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AUTHOR

C De La Vaissiere

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B* production in Z decays

1995

The decay B*→Bγ has been observed with the DELPHI detector at LEP, where the B* meson is produced in Z boson decays. The combination of inclusively reconstructed B mesons with well-measured converted photons yields a measurement of the flavour-averaged B*-B mass difference of 45.5±0.3 (stat.) ±0.8 (syst.) MeV/c2. 95% confidence level upper limits at 6 MeV/c2 are placed on both the isospin (i.e. B+-B0) and the Bs-Bud splitting of the mass difference. The production ratio of B* to B mesons in Z decays is measured to be 0.72±0.03 (stat.) ±0.06 (syst.). Limits on the production cross-section of other hypothetical excited B hadron states decaying radiatively are established. The differential B* …

Particle physicsPhotonPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)MesonElectron–positron annihilationHadronElementary particle01 natural sciencesNuclear physics0103 physical sciences[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]B meson010306 general physicsNuclear ExperimentEngineering (miscellaneous)BosonDELPHIPhysics010308 nuclear & particles physicsLARGE ELECTRON POSITRON COLLIDERIsospinPARTICLE PHYSICS; LARGE ELECTRON POSITRON COLLIDER; DELPHIPARTICLE PHYSICSFísica nuclearHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentParticle Physics - Experiment
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Rates, polarizations, and asymmetries in charmless vector-vector B meson decays

2003

With a sample of approximately 89 million BBbar pairs collected with the BABAR detector, we perform a search for B meson decays into pairs of charmless vector mesons (phi, rho, and K*). We measure the branching fractions, determine the degree of longitudinal polarization, and search for CP violation asymmetries in the processes B->phiK*+, B->phiK*0, B->rho0K*+, and B->rho0rho+. We also set an upper limit on the branching fraction for the decay B->rho0rho0.

Particle physicsMesonBABARElectron–positron annihilationHadronFOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Physics and AstronomyElementary particleResonancePARTICLE PHYSICS; PEP2; BABAR01 natural sciencesNOHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh energy physicHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)Particle decayElectromagnetic calorimeterPolarizationProbability density function0103 physical sciences[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]PEP2B mesonDecay dynamic010306 general physicsPhysicsCalorimeter010308 nuclear & particles physicsBranching fractionCP-ASYMMETRIES VIOLATION SEARCH B->VVColliding beam acceleratorComputer simulationDecay rateMonte Carlo methodCrystallographyPARTICLE PHYSICSCP violationHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentParticle detectorProton
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Improved limits on the lepton-flavor violating decays tau(-) -> l(-)l(+)l(-)

2007

A search for the neutrinoless, lepton-flavor violating decay of the tau lepton into three charged leptons has been performed using 376fb-1 of data collected at an e+e- center-of-mass energy around 10.58 GeV with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II storage rings. In all six decay modes considered, the numbers of events found in data are compatible with the background expectations. Upper limits on the branching fractions are set in the range (4-8)×10-8 at 90% confidence level. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

Particle physicsVIOLATIONMesonElectron–positron annihilationCharged particleGeneral Physics and AstronomyElectron01 natural sciencesNuclear physicsParticle decaySEARCH; LEPTON; FLAVOR; VIOLATION; BABAR; SLACPositronSEARCH0103 physical sciencesFree energyLEPTON010306 general physicsPhysicsVolume fractionMuon010308 nuclear & particles physicsBranching fractionHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyParticle physicsBABAR detectorLepton flavorCharged leptonHEPGermanium compoundBaBarHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentParticle detectorSLACFísica de partículesExperimentsFLAVORLepton
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Searches for B0 decays to combinations of charmless isoscalar mesons

2004

We search for B meson decays into two-body combinations of eta, eta', omega, and phi mesons from 89 million B B-bar pairs collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at SLAC. We find the branching fraction BF(B0 -> eta omega) = (4.0^{+1.3}_{-1.2} +- 0.4) x 10^-6 with a significance of 4.3 sigma. For all the other decay modes we set the following 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions, in units of 10^-6 : BF(B0 -> eta eta)<2.8, BF(B0 -> eta eta')<4.6, BF(B0 -> eta' eta')<10, BF(B0 -> eta'omega)<2.8, BF(B0 -> eta phi)<1.0, BF(B0 -> eta' phi)<4.5, BF(B0 -> phi phi)<1.5.

IsoscalarElectron–positron annihilationBABARGeneral Physics and AstronomyQCD FACTORIZATION01 natural sciencesOmega13.25.Hw 11.30.Er 12.15.HhHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)Mathematical modelProbability density function[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]PEP2B mesonNuclear ExperimentQCD FACTORIZATION; STANDARD MODEL; BABAR; SLACPhysicsQuantum chromodynamicsSigmaHamiltonianMonte Carlo methodSensitivity analysiPARTICLE PHYSICSBranching fractionSLACParticle physicsMesonSTANDARD MODELQCD FACTORIZATION STANDARD MODELFOS: Physical sciencesLikelihood distributionPARTICLE PHYSICS; PEP2; BABARSolenoidHigh energy physicNuclear physicsPhysics and Astronomy (all)ElectromagnetismElectromagnetic calorimeterPseudoscalar meson0103 physical sciencesPerturbation technique010306 general physicsCalorimeterError analysi010308 nuclear & particles physicsBranching fractionHEPMagnetic fieldHigh Energy Physics::Experiment
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