Observation of the decay Omega(0)(c)-->Omega(-)e(+)nu(e).
Phys Rev Lett 89:17 (2002) 171803
Abstract:
Using the CLEO detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring we have observed the Omega(0)(c) (css ground state) in the decay Omega(0)(c)-->Omega(-)e(+)nu(e). We find a signal of 11.4+/-3.8(stat) events. The probability that we have observed a background fluctuation is 7.6x10(-5). We measure B(Omega(0)(c)-->Omega(-)e(+)nu(e)).sigma(e(+)e(-)-->Omega(0)(c)X)=(42.2+/-14.1(stat)+/-5.7(syst)) fb and R=[Gamma(Omega(0)(c)-->Omega(-)pi(+))]/[Gamma(Omega(0)(c)-->Omega(-)enu(e))]=00.41+/-0.19(stat)+/-0.04(syst). This is the first statistically significant observation of an individual decay mode of the Omega(0)(c) in e(+)e(-) annihilation and the first example of a baryon decaying via beta emission, where no quarks from the first generation participate in the reaction.Construction, Pattern Recognition and Performance of the CLEO III LiF-TEA RICH Detector
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Improved measurement of /V(cb)/ using B-->D*l nu decays.
Phys Rev Lett 89:8 (2002) 081803
Abstract:
We determine the weak coupling /V(cb)/ between the b and c quarks using a sample of 3 x 10(6) BB; events in the CLEO detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring. We determine the yield of reconstructed B-->D*l nu; decays as a function of w, the boost of the D* in the B rest frame, and from this we obtain the differential decay rate d Gamma/dw. By extrapolating d Gamma/dw to w=1, the kinematic end point at which the D* is at rest relative to the B, we extract the product /V(cb)/F(1), where F(1) is the form factor at w=1. Combined with theoretical results for F(1) we determine /V(cb)/=0.0469+/-0.0014(stat)+/-0.0020(syst)+/-0.0018(theor).Improved measurement of
Physical Review Letters 88:23 (2002) 2318031-2318035
Abstract:
The measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) parameter made with a sample of 9.7 × 106 BB̄ events collected with the CLEO II detector was discussed. The heavy quark theory was used to combine the observed yield of leptons from semileptonic B decay in the end point interval 2.2-2.6 GeV/c with the CLEO II data on B→ Xsγ. The results showed the measured CKM parameter to be (4.08 ± 0.63) × 10-3.Improved measurement of Vub with inclusive semileptonic B decays.
Phys Rev Lett 88:23 (2002) 231803