Branching ratio measurements of exclusive B+ decays to charmonium with the collider detector at fermilab
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 66:5 (2002) 520051-520057
Abstract:
We report on measurements of the branching ratios of the decays B+→Xcl0(1P)K+ and B+ →J/ψK+π+π-, where Xcl0(1P)→J/ψγ and J/ψ→μ+μ- in pp collisions at √s= 1.8 TeV. Using a data sample from an integrated luminosity of 110 pb-1 collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab we measure the branching ratios to be BR(B+→Xcl0(1P) K+)=15.5±5.4(stat)±1.5(syst)±1.3(br)× 10-4 and BR(B+ →J/ψK+π+π-)=6.9 ±1.8(stat)±1.1(syst)±0.4(br)×10-4 where (br) is due to the finite precision on BR(B-→J/ψK+), BR(Xcl0(1P)→J/ψγ)is used to normalize the signal yield, and (syst) encompasses all other systematic uncertainties.A precision measurement of direct CP violation in the decay of neutral kaons into two pions
Physics Letters B 544 (2002) 97-112
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Improved W boson mass measurement with the DØ detector
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 66:1 II (2002) 120011-1200118
Abstract:
We have measured the W boson mass using the DØ detector and a data sample of 82 pb-1 from the Fermilab Tevatron collider. This measurement uses W→eν decays, where the electron is close to a boundary of a central electromagnetic calorimeter module. Such "edge" electrons have not been used in any previous DØ analysis, and represent a 14% increase in the W boson sample size. For these electrons, new response and resolution parameters are determined, and revised backgrounds and underlying event energy flow measurements are made. When the current measurement is combined with previous DØ W boson mass measurements, we obtain MW=80.483±0.084 GeV. The 8% improvement from the previous DØ measurement is primarily due to the improved determination of the response parameters for non-edge electrons using the sample of Z bosons with non-edge and edge electrons.Direct evidence for neutrino flavor transformation from neutral-current interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Physical Review Letters 89 (2002) article 011301 6 pages