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1. Minimally Invasive Resection of a Foraminal Lumbar Root Schwannoma

Author

Lee CC, Chuang HY, Chang CC, Lin HL, and Cheng CH

Subjects
foraminal sacral root, foraminotomy, intradural extramedullary schwannoma, laminotomy, schwannoma, spine tumor., Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract

Chien-Ching Lee,1,2 Hao-Yu Chuang,3,4 Che-Chao Chang,3,5 Hung-Lin Lin,6 Cheng-Hsin Cheng3,7 1Department of Anesthesia, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, 70965, Taiwan; 2Department of Medical Sciences Industry, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, 71101, Taiwan; 3Department of Neurosurgery, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, 70965, Taiwan; 4Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Beigang Hospital, Yunlin County, 65152, Taiwan; 5Neurophysiology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center and Medical School, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan; 6Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, 40447, Taiwan; 7Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, 71101, TaiwanCorrespondence: Cheng-Hsin Cheng, Department of Neurosurgery, An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, No. 66, Sec. 2, Changhe Road, Annan District, Tainan City, 70965, Taiwan, Email u701018.tw@yahoo.com.twBackground and Importance: This video article reports a rare case of a right L5/S1 foraminal root schwannoma that presents the natural course of the disease, imaging findings, treatment protocol, operative procedure, and highlights some of the possible surgical complications.Clinical Presentation: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intradural, extramedullary, well-enhanced mass at the right L5/S1 level. The operative procedure involved a right minimal L5/S1 laminotomy/foraminotomy posteriorly to open the right L5 root. The facet joints were preserved to prevent spinal instability. The tumor was located along the root after opening the right L5/S1 foramen. Intraoperative electromyography (IOM) was conducted to detect any nerve injury in the patient. After opening the dura, the tumor was carefully separated from the normal root nerve under IOM monitoring. The mass was removed piece-by-piece using mini-forceps.Conclusion: Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a schwannoma. The patient recovered without incident after surgery with minimal soreness and numbness in the right leg.Keywords: foraminal sacral root, foraminotomy, intradural extramedullary schwannoma, laminotomy, Schwannoma, spine tumor

Published
2024

2. Search for an Axionlike Particle in B Meson Decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Middleton, S, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Flood, I, Nguyen, N, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, and Di Lodovico, F

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

Axionlike particles (ALPs) are predicted in many extensions of the standard model, and their masses can naturally be well below the electroweak scale. In the presence of couplings to electroweak bosons, these particles could be emitted in flavor-changing B meson decays. We report herein a search for an ALP, a, in the reaction B^{±}→K^{±}a, a→γγ using data collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. No significant signal is observed, and 90% confidence level upper limits on the ALP coupling to electroweak bosons are derived as a function of ALP mass, improving current constraints by several orders of magnitude in the range 0.175  GeV

Published
2022

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Middleton, S, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, and Cowan, G

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

We report on the first search for electron-muon lepton flavor violation (LFV) in the decay of a b quark and b antiquark bound state. We look for the LFV decay ϒ(3S)→e^{±}μ^{∓} in a sample of 118 million ϒ(3S) mesons from 27  fb^{-1} of data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e^{+}e^{-} collider operating with a 10.36 GeV center-of-mass energy. No evidence for a signal is found, and we set a limit on the branching fraction B[ϒ(3S)→e^{±}μ^{∓}]80  TeV on the energy scale Λ_{NP} divided by the coupling-squared g_{NP}^{2} of relevant new physics (NP).

Published
2022

4. An interesting parameter deduced from confirmed infection number in COVID-19 epidemic

Author

Chow CL, Cheng CH, and Chow WK

Subjects
covid-19, infection number, parameter, Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract

In controlling outbreaks of COVID-19, the number of daily confirmed infected cases is useful in deducing parameters to determine emergency management actions such as locking down the cities. However, complicated mathematical models with ordinary differential equations are involved. Resources including manpower and data accessibility are needed. The parameters deduced are always challenged by stakeholders, particularly those from servicing and tourist industry. A simple parameter is proposed to describe the extent of infection by estimating the transient daily infection number divided by the time. The daily infection number in Hong Kong is used to illustrate the approach. This will not require large-scale long-term observation and mathematical modeling or computation.

Published
2023
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5. Study of the reactions e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0π0 and π+π-π0π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Middleton, S, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, and Cowan, G

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0π0γ and π+π-π0π0π0ηγ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. About 7300 and 870 events, respectively, are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1. The invariant mass of the hadronic final state defines the effective e+e- center-of-mass energy. The center-of-mass energies range from threshold to 4.5 GeV. From the mass spectra, the first ever measurements of the e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0π0 and the e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0η cross sections are performed. The contributions from ωπ0π0π0, ηπ+π-π0, ωη, and other intermediate states are presented. We observe the J/ψ and ψ(2S) in most of these final states and measure the corresponding branching fractions, many of them for the first time.

Published
2021

6. Study of the process e+e-→π+π-π0 using initial state radiation with BABAR

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Middleton, S, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, and Cowan, G

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

The process e+e-→π+π-π0γ is studied at a center-of-mass energy near the D(4S) resonance using a data sample of 469 fb-1 collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. We have performed a precise measurement of the e+e-→π+π-π0 cross section in the center-of-mass energy range from 0.62 to 3.5 GeV. In the energy regions of the ω and φ resonances, the cross section is measured with a systematic uncertainty of 1.3%. The leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly calculated using the measured e+e-→π+π-π0 cross section from threshold to 2.0 GeV is (45.86±0.14±0.58)×10-10. From the fit to the measured 3π mass spectrum we have determined the resonance parameters Γ(ω→e+e-)B(ω→π+π-π0)=(0.5698±0.0031±0.0082) keV, Γ(φ→e+e-)B(φ→π+π-π0)=(0.1841±0.0021±0.0080) keV, and B(ρ→3π)=(0.88±0.23±0.30)×10-4. The significance of the ρ→3π signal is greater than 6σ. For the J/ψ resonance we have measured the product Γ(J/ψ→e+e-)B(J/ψ→3π)=(0.1248±0.0019±0.0026) keV.

