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1. Search for an Axionlike Particle in B Meson Decays

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Middleton, S, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Flood, I, Nguyen, N, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, and Di Lodovico, F
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: Axionlike particles (ALPs) are predicted in many extensions of the standard model, and their masses can naturally be well below the electroweak scale. In the presence of couplings to electroweak bosons, these particles could be emitted in flavor-changing B meson decays. We report herein a search for an ALP, a, in the reaction B^{±}→K^{±}a, a→γγ using data collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. No significant signal is observed, and 90% confidence level upper limits on the ALP coupling to electroweak bosons are derived as a function of ALP mass, improving current constraints by several orders of magnitude in the range 0.175 GeV
Published: 2022

2. Search for Lepton Flavor Violation in ϒ(3S)→e±μ∓

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Middleton, S, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, and Cowan, G
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: We report on the first search for electron-muon lepton flavor violation (LFV) in the decay of a b quark and b antiquark bound state. We look for the LFV decay ϒ(3S)→e^{±}μ^{∓} in a sample of 118 million ϒ(3S) mesons from 27 fb^{-1} of data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e^{+}e^{-} collider operating with a 10.36 GeV center-of-mass energy. No evidence for a signal is found, and we set a limit on the branching fraction B[ϒ(3S)→e^{±}μ^{∓}]80 TeV on the energy scale Λ_{NP} divided by the coupling-squared g_{NP}^{2} of relevant new physics (NP).
Published: 2022

3. Search for a Dark Leptophilic Scalar in e+e- Collisions

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, and Banerjee, Sw
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: Many scenarios of physics beyond the standard model predict the existence of new gauge singlets, which might be substantially lighter than the weak scale. The experimental constraints on additional scalars with masses in the MeV to GeV range could be significantly weakened if they interact predominantly with leptons rather than quarks. At an e^{+}e^{-} collider, such a leptophilic scalar (ϕ_{L}) would be produced predominantly through radiation from a τ lepton. We report herein a search for e^{+}e^{-}→τ^{+}τ^{-}ϕ_{L}, ϕ_{L}→ℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} (ℓ=e, μ) using data collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. No significant signal is observed, and we set limits on the ϕ_{L} coupling to leptons in the range 0.04
Published: 2020

4. Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of B^{±}→K^{±}X_{cc[over ¯]}.

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, and Davis, CL
Subjects: BaBar Collaboration, BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: A study of the two-body decays B^{±}→X_{cc[over ¯]}K^{±}, where X_{cc[over ¯]} refers to one charmonium state, is reported by the BABAR Collaboration using a data sample of 424 fb^{-1}. The absolute determination of branching fractions for these decays are significantly improved compared to previous BABAR measurements. Evidence is found for the decay B^{+}→X(3872)K^{+} at the 3σ level. The absolute branching fraction B[B^{+}→X(3872)K^{+}]=[2.1±0.6(stat)±0.3(syst)]×10^{-4} is measured for the first time. It follows that B[X(3872)→J/ψπ^{+}π^{-}]=(4.1±1.3)%, supporting the hypothesis of a molecular component for this resonance.
Published: 2020

5. Search for Rare or Forbidden Decays of the D0 Meson

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, and Davis, CL
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, CLEO Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: Using 0.8 x 10(6) D+ D- pairs collected with the CLEO-c detector at the psi(3770) resonance, we have searched for flavor-changing neutral current and lepton-number-violating decays of D+ mesons to final states with dielectrons. We find no indication of either, obtaining 90% confidence level upper limits of B(D+ --> pi+ e+ e-) < 7.4 x 10(-6), B(D+ --> pi- e+ d+) < 3.6 x 10(-6), B(D+ --> K+ e+ e-) < 6.2 x 10(-6), and B(D+ --> K- e+ e+) < 4.5 x 10(-6).
Published: 2020

6. Precision Measurement of the Ratio B(γ(3S) → τ+τ-)/B(γ(3S) → μ+μ-)

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Rohrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, and Banerjee, Sw
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: We report on a precision measurement of the ratio R_{τμ}^{ϒ(3S)}=B(ϒ(3S)→τ^{+}τ^{-})/B(ϒ(3S)→μ^{+}μ^{-}) using data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e^{+}e^{-} collider. The measurement is based on a 28 fb^{-1} data sample collected at a center-of-mass energy of 10.355 GeV corresponding to a sample of 122 million ϒ(3S) mesons. The ratio is measured to be R_{τμ}^{ϒ(3S)}=0.966±0.008_{stat}±0.014_{syst} and is in agreement with the standard model prediction of 0.9948 within 2 standard deviations. The uncertainty in R_{τμ}^{ϒ(3S)} is almost an order of magnitude smaller than the only previous measurement.
Published: 2020

7. Extraction of form Factors from a Four-Dimensional Angular Analysis of B¯→D*ℓ-ν¯ℓ

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, BaBar Collaboration, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: An angular analysis of the decay B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ}, ℓ∈{e,μ}, is reported using the full e^{+}e^{-} collision data set collected by the BABAR experiment at the ϒ(4S) resonance. One B meson from the ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] decay is fully reconstructed in a hadronic decay mode, which constrains the kinematics and provides a determination of the neutrino momentum vector. The kinematics of the semileptonic decay is described by the dilepton mass squared, q^{2}, and three angles. The first unbinned fit to the full four-dimensional decay rate in the standard model is performed in the so-called Boyd-Grinstein-Lebed approach, which employs a generic q^{2} parametrization of the underlying form factors based on crossing symmetry, analyticity, and QCD dispersion relations for the amplitudes. A fit using the more model-dependent Caprini-Lellouch-Neubert (CLN) approach is performed as well. Our form factor shapes show deviations from previous fits based on the CLN parametrization. The latest form factors also provide an updated prediction for the branching fraction ratio R(D^{*})≡B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}τ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{τ})/B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ})=0.253±0.005. Finally, using the well-measured branching fraction for the B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decay, a value of |V_{cb}|=(38.36±0.90)×10^{-3} is obtained that is consistent with the current world average for exclusive B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decays and remains in tension with the determination from inclusive semileptonic B decays to final states with charm.
Published: 2019

8. Extraction of form Factors from a Four-Dimensional Angular Analysis of B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ}.

