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201. Erratum: Study of radiative bottomonium transitions using converted photons (Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Watson, JE, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Negrini, M, Piemontese, L, Baldini-Ferroli, R, and Calcaterra, A

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Published
2011

202. Observation of the rare decay B+→K+π0π0 and measurement of the quasi-two-body contributions B+→K*(892)+π0, B+→f0(980)K+, and B+→χc0K+

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, 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, Calcaterra, A, and de Sangro, R

Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

We report an analysis of charmless hadronic decays of charged B mesons to the final state K+π0π0, using a data sample of (470.9±2.8)×106 BB̄ events collected with the BABAR detector at the Υ(4S) resonance. We observe an excess of signal events, with a significance above 10 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties, and measure the branching fraction and CP asymmetry to be B(B +→K+π0π0)=(16.2±1.2±1.5) ×10-6 and ACP(B+→K +π0π0)=-0.06±0.06±0.04, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. Additionally, we study the contributions of the B+→K*(892) +π0, B+→f0(980)K+, and B+→χc0K+ quasi-two-body decays. We report the world's best measurements of the branching fraction and CP asymmetry of the B+→K+π0π0 and B+→K *(892)+π0 channels. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

203. Study of Υ(3S,2S)→ηΥ(1S) and Υ(3S,2S)→π+π-Υ(1S) hadronic transitions

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, 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, Calcaterra, A, and de Sangro, R

Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

We study the Υ(3S,2S)→ηΥ(1S) and Υ(3S,2S) →π +π -Υ(1S) transitions with 122×106Υ(3S) and 100×106Υ(2S) mesons collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e +e - collider. We measure B[Υ(2S)→ηΥ(1S)]=(2.39±0.31(stat.) ±0.14(syst.))×10 -4 and Γ[Υ(2S) →ηΥ(1S)]/Γ[Υ(2S)→π +π -Υ(1S)]=(1.35±0.17(stat.)±0.08(syst.)) ×10 -3. We find no evidence for Υ(3S)→ηΥ(1S) and obtain B[Υ(3S)→ηΥ(1S)]

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2011

204. Publisher’s Note: Study of radiative bottomonium transitions using converted photons [Phys. Rev. DPRVDAQ1550-7998 84, 072002 (2011)]

Author

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, 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, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Watson, JE, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Negrini, M, Piemontese, L, Baldini-Ferroli, R, and Calcaterra, A

Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Published
2011

205. Evidence for the hb(1P) meson in the decay Υ(3S)→π0hb(1P)

Author

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, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, 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, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Watson, JE, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, and Negrini, M

Subjects
hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

Using a sample of 122×106 Υ(3S) events recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e +e - collider at SLAC, we search for the h b(1P) spin-singlet partner of the P-wave χ bJ(1P) states in the sequential decay Υ(3S) →π0h b(1P), h b(1P) →γη b(1S). We observe an excess of events above background in the distribution of the recoil mass against the π0 at mass 9902±4(stat)±2(syst)MeV/c2. The width of the observed signal is consistent with experimental resolution, and its significance is 3.1σ, including systematic uncertainties. We obtain the value (4.3±1.1(stat) ±0.9(syst))×10 -4 for the product branching fraction B(Υ(3S)→π0h b)×B(h b→γη b). © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

206. Searches for rare or forbidden semileptonic charm decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, and Finocchiaro, G

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present searches for rare or forbidden charm decays of the form Xc+→h±′)+, where Xc+ is a charm hadron (D+, Ds+, or Λc+), h± is a pion, kaon, or proton, and (′)± is an electron or muon. The analysis is based on 384fb-1 of e+e- annihilation data collected at or close to the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. No significant signal is observed for any of the 35 decay modes that are investigated. We establish 90% confidence-level upper limits on the branching fractions between 1×10-6 and 44×10-6 depending on the channel. In most cases, these results represent either the first limits or significant improvements on existing limits for the decay modes studied. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

207. Observation of the baryonic B decay B ̄0→Λc+Λ̄K-

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, 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, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, and Finocchiaro, G

Subjects
hep-ex, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report the observation of the baryonic B decay B̄0→ Λc+Λ̄K- with a significance larger than 7 standard deviations based on 471×106 BB̄ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring at SLAC. We measure the branching fraction for the decay B̄0→Λc+Λ̄K- to be (3.8±0.8stat±0.2sys±1.0 Λc+)×10-5. The uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the uncertainty in the Λc+ branching fraction. We find that the Λc+K- invariant-mass distribution shows an enhancement above 3.5GeV/c2. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

208. Study of radiative bottomonium transitions using converted photons

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Watson, JE, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Negrini, M, Piemontese, L, Baldini-Ferroli, R, and Calcaterra, A