Published
2021

7. Light meson spectroscopy from Dalitz plot analyses of ηc decays to η′K+K-, η′π+π-, and ηπ+π- produced in two-photon interactions

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the processes , , and using a data sample of recorded with the BABAR detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider at center-of-mass energies at and near the (, 3, 4) resonances. This is the first observation of the decay and we measure the branching fraction . Significant interference is observed between and the nonresonant two-photon process . A Dalitz plot analysis is performed of decays to , , and . Combined with our previous analysis of , we measure the parameters and the ratio between its and couplings. The decay is dominated by the resonance, also observed in radiative decays. A new resonance is observed in the channel. We also compare decays to and final states in association with scalar mesons as they relate to the identification of the scalar glueball.

Published
2021

8. Study of the reactions e+e- →2 (π+π-)π0π0π0 and 2 (π+π-)π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation STUDY of the REACTIONS ... LEES J. P. et al.

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, and Banerjee, S

Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0γ and 2(π+π-)π0π0ηγ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC. About 14 000 and 4700 events, respectively, are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1. The invariant mass of the hadronic final state defines the effective e+e- center-of-mass energy. The center-of-mass energies range from threshold to 4.5 GeV. From the mass spectra, the first ever measurements of the e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0 and the e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0η cross sections are performed. The contributions from ωπ+π-π0π0, η2(π+π-), and other intermediate states are presented. We observe the J/ψ and ψ(2S) in most of these final states and measure the corresponding branching fractions, many of them for the first time.

Published
2021

9. Study of the reactions e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0 and 2(π+π-)π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0γ and 2(π+π-)π0π0ηγ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC. About 14 000 and 4700 events, respectively, are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1. The invariant mass of the hadronic final state defines the effective e+e- center-of-mass energy. The center-of-mass energies range from threshold to 4.5 GeV. From the mass spectra, the first ever measurements of the e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0 and the e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0η cross sections are performed. The contributions from ωπ+π-π0π0, η2(π+π-), and other intermediate states are presented. We observe the J/ψ and ψ(2S) in most of these final states and measure the corresponding branching fractions, many of them for the first time.

Published
2021

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

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Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

Many scenarios of physics beyond the standard model predict the existence of new gauge singlets, which might be substantially lighter than the weak scale. The experimental constraints on additional scalars with masses in the MeV to GeV range could be significantly weakened if they interact predominantly with leptons rather than quarks. At an e^{+}e^{-} collider, such a leptophilic scalar (ϕ_{L}) would be produced predominantly through radiation from a τ lepton. We report herein a search for e^{+}e^{-}→τ^{+}τ^{-}ϕ_{L}, ϕ_{L}→ℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} (ℓ=e, μ) using data collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. No significant signal is observed, and we set limits on the ϕ_{L} coupling to leptons in the range 0.04

Published
2020

11. Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays D0→X0e±μ∓

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We present a search for seven lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm meson decays of the type D0→X0e±μ, where X0 represents a π0, KS0, K̄∗0, ρ0, φ, ω, or η meson. The analysis is based on 468 fb-1 of e+e- annihilation data collected at or close to the (4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. No significant signals are observed, and we establish 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions in the range (5.0-22.5)×10-7. The limits are between 1 and 2 orders of magnitude more stringent than previous measurements.

Published
2020

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, and Davis, CL

Subjects
BaBar Collaboration, BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract

A study of the two-body decays B^{±}→X_{cc[over ¯]}K^{±}, where X_{cc[over ¯]} refers to one charmonium state, is reported by the BABAR Collaboration using a data sample of 424  fb^{-1}. The absolute determination of branching fractions for these decays are significantly improved compared to previous BABAR measurements. Evidence is found for the decay B^{+}→X(3872)K^{+} at the 3σ level. The absolute branching fraction B[B^{+}→X(3872)K^{+}]=[2.1±0.6(stat)±0.3(syst)]×10^{-4} is measured for the first time. It follows that B[X(3872)→J/ψπ^{+}π^{-}]=(4.1±1.3)%, supporting the hypothesis of a molecular component for this resonance.

Published
2020

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, and Davis, CL

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, CLEO Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

Using 0.8 x 10(6) D+ D- pairs collected with the CLEO-c detector at the psi(3770) resonance, we have searched for flavor-changing neutral current and lepton-number-violating decays of D+ mesons to final states with dielectrons. We find no indication of either, obtaining 90% confidence level upper limits of B(D+ --> pi+ e+ e-) < 7.4 x 10(-6), B(D+ --> pi- e+ d+) < 3.6 x 10(-6), B(D+ --> K+ e+ e-) < 6.2 x 10(-6), and B(D+ --> K- e+ e+) < 4.5 x 10(-6).

Published
2020

14. Resonances in e+e- annihilation near 2.2 GeV RESONANCES in E+E- ANNIHILATION NEAR 2.2 GEV LEES J. P. et al.

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, and Davis, CL

Abstract

Using the initial-state radiation method, the e+e-→KSKL cross section from 1.98 to 2.54 GeV is measured in a data sample of 469 fb-1 collected with the BABAR detector. The results are used in conjunction with previous BABAR results for the e+e-→K+K-, e+e-→π+π-, e+e-→π+π-η, and e+e-→ωππ cross sections to investigate the nature of the resonance structure recently observed by the BESIII experiment in the e+e-→K+K- cross section.

Published
2020

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Rohrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Shuve, BJ, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
BABAR Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

We report on a precision measurement of the ratio R_{τμ}^{ϒ(3S)}=B(ϒ(3S)→τ^{+}τ^{-})/B(ϒ(3S)→μ^{+}μ^{-}) using data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e^{+}e^{-} collider. The measurement is based on a 28  fb^{-1} data sample collected at a center-of-mass energy of 10.355 GeV corresponding to a sample of 122 million ϒ(3S) mesons. The ratio is measured to be R_{τμ}^{ϒ(3S)}=0.966±0.008_{stat}±0.014_{syst} and is in agreement with the standard model prediction of 0.9948 within 2 standard deviations. The uncertainty in R_{τμ}^{ϒ(3S)} is almost an order of magnitude smaller than the only previous measurement.