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W
Subjects: BaBar Collaboration, BaBar Collaboration, General Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: An angular analysis of the decay B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ}, ℓ∈{e,μ}, is reported using the full e^{+}e^{-} collision data set collected by the BABAR experiment at the ϒ(4S) resonance. One B meson from the ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] decay is fully reconstructed in a hadronic decay mode, which constrains the kinematics and provides a determination of the neutrino momentum vector. The kinematics of the semileptonic decay is described by the dilepton mass squared, q^{2}, and three angles. The first unbinned fit to the full four-dimensional decay rate in the standard model is performed in the so-called Boyd-Grinstein-Lebed approach, which employs a generic q^{2} parametrization of the underlying form factors based on crossing symmetry, analyticity, and QCD dispersion relations for the amplitudes. A fit using the more model-dependent Caprini-Lellouch-Neubert (CLN) approach is performed as well. Our form factor shapes show deviations from previous fits based on the CLN parametrization. The latest form factors also provide an updated prediction for the branching fraction ratio R(D^{*})≡B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}τ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{τ})/B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ})=0.253±0.005. Finally, using the well-measured branching fraction for the B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decay, a value of |V_{cb}|=(38.36±0.90)×10^{-3} is obtained that is consistent with the current world average for exclusive B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decays and remains in tension with the determination from inclusive semileptonic B decays to final states with charm.
Published: 2019

9. Observation of the Decay D0→K-π+e+e-

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: We report the observation of the rare charm decay D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}e^{+}e^{-}, based on 468 fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} annihilation data collected at or close to the center-of-mass energy of the ϒ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We find the branching fraction in the invariant mass range 0.675
Published: 2019

10. Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination uuddss could be a deeply bound state (S) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in ϒ→SΛ[over ¯]Λ[over ¯] decays based on a sample of 90×10^{6}ϒ(2S) and 110×10^{6}ϒ(3S) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90% confidence level limits on the combined ϒ(2S,3S)→SΛ[over ¯]Λ[over ¯] branching fraction in the range (1.2-1.4)×10^{-7} are derived for m_{S}
Published: 2019

11. Measurement of the D*(2010)+-D+ Mass Difference

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, Hafner, A, and Schubert, KR
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: We measure the mass difference, Δm_{+}, between the D^{*}(2010)^{+} and the D^{+} using the decay chain D^{*}(2010)^{+}→D^{+}π^{0} with D^{+}→K^{-}π^{+}π^{+}. The data were recorded with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies at and near the ϒ(4S) resonance, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 468 fb^{-1}. We measure Δm_{+}=(140 601.0±6.8[stat]±12.9[syst]) keV. We combine this result with a previous BABAR measurement of Δm_{0}≡m(D^{*}(2010)^{+})-m(D^{0}) to obtain Δm_{D}=m(D^{+})-m(D^{0})=(4824.9±6.8[stat]±12.9[syst]) keV. These results are compatible with and approximately five times more precise than the Particle Data Group averages.
Published: 2017

12. Search for Invisible Decays of a Dark Photon Produced in e+e- Collisions at BaBar

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Derdzinski, M, Giuffrida, A, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W
Subjects: BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We search for single-photon events in 53 fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} collision data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-Factory. We look for events with a single high-energy photon and a large missing momentum and energy, consistent with production of a spin-1 particle A^{'} through the process e^{+}e^{-}→γA^{'}; A^{'}→invisible. Such particles, referred to as "dark photons," are motivated by theories applying a U(1) gauge symmetry to dark matter. We find no evidence for such processes and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the coupling strength of A^{'} to e^{+}e^{-} in the mass range m_{A^{'}}≤8 GeV. In particular, our limits exclude the values of the A^{'} coupling suggested by the dark-photon interpretation of the muon (g-2)_{μ} anomaly, as well as a broad range of parameters for the dark-sector models.
Published: 2017

13. Search for B+→K+τ+τ- at the BaBar Experiment

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Fritsch, M, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, Hafner, A, Schubert, KR, and Barlow, RJ
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-} using data from the BABAR experiment. The data sample, collected at the center-of-mass energy of the ϒ(4S) resonance, corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 424 fb^{-1} and to 471×10^{6} BB[over ¯] pairs. We reconstruct one B meson, produced in the ϒ(4S)→B^{+}B^{-} decay, in one of many hadronic decay modes and search for activity compatible with a B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-} decay in the rest of the event. Each τ lepton is required to decay leptonically into an electron or muon and neutrinos. Comparing the expected number of background events with the data sample after applying the selection criteria, we do not find evidence for a signal. The resulting upper limit, at the 90% confidence level, is B(B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-})
Published: 2017

14. Observation of B¯→D(*) π+π-ℓ-ν¯ Decays in e+e- Collisions at the Υ(4S) Resonance

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Franco Sevilla, M, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Ford, WT, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Prasad, V, Adametz, A, Uwer, U, Lacker, HM, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, and Davier, M
Subjects: Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract: We report on measurements of the decays of B¯ mesons into the semileptonic final states B¯→D^(*)π^(+)π^(-)ℓ^(-)ν¯, where D^(*) represents a D or D^(*) meson and ℓ^(-) is an electron or a muon. These measurements are based on 471×10^(6) BB ¯ pairs recorded with the BABAR detector at the SLAC asymmetric B factory PEP-II. We determine the branching fraction ratios R_{π^{+}π^{-}}^{(*)}=B(B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}π^{+}π^{-}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯])/B(B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]) using events in which the second B meson is fully reconstructed. We find R_{π^{+}π^{-}}=0.067±0.010±0.008 and R_{π^{+}π^{-}}^{*}=0.019±0.005±0.004, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. Based on these results and assuming isospin invariance, we estimate that B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}ππℓ^{-}ν[over ¯] decays, where π denotes either a π^{±} and π^{0} meson, account for up to half the difference between the measured inclusive semileptonic branching fraction to charm hadrons and the corresponding sum of previously measured exclusive branching fractions.
Published: 2016