Subjects
hep-ex, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We use (111±1) million Υ(3S) and (89±1) million Υ(2S) events recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-factory at SLAC to perform a study of radiative transitions between bottomonium states using photons that have been converted to e+e- pairs by the detector material. We observe Υ(3S)→γχb0,2(1P) decay, make precise measurements of the branching fractions for χb1,2(1P,2P)→γΥ(1S) and χb1,2(2P) →γΥ(2S) decays, and search for radiative decay to the ηb(1S) and ηb(2S) states. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

209. Measurement of the γγ*→η and γγ*→η′ transition form factors

Author

Del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Asgeirsson, DJ, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Botov, AA, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, CA, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Watson, JE, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, and Cecchi, A

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We study the reactions e+e-→e+e -η(′) in the single-tag mode and measure the γγ*→η(′) transition form factors in the momentum-transfer range from 4 to 40GeV2. The analysis is based on 469fb-1 of integrated luminosity collected at PEP-II with the BABAR detector at e+e- center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

210. Search for CP violation using T-odd correlations in D+→ K+KS0π+π- and Ds+→K +KS0π+π- decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, and Nicolaci, M

Subjects
Brain Disorders, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We search for CP violation in a sample of 20000 Cabibbo-suppressed decays, D+→K+KS0π+π-, and 30000 Cabibbo-favored decays, Ds+→K+KS0π+π -. We use 520fb-1 of data recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider operating at center of mass energies near 10.6 GeV. We search for CP violation in the difference between the T-odd asymmetries obtained using triple product correlations of the D+ (Ds+) and D- (Ds-) decays, respectively. The T violation parameter values obtained are AT(D +)=(-12.0±10.0stat±4.6syst) ×10-3 and AT(Ds+)=(-13.6±7.7 stat±3.4syst)×10-3, which are consistent with the standard model expectations. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

211. Search for CP violation using T-odd correlations in D+→K+KS0π+π- and Ds+→K+KS0π+π- decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, 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, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, and Nicolaci, M

Subjects
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), Brain Disorders, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

We search for CP violation in a sample of 20000 Cabibbo-suppressed decays, D+→K+KS0π+π-, and 30000 Cabibbo-favored decays, Ds+→K+KS0π+π -. We use 520fb-1 of data recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider operating at center of mass energies near 10.6 GeV. We search for CP violation in the difference between the T-odd asymmetries obtained using triple product correlations of the D+ (Ds+) and D- (Ds-) decays, respectively. The T violation parameter values obtained are AT(D +)=(-12.0±10.0stat±4.6syst) ×10-3 and AT(Ds+)=(-13.6±7.7 stat±3.4syst)×10-3, which are consistent with the standard model expectations. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

212. Study of dipion bottomonium transitions and search for the h b(1P) state

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, and Finocchiaro, G

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We study inclusive dipion decays using a sample of 108×106Υ(3S) events recorded with the BABAR detector. We search for the decay mode Υ(3S)→π+π-hb(1P) and find no evidence for the bottomonium spin-singlet state hb(1P) in the invariant mass distribution recoiling against the π+π - system. Assuming the hb(1P) mass to be 9.900GeV/c2, we measure the upper limit on the branching fraction B[Υ(3S) →π+π-hb(1P)]

Published
2011

213. 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

214. 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

215. 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

216. Search for b→u transitions in B±→[K ±π±π0]DK ± decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Watson, JE, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Negrini, M, Piemontese, L, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, and De Sangro, R

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present a study of the decays B±→DK ± with D mesons reconstructed in the K+π -π0 or K-π+π0 final states, where D indicates a D0 or a D̄0 meson. Using a sample of 474×106 BB̄ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at SLAC, we measure the ratios R ±Γ(B±→[K±π ±π0]DK±)Γ(B ±→[K±π±π0] DK±). We obtain R+=(5-10+12(stat)- 4+2(syst))×10-3 and R-=(12-10+12(stat)-5+3(syst)) ×10-3, from which we extract the upper limits at 90% probability: R+

Published
2011

217. Measurements of branching fractions and CP asymmetries and studies of angular distributions for B→ÏÏK decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Watson, JE, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Negrini, M, Piemontese, L, Baldini-Ferroli, R, and Calcaterra, A

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present branching fraction and CP asymmetry measurements as well as angular studies of B→ÏÏK decays using 464×106 BB̄ events collected by the BABAR experiment. The branching fractions are measured in the ÏÏ invariant mass range below the ηc resonance (mÏÏ