Published
2020

16. Search for B-→ Λ p ν ν with the B a B ar experiment SEARCH for B-→ Λ p ν ν ... LEES J. P. et al.

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, Davis, CL, and Denig, AG

Subjects
hep-ex
Abstract

A search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B-→Λpνν using data from the BABAR experiment has been performed. A total of 424 fb-1 of e+e-collision data collected at the center-of-mass energy of the Ï'(4S) resonance is used in this study, corresponding to a sample of (471±3)×106 BB pairs. Signal B-→Λpνν candidates are identified by first fully reconstructing a B+ decay in one of many possible exclusive decays to hadronic final states, then examining detector activity that is not associated with this reconstructed B+ decay for evidence of a signal B-→Λpνν decay. The data yield is found to be consistent with the expected background contribution under a null signal hypothesis, resulting in an upper limit of B(B-→Λpνν)

Published
2019

17. Search for B-→Λp¯νν¯ with the BaBar experiment

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Cheaib, R, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, and Denig, AG

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

A search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B-→Λpνν using data from the BABAR experiment has been performed. A total of 424 fb-1 of e+e-collision data collected at the center-of-mass energy of the Ï'(4S) resonance is used in this study, corresponding to a sample of (471±3)×106 BB pairs. Signal B-→Λpνν candidates are identified by first fully reconstructing a B+ decay in one of many possible exclusive decays to hadronic final states, then examining detector activity that is not associated with this reconstructed B+ decay for evidence of a signal B-→Λpνν decay. The data yield is found to be consistent with the expected background contribution under a null signal hypothesis, resulting in an upper limit of B(B-→Λpνν)

Published
2019

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, BaBar Collaboration, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

An angular analysis of the decay B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ}, ℓ∈{e,μ}, is reported using the full e^{+}e^{-} collision data set collected by the BABAR experiment at the ϒ(4S) resonance. One B meson from the ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] decay is fully reconstructed in a hadronic decay mode, which constrains the kinematics and provides a determination of the neutrino momentum vector. The kinematics of the semileptonic decay is described by the dilepton mass squared, q^{2}, and three angles. The first unbinned fit to the full four-dimensional decay rate in the standard model is performed in the so-called Boyd-Grinstein-Lebed approach, which employs a generic q^{2} parametrization of the underlying form factors based on crossing symmetry, analyticity, and QCD dispersion relations for the amplitudes. A fit using the more model-dependent Caprini-Lellouch-Neubert (CLN) approach is performed as well. Our form factor shapes show deviations from previous fits based on the CLN parametrization. The latest form factors also provide an updated prediction for the branching fraction ratio R(D^{*})≡B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}τ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{τ})/B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ})=0.253±0.005. Finally, using the well-measured branching fraction for the B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decay, a value of |V_{cb}|=(38.36±0.90)×10^{-3} is obtained that is consistent with the current world average for exclusive B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decays and remains in tension with the determination from inclusive semileptonic B decays to final states with charm.

Published
2019

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W

Subjects
BaBar Collaboration, BaBar Collaboration, General Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering
Abstract

An angular analysis of the decay B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ}, ℓ∈{e,μ}, is reported using the full e^{+}e^{-} collision data set collected by the BABAR experiment at the ϒ(4S) resonance. One B meson from the ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] decay is fully reconstructed in a hadronic decay mode, which constrains the kinematics and provides a determination of the neutrino momentum vector. The kinematics of the semileptonic decay is described by the dilepton mass squared, q^{2}, and three angles. The first unbinned fit to the full four-dimensional decay rate in the standard model is performed in the so-called Boyd-Grinstein-Lebed approach, which employs a generic q^{2} parametrization of the underlying form factors based on crossing symmetry, analyticity, and QCD dispersion relations for the amplitudes. A fit using the more model-dependent Caprini-Lellouch-Neubert (CLN) approach is performed as well. Our form factor shapes show deviations from previous fits based on the CLN parametrization. The latest form factors also provide an updated prediction for the branching fraction ratio R(D^{*})≡B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}τ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{τ})/B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ})=0.253±0.005. Finally, using the well-measured branching fraction for the B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decay, a value of |V_{cb}|=(38.36±0.90)×10^{-3} is obtained that is consistent with the current world average for exclusive B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decays and remains in tension with the determination from inclusive semileptonic B decays to final states with charm.

Published
2019

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

We report the observation of the rare charm decay D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}e^{+}e^{-}, based on 468  fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} annihilation data collected at or close to the center-of-mass energy of the ϒ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We find the branching fraction in the invariant mass range 0.675

Published
2019

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination uuddss could be a deeply bound state (S) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in ϒ→SΛ[over ¯]Λ[over ¯] decays based on a sample of 90×10^{6}ϒ(2S) and 110×10^{6}ϒ(3S) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90% confidence level limits on the combined ϒ(2S,3S)→SΛ[over ¯]Λ[over ¯] branching fraction in the range (1.2-1.4)×10^{-7} are derived for m_{S}

Published
2019

22. First Evidence for cos2β>0 and Resolution of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa Quark-Mixing Unitarity Triangle Ambiguity

Author

Adachi, I, Adye, T, Ahmed, H, Ahn, JK, Aihara, H, Akar, S, Alam, MS, Albert, J, Anulli, F, Arnaud, N, Asner, DM, Aston, D, Atmacan, H, Aushev, T, Ayad, R, Babu, V, Badhrees, I, Bakich, AM, Banerjee, Sw, Bansal, V, Barlow, RJ, Batignani, G, Beaulieu, A, Behera, P, Bellis, M, Ben-Haim, E, Bernard, D, Bernlochner, FU, Bettarini, S, Bettoni, D, Bevan, AJ, Bhardwaj, V, Bhuyan, B, Bianchi, F, Biasini, M, Biswal, J, Blinov, VE, Bomben, M, Bondar, A, Bonneaud, GR, Bozek, A, Bozzi, C, Bračko, M, Browder, TE, Brown, DN, Bünger, C, Burchat, PR, Buzykaev, AR, Calabrese, R, Calcaterra, A, Calderini, G, Di Carlo, S, Carpinelli, M, Cartaro, C, Casarosa, G, Cenci, R, Chao, DS, Chauveau, J, Cheaib, R, Chen, A, Chen, C, Cheng, CH, Cheon, BG, Chilikin, K, Cho, K, Choi, Y, Choudhury, S, Chrzaszcz, M, Cibinetto, G, Cinabro, D, Cochran, J, Coleman, JP, Convery, MR, Cowan, G, Cowan, R, Cremaldi, L, Cunliffe, S, Dash, N, Davier, M, Davis, CL, De Mori, F, De Nardo, G, Denig, AG, de Sangro, R, Dey, B, Di Lodovico, F, Dittrich, S, Doležal, Z, Dorfan, J, Drásal, Z, Druzhinin, VP, Dunwoodie, W, Ebert, M, Echenard, B, Eidelman, S, Eigen, G, Eisner, AM, Emery, S, and Epifanov, D