15. Search for Long-Lived Particles in e+e- Collisions

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Campagnari, C, Sevilla, M Franco, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Vetere, M Lo, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Robutti, E, Bhuyan, B, Prasad, V, Adametz, A, Uwer, U, Lacker, HM, and Mallik, U
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We present a search for a neutral, long-lived particle L that is produced in e+ e- collisions and decays at a significant distance from the e+ e- interaction point into various flavor combinations of two oppositely charged tracks. The analysis uses an e+ e- data sample with a luminosity of 489.1 fb(-1) collected by the BABAR detector at the ϒ(4S), ϒ(3S), and ϒ(2S) resonances and just below the ϒ(4S). Fitting the two-track mass distribution in search of a signal peak, we do not observe a significant signal, and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product of the L production cross section, branching fraction, and reconstruction efficiency for six possible two-body L decay modes as a function of the L mass. The efficiency is given for each final state as a function of the mass, lifetime, and transverse momentum of the candidate, allowing application of the upper limits to any production model. In addition, upper limits are provided on the branching fraction B(B→XsL), where Xs is a strange hadronic system.
Published: 2015

16. Search for Long-Lived Particles in e+ e- Collisions.

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Campagnari, C, Franco Sevilla, M, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Lo Vetere, M, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Robutti, E, Bhuyan, B, Prasad, V, Adametz, A, Uwer, U, Lacker, HM, and Mallik, U
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: We present a search for a neutral, long-lived particle L that is produced in e+ e- collisions and decays at a significant distance from the e+ e- interaction point into various flavor combinations of two oppositely charged tracks. The analysis uses an e+ e- data sample with a luminosity of 489.1 fb(-1) collected by the BABAR detector at the ϒ(4S), ϒ(3S), and ϒ(2S) resonances and just below the ϒ(4S). Fitting the two-track mass distribution in search of a signal peak, we do not observe a significant signal, and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product of the L production cross section, branching fraction, and reconstruction efficiency for six possible two-body L decay modes as a function of the L mass. The efficiency is given for each final state as a function of the mass, lifetime, and transverse momentum of the candidate, allowing application of the upper limits to any production model. In addition, upper limits are provided on the branching fraction B(B→XsL), where Xs is a strange hadronic system.
Published: 2015

17. Study of CP Asymmetry in B0-B¯0 Mixing with Inclusive Dilepton Events

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Campagnari, C, Sevilla, M Franco, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Vetere, M Lo, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Robutti, E, Bhuyan, B, Prasad, V, Adametz, A, Uwer, U, and Lacker, HM
Subjects: (BABAR Collaboration), Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We present a measurement of the asymmetry A_{CP} between same-sign inclusive dilepton samples ℓ^{+}ℓ^{+} and ℓ^{-}ℓ^{-} (ℓ=e, μ) from semileptonic B decays in ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] events, using the complete data set recorded by the BABAR experiment near the ϒ(4S) resonance, corresponding to 471×10^{6} BB[over ¯] pairs. The asymmetry A_{CP} allows comparison between the mixing probabilities P(B[over ¯]^{0}→B^{0}) and P(B^{0}→B[over ¯]^{0}), and therefore probes CP and T violation. The result, A_{CP}=[-3.9±3.5(stat)±1.9(syst)]×10^{-3}, is consistent with the standard model expectation.
Published: 2015

18. Study of CP asymmetry in B^{0}-B[over ¯]^{0} mixing with inclusive dilepton events.

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Campagnari, C, Franco Sevilla, M, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Lo Vetere, M, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Robutti, E, Bhuyan, B, Prasad, V, Adametz, A, Uwer, U, and Lacker, HM
Subjects: (BABAR Collaboration), General Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: We present a measurement of the asymmetry A_{CP} between same-sign inclusive dilepton samples ℓ^{+}ℓ^{+} and ℓ^{-}ℓ^{-} (ℓ=e, μ) from semileptonic B decays in ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] events, using the complete data set recorded by the BABAR experiment near the ϒ(4S) resonance, corresponding to 471×10^{6} BB[over ¯] pairs. The asymmetry A_{CP} allows comparison between the mixing probabilities P(B[over ¯]^{0}→B^{0}) and P(B^{0}→B[over ¯]^{0}), and therefore probes CP and T violation. The result, A_{CP}=[-3.9±3.5(stat)±1.9(syst)]×10^{-3}, is consistent with the standard model expectation.
Published: 2015

19. Search for a Dark Photon in e+e- Collisions at BaBar

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Feng, M, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Campagnari, C, Sevilla, M Franco, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Vetere, M Lo, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Robutti, E, Bhuyan, B, Prasad, V, Adametz, A, Uwer, U, and Lacker, HM
Subjects: (BaBar Collaboration), Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: Dark sectors charged under a new Abelian interaction have recently received much attention in the context of dark matter models. These models introduce a light new mediator, the so-called dark photon (A^{'}), connecting the dark sector to the standard model. We present a search for a dark photon in the reaction e^{+}e^{-}→γA^{'}, A^{'}→e^{+}e^{-}, μ^{+}μ^{-} using 514 fb^{-1} of data collected with the BABAR detector. We observe no statistically significant deviations from the standard model predictions, and we set 90% confidence level upper limits on the mixing strength between the photon and dark photon at the level of 10^{-4}-10^{-3} for dark photon masses in the range 0.02-10.2 GeV. We further constrain the range of the parameter space favored by interpretations of the discrepancy between the calculated and measured anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.
Published: 2014

