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Measurement of the B̄0 lifetime and the B0B̄0 oscillation frequency using partially reconstructed B̄0→D*+ℓ- ν̄ℓ decays

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 73:1 (2006)

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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, MP Kelly, 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, I Eschrich, D Kirkby, AJ Lankford, M Mandelkern, RK Mommsen, W Roethel, DP Stoker, C Buchanan

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We present a simultaneous measurement of the B̄0 lifetime τB0 and B0B̄0 oscillation frequency Δmd. We use a sample of about 50000 partially reconstructed B̄0→D*+ℓ-ν̄ℓ decays identified with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage ring at SLAC. The flavor of the other B meson in the event is determined from the charge of another high-momentum lepton. The results are τB0=(1.504±0.013(stat)- 0.013+0.018(syst))ps, Δmd=(0.511±0.007(stat)-0.006+0.007(syst))ps- 1. © 2006 The American Physical Society.
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Measurement of the B → nlv branching fraction and determination of

Physical Review Letters 97:21 (2006)

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B Aubert, R Barate, M Bona, D Boutigny, F Couderc, Y Karyotakis, JP Lees, V Poireau, V Tisserand, A Zghiche, E Grauges, A Palano, JC Chen, ND Qi, G Rong, P Wang, YS Zhu, G Eigen, I Ofte, B Stugu, GS Abrams, M Battaglia, DN Brown, J Button-Shafer, RN Cahn, E Charles, MS Gill, Y Groysman, RG Jacobsen, JA Kadyk, LT Kerth, YG Kolomensky, G Kukartsev, G Lynch, LM Mir, TJ Orimoto, M Pripstein, NA Roe, MT Ronan, WA Wenzel, P del Amo Sanchez, M Barrett, KE Ford, TJ Harrison, AJ Hart, CM Hawkes, SE Morgan, AT Watson, T Held, H Koch, B Lewandowski, M Pelizaeus, K Peters, T Schroeder, M Steinke, JT Boyd, JP Burke, WN Cottingham, D Walker, T Cuhadar-Donszelmann, BG Fulsom, C Hearty, NS Knecht, TS Mattison, JA McKenna, A Khan, P Kyberd, M Saleem, DJ Sherwood, L Teodorescu, VE Blinov, AD Bukin, VP Druzhinin, VB Golubev, AP Onuchin, SI Serednyakov, YI Skovpen, EP Solodov, KY Todyshev, DS 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, S Abachi, C Buchanan, SD Foulkes, JW Gary, O Long, BC Shen, K Wang, L Zhang

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We report a measurement of the B branching fraction based on 211fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector. We use samples of B0 and B+ mesons tagged by a second B meson reconstructed in a semileptonic or hadronic decay and combine the results assuming isospin symmetry to obtain B(B0-â., "+Î=(1.33±0.17stat±0.11syst)Ã-10-4. We determine the magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |Vub| by combining the partial branching fractions measured in ranges of the momentum transfer squared and theoretical calculations of the form factor. Using a recent lattice QCD calculation, we find |Vub|=(4.5±0. 5stat±0.3syst+0.7-0.5FF)Ã-10-3, where the last error is due to the normalization of the form factor. © 2006 The American Physical Society.
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Measurement of the D+→π+π0 and D+→K+π0 branching fractions

Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 74:1 (2006)

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B Aubert, R Barate, M Bona, D Boutigny, F Couderc, Y Karyotakis, JP Lees, V Poireau, V Tisserand, A Zghiche, E Grauges, A Palano, JC Chen, ND Qi, G Rong, P Wang, YS Zhu, G Eigen, I Ofte, B Stugu, GS Abrams, M Battaglia, DN Brown, J Button-Shafer, RN Cahn, E Charles, MS Gill, Y Groysman, RG Jacobsen, JA 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, K Goetzen, T Held, H Koch, B Lewandowski, M Pelizaeus, K Peters, T Schroeder, M Steinke, JT Boyd, JP Burke, WN Cottingham, D Walker, T Cuhadar-Donszelmann, BG Fulsom, C Hearty, NS Knecht, TS Mattison, JA McKenna, A Khan, P Kyberd, M Saleem, L Teodorescu, VE Blinov, AD Bukin, VP Druzhinin, VB Golubev, AP Onuchin, SI Serednyakov, YI Skovpen, EP Solodov, KY Todyshev, DS 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, S Abachi, C Buchanan, SD Foulkes, JW Gary, O Long, BC Shen, K Wang, L Zhang

