Measurement of semileptonic branching fractions of B mesons to narrow D** states
Physical Review Letters 95:17 (2005)
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Using the data accumulated in 2002-2004 with the D0 detector in proton-antiproton collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron collider with a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV, the branching fractions of the decays Bâ†'DÂ10(2420)Î+ÎÎX and Bâ†'DÂ2*0(2460)Î+ÎÎX and their ratio have been measured: B(bÂâ†'B)Ã- B(Bâ†'DÂ10Î+ÎÎX)Ã- B(DÂ10â†'D*-Ï€+)=[0.087±0. 007(stat)±0.014(syst)]%; B(bÂâ†'B)Ã- B(Bâ†'DÂ2*0Î+ÎÎX)Ã- B(DÂ2*0â†'D*-Ï€+)=[0. 035±0.007(stat)±0.008(syst)]% and [B(Bâ†'DÂ2*0Î+ÎÎX) Ã-B(DÂ2*0â†'D*-Ï€+)]/ [B(Bâ†'DÂ10Î+ÎÎX)Ã- B(DÂ10â†'D*-Ï€+)]=0.39±0. 09(stat)±0.12(syst), where the charge conjugated states are always implied. © 2005 The American Physical Society.Measurement of semileptonic branching fractions of B mesons to narrow D** states.
Phys Rev Lett 95:17 (2005) 171803
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Using the data accumulated in 2002-2004 with the D0 detector in proton-antiproton collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron collider with a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV, the branching fractions of the decays B --> D0(1)(2420)mu+ vmuX and B --> D2(*0)(2460)mu+ vmuX and their ratio have been measured: B(b --> B) x B(B --> D0(1)mu+ vmuX) x B(D0(*0) --> D*- pi+) = [0.087 +/- 0.007(stat) +/- 0.014(syst)]%; B(b --> B) x B(B --> D2(*0) mu+ vmuX) x B(D2(*0) --> D*- pi+) = [0.035 +/- 0.007(stat) +/- 0.008(syst)]% and [B(B --> D2(*0)mu+ vmuX) x B(D2(*0) --> D*- pi+)]/[B(B --> D0(1)mu+ vmuX) x B(D0(1) --> D*- pi+)] = 0.39 +/- 0.09(stat) +/- 0.12 (syst), where the charge conjugated states are always implied.Measurement of the lifetime difference in the Bs0 system
Physical Review Letters 95:17 (2005)
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We present a study of the decay Bs0â†'J/ÏÏ•. We obtain the CP-odd fraction in the final state at time zero, R⚥=0.16±0.10(stat)±0.02(syst), the average lifetime of the (Bs0, BÂs0) system, Ï.,Â(Bs0)=1.39- 0.16+0.13(stat)-0.02+0.01(syst)ps, and the relative width difference between the heavy and light mass eigenstates, Î"Î"/ Î"Â≡(Î"L-Î"H)/ Î"Â=0.24-0.38+0.28(stat)-0.04+0.03(syst). With the additional constraint from the world average of the Bs0 lifetime measurements using semileptonic decays, we find Ï.,Â(Bs0)=1.39±0.06ps and Î"Î"/Î"Â=0.25-0.15+0.14. For the ratio of the Bs0 and B0 lifetimes we obtain Ï.,Â(Bs0)Ï.,(B0)=0. 91±0.09(stat)±0.003(syst). © 2005 The American Physical Society.Measurement of the lifetime difference in the B0(s) system.
Phys Rev Lett 95:17 (2005) 171801
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We present a study of the decay B0(s) --> J/psiphi. We obtain the CP-odd fraction in the final state at time zero, Rperpendicular = 0.16 +/- 0.10(stat) +/- 0.02 (syst), the average lifetime of the (B0(s), B0(s)) system, tau(B0(s)) = 1.39(+0.13)(-0.16)(stat)(+0.01)(-0.02)(syst) ps, and the relative width difference between the heavy and light mass eigenstates, DeltaGamma/Gamma tripple bond (GammaL - GammaH)/Gamma = 0.24(+0.28)(-0.38)(stat)(+0.03)(-0.04)(syst). With the additional constraint from the world average of the lifetime measurements using semileptonic decays, we find tau(B0(s)) = 1.39 +/- 0.06 ps and DeltaGamma/Gamma = 0.25(+0.14)(-0.15). For the ratio of the B0(s) and B0 lifetimes we obtain tau(B0(s))/tau(B0) = 0.91 +/- 0.09(stat) +/- 0.003(syst).Measurement of the tt̄ production cross section in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV using kinematic characteristics of lepton + jets events
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 626:1-4 (2005) 45-54