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Evidence for B+â†'KÂ0K+ and B0â†'K0K 0, and measurement of the branching fraction and search for direct CP violation in B+â†'K0Ï€+

Physical Review Letters 95:22 (2005)

Authors:

B Aubert, R Barate, D Boutigny, F Couderc, Y Karyotakis, JP Lees, V Poireau, V Tisserand, A Zghiche, E Grauges, A Palano, M Pappagallo, A Pompili, JC Chen, ND Qi, G Rong, P Wang, YS Zhu, G Eigen, I Ofte, B Stugu, GS Abrams, M Battaglia, AB Breon, DN Brown, J Button-Shafer, RN Cahn, E Charles, CT Day, MS Gill, AV Gritsan, Y Groysman, RG Jacobsen, RW Kadel, J Kadyk, LT Kerth, YG Kolomensky, G Kukartsev, G Lynch, LM Mir, PJ Oddone, TJ Orimoto, M Pripstein, NA Roe, MT Ronan, WA Wenzel, M Barrett, KE Ford, TJ Harrison, AJ Hart, CM Hawkes, SE Morgan, AT Watson, M Fritsch, K Goetzen, T Held, H Koch, B Lewandowski, M Pelizaeus, K Peters, T Schroeder, M Steinke, JT Boyd, JP Burke, N Chevalier, WN Cottingham, T Cuhadar-Donszelmann, BG Fulsom, C Hearty, NS Knecht, TS Mattison, JA McKenna, A Khan, P Kyberd, M Saleem, L Teodorescu, AE Blinov, VE Blinov, AD Bukin, VP Druzhinin, VB Golubev, EA Kravchenko, AP Onuchin, SI Serednyakov, YI Skovpen, EP Solodov, AN Yushkov, D Best, M Bondioli, M Bruinsma, M Chao, S Curry, I Eschrich, D Kirkby, AJ Lankford, P Lund, M Mandelkern, RK Mommsen, W Roethel, DP Stoker

Abstract:

We present evidence for the bâ†d penguin-dominated decays B+â†KÂ0K+ and B0â†K0KÂ0 in 227Ã-106 Î¥(4S)â†'BBÂdecays collected with the BABAR detector. We measure the branching fractions B(B+â†'KÂ0K+)= (1.5±0.5±0.1)Ã-10-6(<2.4Ã-10-6) and B(B0â†'K0KÂ0)=(1.19-0.35+0.40±0.13) Ã-10-6, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. We also present improved measurements of the charge-averaged branching fraction B(B+â†'K0Ï€+)=(26.0±1. 3±1.0)Ã-10-6 and CP-violating charge asymmetry ACP(K0Ï€+)=-0.09±0.05±0.01, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. © 2005 The American Physical Society.
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Measurement of the branching ratios Γ(Ds*+→Ds+π0)/ Γ(Ds*+→Ds+γ) and Γ(D*0→D0π0)/ Γ(D*0→D0γ)

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 72:9 (2005)

Authors:

B Aubert, R Barate, D Boutigny, F Couderc, Y Karyotakis, JP Lees, V Poireau, V Tisserand, A Zghiche, E Grauges, A Palano, M Pappagallo, A Pompili, JC Chen, ND Qi, G Rong, P Wang, YS Zhu, G Eigen, I Ofte, B Stugu, GS Abrams, M Battaglia, AB Breon, DN Brown, J Button-Shafer, RN Cahn, E Charles, CT Day, MS Gill, AV Gritsan, Y Groysman, RG Jacobsen, RW Kadel, J Kadyk, LT Kerth, YG Kolomensky, G Kukartsev, G Lynch, LM Mir, PJ Oddone, TJ Orimoto, M Pripstein, NA Roe, MT Ronan, WA Wenzel, M Barrett, KE Ford, TJ Harrison, AJ Hart, CM Hawkes, SE Morgan, AT Watson, M Fritsch, K Goetzen, T Held, H Koch, B Lewandowski, M Pelizaeus, K Peters, T Schroeder, M Steinke, JT Boyd, JP Burke, N Chevalier, WN Cottingham, T Cuhadar-Donszelmann, BG Fulsom, C Hearty, NS Knecht, TS Mattison, JA McKenna, A Khan, P Kyberd, M Saleem, L Teodorescu, AE Blinov, VE Blinov, AD Bukin, VP Druzhinin, VB Golubev, EA Kravchenko, AP Onuchin, SI Serednyakov, YI Skovpen, EP Solodov, AN Yushkov, D Best, M Bondioli, M Bruinsma, M Chao, S Curry, I Eschrich, D Kirkby, AJ Lankford, P Lund, M Mandelkern, RK Mommsen, W Roethel, DP Stoker