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We present measurements of the branching fractions for the Cabbibo suppressed decays D+→π+π0 and D+→K+π0 based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 124.3fb-1. The data were taken with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B Factory operating on and near the Υ(4S) resonance. We find B(D+→π+π0)=(1.25±0.10±0. 09±0.04)×10-3 and B(D+→K+π0)=(2.52±0.47±0. 25±0.08)×10-4, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the last error is due to the uncertainties in the absolute branching fraction scale for D+ mesons. This represents the first observation of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed D+→K+π0 decay mode and a new measurement of the D+→π+π0 branching fraction. © 2006 The American Physical Society.
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Measurement of the branching fraction and photon energy moments of B→Xsγ and ACP(B→Xs+dγ)

Physical Review Letters 97:17 (2006)

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B Aubert, R Barate, M Bona, D Boutigny, F Couderc, Y Karyotakis, JP Lees, V Poireau, V Tisserand, A Zghiche, E Grauges, A Palano, JC Chen, ND Qi, G Rong, P Wang, YS Zhu, G Eigen, I Ofte, B Stugu, GS Abrams, M Battaglia, DN Brown, J Button-Shafer, RN Cahn, E Charles, MS Gill, Y Groysman, RG Jacobsen, JA Kadyk, LT Kerth, YG Kolomensky, G Kukartsev, G Lynch, LM Mir, PJ Oddone, TJ Orimoto, M Pripstein, NA Roe, MT Ronan, WA Wenzel, P del Amo Sanchez, M Barrett, KE Ford, TJ Harrison, AJ Hart, CM Hawkes, SE Morgan, AT Watson, K Goetzen, T Held, H Koch, B Lewandowski, M Pelizaeus, K Peters, T Schroeder, M Steinke, JT Boyd, JP Burke, WN Cottingham, D Walker, T Cuhadar-Donszelmann, BG Fulsom, C Hearty, NS Knecht, TS Mattison, JA McKenna, A Khan, P Kyberd, M Saleem, DJ Sherwood, L Teodorescu, VE Blinov, AD Bukin, VP Druzhinin, VB Golubev, AP Onuchin, SI Serednyakov, YI Skovpen, EP Solodov, KY Todyshev, DS 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, S Abachi, C Buchanan, SD Foulkes, JW Gary, O Long, BC Shen

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The photon spectrum in B→Xsγ decay, where Xs is any strange hadronic state, is studied using a data sample of 88.5×106 e+e-→Υ(4S)→BB̄ decays collected by the BABAR experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. The partial branching fraction, ΔB(B→Xsγ)=(3.67±0.29(stat)±0.34(syst)±0. 29(model))×10-4, the first moment Eγ=2.288±0.025±0. 017±0.015GeV, and the second moment Eγ2=0.0328±0. 0040±0.0023±0.0036GeV2 are measured for the photon energy range 1.9GeV1.6GeV. In addition, the direct CP asymmetry ACP(B→Xs+dγ) is measured to be -0.110±0.115(stat) ±0.017(syst). © 2006 The American Physical Society.
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Measurement of the inclusive electron spectrum in charmless semileptonic B decays near the kinematic end point and determination of

Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 73:1 (2006)

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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, D Best, 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, M Bondioli, M Bruinsma, M Chao, S Curry, I Eschrich, D Kirkby, AJ Lankford, P Lund, M Mandelkern, RK Mommsen, W Roethel, DP Stoker

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We present a measurement of the inclusive electron spectrum in B→Xueν decays near the kinematic limit for B→Xceν transitions, using a sample of 88×106 BB̄ pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the Υ(4S) resonance. Partial branching fraction measurements are performed in five overlapping intervals of the electron momentum; for the interval of 2.0-2.6GeV/c we obtain ΔB(B→Xueν)=(0.572±0. 041stat±0.065syst)×10-3. Combining this result with shape function parameters extracted from BABAR measurements of moments of the inclusive photon spectrum in B→Xsγ decays and moments of the hadron-mass and lepton-energy spectra in B→Xcℓν decays we determine |Vub|=(4.44±0.25exp-0.38SF+0.42±0.22theory)×10-3. Here the first error represents the combined statistical and systematic experimental uncertainties of the partial branching fraction measurement, the second error refers to the uncertainty of the determination of the shape function parameters, and the third error is due to theoretical uncertainties in the QCD calculations. © 2006 The American Physical Society.
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