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Belle Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

We present first evidence that the cosine of the CP-violating weak phase 2β is positive, and hence exclude trigonometric multifold solutions of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) Unitarity Triangle using a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of B^{0}→D^{(*)}h^{0} with D→K_{S}^{0}π^{+}π^{-} decays, where h^{0}∈{π^{0},η,ω} denotes a light unflavored and neutral hadron. The measurement is performed combining the final data sets of the BABAR and Belle experiments collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance at the asymmetric-energy B factories PEP-II at SLAC and KEKB at KEK, respectively. The data samples contain (471±3)×10^{6}BB[over ¯] pairs recorded by the BABAR detector and (772±11)×10^{6}BB[over ¯] pairs recorded by the Belle detector. The results of the measurement are sin2β=0.80±0.14(stat)±0.06(syst)±0.03(model) and cos2β=0.91±0.22(stat)±0.09(syst)±0.07(model). The result for the direct measurement of the angle β of the CKM Unitarity Triangle is β=[22.5±4.4(stat)±1.2(syst)±0.6(model)]°. The measurement assumes no direct CP violation in B^{0}→D^{(*)}h^{0} decays. The quoted model uncertainties are due to the composition of the D^{0}→K_{S}^{0}π^{+}π^{-} decay amplitude model, which is newly established by performing a Dalitz plot amplitude analysis using a high-statistics e^{+}e^{-}→cc[over ¯] data sample. CP violation is observed in B^{0}→D^{(*)}h^{0} decays at the level of 5.1 standard deviations. The significance for cos2β>0 is 3.7 standard deviations. The trigonometric multifold solution π/2-β=(68.1±0.7)° is excluded at the level of 7.3 standard deviations. The measurement resolves an ambiguity in the determination of the apex of the CKM Unitarity Triangle.

Published
2018

23. Measurement of cos2β in B0→D(*)h0 with D→KS0π+π- decays by a combined time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of BaBar and Belle data

Author

Adachi, I, Adye, T, Ahmed, H, Ahn, JK, Aihara, H, Akar, S, Alam, MS, Albert, J, Anulli, F, Arnaud, N, Asner, DM, Aston, D, Atmacan, H, Aushev, T, Ayad, R, Badhrees, I, Bakich, AM, Banerjee, Sw, Bansal, V, Barlow, RJ, Batignani, G, Beaulieu, A, Behera, P, Bellis, M, Ben-Haim, E, Bernard, D, Bernlochner, FU, Bettarini, S, Bettoni, D, Bevan, AJ, Bhardwaj, V, Bhuyan, B, Bianchi, F, Biasini, M, Biswal, J, Blinov, VE, Bomben, M, Bondar, A, Bonneaud, GR, Bozek, A, Bozzi, C, Bračko, M, Browder, TE, Brown, DN, Bünger, C, Burchat, PR, Buzykaev, AR, Calabrese, R, Calcaterra, A, Calderini, G, Di Carlo, S, Carpinelli, M, Cartaro, C, Casarosa, G, Cenci, R, Chao, DS, Chauveau, J, Cheaib, R, Chen, A, Chen, C, Cheng, CH, Cheon, BG, Chilikin, K, Cho, K, Choi, Y, Choudhury, S, Chrzaszcz, M, Cibinetto, G, Cinabro, D, Cochran, J, Coleman, JP, Convery, MR, Cowan, G, Cowan, R, Cremaldi, L, Cunliffe, S, Dash, N, Davier, M, Davis, CL, De Mori, F, De Nardo, G, Denig, AG, de Sangro, R, Dey, B, Di Lodovico, F, Dittrich, S, Doležal, Z, Dorfan, J, Drásal, Z, Druzhinin, VP, Dunwoodie, W, Ebert, M, Echenard, B, Eidelman, S, Eigen, G, Eisner, AM, Emery, S, Epifanov, D, and Ernst, JA

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, hep-ex
Abstract

We report measurements of sin2β and cos2β using a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of B0→D(∗)h0 with D→KS0π+π- decays, where the light unflavored and neutral hadron h0 is a π0, η, or ω meson. The analysis uses a combination of the final data sets of the BaBar and Belle experiments containing 471×106 and 772×106 BB pairs collected at the (4S) resonance at the asymmetric-energy B factories PEP-II at SLAC and KEKB at KEK, respectively. We measure sin2β=0.80±0.14(stat)±0.06(syst)±0.03(model) and cos2β=0.91±0.22(stat)±0.09(syst)±0.07(model). The result for the direct measurement of the angle is β=(22.5±4.4(stat)±1.2(syst)±0.6(model))°. The last quoted uncertainties are due to the composition of the D0→KS0π+π- decay amplitude model, which is newly established by a Dalitz plot amplitude analysis of a high-statistics e+e-→cc data sample as part of this analysis. We find the first evidence for cos2β>0 at the level of 3.7 standard deviations. The measurement excludes the trigonometric multifold solution π/2-β=(68.1±0.7)° at the level of 7.3 standard deviations and therefore resolves an ambiguity in the determination of the apex of the CKM Unitarity Triangle. The hypothesis of β=0° is ruled out at the level of 5.1 standard deviations, and thus CP violation is observed in B0→D(∗)h0 decays. The measurement assumes no direct CP violation in B0→D(∗)h0 decays.

