yields][phi][pi][sup+]) is determined by combining this result with a previous measurement of the product[Beta](B[sup 0][yields] D*[sub s][sup+] D*[sup -]) x[Beta](D[sub s][sup+][yields][phi][pi][sup+]) with partial reconstruction of the D*[sup -]. They obtain the following preliminary results:[Beta](B[sup 0][yields] D*[sub s][sup+] D*[sup -])= (1.50[+-] 0.16[+-] 0.12)%, [Beta](D[sub s][sup+][yields][phi][pi][sup+])= (4.7[+-] 0.6[+-] 0.8)% where the first error is statistical, and the second systematic.

Download or read book Measurement of the Branching Fraction for B D0 K written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B[sup -] [yields] D[sup 0]K*[sup -] using a sample of approximately 86 million B[bar B] pairs collected by the BABAR detector from e[sup +]e[sup -] collisions near the [Upsilon](4S) resonance. The D[sup 0] is detected through its decays to K[sup -] [pi][sup +], K[sup -][pi][sup +][pi][sup 0] and K[sup -] [pi][sup +][pi][sup -][pi][sup +], and the K*[sup -] through its decay to K[sub S][sup 0] [pi][sup -]. They measure the branching fraction to be [Beta](B[sup -] [yields] D[sup 0]K*[sup -]) = (6.3 [+-] 0.7(stat.) [+-] 0.5(syst.)) x 10[sup -4].

Download or read book Branching Fraction Measurement of B0 to D pi and B to D 0pi and Isospin Analyses of B to D pi Decays written by B. Aubert and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using 65 million {Upsilon}(4S) {yields} B{bar B} events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e{sup +}e{sup -} storage ring at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, they measure the color-favored branching fractions {Beta}({bar B}{sup 0} {yields} D{sup +}{pi}{sup -}) = (2.63 {+-} 0.05 {+-} 0.22) x 10{sup -3}, {Beta}({bar B}{sup 0} {yields} D*{sup +}{pi}{sup -}) = (2.79 {+-} 0.08 {+-} 0.18) x 10{sup -3}, {Beta}(B{sup -} {yields} D{sup 0}{pi}{sup -}) = (4.90 {+-} 0.07 {+-} 0.23) x 10{sup -3} and {Beta}(B{sup -} {yields} D*{sup 0} {pi}{sup -}) = (5.52 {+-} 0.17 {+-} 0.43) x 10{sup -3}, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. With these results and the current world average for the branching fraction for the color-suppressed decay {bar B}{sup 0} {yields} D{sup (*)0}{pi}{sup 0}, the cosines of the strong phase difference {delta} between the I = 1/2 and I = 3/2 isospin amplitudes are determined to be cos{sigma} = 0.860{sub -0.006-0.028}{sup +0.007+0.029} for the {bar B} {yields} D{pi} process and cos{sigma} = 0.917{sub -0.016-0.051}{sup +0.018+0.059} for the {bar B} {yields} D*{pi} process. The results for cos{delta} suggest that final-state interactions are presented in the D{pi} system.

Download or read book Measurements of Branching Fractions in B 2 phi K and B 2 phi pi and Search for Direct CP Violation in B sup 2 phi K sup written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present measurements of branching fractions in the b 2!s{bar s}s penguin-dominated decays B 2![phi]K and B° 2![phi]K° in a sample of approximately 89 million B{bar B} pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B-meson Factory at SLAC. They determine [Beta](B+ 2![phi]K+) = (10.0{sub -0.8}{sup +0.9} ± 0.5) x 10−6 and [Beta](B° 2![phi]K°) = (8.4{sub -1.3}{sup +1.5} ± 0.5) x 10−6. Additionally, they measure the CP-violating charge asymmetry [Alpha]{sub CP}(B{sup ±} 2![phi]K{sup ±}) = 0.04 {+-} 0.09 {+-} 0.01, with a 90% confidence-level interval of [-0.10, 0.18], and set an upper limit on the CKM- and color-suppressed decay B+ 2![phi][pi]+, [Beta](B+ 2![phi][pi]+)