20. Measurement of the B→Xsℓ+ℓ- Branching Fraction and Search for Direct CP Violation from a Sum of Exclusive Final States

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Campagnari, C, Sevilla, M Franco, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Guido, E, Vetere, M Lo, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Robutti, E, Bhuyan, B, Prasad, V, and Morii, M
Subjects: Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We measure the total branching fraction of the flavor-changing neutral-current process B→Xℓ+ℓ-, along with partial branching fractions in bins of dilepton and hadronic system (Xs) mass, using a sample of 471×106 (4S)→BB̄ events recorded with the BABAR detector. The admixture of charged and neutral B mesons produced at PEP-II2 are reconstructed by combining a dilepton pair with 10 different Xs final states. Extrapolating from a sum over these exclusive modes, we measure a lepton-flavor-averaged inclusive branching fraction B(B→Xℓ+ℓ-)=[6.73-0.64+0.70(stat)-0. 25+0.34(exp syst)±0.50(model syst)]×10-6 for mℓ+ℓ-2>0. 1GeV2/c4. Restricting our analysis exclusively to final states from which a decaying B meson's flavor can be inferred, we additionally report measurements of the direct CP asymmetry ACP in bins of dilepton mass; over the full dilepton mass range, we find ACP=0.04±0.11±0.01 for a lepton-flavor- averaged sample. © 2014 American Physical Society.
Published: 2014

21. Measurement of the B → Xℓ+ℓ- Branching fraction and search for direct CP violation from a sum of exclusive final states

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Campagnari, C, Franco Sevilla, M, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Guido, E, Lo Vetere, M, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Robutti, E, Bhuyan, B, and Prasad, V
Subjects: General Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract: We measure the total branching fraction of the flavor-changing neutral-current process B→Xℓ+ℓ-, along with partial branching fractions in bins of dilepton and hadronic system (Xs) mass, using a sample of 471×106 (4S)→BB̄ events recorded with the BABAR detector. The admixture of charged and neutral B mesons produced at PEP-II2 are reconstructed by combining a dilepton pair with 10 different Xs final states. Extrapolating from a sum over these exclusive modes, we measure a lepton-flavor-averaged inclusive branching fraction B(B→Xℓ+ℓ-)=[6.73-0.64+0.70(stat)-0. 25+0.34(exp syst)±0.50(model syst)]×10-6 for mℓ+ℓ-2>0. 1GeV2/c4. Restricting our analysis exclusively to final states from which a decaying B meson's flavor can be inferred, we additionally report measurements of the direct CP asymmetry ACP in bins of dilepton mass; over the full dilepton mass range, we find ACP=0.04±0.11±0.01 for a lepton-flavor- averaged sample. © 2014 American Physical Society.
Published: 2014

22. Erratum: Measurement of the D(2010)+ Meson Width and the D(2010)+-D0 Mass Difference [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 111801 (2013)]

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Sevilla, M Franco, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Fabby, C, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Guido, E, Vetere, M Lo, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, and Patrignani, C
Subjects: Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Published: 2013

23. Erratum: Measurement of the D(2010)+ meson width and the D(2010)+-D0 mass difference (Physical Review Letters (2012) 111 (111801) DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.111801)

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Franco Sevilla, M, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Fabby, C, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Guido, E, Lo Vetere, M, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, and Patrignani, C
Subjects: General Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering
Published: 2013

24. Measurement of the D(2010)+ Meson Width and the D(2010)+-D0 Mass Difference

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Sevilla, M Franco, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Fabby, C, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Guido, E, Vetere, M Lo, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, and Patrignani, C
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We measure the mass difference Δm0 between the D*(2010)+ and the D0 and the natural linewidth Γ of the transition D*(2010)+ → D0π+. The data were recorded with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies at and near the Υ(4S) resonance, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 477 fb(-1). The D0 is reconstructed in the decay modes D0 → K- π+ and D0 → K- π+ π- π+. For the decay mode D0 → K- π+ we obtain Γ = (83.4±1.7±1.5) keV and Δm0 = (145425.6±0.6±1.7) keV, [corrected] where the quoted errors are statistical and systematic, respectively. For the D0 → K- π+ π- π+ mode we obtain Γ = (83.2±1.5±2.6) keV and Δm0 = (145426.6±0.5±1.9) keV. [corrected] The combined measurements yield Γ = (83.3±1.2±1.4) keV and Δm0 = (145425.9±0.4±1.7) keV; the width is a factor of approximately 12 times more precise than the previous value, while the mass difference is a factor of approximately 6 times more precise.
Published: 2013

25. Search for CP Violation in B0- B¯0 Mixing Using Partial Reconstruction of B0→D*-Xℓ+νℓ and a Kaon Tag

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Sevilla, M Franco, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Guido, E, Vetere, M Lo, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, and Robutti, E
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We present results of a search for CP violation in B0- B0 mixing with the BABAR detector. We select a sample of B0→D*- Xℓ+ ν decays with a partial reconstruction method and use kaon tagging to assess the flavor of the other B meson in the event. We determine the CP violating asymmetry ACP≡[N(B0B0)-N(B0B0)]/[N(B0B0)+N(B0B0)]=(0.06±0.17(-0.32)(+0.38))%, corresponding to ΔCP=1-|q/p|=(0.29±0.84(-1.61)(+1.88))×10(-3).
Published: 2013

26. Search for CP violation in B0-B0 mixing using partial reconstruction of B0→D*- Xℓ+ νℓ and a kaon tag.

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Franco Sevilla, M, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Guido, E, Lo Vetere, M, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, and Robutti, E
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: We present results of a search for CP violation in B0- B0 mixing with the BABAR detector. We select a sample of B0→D*- Xℓ+ ν decays with a partial reconstruction method and use kaon tagging to assess the flavor of the other B meson in the event. We determine the CP violating asymmetry ACP≡[N(B0B0)-N(B0B0)]/[N(B0B0)+N(B0B0)]=(0.06±0.17(-0.32)(+0.38))%, corresponding to ΔCP=1-|q/p|=(0.29±0.84(-1.61)(+1.88))×10(-3).
Published: 2013