Published
2018

24. Measurement of the γ*γ*→η′ transition form factor

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Subjects
Quantum Physics, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the process e+e-→e+e-η′ in the double-tag mode and measure for the first time the γ γ →η′ transition form factor Fη′(Q12,Q22) in the momentum-transfer range 2

Published
2018

25. Study of the reactions e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0 and π+π-π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.35 GeV using initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0γ and π+π-π0π0ηγ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data are collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC. About 14 000 and 4700 events, respectively, are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1. The invariant mass of the hadronic final state defines the effective e+e- center-of-mass energy. From the mass spectra, the first precise measurement of the e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0 cross section and the first measurement ever of the e+e-→π+π-π0π0η cross section are performed. The center-of-mass energies range from threshold to 4.35 GeV. The systematic uncertainty is typically between 10% and 13%. The contributions from ωπ0π0, ηπ+π-, and other intermediate states are presented. We observe the J/ψ and ψ(2S) in most of these final states and measure the corresponding branching fractions, many of them for the first time.

Published
2018

26. Measurement of the γ∗γ∗ →η′ transition form factor

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, SW, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Abstract

We study the process e+e-→e+e-η′ in the double-tag mode and measure for the first time the γ γ →η′ transition form factor Fη′(Q12,Q22) in the momentum-transfer range 2

Published
2018

27. Measurement of cos2β in B0 →d (∗)h0 with D → KS0 π+π- decays by a combined time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of B a B ar and Belle data

Author

Adachi, I, Adye, T, Ahmed, H, Ahn, JK, Aihara, H, Akar, S, Alam, MS, Albert, J, Anulli, F, Arnaud, N, Asner, DM, Aston, D, Atmacan, H, Aushev, T, Ayad, R, Badhrees, I, Bakich, AM, Banerjee, S, Bansal, V, Barlow, RJ, Batignani, G, Beaulieu, A, Behera, P, Bellis, M, Ben-Haim, E, Bernard, D, Bernlochner, FU, Bettarini, S, Bettoni, D, Bevan, AJ, Bhardwaj, V, Bhuyan, B, Bianchi, F, Biasini, M, Biswal, J, Blinov, VE, Bomben, M, Bondar, A, Bonneaud, GR, Bozek, A, Bozzi, C, Bračko, M, Browder, TE, Brown, DN, Bünger, C, Burchat, PR, Buzykaev, AR, Calabrese, R, Calcaterra, A, Calderini, G, Di Carlo, S, Carpinelli, M, Cartaro, C, Casarosa, G, Cenci, R, Chao, DS, Chauveau, J, Cheaib, R, Chen, A, Chen, C, Cheng, CH, Cheon, BG, Chilikin, K, Cho, K, Choi, Y, Choudhury, S, Chrzaszcz, M, Cibinetto, G, Cinabro, D, Cochran, J, Coleman, JP, Convery, MR, Cowan, G, Cowan, R, Cremaldi, L, Cunliffe, S, Dash, N, Davier, M, Davis, CL, De Mori, F, De Nardo, G, Denig, AG, De Sangro, R, Dey, B, Di Lodovico, F, Dittrich, S, DoleŽal, Z, Dorfan, J, Drásal, Z, Druzhinin, VP, Dunwoodie, W, Ebert, M, Echenard, B, Eidelman, S, Eigen, G, Eisner, AM, Emery, S, Epifanov, D, and Ernst, JA

Subjects
hep-ex
Abstract

We report measurements of sin2β and cos2β using a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of B0→D(∗)h0 with D→KS0π+π- decays, where the light unflavored and neutral hadron h0 is a π0, η, or ω meson. The analysis uses a combination of the final data sets of the BaBar and Belle experiments containing 471×106 and 772×106 BB pairs collected at the (4S) resonance at the asymmetric-energy B factories PEP-II at SLAC and KEKB at KEK, respectively. We measure sin2β=0.80±0.14(stat)±0.06(syst)±0.03(model) and cos2β=0.91±0.22(stat)±0.09(syst)±0.07(model). The result for the direct measurement of the angle is β=(22.5±4.4(stat)±1.2(syst)±0.6(model))°. The last quoted uncertainties are due to the composition of the D0→KS0π+π- decay amplitude model, which is newly established by a Dalitz plot amplitude analysis of a high-statistics e+e-→cc data sample as part of this analysis. We find the first evidence for cos2β>0 at the level of 3.7 standard deviations. The measurement excludes the trigonometric multifold solution π/2-β=(68.1±0.7)° at the level of 7.3 standard deviations and therefore resolves an ambiguity in the determination of the apex of the CKM Unitarity Triangle. The hypothesis of β=0° is ruled out at the level of 5.1 standard deviations, and thus CP violation is observed in B0→D(∗)h0 decays. The measurement assumes no direct CP violation in B0→D(∗)h0 decays.

Published
2018

28. Search for the decay mode B0→ppp¯p¯

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Affordable and Clean Energy, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

A search is presented for the four-body decay B0→ppp̄p̄ in a sample of 471 million BB̄ pairs collected with the BABAR detector, operated at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. The center-of-mass energy is 10.58 GeV. From a fit to the distribution of the energy-substituted mass mES, the branching fraction B(B0→ppp̄p̄)=(1.1±0.5±0.2)×10-7 is extracted, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The significance of the signal, including the systematic uncertainty, is 2.9 standard deviations. The upper limit on the branching fraction is determined to be 2.0×10-7 at 90% confidence level.

Published
2018

29. Measurement of the spectral function for the τ-→K-KSντ decay

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

The decay τ-→K-KSντ has been studied using 430×106 e+e-→τ+τ- events produced at a center-of-mass energy around 10.6 GeV at the PEP-II collider and studied with the BABAR detector. The mass spectrum of the K-KS system has been measured and the spectral function has been obtained. The measured branching fraction B(τ-→K-KSντ)=(0.739±0.011(stat)±0.020(syst))×10-3 is found to be in agreement with earlier measurements.

Published
2018

30. Study of (1S) radiative decays to γπ+π- and γk+K-

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Giannuzzi, F, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W

Abstract

We study the (1S) radiative decays to γπ+π- and γK+K- using data recorded with the BABAR detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at center-of-mass energies at the (2S) and (3S) resonances. The (1S) resonance is reconstructed from the decay (nS)→π+π-(1S), n=2, 3. Branching fraction measurements and spin-parity analyses of (1S) radiative decays are reported for the I=0 S-wave and f2(1270) resonances in the π+π- mass spectrum, the f2′(1525) and f0(1500) in the K+K- mass spectrum, and the f0(1710) in both.