Published
2011

218. Observation of ηc(1S) and ηc(2S) decays to K+K-π+π-π0 in two-photon interactions

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, 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, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, and Clark, PJ

Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

We study the processes γγ→KS0K±π and γγ→K+K-π+π -π0 using a data sample of 519.2fb-1 recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at center-of-mass energies near the Υ(nS) (n=2, 3, 4) resonances. We observe the ηc(1S), χc0(1P) and ηc(2S) resonances produced in two-photon interactions and decaying to K+K-π+π-π0, with significances of 18.1, 5.4 and 5.3 standard deviations (including systematic errors), respectively, and report 4.0σ evidence of the χc2(1P) decay to this final state. We measure the ηc(2S) mass and width in KS0K±π decays, and obtain the values m(ηc(2S))=3638.5±1.5±0.8MeV/c2 and Γ(ηc(2S))=13.4±4.6±3.2MeV, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. We measure the two-photon width times branching fraction for the reported resonance signals, and search for the χc2(2P) resonance, but no significant signal is observed. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

219. Search for b→u transitions in B±→[K∓π±π0]DK± decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, 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, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Watson, JE, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Negrini, M, Piemontese, L, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, and de Sangro, R

Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

We present a study of the decays B±→DK ± with D mesons reconstructed in the K+π -π0 or K-π+π0 final states, where D indicates a D0 or a D̄0 meson. Using a sample of 474×106 BB̄ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at SLAC, we measure the ratios R ±Γ(B±→[K±π ±π0]DK±)Γ(B ±→[K±π±π0] DK±). We obtain R+=(5-10+12(stat)- 4+2(syst))×10-3 and R-=(12-10+12(stat)-5+3(syst)) ×10-3, from which we extract the upper limits at 90% probability: R+

Published
2011

220. Study of dipion bottomonium transitions and search for the hb(1P) state

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Tico, J Garra, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, 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, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Baldini-Ferroli, R, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, and Finocchiaro, G

Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

We study inclusive dipion decays using a sample of 108×106Υ(3S) events recorded with the BABAR detector. We search for the decay mode Υ(3S)→π+π-hb(1P) and find no evidence for the bottomonium spin-singlet state hb(1P) in the invariant mass distribution recoiling against the π+π - system. Assuming the hb(1P) mass to be 9.900GeV/c2, we measure the upper limit on the branching fraction B[Υ(3S) →π+π-hb(1P)]

Published
2011

221. Amplitude analysis of B0→K+π-π0 and evidence of direct CP violation in B→K*π decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, 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, Watson, JE, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, Negrini, M, Piemontese, L, Baldini-Ferroli, R, and Calcaterra, A

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We analyze the decay B0→K+π-π0 with a sample of 4.54×108 BB̄ events collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory at SLAC, and extract the complex amplitudes of seven interfering resonances over the Dalitz plot. These results are combined with amplitudes measured in B0→KS0π+π- decays to construct isospin amplitudes from B0→K*π and B0→ρK decays. We measure the phase of the isospin amplitude Φ3/2, useful in constraining the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity triangle angle γ and evaluate a CP rate asymmetry sum rule sensitive to the presence of new physics operators. We measure direct CP violation in B0→K*+π- decays at the level of 3σ when measurements from both B0→K+π -π0 and B0→KS0π+π- decays are combined. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

222. Searches for the baryon- and lepton-number violating decays B0→Λc+l-, B-→Λl-, and B-→Λ̄l-

Author

Del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, CA, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Watson, JE, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cecchi, A, and Cibinetto, G

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

Searches for B mesons decaying to final states containing a baryon and a lepton are performed, where the baryon is either Λc or Λ and the lepton is a muon or an electron. These decays violate both baryon and lepton number and would be a signature of physics beyond the standard model. No significant signal is observed in any of the decay modes, and upper limits in the range (3.2-520)×10-8 are set on the branching fractions at the 90% confidence level. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

223. Search for CP violation in the decay D±→KS0π ±

Author

Del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, CA, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Watson, JE, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cecchi, A, and Cibinetto, G

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report on a search for CP violation in the decay D ±→KS0π± using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469fb-1 collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric energy e+e- storage rings. The CP-violating decay rate asymmetry ACP is determined to be (-0.44±0.13(stat)±0.10(syst))%, consistent with zero at 2.7σ and with the standard model prediction of (-0.332±0.006)%. This is currently the most precise measurement of this parameter. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

224. Measurement of the mass and width of the Ds1(2536)+ meson

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Yushkov, AN, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Watson, JE, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Munerato, M, and Negrini, M

