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Ct Day

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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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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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Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of B± →k±Xc c

2020

A study of the two-body decays B±→XccK±, where Xcc 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.

PhysicsParticle physics:Kjerne- og elementærpartikkelfysikk: 431 [VDP]Meson010308 nuclear & particles physicsElectron–positron annihilationGeneral Physics and AstronomyBaBar experimentBottom mesonBaBar; PEP-II; B meson; Bottom mesons;Bottom mesonsB mesonBranching (polymer chemistry)7. Clean energy01 natural sciencesLower limitHEPNO:Nuclear and elementary particle physics: 431 [VDP]0103 physical sciencesBaBarPEP-IIB meson010306 general physicsBar (unit)
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The search for Muon neutrinos from northern hemisphere gamma-ray bursts with AMANDA

2007

We present the results of the analysis of neutrino observations by the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) correlated with photon observations of more than 400 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the Northern Hemisphere from 1997 to 2003. During this time period, AMANDA's effective collection area for muon neutrinos was larger than that of any other existing detector. Based on our observations of zero neutrinos during and immediately prior to the GRBs in the dataset, we set the most stringent upper limit on muon neutrino emission correlated with gamma-ray bursts. Assuming a Waxman-Bahcall spectrum and incorporating all systematic uncertainties, our flux upper limit has a normalizatio…

Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector ArrayPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesFluxAstrophysicsAstrophysics01 natural sciencesGamma rays: bursts; Neutrinos0103 physical sciencesMuon neutrinoNeutrinos010306 general physics010303 astronomy & astrophysicsPhysicsGamma rays: burstsMuonAstrophysics (astro-ph)Order (ring theory)Astronomy and AstrophysicsSpace and Planetary ScienceAstronomiaHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinoGamma-ray burstEnergy (signal processing)
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