Published
2018

31. Study of ϒ(1S) radiative decays to γπ+π- and γK+K-

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Giannuzzi, F, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the (1S) radiative decays to γπ+π- and γK+K- using data recorded with the BABAR detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at center-of-mass energies at the (2S) and (3S) resonances. The (1S) resonance is reconstructed from the decay (nS)→π+π-(1S), n=2, 3. Branching fraction measurements and spin-parity analyses of (1S) radiative decays are reported for the I=0 S-wave and f2(1270) resonances in the π+π- mass spectrum, the f2′(1525) and f0(1500) in the K+K- mass spectrum, and the f0(1710) in both.

Published
2018

32. Study of the process e(+)e(-) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta using initial state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Rohrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Published
2018

33. Study of the process e+e-→π+π-η using initial state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kozyrev, EA, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Published
2018

34. Measurement of the e+e-→π+π-π0π0 cross section using initial-state radiation at BABAR

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, and Hafner, A

Abstract

The process e+e-→π+π-2π0γ is investigated by means of the initial-state radiation technique, where a photon is emitted from the incoming electron or positron. Using 454.3 fb-1 of data collected around a center-of-mass energy of s=10.58 GeV by the BABAR experiment at SLAC, approximately 150000 signal events are obtained. The corresponding nonradiative cross section is measured with a relative uncertainty of 3.6% in the energy region around 1.5 GeV, surpassing all existing measurements in precision. Using this new result, the channel's contribution to the leading order hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon is calculated as (gμπ+π-2π0-2)/2=(17.9±0.1stat±0.6syst)×10-10 in the energy range 0.85 GeV

Published
2017

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, Hafner, A, and Schubert, KR

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

We measure the mass difference, Δm_{+}, between the D^{*}(2010)^{+} and the D^{+} using the decay chain D^{*}(2010)^{+}→D^{+}π^{0} with D^{+}→K^{-}π^{+}π^{+}. The data were recorded with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies at and near the ϒ(4S) resonance, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 468  fb^{-1}. We measure Δm_{+}=(140 601.0±6.8[stat]±12.9[syst])  keV. We combine this result with a previous BABAR measurement of Δm_{0}≡m(D^{*}(2010)^{+})-m(D^{0}) to obtain Δm_{D}=m(D^{+})-m(D^{0})=(4824.9±6.8[stat]±12.9[syst])  keV. These results are compatible with and approximately five times more precise than the Particle Data Group averages.

Published
2017

36. Evidence for CP violation in B+ →k∗ (892)+π0 from a Dalitz plot analysis of B+ → KS0 π+π0 decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, YG, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Franco Sevilla, M, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Prasad, V, Adametz, A, Uwer, U, Lacker, HM, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, and Prell, S

Abstract

We report a Dalitz plot analysis of charmless hadronic decays of charged B mesons to the final state KS0π+π0 using the full BABAR data set of 470.9±2.8 million BB events collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance. We measure the overall branching fraction and CP asymmetry to be B(B+→K0π+π0)=(31.8±1.8±2.1-0.0+6.0)×10-6 and ACP(B+→K0π+π0)=0.07±0.05±0.03-0.03+0.02, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the signal model, respectively. This is the first measurement of the branching fraction for B+→K0π+π0. We find first evidence of a CP asymmetry in B+→K∗(892)+π0 decays: ACP(B+→K∗(892)+π0)=-0.52±0.14±0.04-0.02+0.04. The significance of this asymmetry, including systematic and model uncertainties, is 3.4 standard deviations. We also measure the branching fractions and CP asymmetries for three other intermediate decay modes.

Published
2017

37. Evidence for CP violation in B+→K*(892)+π0 from a Dalitz plot analysis of B+→KS0π+π0 decays

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Brown, DN, Kerth, LT, Kolomensky, Yu G, Lee, MJ, Lynch, G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Khan, A, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Sevilla, M Franco, Hong, TM, Kovalskyi, D, Richman, JD, West, CA, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Schumm, BA, Seiden, A, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Andreassen, R, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Bloom, PC, Ford, WT, Gaz, A, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Ayad, R, Toki, WH, Spaan, B, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Playfer, S, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Piemontese, L, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rama, M, Zallo, A, Contri, R, Monge, MR, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Prasad, V, Adametz, A, Uwer, U, Lacker, HM, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, and Prell, S

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences
Abstract

We report a Dalitz plot analysis of charmless hadronic decays of charged B mesons to the final state KS0π+π0 using the full BABAR data set of 470.9±2.8 million BB events collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance. We measure the overall branching fraction and CP asymmetry to be B(B+→K0π+π0)=(31.8±1.8±2.1-0.0+6.0)×10-6 and ACP(B+→K0π+π0)=0.07±0.05±0.03-0.03+0.02, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the signal model, respectively. This is the first measurement of the branching fraction for B+→K0π+π0. We find first evidence of a CP asymmetry in B+→K∗(892)+π0 decays: ACP(B+→K∗(892)+π0)=-0.52±0.14±0.04-0.02+0.04. The significance of this asymmetry, including systematic and model uncertainties, is 3.4 standard deviations. We also measure the branching fractions and CP asymmetries for three other intermediate decay modes.

Published
2017

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Derdzinski, M, Giuffrida, A, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W

Subjects
BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract

We search for single-photon events in 53  fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} collision data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-Factory. We look for events with a single high-energy photon and a large missing momentum and energy, consistent with production of a spin-1 particle A^{'} through the process e^{+}e^{-}→γA^{'}; A^{'}→invisible. Such particles, referred to as "dark photons," are motivated by theories applying a U(1) gauge symmetry to dark matter. We find no evidence for such processes and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the coupling strength of A^{'} to e^{+}e^{-} in the mass range m_{A^{'}}≤8  GeV. In particular, our limits exclude the values of the A^{'} coupling suggested by the dark-photon interpretation of the muon (g-2)_{μ} anomaly, as well as a broad range of parameters for the dark-sector models.