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

The decay width and mass of the Ds1(2536)+ meson are measured via the decay channel Ds1+→D*+KS0 using 385fb-1 of data recorded with the BABAR detector in the vicinity of the Υ(4S) resonance at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy electron-positron collider. The result for the decay width is Γ(Ds1+)=0.92±0.03(stat.)±0.04(syst.)MeV. For the mass, a value of m(Ds1+)=2535.08±0.01(stat.)±0.15(syst.)MeV/c2 is obtained. The mass difference between the Ds1+ and the D*+ is measured to be m(Ds1+)-m(D*+)=524. 83±0.01(stat.)±0.04(syst.)MeV/c2, representing a significant improvement compared to the current world average. The unnatural spin-parity assignment for the Ds1+ meson is confirmed. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

225. Analysis of the D+→K-π+e+νe decay channel

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, 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, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, and Bozzi, C

Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

Using 347.5fb-1 of data recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II electron-positron collider, 244×103 signal events for the D +→K-π+e+νe decay channel are analyzed. This decay mode is dominated by the K̄(892)0 contribution. We determine the K̄*(892)0 parameters: mK(892)0=(895.4±0.2±0.2)MeV/c2, ΓK *(892)00=(46.5±0.3±0.2)MeV/c2, and the Blatt-Weisskopf parameter rBW=2.1±0.5±0.5(GeV/c) -1, where the first uncertainty comes from statistics and the second from systematic uncertainties. We also measure the parameters defining the corresponding hadronic form factors at q2=0 (rV=V(0)A 1(0)=1.463±0.017±0.031, r2=A 2(0)A1(0)=0.801±0.020±0.020) and the value of the axial-vector pole mass parametrizing the q2 variation of A1 and A2: mA=(2.63±0.10±0.13)GeV/c2. The S-wave fraction is equal to (5.79±0.16±0.15)%. Other signal components correspond to fractions below 1%. Using the D+→K -π+π+ channel as a normalization, we measure the D+ semileptonic branching fraction: B(D +→K-π+e+νe)= (4.00±0.03±0.04±0.09)×10-2, where the third uncertainty comes from external inputs. We then obtain the value of the hadronic form factor A1 at q2=0: A1(0)=0.6200±0. 0056±0.0065±0.0071. Fixing the P-wave parameters, we measure the phase of the S wave for several values of the Kπ mass. These results confirm those obtained with Kπ production at small momentum transfer in fixed target experiments. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

226. Analysis of the D+→K-π+e +νe decay channel

Author

Del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, and Bozzi, C

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

Using 347.5fb-1 of data recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II electron-positron collider, 244×103 signal events for the D +→K-π+e+νe decay channel are analyzed. This decay mode is dominated by the K̄(892)0 contribution. We determine the K̄*(892)0 parameters: mK(892)0=(895.4±0.2±0.2)MeV/c2, ΓK *(892)00=(46.5±0.3±0.2)MeV/c2, and the Blatt-Weisskopf parameter rBW=2.1±0.5±0.5(GeV/c) -1, where the first uncertainty comes from statistics and the second from systematic uncertainties. We also measure the parameters defining the corresponding hadronic form factors at q2=0 (rV=V(0)A 1(0)=1.463±0.017±0.031, r2=A 2(0)A1(0)=0.801±0.020±0.020) and the value of the axial-vector pole mass parametrizing the q2 variation of A1 and A2: mA=(2.63±0.10±0.13)GeV/c2. The S-wave fraction is equal to (5.79±0.16±0.15)%. Other signal components correspond to fractions below 1%. Using the D+→K -π+π+ channel as a normalization, we measure the D+ semileptonic branching fraction: B(D +→K-π+e+νe)= (4.00±0.03±0.04±0.09)×10-2, where the third uncertainty comes from external inputs. We then obtain the value of the hadronic form factor A1 at q2=0: A1(0)=0.6200±0. 0056±0.0065±0.0071. Fixing the P-wave parameters, we measure the phase of the S wave for several values of the Kπ mass. These results confirm those obtained with Kπ production at small momentum transfer in fixed target experiments. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

227. Measurement of the B0→π-ℓ+ν and B +→η(′)ℓ+ν branching fractions, the B0→π-ℓ+ν and B +→ηℓ+ν form-factor shapes, and determination of