Download or read book Branching Fraction Measurements of B Eta C K Decays written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We study the decays B[sup +] [yields] [eta][sub c]K[sup +] and B[sup 0] [yields] [eta][sub c]K[sup 0], where the [eta][sub c] is reconstructed in the K[sub S][sup 0] K[sup [+-]] [pi][sup [-+]] and K[sup +]K[sup -] [pi][sup 0] decay modes. Results are based on a sample of 86 million B[bar B] pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC e[sup +]e[sup -] B Factory. We measure the branching fractions [Beta](B[sup +] [yields] [eta][sub c]K[sup +]) = (1.34 [+-] 0.09 [+-] 0.13 [+-] 0.41) x 10[sup -3] and [Beta](B[sup 0] [yields] [eta][sub c]K[sup 0]) = (1.18 [+-] 0.16 [+-] 0.13 [+-] 0.37) x 10[sup -3], where the first error is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third reflects the [eta][sub c] branching fraction uncertainty. In addition, we search for B [yields] [eta][sub c]K events with [eta][sub c] [yields] 2(K[sup +]K[sup -]) and [eta][sub c] [yields] [phi][phi] and determine the [eta][sub c] decay branching fraction ratios [Beta]([eta][sub c] [yields] 2(K[sup +]K[sup -]))/[Beta]([eta][sub c] [yields] K[bar K][pi]) = (2.3 [+-] 0.7 [+-] 0.6) x 10[sup -2] and [Beta]([eta][sub c] [yields] [phi][phi])/[Beta]([eta][sub c] [yields] K[bar K][pi]) = (5.5 [+-] 1.4 [+-] 0.5) x 10[sup -2].

Download or read book MEASUREMENT OF THE BRANCHING FRACTIONS FOR THE DECAYS B sup 0 D sup P bar P pi sup B sup 0 D sup p bar P pi sup B0 D sup 0 P bar P AND B sup 0 D sup 0 P bar P written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B[sup 0] meson decay modes B[sup 0] --> D*[sup -]p[bar p][pi][sup +], D[sup -]p[bar p][sup +], [bar D]*[sup 0]p[bar p], and B[sup 0] --> [bar D][sup 0]p[bar p] are studied in a sample of 124 x 10[sup 6] B[bar B] pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. The decay of B[sup 0] --> D[sup -]p[bar p][pi][sup +] is observed for the first time, with a measured branching fraction B(B[sup 0] --> D[sup -]p[bar p][pi][sup +]) = (3.80 [+-] 0.35 [+-] 0.46) x 10[sup -4]. The following branching fractions are also determined: B(B[sup 0] --> D*[sup -]p[bar p][pi][sup +]) = (5.61 [+-] 0.59 [+-] 0.73) x 10[sup -4], B(B[sup 0] --> [bar D]*[sup 0] p[bar p]) = (0.67 [+-] 0.21 [+-] 0.09) x 10[sup -4], and B(B[sup 0] --> [bar D][sup 0]p[bar p]) = (1.24 [+-] 0.14 [+-] 0.12) x 10[sup -4]. In each decay mode the invariant mass spectra of the charmed mesons and the baryons are compared with a pure phase-space hypothesis in order to gain insight into the B meson decay dynamics. In particular, the Dalitz plots of [bar D]*[sup 0]p versus [bar D]*[sup 0][bar p] for B[sup 0] --> [bar D]*[sup 0]p[bar p] and of [bar D][sup 0]p versus [bar D][sup 0][bar p] for B[sup 0] --> [bar D][sup 0]p[bar p] are presented. All results are preliminary.

Download or read book Measurement of the Branching Fractions and CP Asymmetries of B sup D sup 0 sub CP K sup Decays with the BABAR Detector written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors have reconstructed B[sup -] --> D[sup 0]K[sup -] decays with D[sup 0] mesons decaying to non-CP (K[sup -][pi][sup +]), CD-even (K[sup -]K[sup +], [pi][sup -][pi][sup +]) and CP-odd (K[sup 0][sub s][pi][sup 0]) eigenstates. They have measured the CP asymmetries A[sub CP[sup +]] = 0.40 [+-] 0.15(stat) [+-] 0.08(syst), A[sup CP[sup -]] = 0.21 [+-] 0.17(stat) [+-] 0.07(syst), and the double ratio of branching fractions R[sub +] = 0.87 [+-] 0.14(stat) [+-] 0.06(syst), R[sub -] = 0.80 [+-] 0.14(stat) [+-] 0.08(syst). These results improve the previous existing measurements from BABAR. All results presented in this document are preliminary.