27. Observation of Time-Reversal Violation in the B0 Meson System

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, and Guido, E
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: Although CP violation in the B meson system has been well established by the B factories, there has been no direct observation of time-reversal violation. The decays of entangled neutral B mesons into definite flavor states (B(0) or B(0)), and J/ψK(L)(0) or ccK(S)(0) final states (referred to as B(+) or B(-)), allow comparisons between the probabilities of four pairs of T-conjugated transitions, for example, B(0) → B(-) and B(-) → B(0), as a function of the time difference between the two B decays. Using 468 × 10(6) BB pairs produced in Υ(4S) decays collected by the BABAR detector at SLAC, we measure T-violating parameters in the time evolution of neutral B mesons, yielding ΔS(T)(+) = -1.37 ± 0.14(stat) ± 0.06(syst) and ΔS(T)(-) = 1.17 ± 0.18(stat) ± 0.11(syst). These nonzero results represent the first direct observation of T violation through the exchange of initial and final states in transitions that can only be connected by a T-symmetry transformation.
Published: 2012

28. Precision measurement of the B → Xs γ photon energy spectrum, branching fraction, and direct CP asymmetry A(CP)((B → X(s+d)γ).

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, L, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, and Contri, R
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Physics, Mesons, Photons, Models, Theoretical, Models, Theoretical, General Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: The photon spectrum in the inclusive electromagnetic radiative decays of the B meson, B → X(s)γ plus B → X(d)γ, is studied using a data sample of (382.8 ± 4.2) × 10(6)Υ(4S) → BB decays collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. The spectrum is used to extract the branching fraction B(B → X(s)γ) = (3.21 ± 0.33) × 10(-4) for E(γ) >1.8 GeV and the direct CP asymmetry A(CP) (B → X(s+d)γ) = 0.057 ± 0.063. The effects of detector resolution and Doppler smearing are unfolded to measure the photon energy spectrum in the B meson rest frame.
Published: 2012

29. Precision Measurement of the B→Xsγ Photon Energy Spectrum, Branching Fraction, and Direct CP Asymmetry ACP(B→Xs+dγ)

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, L, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, and Contri, R
Subjects: Mesons, Models, Theoretical, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Physics, Photons, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: The photon spectrum in the inclusive electromagnetic radiative decays of the B meson, B → X(s)γ plus B → X(d)γ, is studied using a data sample of (382.8 ± 4.2) × 10(6)Υ(4S) → BB decays collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. The spectrum is used to extract the branching fraction B(B → X(s)γ) = (3.21 ± 0.33) × 10(-4) for E(γ) >1.8 GeV and the direct CP asymmetry A(CP) (B → X(s+d)γ) = 0.057 ± 0.063. The effects of detector resolution and Doppler smearing are unfolded to measure the photon energy spectrum in the B meson rest frame.
Published: 2012

30. Evidence for an Excess of B¯→D(*)τ-ν¯τ Decays

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, and Guido, E
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: Based on the full BABAR data sample, we report improved measurements of the ratios R(D(*))=B(B[over ¯]→D(*)τ(-)ν[over ¯](τ))/B(B[over ¯]→D(*)ℓ(ℓ)(-)ν[over ¯](ℓ)), where ℓ is either e or μ. These ratios are sensitive to new physics contributions in the form of a charged Higgs boson. We measure R(D)=0.440±0.058±0.042 and R(D(*))=0.332±0.024±0.018, which exceed the standard model expectations by 2.0σ and 2.7σ, respectively. Taken together, our results disagree with these expectations at the 3.4σ level. This excess cannot be explained by a charged Higgs boson in the type II two-Higgs-doublet model.
Published: 2012

31. Search for Low-Mass Dark-Sector Higgs Bosons

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Negrini, M, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, and Patteri, P
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: Recent astrophysical and terrestrial experiments have motivated the proposal of a dark sector with GeV-scale gauge boson force carriers and new Higgs bosons. We present a search for a dark Higgs boson using 516 fb(-1) of data collected with the BABAR detector. We do not observe a significant signal and we set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product of the standard model-dark-sector mixing angle and the dark-sector coupling constant.
Published: 2012

32. Search for Hadronic Decays of a Light Higgs Boson in the Radiative Decay Υ→γA0

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Negrini, M, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Baldini-Ferroli, R, and Calcaterra, A
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We search for hadronic decays of a light Higgs boson (A(0)) produced in radiative decays of an Υ(2S) or Υ(3S) meson, Υ→γA(0). The data have been recorded by the BABAR experiment at the Υ(3S) and Υ(2S) center-of-mass energies and include (121.3±1.2)×10(6) Υ(3S) and (98.3±0.9)×10(6) Υ(2S) mesons. No significant signal is observed. We set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product branching fractions B(Υ(nS)→γA(0))B(A(0)→hadrons) (n=2 or 3) that range from 1×10(-6) for an A(0) mass of 0.3 GeV/c(2) to 8×10(-5) at 7 GeV/c(2).
Published: 2011

33. Observation of the decay B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ℓ- ν(ℓ).

Author: Sanchez, P del Amo, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, and Playfer, S
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: We report the observation of the decay B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ℓ- ν(ℓ) based on 342 fb(-1) of data collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+ e- storage rings at SLAC. A simultaneous fit to three D(s)(+) decay chains is performed to extract the signal yield from measurements of the squared missing mass in the B meson decay. We observe the decay B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ℓ- ν(ℓ) with a significance greater than 5 standard deviations (including systematic uncertainties) and measure its branching fraction to be B(B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ℓ- ν(ℓ)) = [6.13(-1.03)(+1.04)(stat)±0.43(syst)±0.51(B(D(s)))]×10(-4), where the last error reflects the limited knowledge of the D(s) branching fractions.
Published: 2011