Author

Del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, and Bozzi, C

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report the results of a study of the exclusive charmless semileptonic decays, B+→η(′)ℓ+ν and B0→π-ℓ+ν, undertaken with approximately 464×106 BB̄ pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector. The analysis uses events in which the signal B decays are reconstructed with a loose neutrino reconstruction technique. We obtain partial branching fractions for B+→ηℓ+ν and B0→π-ℓ+ν decays in three and 12 bins of q2, respectively, from which we extract the f+(q2) form-factor shapes and the total branching fractions B(B+→ηℓ +ν)=(0.36±0.05stat±0.04 syst)×10-4 and B(B0→π -ℓ+ν)=(1.42±0.05stat±0. 07syst)×10-4. We also measure B(B +→η′ℓ+ν)=(0.24±0. 08stat±0.03syst)×10-4. We obtain values for the magnitude of the CKM matrix element |Vub| using three different QCD calculations. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

228. Measurements of branching fractions, polarizations, and direct CP-violation asymmetries in B+→ρ0K*+ and B+→f0(980)K*+ decays

Author

Del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, and Calabrese, R

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present measurements of the branching fractions, longitudinal polarization, and direct CP-violation asymmetries for the decays B +→ρ0K*+ and B +→f0(980)K*+ with a sample of (467±5)×106BB̄ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We observe B+→ρ 0K*+ with a significance of 5.3σ and measure the branching fraction B(B+→ρ0K*+)=(4.6±1.0±0.4)×10-6, the longitudinal polarization fL=0.78±0.12±0.03, and the CP-violation asymmetry ACP=0.31±0.13±0.03. We observe B+→f0(980)K*+ and measure the branching fraction B(B+→f0(980)K *+)×B(f0(980) →π+π-)=(4.2±0.6±0.3) ×10-6 and the CP-violation asymmetry ACP=-0. 15±0.12±0.03. The first uncertainty quoted is statistical and the second is systematic. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

229. Dalitz plot analysis of Ds+→K+K-π+

Author

Del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, and Calabrese, R

Subjects
Brain Disorders, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We perform a Dalitz plot analysis of about 100000 Ds+ decays to K +K-π+ and measure the complex amplitudes of the intermediate resonances which contribute to this decay mode. We also measure the relative branching fractions of Ds+→K+K+π - and Ds+→K+K+K-. For this analysis we use a 384 fb-1 data sample, recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider running at center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

230. Measurement of the B0→π-ℓ+ν and B+→η(′)ℓ+ν branching fractions, the B0→π-ℓ+ν and B+→ηℓ+ν form-factor shapes, and determination of |Vub|

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, 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, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, and Bozzi, C

Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

We report the results of a study of the exclusive charmless semileptonic decays, B+→η(′)ℓ+ν and B0→π-ℓ+ν, undertaken with approximately 464×106 BB̄ pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector. The analysis uses events in which the signal B decays are reconstructed with a loose neutrino reconstruction technique. We obtain partial branching fractions for B+→ηℓ+ν and B0→π-ℓ+ν decays in three and 12 bins of q2, respectively, from which we extract the f+(q2) form-factor shapes and the total branching fractions B(B+→ηℓ +ν)=(0.36±0.05stat±0.04 syst)×10-4 and B(B0→π -ℓ+ν)=(1.42±0.05stat±0. 07syst)×10-4. We also measure B(B +→η′ℓ+ν)=(0.24±0. 08stat±0.03syst)×10-4. We obtain values for the magnitude of the CKM matrix element |Vub| using three different QCD calculations. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

231. Measurement of partial branching fractions of inclusive charmless B meson decays to K+, K0, and π+

Author

Del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, E, Martinelli, M, Milanes, DA, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lynch, G, Osipenkov, IL, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, CA, 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, Meadows, BT, Sokoloff, MD, Blanc, F, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Nagel, M, Nauenberg, U, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Jasper, H, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, Watson, JE, Andreotti, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, and Cecchi, A

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present measurements of partial branching fractions of B→K +X, B→K0X, and B→π+X, where X denotes any accessible final state above the endpoint for B decays to charmed mesons, specifically for momenta of the candidate hadron greater than 2.34 (2.36) GeV for kaons (pions) in the B rest frame. These measurements are sensitive to potential new-physics particles which could enter the b→s(d) loop transitions. The analysis is performed on a data sample consisting of 383×106BB̄ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- asymmetric energy collider. We observe the inclusive B→π+X process, and we set upper limits for B→K +X and B→K0X. Our results for these inclusive branching fractions are consistent with those of known exclusive modes, and exclude large enhancements due to sources of new physics. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

232. Search for the decay B0→γγ

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, and Clark, PJ

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report the result of a search for the rare decay B0→γγ in 426fb-1 of data, corresponding to 226×106 B0B ̄0 pairs, collected on the Υ(4S) resonance at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider using the BABAR detector. We use a maximum likelihood fit to extract the signal yield and observe 21-12+13 signal events with a statistical significance of 1.8σ. This corresponds to a branching fraction B(B0→γγ)=(1.7±1.1(stat.) ±0.2(syst.))×10-7. Based on this result, we set a 90% confidence level upper limit of B(B0→γγ)