Published
2017

39. Measurement of the e+e-→Ks0K±π∓π0 and Ks0K±π∓η cross sections using initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Lukin, PA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

The processes e+e-→KS0K±π π0 and e+e-→KS0K±π η are studied over a continuum of energies from threshold to 4 GeV with the initial-state photon radiation method. Using 454 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II storage ring, the first measurements of the cross sections for these processes are obtained. The intermediate resonance structures from K∗0(Kπ)0, K∗(892)±(Kπ) , and KS0K±ρ are studied. The J/ψ is observed in all of these channels, and corresponding branching fractions are measured.

Published
2017

40. Measurement of the e+e−→Ks0K±π∓π0 and Ks0K±π∓η cross sections using initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Lukin, PA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, and Griessinger, K

Abstract

The processes e+e-→KS0K±π π0 and e+e-→KS0K±π η are studied over a continuum of energies from threshold to 4 GeV with the initial-state photon radiation method. Using 454 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II storage ring, the first measurements of the cross sections for these processes are obtained. The intermediate resonance structures from K∗0(Kπ)0, K∗(892)±(Kπ) , and KS0K±ρ are studied. The J/ψ is observed in all of these channels, and corresponding branching fractions are measured.

Published
2017

41. Measurement of the inclusive electron spectrum from B meson decays and determination of |Vub|

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Fritsch, M, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, Hafner, A, and Schubert, KR

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

Based on the full BABAR data sample of 466.5 million BB pairs, we present measurements of the electron spectrum from semileptonic B meson decays. We fit the inclusive electron spectrum to distinguish Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) suppressed B→Xueν decays from the CKM-favored B→Xceν decays, and from various other backgrounds, and determine the total semileptonic branching fraction B(B→Xeν)=(10.34±0.04stat±0.26syst)%, averaged over B± and B0 mesons. We determine the spectrum and branching fraction for charmless B→Xueν decays and extract the CKM element |Vub|, by relying on four different QCD calculations based on the heavy quark expansion. While experimentally, the electron momentum region above 2.1 GeV/c is favored, because the background is relatively low, the uncertainties for the theoretical predictions are largest in the region near the kinematic endpoint. Detailed studies to assess the impact of these four predictions on the measurements of the electron spectrum, the branching fraction, and the extraction of the CKM matrix element |Vub| are presented, with the lower limit on the electron momentum varied from 0.8 GeV/c to the kinematic endpoint. We determine |Vub| using each of these different calculations and find, |Vub|=(3.794±0.107exp -0.219 SF+0.292 -0.068 theory+0.078)×10-3 (De Fazio and Neubert), (4.563±0.126exp -0.208 SF+0.230 -0.163 theory+0.162)×10-3 (Bosch, Lange, Neubert, and Paz), (3.959±0.104exp -0.154 SF+0.164 -0.079 theory+0.042)×10-3 (Gambino, Giordano, Ossola, and Uraltsev), (3.848±0.108exp -0.070 theory+0.084)×10-3 (dressed gluon exponentiation), where the stated uncertainties refer to the experimental uncertainties of the partial branching fraction measurement, the shape function parameters, and the theoretical calculations.

Published
2017

42. Dalitz plot analyses of J/ψ→π+π-π0, J/ψ→K+K-π0, and J/ψ→Ks0K±π∓ produced via e+e- annihilation with initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Szczepaniak, AP, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Pennington, MR, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→γISRJ/ψ, where J/ψ→π+π-π0, J/ψ→K+K-π0, and J/ψ→KS0K±π∓ using a data sample of 519 fb-1 recorded with the BABAR detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at center-of-mass energies at and near the ϒ(nS) (n=2,3,4) resonances. We measure the ratio of branching fractions R1=B(J/ψ→K+K-π0)B(J/ψ→π+π-π0) and R2=B(J/ψ→KS0K±π∓)B(J/ψ→π+π-π0). We perform Dalitz plot analyses of the three J/ψ decay modes and measure fractions for resonances contributing to the decays. We also analyze the J/ψ→π+π-π0 decay using the Veneziano model. We observe structures compatible with the presence of ρ(1450) in all three J/ψ decay modes and measure the relative branching fraction: R(ρ(1450))=B(ρ(1450)→K+K-)B(ρ(1450)→π+π-)=0.307±0.084(stat)±0.082(sys).

Published
2017

43. Dalitz plot analyses of J /ψ →π+π-π0, J /ψ →k+K-π0, and J /ψ → Ks0 K±π∓ produced via e+e- annihilation with initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Szczepaniak, AP, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Pennington, MR, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, and Gradl, W

Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→γISRJ/ψ, where J/ψ→π+π-π0, J/ψ→K+K-π0, and J/ψ→KS0K±π∓ using a data sample of 519 fb-1 recorded with the BABAR detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at center-of-mass energies at and near the ϒ(nS) (n=2,3,4) resonances. We measure the ratio of branching fractions R1=B(J/ψ→K+K-π0)B(J/ψ→π+π-π0) and R2=B(J/ψ→KS0K±π∓)B(J/ψ→π+π-π0). We perform Dalitz plot analyses of the three J/ψ decay modes and measure fractions for resonances contributing to the decays. We also analyze the J/ψ→π+π-π0 decay using the Veneziano model. We observe structures compatible with the presence of ρ(1450) in all three J/ψ decay modes and measure the relative branching fraction: R(ρ(1450))=B(ρ(1450)→K+K-)B(ρ(1450)→π+π-)=0.307±0.084(stat)±0.082(sys).

Published
2017

44. Cross sections for the reactions e+e-→KS0KL0π0, KS0KL0η, and KS0KL0π0π0 from events with initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, and Hafner, A

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, hep-ph, physics.ins-det, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→KS0KL0π0γ, KS0KL0ηγ, and KS0KL0π0π0γ, where the photon is radiated from the initial state, providing cross section measurements for the hadronic final states over a continuum of center-of-mass energies. The results are based on 469 fb-1 of data collected at or near the ϒ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at SLAC. We present the first measurements of the e+e-→KS0KL0π0, KS0KL0η, and KS0KL0π0π0 cross sections up to a center-of-mass energy of 4 GeV and study their intermediate resonance structures. We observe J/ψ decays to all of these final states for the first time, present measurements of their J/ψ branching fractions, and search for ψ(2S) decays.

