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Searches for the decaysB0→l±τ∓andB+→l+ν(l=e,μ) using hadronic tag reconstruction
- Source :
- Physical Review D. 77
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 2008.
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Abstract
- We present searches for the leptonic decays B{sup +} {yields} {ell}{sup +}{nu} and the lepton flavor violating decays B{sup 0} {yields} {ell}{sup {+-}}{tau}{sup {-+}}, where {ell} = e, {mu}, with data collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. This search demonstrates a novel technique in which we fully reconstruct the accompanying {bar B} in {Upsilon}(4S) {yields} B{bar B} events, and look for a monoenergetic lepton from the signal B decay. The signal yield is extracted from a fit to the signal lepton candidate momentum distribution in the signal B rest frame. Using a data sample of approximately 378 million B{bar B} pairs (342 fb{sup -1}), we find no evidence of signal in any of the decay modes. Branching fraction upper limits of {Beta}(B{sup +} {yields} e{sup +}{nu}) < 5.2 x 10{sup -6}, {Beta}(B{sup +} {yields} {mu}{sup +}{nu}) < 5.6 x 10{sup -6}, {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} e{sup +}{tau}{sup -}) < 2.8 x 10{sup -5} and {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} {mu}{sup +}{tau}{sup -}) < 2.2 x 10{sup -5}, are obtained at 90% confidence level.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Novel technique
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Particle physics
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Branching fraction
Electron–positron annihilation
Hadron
01 natural sciences
Crystallography
TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY
0103 physical sciences
010306 general physics
Lepton
Bar (unit)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15502368 and 15507998
- Volume :
- 77
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review D
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3cc8d7128d42a1cdd31f509abbca7027