Published
2011

233. Study of B→πlν and B→ρlν decays and determination of

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present an analysis of exclusive charmless semileptonic B-meson decays based on 377×106 BB̄ pairs recorded with the B A BAR detector at the Υ(4S) resonance. We select four event samples corresponding to the decay modes B0→π-ℓ+ν, B +→π0ℓ+ν, B0→ρ -ℓ+ν, and B+→ρ0ℓ +ν and find the measured branching fractions to be consistent with isospin symmetry. Assuming isospin symmetry, we combine the two B→πℓν samples, and similarly the two B→ρℓν samples, and measure the branching fractions B(B0→π -ℓ+ν)=(1.41±0.05±0.07)×10 -4 and B(B0→ρ-ℓ+ν)=(1. 75±0.15±0.27)×10-4, where the errors are statistical and systematic. We compare the measured distribution in q2, the momentum transfer squared, with predictions for the form factors from QCD calculations and determine the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V ub|. Based on the measured partial branching fraction for B→πℓν in the range q2

Published
2011

234. Measurement of the B→D̄(*)D(*)K branching fractions

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, and Clark, PJ

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present a measurement of the branching fractions of the 22 decay channels of the B0 and B+ mesons to D̄(*)D(*)K, where the D(*) and D̄(*) mesons are fully reconstructed. Summing the 10 neutral modes and the 12 charged modes, the branching fractions are found to be B(B0→D̄(*)D(*)K)=(3.68±0. 10±0.24)% and B(B+→D̄(*)D(*)K)=(4. 05±0.11±0.28)%, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. The results are based on 429fb-1 of data containing 471×106BB̄ pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

235. Studies of τ-→ηK-ντ and τ-→ηπ-ντ at BABAR and a search for a second-class current

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, and Clark, PJ

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report on analyses of tau lepton decays τ -→ηK-ντ and τ-→ηπ-ντ, with η→π+π-π0, using 470fb-1 of data from the BABAR experiment at PEP-II, collected at center-of-mass energies at and near the Υ(4S) resonance. We measure the branching fraction for the τ-→ηK-ντ decay mode, B(τ-→ηK-ντ)=(1.42±0. 11(stat)±0.07(syst))×10-4, and report a 95% confidence level upper limit for the second-class current process τ -→ηπ-ντ, B(τ-→ηπ-ντ)

Published
2011

236. Observation of the Y1/3D/J bottomonium state through decays to n+n Y1s

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

Based on 122×106Υ(3S) events collected with the BABAR detector, we have observed the Υ(13DJ) bottomonium state through the Υ(3S)→γγΥ(13DJ) →γγπ⊃+π⊃-Υ(1S) decay chain. The significance for the J=2 member of the Υ(13DJ) triplet is 5.8 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties. The mass of the J=2 state is determined to be 10164.5±0.8(stat)±0.5(syst)MeV/c2. We use the π⊃+π⊃- invariant mass distribution to confirm the consistency of the observed state with the orbital angular momentum assignment of the Υ(13DJ). Copyright © 2010 American Physical Society.

Published
2010

237. Search for the rare decay B→Kνν̄

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present a search for the rare decays B⊃+→K⊃+νν̄ and B0→K0νν̄ using 459×106 BB̄ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Flavor-changing neutral-current decays such as these are forbidden at tree level but can occur through one-loop diagrams in the standard model (SM), with possible contributions from new physics at the same order. The presence of two neutrinos in the final state makes identification of signal events challenging, so reconstruction in the semileptonic decay channels B→D(⊃*)lν of the B meson recoiling from the signal B is used to suppress backgrounds. We set an upper limit at the 90% confidence level (CL) of 1.3×10⊃-5 on the total branching fraction for B⊃+→K⊃+νν̄, and 5.6×10⊃-5 for B0→K0νν̄. We additionally report 90% CL upper limits on partial branching fractions in two ranges of dineutrino mass squared for B⊃+→K⊃+νν̄. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

238. Observation of new resonances decaying to Dπ and D*π in inclusive e+e- collisions near s=10.58 GeV

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, 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, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, and Clark, PJ

Subjects
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

We present a study of the D⊃+π⊃-, D0π⊃+, and D⊃*⊃+π⊃- systems in inclusive e⊃+e⊃-→cc̄ interactions in a search for new excited D meson states. We use a data set, consisting of ∼454fb⊃-1, collected at center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV by the B?>A?>B?>AR?> detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider. We observe, for the first time, candidates for the radial excitations of the D0, D⊃*0, and D⊃*⊃+, as well as the L=2 excited states of the D0 and D⊃+, where L is the orbital angular momentum of the quarks. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