Abstract:

Data samples corresponding to the isospin-violating decay Ds*+→Ds+π0 and the decays Ds*+→Ds+γ, D*0→D0π0 and D*0→D0γ are reconstructed using 90.4 fb-1 of data recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. The following branching ratios are extracted: Γ(Ds*+→Ds+π0)/Γ(Ds*+→Ds+γ)=0. 062±0.005(stat.)±0.006(syst.) and Γ(D*0→D0π0)/ Γ(D*0→D0γ)=1.74±0.02(stat.)±0.13(syst.). Both measurements represent significant improvements over present world averages. © 2005 The American Physical Society.
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Search for the radiative decay B0→γ

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 72:9 (2005)

Authors:

B Aubert, R Barate, D Boutigny, F Couderc, Y Karyotakis, JP Lees, V Poireau, V Tisserand, A Zghiche, E Grauges-Pous, A Palano, A Pompili, JC Chen, ND Qi, G Rong, P Wang, YS Zhu, G Eigen, I Ofte, B Stugu, GS Abrams, AW Borgland, AB Breon, DN Brown, J Button-Shafer, RN Cahn, E Charles, CT Day, MS Gill, AV Gritsan, Y Groysman, RG Jacobsen, RW Kadel, J Kadyk, LT Kerth, YG Kolomensky, G Kukartsev, G Lynch, LM Mir, PJ Oddone, TJ Orimoto, M Pripstein, NA Roe, MT Ronan, WA Wenzel, M Barrett, KE Ford, TJ Harrison, AJ Hart, CM Hawkes, SE Morgan, AT Watson, M Fritsch, K Goetzen, T Held, H Koch, B Lewandowski, M Pelizaeus, T Schroeder, M Steinke, JT Boyd, N Chevalier, WN Cottingham, MP Kelly, TE Latham, FF Wilson, T Cuhadar-Donszelmann, C Hearty, NS Knecht, TS Mattison, JA McKenna, D Thiessen, A Khan, P Kyberd, L Teodorescu, AE Blinov, VE Blinov, VP Druzhinin, VB Golubev, VN Ivanchenko, EA Kravchenko, AP Onuchin, SI Serednyakov, YI Skovpen, EP Solodov, AN Yushkov, D Best, M Bruinsma, M Chao, I Eschrich, D Kirkby, AJ Lankford, M Mandelkern, RK Mommsen, W Roethel, DP Stoker, C Buchanan, BL Hartfiel, AJR Weinstein, SD Foulkes

Abstract:

We perform a search for the exclusive radiative decay B0→γ, which is dominated by b̄d annihilation, in a sample of 124×106 BB̄ events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- storage ring at SLAC. No significant signal is seen. We set an upper limit on the branching fraction of B(B0→γ)<8. 5×10-7 at the 90% confidence level. © 2005 The American Physical Society.
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Performance of the BaBar-DIRC

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Elsevier 553:1-2 (2005) 317-322

Authors:

J Schwiening, for the BaBar-DIRC Collaboration
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Search for the radiative decay B0->phi gamma

Physical Review D 72 (2005) 91103-1 to 91103-8

Authors:

JF Libby, Aaron Yarritu, Mark Convery, Jeff Berryhill
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