34. Observation of the Decay B-→Ds(*)+K-ℓ-ν¯ℓ

Author: del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, and Playfer, S
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We report the observation of the decay B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ℓ- ν(ℓ) based on 342 fb(-1) of data collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+ e- storage rings at SLAC. A simultaneous fit to three D(s)(+) decay chains is performed to extract the signal yield from measurements of the squared missing mass in the B meson decay. We observe the decay B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ℓ- ν(ℓ) with a significance greater than 5 standard deviations (including systematic uncertainties) and measure its branching fraction to be B(B- → D(s)((*)+) K- ℓ- ν(ℓ)) = [6.13(-1.03)(+1.04)(stat)±0.43(syst)±0.51(B(D(s)))]×10(-4), where the last error reflects the limited knowledge of the D(s) branching fractions.
Published: 2011

35. Search for Production of Invisible Final States in Single-Photon Decays of Υ(1S)

Author: del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Chistiakova, MV, Jensen, F, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, C, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Karbach, TM, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Watson, JE, and Andreotti, M
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We search for single-photon decays of the Υ(1S) resonance, Υ → γ + invisible, where the invisible state is either a particle of definite mass, such as a light Higgs boson A⁰, or a pair of dark matter particles, χχ. Both A⁰ and χ are assumed to have zero spin. We tag Υ(1S) decays with a dipion transition Υ(2S) → π⁺π⁻Υ(1S) and look for events with a single energetic photon and significant missing energy. We find no evidence for such processes in the mass range m(A⁰) ≤ 9.2 GeV and m(χ) ≤ 4.5 GeV in the sample of 98 × 10⁶ Υ(2S) decays collected with the BABAR detector and set stringent limits on new physics models that contain light dark matter states.
Published: 2011

36. Search for fJ(2220) in Radiative J/ψ Decays

Author: del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, and Playfer, S
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We present a search for f(J)(2220) production in radiative J/ψ→γf(J)(2220) decays using 460 fb⁻¹ of data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e(+)e⁻ collider. The f(J)(2220) is searched for in the decays to K(+)K⁻ and K(S)⁰K(S)⁰. No evidence of this resonance is observed, and 90% confidence level upper limits on the product of the branching fractions for J/ψ→γf(J)(2220) and f(J)(2220)→K(+)K⁻(K(S)⁰K(S)⁰) as a function of spin and helicity are set at the level of 10⁻⁵, below the central values reported by the Mark III experiment.
Published: 2010

37. Evidence for Direct CP Violation in the Measurement of the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa Angle γ with B∓→D()K()∓ Decays

Author: del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, and Playfer, S
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We report the measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa CP-violating angle γ through a Dalitz plot analysis of neutral D-meson decays to K(S)(0) π+ π- and K(S)(0) K+ K- produced in the processes B∓ → DK∓, B∓ D* K∓ with D* → Dπ(0), Dγ, and B∓ → DK*∓ with K*∓ → K(S)(0) π∓, using 468 million BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider at SLAC. We measure γ = (68 ± 14 ± 4 ± 3)° (modulo 180°), where the first error is statistical, the second is the experimental systematic uncertainty, and the third reflects the uncertainty in the description of the neutral D decay amplitudes. This result is inconsistent with γ = 0 (no direct CP violation) with a significance of 3.5 standard deviations.
Published: 2010

38. Evidence for direct CP violation in the measurement of the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle γ with B∓ → D()K()∓ decays.

Author: del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, and Playfer, S
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: We report the measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa CP-violating angle γ through a Dalitz plot analysis of neutral D-meson decays to K(S)(0) π+ π- and K(S)(0) K+ K- produced in the processes B∓ → DK∓, B∓ D* K∓ with D* → Dπ(0), Dγ, and B∓ → DK*∓ with K*∓ → K(S)(0) π∓, using 468 million BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider at SLAC. We measure γ = (68 ± 14 ± 4 ± 3)° (modulo 180°), where the first error is statistical, the second is the experimental systematic uncertainty, and the third reflects the uncertainty in the description of the neutral D decay amplitudes. This result is inconsistent with γ = 0 (no direct CP violation) with a significance of 3.5 standard deviations.
Published: 2010

39. Measurement of D0-D¯0 Mixing Parameters Using D0→KS0π+π- and D0→KS0K+K- Decays

Author: del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, and Playfer, S
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We report a direct measurement of D0-D0 mixing parameters through a time-dependent amplitude analysis of the Dalitz plots of D(0) → K(S)(0) π+ π- and, for the first time, D0 → K(S)(0)K+ K- decays. The low-momentum pion π(s)(+) in the decay D*+ → D0 π(s)(+) identifies the flavor of the neutral D meson at its production. Using 468.5 fb(-1) of e+ e- colliding-beam data recorded near square root(s)=10.6 GeV by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider at SLAC, we measure the mixing parameters x = [1.6 ± 2.3(stat) ± 1.2(syst) ± 0.8(model)] × 10(-3), and y = [5.7 ± 2.0(stat) ± 1.3(syst) ± 0.7(model)] × 10(-3). These results provide the best measurement to date of x and y. The knowledge of the value of x, in particular, is crucial for understanding the origin of mixing.
Published: 2010

40. Measurement of D0-D0 mixing parameters using D0 → K(S)(0)π+ π- and D0 → K(S)(0)K+ K- decays.

Author: del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, and Playfer, S
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: We report a direct measurement of D0-D0 mixing parameters through a time-dependent amplitude analysis of the Dalitz plots of D(0) → K(S)(0) π+ π- and, for the first time, D0 → K(S)(0)K+ K- decays. The low-momentum pion π(s)(+) in the decay D*+ → D0 π(s)(+) identifies the flavor of the neutral D meson at its production. Using 468.5 fb(-1) of e+ e- colliding-beam data recorded near square root(s)=10.6 GeV by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider at SLAC, we measure the mixing parameters x = [1.6 ± 2.3(stat) ± 1.2(syst) ± 0.8(model)] × 10(-3), and y = [5.7 ± 2.0(stat) ± 1.3(syst) ± 0.7(model)] × 10(-3). These results provide the best measurement to date of x and y. The knowledge of the value of x, in particular, is crucial for understanding the origin of mixing.
Published: 2010