239. Observation of the Υ(13DJ) bottomonium state through decays to π+π-Υ(1S)

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
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

Based on 122×106Υ(3S) events collected with the BABAR detector, we have observed the Υ(13DJ) bottomonium state through the Υ(3S)→γγΥ(13DJ) →γγπ⊃+π⊃-Υ(1S) decay chain. The significance for the J=2 member of the Υ(13DJ) triplet is 5.8 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties. The mass of the J=2 state is determined to be 10164.5±0.8(stat)±0.5(syst)MeV/c2. We use the π⊃+π⊃- invariant mass distribution to confirm the consistency of the observed state with the orbital angular momentum assignment of the Υ(13DJ). Copyright © 2010 American Physical Society.

Published
2010

240. Observation of new resonances decaying to Dπ and D⊃*π in inclusive e⊃+e⊃- collisions near √s=10.58GeV

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, and Clark, PJ

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present a study of the D⊃+π⊃-, D0π⊃+, and D⊃*⊃+π⊃- systems in inclusive e⊃+e⊃-→cc̄ interactions in a search for new excited D meson states. We use a data set, consisting of ∼454fb⊃-1, collected at center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV by the B?>A?>B?>AR?> detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider. We observe, for the first time, candidates for the radial excitations of the D0, D⊃*0, and D⊃*⊃+, as well as the L=2 excited states of the D0 and D⊃+, where L is the orbital angular momentum of the quarks. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

241. Search for B+→D+K0 and B+→D +K*0 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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report a search for the rare decays B+→D+K0 and B+→D+K*0 in an event sample of approximately 465×106 BB̄ pairs collected with the B A B AR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We find no significant evidence for either mode and we set 90% probability upper limits on the branching fractions of B(B +→D+K0)

Published
2010

242. Measurement of the absolute branching fractions for D-s(-) -> l(-) (nu)over-bar(l) and extraction of the decay constant f(Ds)

Author

Sanchez, P del Amo, 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, 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, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, and Clark, PJ

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics
Published
2010

243. Measurement of the absolute branching fractions for Ds-→ℓ -ν̄ℓ and extraction of the decay constant fDs

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, and Clark, PJ

Subjects
hep-ex, Brain Disorders, Down Syndrome, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

The absolute branching fractions for the decays Ds-→ℓ -ν̄ℓ (ℓ=e, μ, or τ) are measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 521fb -1 collected at center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- collider at SLAC. The number of Ds- mesons is determined by reconstructing the recoiling system DKXγ in events of the type e+e-→DKXDs*-, where Ds*-→Ds-γ and X represents additional pions from fragmentation. The Ds-→ℓ-νℓ events are detected by full or partial reconstruction of the recoiling system DKXγℓ. The branching fraction measurements are combined to determine the Ds- decay constant fD s=(258.6±6.4±7.5)MeV, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

244. Correlated leading baryon-antibaryon production in e⊃+e⊃- →cc̄→Λc+Λ̄c-X

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Bondioli, M, Curry, S, Eschrich, I, Kirkby, D, Lankford, AJ, Lund, P, Mandelkern, M, Martin, EC, Stoker, DP, Buchanan, C, Hartfiel, BL, 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, Winstrom, LO, Cheng, CH, Doll, DA, Echenard, B, Fang, F, Hitlin, DG, Narsky, I, Ongmongkolkul, P, Piatenko, T, Porter, FC, Andreassen, R, Dubrovin, MS, Mancinelli, G, Meadows, BT, Mishra, K, Sokoloff, MD, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Hirschauer, JF, Nagel, M, and Nauenberg, U

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present a study of 649±35 e⊃+e⊃-→cc̄ events produced at √s±10.6GeV containing both a Λc+ baryon and a Λ̄c- antibaryon. The number observed is roughly 4 times that expected if the leading charmed hadron types are uncorrelated, confirming an observation by the CLEO Collaboration. We find a 2-jet topology in these events but very few additional baryons, demonstrating that the primary c and c̄ are predominantly contained in a correlated baryon-antibaryon system. In addition to the charmed baryons we observe on average 2.6±0.2 charged intermediate mesons, predominantly pions, carrying 65% of the remaining energy.© 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

245. Search for B⊃+ meson decay to a1+(1260)K⊃*0(892)

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Clark, PJ, Playfer, S, and Watson, JE

