Measurement of B(D+ → K̄*0l+νl )
Physical Review Letters 89:22 (2002) 2220011-2220015
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The ratios of the branching fractions and the combined branching fraction ratio was measured. The decay rate measured in this work consisted with the lattice gauge calculations and ISGW2 model prediction. The ratio of the vector and pseudoscalar decay widths was consistent with the predictions of quark models.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
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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