Published
2017

45. Cross sections for the reactions e+e- → KS0 KL0 π0, KS0 KL0 η, and KS0 KL0 π0π0 from events with initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Fritsch, M, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Lacker, HM, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, and Hafner, A

Subjects
hep-ex, hep-ph, physics.ins-det
Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→KS0KL0π0γ, KS0KL0ηγ, and KS0KL0π0π0γ, where the photon is radiated from the initial state, providing cross section measurements for the hadronic final states over a continuum of center-of-mass energies. The results are based on 469 fb-1 of data collected at or near the ϒ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at SLAC. We present the first measurements of the e+e-→KS0KL0π0, KS0KL0η, and KS0KL0π0π0 cross sections up to a center-of-mass energy of 4 GeV and study their intermediate resonance structures. We observe J/ψ decays to all of these final states for the first time, present measurements of their J/ψ branching fractions, and search for ψ(2S) decays.

Published
2017

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

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Fritsch, M, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, Hafner, A, Schubert, KR, and Barlow, RJ

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-} using data from the BABAR experiment. The data sample, collected at the center-of-mass energy of the ϒ(4S) resonance, corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 424  fb^{-1} and to 471×10^{6}  BB[over ¯] pairs. We reconstruct one B meson, produced in the ϒ(4S)→B^{+}B^{-} decay, in one of many hadronic decay modes and search for activity compatible with a B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-} decay in the rest of the event. Each τ lepton is required to decay leptonically into an electron or muon and neutrinos. Comparing the expected number of background events with the data sample after applying the selection criteria, we do not find evidence for a signal. The resulting upper limit, at the 90% confidence level, is B(B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-})

Published
2017

47. Measurement of the B0 →d∗-π+π-π+ branching fraction

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Betti, F, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Fritsch, M, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, and Hafner, A

Abstract

Using a sample of (470.9±2.8)×106 BB pairs, we measure the decay branching fraction B(B0→D∗-π+π-π+)=(7.26±0.11±0.31)×10-3, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. Our measurement will be helpful in studies of lepton universality by measuring B(B0→D∗-τ+ντ) using τ+→π+π-π+ντ decays, normalized to B(B0→D∗-π+π-π+).

Published
2016

48. Measurement of the B0→D*-π+π-π+ branching fraction

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Betti, F, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, de Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Rotondo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, Sw, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Fritsch, M, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, and Hafner, A

Subjects
Mathematical Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

Using a sample of (470.9±2.8)×106 BB pairs, we measure the decay branching fraction B(B0→D∗-π+π-π+)=(7.26±0.11±0.31)×10-3, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. Our measurement will be helpful in studies of lepton universality by measuring B(B0→D∗-τ+ντ) using τ+→π+π-π+ντ decays, normalized to B(B0→D∗-π+π-π+).

Published
2016

49. Search for a muonic dark force at B a B ar

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Fritsch, M, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, Hafner, A, Schubert, KR, and Barlow, RJ

Abstract

Many models of physics beyond the standard model predict the existence of new Abelian forces with new gauge bosons mediating interactions between "dark sectors" and the standard model. We report a search for a dark boson Z′ coupling only to the second and third generations of leptons in the reaction e+e-→μ+μ-Z′,Z′→μ+μ- using 514 fb-1 of data collected by the BABAR experiment. No significant signal is observed for Z′ masses in the range 0.212-10 GeV. Limits on the coupling parameter g′ as low as 7×10-4 are derived, leading to improvements in the bounds compared to those previously derived from neutrino experiments.

Published
2016

50. Tests of CPT symmetry in B0- B 0 mixing and in B0 →c c K0 decays TESTS of CPT SYMMETRY in B0- B 0 ... J. P. LEES et al.

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, YG, Koch, H, Schroeder, T, Hearty, C, Mattison, TS, McKenna, JA, So, RY, Blinov, VE, Buzykaev, AR, Druzhinin, VP, Golubev, VB, Kravchenko, EA, Onuchin, AP, Serednyakov, SI, Skovpen, YI, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, KY, Lankford, AJ, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Panduro Vazquez, W, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Porter, FC, Röhrken, M, Huard, Z, Meadows, BT, Pushpawela, BG, Sokoloff, MD, Sun, L, Smith, JG, Wagner, SR, Bernard, D, Verderi, M, Bettoni, D, Bozzi, C, Calabrese, R, Cibinetto, G, Fioravanti, E, Garzia, I, Luppi, E, Santoro, V, Calcaterra, A, De Sangro, R, Finocchiaro, G, Martellotti, S, Patteri, P, Peruzzi, IM, Piccolo, M, Zallo, A, Passaggio, S, Patrignani, C, Bhuyan, B, Mallik, U, Chen, C, Cochran, J, Prell, S, Ahmed, H, Gritsan, AV, Arnaud, N, Davier, M, Le Diberder, F, Lutz, AM, Wormser, G, Lange, DJ, Wright, DM, Coleman, JP, Gabathuler, E, Hutchcroft, DE, Payne, DJ, Touramanis, C, Bevan, AJ, Di Lodovico, F, Sacco, R, Cowan, G, Banerjee, S, Davis, CL, Denig, AG, Fritsch, M, Gradl, W, Griessinger, K, Hafner, A, Schubert, KR, and Barlow, RJ

Abstract

Using the eight time dependences e-Γt(1+CicosΔmt+SisinΔmt) for the decays ϒ(4S)→B0B 0→fjfk, with the decay into a flavor-specific state fj=±X before or after the decay into a CP eigenstate fk=cc KS,L, as measured by the BABAR experiment, we determine the three CPT-sensitive parameters Re(z) and Im(z) in B0-B 0 mixing and |Ā/A| in B0→cc K0 decays. We find Im(z)=0.010±0.030±0.013, Re(z)=-0.065±0.028±0.014, and |Ā/A|=0.999±0.023±0.017, in agreement with CPT symmetry.

Published
2016

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