41. Measurements of Charged Current Lepton Universality and |Vus| Using Tau Lepton Decays to e-ν¯eντ, μ-ν¯μντ, π-ντ, and K-ντ

Author: Aubert, B, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Prudent, X, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tackmann, K, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Fulsom, BG, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Barrett, M, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Bukin, AD, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Eschrich, I, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Mazur, MA, Richman, JD, Beck, TW, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Wang, L, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Fang, F, Hitlin, DG, Narsky, I, Ongmongkolkul, P, Piatenko, T, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Mishra, K, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, and Wagner, SR
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: Using 467 fb(-1) of e+e- annihilation data collected with the BABAR detector, we measure (B(τ- → μ- ν(μ) ν(τ)))/(B(τ- → e- ν(e) ν(τ))) =(0.9796±0.0016±0.0036), (B(τ- → π- ν(τ)))/(B(τ- → e- ν(e) ν(τ))) = (0.5945±0.0014±0.0061), and (B(τ- → K- ν(τ)))/(B(τ- → e- ν(e) ν(τ))) = (0.03882±0.00032±0.00057), where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. From these precision τ measurements, we test the standard model assumption of μ-e and τ-μ charge current lepton universality and provide determinations of |Vus| experimentally independent of the decay of a kaon.
Published: 2010

42. Measurements of charged current lepton universality and |Vus| using tau lepton decays to e- ν(e) ν(τ), μ- ν(μ) ν(τ), π- ν(τ), and K- ν(τ).

Author: Aubert, B, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Prudent, X, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tackmann, K, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Fulsom, BG, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Barrett, M, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Bukin, AD, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Eschrich, I, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Mazur, MA, Richman, JD, Beck, TW, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Wang, L, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Fang, F, Hitlin, DG, Narsky, I, Ongmongkolkul, P, Piatenko, T, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Mishra, K, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, and Wagner, SR
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: Using 467 fb(-1) of e+e- annihilation data collected with the BABAR detector, we measure (B(τ- → μ- ν(μ) ν(τ)))/(B(τ- → e- ν(e) ν(τ))) =(0.9796±0.0016±0.0036), (B(τ- → π- ν(τ)))/(B(τ- → e- ν(e) ν(τ))) = (0.5945±0.0014±0.0061), and (B(τ- → K- ν(τ)))/(B(τ- → e- ν(e) ν(τ))) = (0.03882±0.00032±0.00057), where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. From these precision τ measurements, we test the standard model assumption of μ-e and τ-μ charge current lepton universality and provide determinations of |Vus| experimentally independent of the decay of a kaon.
Published: 2010

43. Test of lepton universality in Υ(1S) decays at BABAR.

Author: del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Hauke, A, Jasper, H, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, and Schubert, KR
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: The ratio R(τμ)(Υ(1S))=Γ(Υ(1S)→τ+ τ-)/Γ(Υ(1S)→μ+ μ-) is measured using a sample of (121.8±1.2)×10(6)Υ(3S) events recorded by the BABAR detector. This measurement is intended as a test of lepton universality and as a search for a possible light pseudoscalar Higgs boson. In the standard model (SM) this ratio is expected to be close to 1. Any significant deviations would violate lepton universality and could be introduced by the coupling to a light pseudoscalar Higgs boson. The analysis studies the decays Υ(3S)→Υ(1S)π+ π-, Υ(1S)→l+ l-, where l=μ, τ. The result, R(τμ)(Υ(1S))=1.005±0.013(stat)±0.022(syst), shows no deviation from the expected SM value, while improving the precision with respect to previous measurements.
Published: 2010

44. Search for Charged Lepton Flavor Violation in Narrow Υ Decays

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Barrett, M, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Feltresi, E, Hauke, A, Jasper, H, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, and Wacker, K
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: Charged-lepton flavor-violating processes are unobservable in the standard model, but they are predicted to be enhanced in several extensions to the standard model, including supersymmetry and models with leptoquarks or compositeness. We present a search for such processes in a sample of 99x10(6)Upsilon(2S) decays and 117x10(6)Upsilon(3S) decays collected with the BABAR detector. We place upper limits on the branching fractions B(Upsilon(nS)-->e(+/-)tau(-/+)) and B(Upsilon(nS)-->mu(+/-)tau(-/+)) (n=2,3) at the 10(-6) level and use these results to place lower limits of order 1 TeV on the mass scale of charged-lepton flavor-violating effective operators.
Published: 2010

45. Search for charged lepton flavor violation in narrow upsilon decays.

Author: Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Barrett, M, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Hitlin, DG, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rakitin, AY, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Feltresi, E, Hauke, A, Jasper, H, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, and Wacker, K
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: Charged-lepton flavor-violating processes are unobservable in the standard model, but they are predicted to be enhanced in several extensions to the standard model, including supersymmetry and models with leptoquarks or compositeness. We present a search for such processes in a sample of 99x10(6)Upsilon(2S) decays and 117x10(6)Upsilon(3S) decays collected with the BABAR detector. We place upper limits on the branching fractions B(Upsilon(nS)-->e(+/-)tau(-/+)) and B(Upsilon(nS)-->mu(+/-)tau(-/+)) (n=2,3) at the 10(-6) level and use these results to place lower limits of order 1 TeV on the mass scale of charged-lepton flavor-violating effective operators.
Published: 2010