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We present a search for the decay B⊃+→a1+(1260)K⊃*0(892) . The data, collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, represent 465×106BB̄ pairs produced in e⊃+e⊃- annihilation at the energy of the Υ(4S). We find no significant signal and set an upper limit at 90% confidence level on the product of branching fractions B(B⊃+→a1+(1260)K⊃*0(892))×B(a1+(1260) →π⊃+π⊃-π⊃+) of 1.8×10⊃-6. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

246. Search for B+→D+K0 and B+→D+K*0 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
Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

We report a search for the rare decays B+→D+K0 and B+→D+K*0 in an event sample of approximately 465×106 BB̄ pairs collected with the B A B AR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We find no significant evidence for either mode and we set 90% probability upper limits on the branching fractions of B(B +→D+K0)

Published
2010

247. 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

248. Search for b→u transitions in B-→DK- and 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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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, Jasper, H, Karbach, TM, Merkel, J, Petzold, A, Spaan, B, Wacker, K, Kobel, MJ, Schubert, KR, Schwierz, R, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, and Clark, PJ

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report results from an updated study of the suppressed decays B-→DK- and B-→D*K- followed by D→K+π-, where D(*) indicates a D(*)0 or a D̄(*)0 meson, and D*→Dπ0 or D*→Dγ. These decays are sensitive to the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity triangle angle γ due to interference between the b→c transition B-→D(*)0K- followed by the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay D0→K+π-, and the b→u transition B-→D̄(*)0K- followed by the Cabibbo-favored decay D̄0→K+π-. We also report an analysis of the decay B-→D(*)π- with the D decaying into the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed mode D→K+π-. Our results are based on 467×106 Υ(4S) →BB̄ decays collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC. We measure the ratios R(*) of the suppressed ([K+π-]DK-/π-) to favored ([K-π+]DK-/π-) branching fractions as well as the CP asymmetries A(*) of those modes. We see indications of signals for the B-→DK- and B-→DDπ0*K- suppressed modes, with statistical significances of 2.1 and 2.2σ, respectively, and we measure: R DK=(1.1±0.6±0.2)×10-2,ADK=-0. 86±0.47-0.16+0.12, R(Dπ0)K*=(1.8±0.9±0.4) ×10-2,A(Dπ0)K*=+0.77±0.35±0.12,R(Dγ)K*= (1.3±1.4±0.8)×10-2,A(Dγ)K*=+0.36±0.94-0. 41+0.25, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. We use a frequentist approach to obtain the magnitude of the ratio rB|A(B-→D̄0K-)/A(B-→D0K-)|=(9.5-4.1+5.1)%, with r B

Published
2010

249. Measurement of CP observables in B±→DCPK± decays and constraints on the CKM angle γ

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, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

Using the entire sample of 467×106 Υ(4S)→BB̄ decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, we perform an analysis of B±→DK± decays, using decay modes in which the neutral D meson decays to either CP-eigenstates or non-CP-eigenstates. We measure the partial decay rate charge asymmetries for CP-even and CP-odd D final states to be A CP+=0.25±0.06±0.02 and ACP-=-0.09±0. 07±0.02, respectively, where the first error is the statistical and the second is the systematic uncertainty. The parameter ACP+ is different from zero with a significance of 3.6 standard deviations, constituting evidence for direct CP violation. We also measure the ratios of the charged-averaged B partial decay rates in CP and non-CP decays, RCP+=1.18±0. 09±0.05 and RCP-=1.07±0.08±0.04. We infer frequentist confidence intervals for the angle γ of the unitarity triangle, for the strong phase difference δB, and for the amplitude ratio rB, which are related to the B-→DK- decay amplitude by rBei(δB-γ)=A(B-→D̄0K-)/ A(B-→D0K-). Including statistical and systematic uncertainties, we obtain 0.24

Published
2010

250. Exclusive production of Ds+Ds-, Ds*+Ds-, and Ds*+Ds*- via e+e- annihilation with initial-state radiation

Author

Del Amo Sanchez, P, Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Prencipe, E, Tisserand, V, Garra Tico, J, Grauges, ES, Martinelli, M, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Battaglia, M, Brown, DN, Hooberman, B, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, 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, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, 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
Vaccine Related, Brain Disorders, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Prevention, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Biodefense, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We perform a study of exclusive production of Ds+Ds-, Ds*+Ds-, and Ds*+Ds*- final states in initial-state-radiation events from e +e- annihilations at a center-of-mass energy near 10.58 GeV, to search for charmonium 1- states. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 525fb-1 and was recorded by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II storage ring. The Ds+Ds-, Ds*+Ds-, and Ds*+Ds*- mass spectra show evidence of the known ψ resonances. Limits are extracted for the branching ratios of the decays X(4260)→Ds (*)+Ds(*). © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

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