Download or read book Measurement of the Branching Fraction And Search for Direct CP Violation in the B J Psi Pi Decay Mode at BaBar written by Francesco Fobozzi and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of CP-violation in weak interactions, discovered in 1964 in decays of neutral kaons, receives a simple and elegant explanation in the Standard Model with three generations of quarks. Indeed, in this model the common source of CP-asymmetry phenomena is represented by a simple complex phase in the unitary matrix (the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix) describing the charged weak couplings of the quarks. This simple scheme has never received an accurate validation, because the phenomenological parameters determined from measurements of CP-violation in kaons decays are related to the fundamental parameters of the theory in a complex way, sensitive to large theoretical uncertainties. On the contrary, decays of neutral B mesons like B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi} K{sub S}{sup 0} represent a unique laboratory to test the predictions of the theory because they are expected to show significant CP-violation effects, the magnitude of which is cleanly related to the Standard Model parameters. Thus experimental facilities have been built with the purpose of performing extensive studies of B decays. The BABAR experiment is operating at one of these facilities, at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. It is collecting data at the PEP-II asymmetric e{sup +}e{sup -} collider (E{sub e{sup -}} = 9.0 GeV; E{sub e{sup +}} = 3.1 GeV), a high-luminosity accelerator machine (L = 3 x 10{sup 33} cm{sup -2}s{sup -1}). The center-of-mass energy (10.58 GeV) of the e{sup +}e{sup -} system at PEP-II allows resonant production of the {Upsilon}(4S), a b{bar b} bound state, which decays almost exclusively in a B{sup 0}{bar B}{sup 0} or a B{sup +}B{sup -} pair. A high-acceptance detector, projected and built by a wide international collaboration, detects and characterizes the decay products of the B mesons. From the analysis of the data collected during the first two years of operation, the BABAR collaboration has established CP-violation in decays of neutral B mesons at the 4.1{sigma} level. Besides the primary goal of CP-violation studies, the high luminosity of PEP-II, coupled with the high acceptance of the BABAR detector, allows competitive studies of the properties of a wide set of B decay modes. In particular, measurements of non-leptonic decays are extremely useful to understand the dynamics of the non-perturbative strong interactions involved in these processes. In this thesis a study of the non-leptonic decay mode B{sup {+-}} {yields} J/{psi}{pi}{sup {+-}} is presented.

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Download or read book MEASUREMENTS OF BRANCHING FRACTIONS AND CP VIOLATING ASYMMETRIES IN B0 PI PI K PI K K DECAYS written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B meson decays to two-body final states of charged pions and kaons. The results are obtained from a data sample of about 88 million[Upsilon](4S)[yields] B[bar B] decays collected between 1999 and 2002 with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. From a time-independent fit we measure the charge-averaged branching fractions[Beta](B[sup 0][yields][pi][sup+][pi][sup -])= (4.7[+-] 0.6[+-] 0.2) x 10[sup -6] and[Beta](B[sup 0][yields] K[sup+][pi][sup -])= (17.9[+-] 0.9[+-] 0.7) x 10[sup -6], where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic; the 90% confidence level upper limit[Beta](B[sup 0][yields] K[sup+]K[sup -])

Download or read book Measurement of the Branching Fraction for B Chic0 K written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present a measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B[sup [+-]] [yields] [chi][sub c0]K[sup [+-]] from a sample of 89 million B[bar B] pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. The [chi][sub c0] meson is reconstructed through its two-body decays to [pi][sup +][pi][sup -] and K[sup +]K[sup -]. The authors measure [Beta](B[sup [+-]] [yields] [chi][sub c0]K[sup [+-]]) x [Beta]([chi][sub c0] [yields] [pi][sup +][pi][sup -]) = (1.32 [sub -0.27][sup +0.28](stat) [+-] 0.09(syst)) x 10[sup -6] and [Beta](B[sup [+-]] [yields] [chi][sub c0]K[sup [+-]]) x [Beta]([chi][sub c0] [yields] K[sup +]K[sup -]) = (1.49[sub -0.34][sup +0.36](stat) [+-] 0.11(syst)) x 10[sup -6]. Using the known values for the [chi][sub c0] decays branching fractions, they combine these results to obtain [Beta](B[sup [+-]] [yields] [chi][sub c0] K[sup [+-]]) = (2.7 [+-] 0.7) x 10[sup -4].