46. Searches for Lepton Flavor Violation in the Decays τ±→e±γ and τ±→μ±γ

Author: Aubert, B, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Prudent, X, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tackmann, K, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Barrett, M, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Bukin, AD, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Eschrich, I, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Mazur, MA, Richman, JD, Beck, TW, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Wang, L, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Fang, F, Hitlin, DG, Narsky, I, Ongmongkolkul, P, Piatenko, T, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Mishra, K, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, and Wagner, SR
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: Searches for lepton-flavor-violating decays of a tau lepton to a lighter mass lepton and a photon have been performed with the entire data set of (963+/-7)x10{6} tau decays collected by the BABAR detector near the Upsilon(4S), Upsilon(3S) and Upsilon(2S) resonances. The searches yield no evidence of signals and we set upper limits on the branching fractions of B(tau{+/-}-->e{+/-}gamma)mu{+/-}gamma)
Published: 2010

47. Searches for Lepton flavor violation in the decays tau{+/-}-->e{+/-}gamma and tau{+/-}-->mu{+/-}gamma.

Author: Aubert, B, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Prudent, X, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tackmann, K, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Barrett, M, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Bukin, AD, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Eschrich, I, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Mazur, MA, Richman, JD, Beck, TW, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Wang, L, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Fang, F, Hitlin, DG, Narsky, I, Ongmongkolkul, P, Piatenko, T, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Mishra, K, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, and Wagner, SR
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: Searches for lepton-flavor-violating decays of a tau lepton to a lighter mass lepton and a photon have been performed with the entire data set of (963+/-7)x10{6} tau decays collected by the BABAR detector near the Upsilon(4S), Upsilon(3S) and Upsilon(2S) resonances. The searches yield no evidence of signals and we set upper limits on the branching fractions of B(tau{+/-}-->e{+/-}gamma)mu{+/-}gamma)
Published: 2010

48. Measurement of |Vcb| and the Form-Factor Slope in B¯→Dℓ-ν¯ℓ Decays in Events Tagged by a Fully Reconstructed B Meson

Author: Aubert, B, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Prudent, X, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tackmann, K, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Fulsom, BG, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Barrett, M, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Bukin, AD, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Eschrich, I, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Zhang, L, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Mazur, MA, Richman, JD, Beck, TW, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Wang, L, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Fang, F, Hitlin, DG, Narsky, I, Piatenko, T, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Mishra, K, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, and Wagner, SR
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We present a measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V(cb)| and the form-factor slope rho2 in B --> Dl- nu(l) decays based on 460x10(6) BB events recorded at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector. B --> Dl- nu(l) decays are selected in events in which a hadronic decay of the second B meson is fully reconstructed. We measure B(B- --> D0 l- nu(l))/B(B- --> Xl- nu(l)) = (0.255+/-0.009+/-0.009) and B(B0 --> D+ l- nu(l))/B(B0 --> Xl- nu(l)) = (0.230+/-0.011+/-0.011), along with the differential decay distribution in B --> Dl- nu(l) decays. We then determine G(1)|V(cb)| = (42.3+/-1.9+/-1.4)x10(-3) and rho2 = 1.20+/-0.09+/-0.04, where G(1) is the hadronic form factor at the point of zero recoil.
Published: 2010

49. Measurement of |V(cb)| and the form-factor slope in B --> Dl- nu(l) decays in events tagged by a fully reconstructed B meson.

Author: Aubert, B, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Prudent, X, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tackmann, K, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Fulsom, BG, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Barrett, M, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Bukin, AD, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Eschrich, I, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Zhang, L, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Mazur, MA, Richman, JD, Beck, TW, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Wang, L, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Fang, F, Hitlin, DG, Narsky, I, Piatenko, T, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Mishra, K, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, and Wagner, SR
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, General Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract: We present a measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V(cb)| and the form-factor slope rho2 in B --> Dl- nu(l) decays based on 460x10(6) BB events recorded at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector. B --> Dl- nu(l) decays are selected in events in which a hadronic decay of the second B meson is fully reconstructed. We measure B(B- --> D0 l- nu(l))/B(B- --> Xl- nu(l)) = (0.255+/-0.009+/-0.009) and B(B0 --> D+ l- nu(l))/B(B0 --> Xl- nu(l)) = (0.230+/-0.011+/-0.011), along with the differential decay distribution in B --> Dl- nu(l) decays. We then determine G(1)|V(cb)| = (42.3+/-1.9+/-1.4)x10(-3) and rho2 = 1.20+/-0.09+/-0.04, where G(1) is the hadronic form factor at the point of zero recoil.
Published: 2010

50. Search for Invisible Decays of the Υ(1S)

Author: Aubert, B, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Prudent, X, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Tackmann, K, Tanabe, T, Hawkes, CM, Soni, N, Watson, AT, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Barrett, M, Khan, A, Randle-Conde, A, Blinov, VE, Bukin, AD, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Eschrich, I, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Atmacan, H, Gary, JW, Liu, F, Long, O, Vitug, GM, Yasin, Z, Sharma, V, Campagnari, C, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Mazur, MA, Richman, JD, Beck, TW, Eisner, AM, Heusch, CA, Kroseberg, J, Lockman, WS, Martinez, AJ, Schalk, T, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Wang, L, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Fang, F, Hitlin, DG, Narsky, I, Ongmongkolkul, P, Piatenko, T, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Mishra, K, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, and Wagner, SR
Subjects: BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract: We search for invisible decays of the Upsilon(1S) meson using a sample of 91.4 x 10(6) Upsilon(3S) mesons collected at the BABAR/PEP-II B factory. We select events containing the decay Upsilon(3S) --> pi(+)pi(-)Upsilon(1S) and search for evidence of an undetectable Upsilon(1S) decay recoiling against the dipion system. We set an upper limit on the branching fraction B(Upsilon(1S) --> invisible) < 3.0 x 10(-4) at the 90% confidence level.
Published: 2009

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