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Branching fraction measurements of B → ηcK decays

Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 70:1 (2004) 1-11101

Authors:

B Aubert, R Barate, D Boutigny, F Couderc, JM Gaillard, A Hicheur, Y Karyotakis, JP Lees, V Tisserand, A Zghiche, 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, C LeClerc, ME Levi, G Lynch, LM Mir, PJ Oddone, TJ Orimoto, M Pripstein, NA Roe, MT Ronan, VG Shelkov, AV Telnov, WA Wenzel, K Ford, TJ Harrison, CM Hawkes, SE Morgan, AT Watson, NK Watson, M Fritsch, K Goetzen, T Held, H Koch, B Lewandowski, M Pelizaeus, M Steinke, JT Boyd, N Chevalier, WN Cottingham, MP Kelly, TE Latham, FF Wilson, K Abe, T Cuhadar-Donszelmann, C Hearty, TS Mattison, JA McKenna, D Thiessen, P Kyberd, L Teodorescu, VE Blinov, AD Bukin, 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, JW Gary

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We study the decays B+ → ηcK+ and B0 → ηcK0, where the ηc is reconstructed in the KS0K ±π∓ and K+K- π0 decay modes. Results are based on a sample of 86 B B̄ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC e+e- B Factory. We measure the product of branching fractions B(B+ → ηcK+) ×B(ηc→KK̄π)= (7.40±0.50±0.70)×10-5 and B(B 0→ηcK0) ×B(ηc→KK̄π)=(6.48±0.85±0.71) ×10-5, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic, In addition, we search for B → ηcK events with ηc→2(K+K-) and ηc→ φφ and determine the ηc decay branching fraction ratios B(ηc →(K+K-)) /B(ηc→KK̄π)=(2.3±0.7±0.6) ×10-2 and B(ηc→φφ) /B(ηc→KK̄π)=(5.5±1.4±0.5) ×10-2.
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Determination of the e+e- → γγ (γ) cross-section at LEP 2

European Physical Journal C 37:4 (2004) 405-419

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J Abdallah, P Abreu, W Adam, P Adzic, T Albrecht, T Alderweireld, R Alemany-Fernandez, T Allmendinger, P Allport, U Amaldi, N Amapane, S Amato, E Anashkin, A Andreazza, S Andringa, N Anjos, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, S Ask, B Asman, E Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, A Ballestrero, P Bambade, R Barbier, D Bardin, G Barker, A Baroncelli, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, KH Becks, M Begalli, A Behrmann, E Ben-Haim, N Benekos, A Benvenuti, C Berat, M Berggren, L Berntzon, D Bertrand, M Besancon, N Besson, D Bloch, M Blom, M Bluj, M Bonesini, M Boonekamp, L Booth, G Borisov, O Botner, B Bouquet, V Bowcock, I Boyko, M Bracko, R Brenner, E Brodet, P Bruckman, M Brunet, L Bugge, P Buschmann, M Calvi, T Camporesi, V Canale, F Carena, N Castro, F Cavallo, M Chapkin, P Charpentier, P Checchia, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov, J Chudoba, U Chung, K Cieslik, P Collins, R Contri, G Cosme, F Cossutti, J Costa, D Crennell, J Cuevas, J D'Hondt, J Dalmau, T Da Silva, W Da Silva, G Della Ricca, A De Angelis, W De Boer, C De Clercq, B De Lotto, N De Maria, A De Min, L De Paula, L Di Ciaccio, A Di Simone, K Doroba, J Drees, M Dris

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A test of the benchmark QED process e+e- → γγ(γ) is reported, using the data collected with the DELPHI detector at LEP 2. The data analysed were recorded at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 161 GeV to 208 GeV and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 656.4 pb-1. The Born cross-section for the process e +e- → γγ(γ) was determined, confirming the validity of QED at the highest energies ever attained in electron-positron collisions. Lower limits on the parameters of a number of possible deviations from QED, predicted within theoretical frameworks expressing physics beyond the Standard Model, were derived. © Springer-Verlag/ Società Italiana di Fisica 2004.
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Erratum: Search for supersymmetric particles assuming R-parity non-conservation in e+e- collisions at √s = 192 to 208 GeV (The European Physical Journal C (2004) 36 (1-23) DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s2004-01881-6)

European Physical Journal C 37:1 (2004) 129-131

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J Abdallah, P Abreu, W Adam, P Adzic, T Albrecht, T Alderweireld, R Alemany-Fernandez, T Allmendinger, P Allport, U Amaldi, N Amapane, S Amato, E Anashkin, A Andreazza, S Andringa, N Anjos, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, S Ask, B Asman, E Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, A Ballestrero, P Bambade, R Barbier, D Bardin, J Barker, A Baroncelli, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, KH Becks, M Begalli, A Behrmann, E Ben-Haim, N Benekos, A Benvenuti, C Berat, M Berggren, L Berntzon, D Bertrand, M Besancon, N Besson, D Bloch, M Blom, M Bluj, M Bonesini, M Boonekamp, L Booth, G Borisov, O Botner, B Bouquet, V Bowcock, I Boyko, M Bracko, R Brenner, E Brodet, P Bruckman, M Brunet, L Bugge, P Buschmann, M Calvi, T Camporesi, V Canale, F Carena, N Castro, F Cavallo, M Chapkin, P Charpentier, P Checchia, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov, J Chudoba, U Chung, K Cieslik, P Collins, R Contri, G Cosme, F Cossutti, J Costa, D Crennell, J Cuevas, J D'Hondt, J Dalmau, T da Silva, W da Silva, G della Ricca, A de Angelis, W de Boer, C de Clercq, B de Lotto, N de Maria, A de Min, L de Paula, L di Ciaccio, A di Simone, K Doroba, J Drees, M Dris
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Erratum: b-tagging in DELPHI at LEP (European Physical Journal C (2004) 32 (185-208) DOI 10.1140/epjc/s2003-01441-8)

European Physical Journal C 32:2 (2004) 299-301

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J Abdallah, P Abreu, W Adam, T Adye, P Adzic, T Albrecht, T Alderweireld, R Alemany-Fernandez, T Allmendinger, PP Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, N Amapane, S Amato, E Anashkin, A Andreazza, S Andringa, N Anjos, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, S Ask, B Asman, JE Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, A Ballestrero, P Bambade, R Barbier, D Bardin, G Barker, A Baroncelli, M Bates, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, KH Becks, M Begalli, A Behrmann, N Benekos, A Benvenuti, C Berat, M Berggren, L Berntzon, D Bertrand, M Besancon, N Besson, J Bibby, P Biffi, D Bloch, M Blom, M Bonesini, M Boonekamp, PSL Booth, G Borisov, O Botner, B Bouquet, TJV Bowcock, I Boyko, M Bracko, P Branchini, R Brenner, E Brodet, P Bruckman, JM Brunet, L Bugge, P Buschmann, M Caccia, M Calvi, T Camporesi, V Canale, F Carena, N Castro, F Cavallo, V Chabaud, M Chapkin, P Charpentier, P Checchia, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov, J Chudoba, SU Chung, K Cieslik, P Collins, R Contri, G Cosme, F Cossutti, MJ Costa, F Couchot, B Crawley, D Crennell, J Cuevas, B D'Almagne, J D'Hondt, J Dalmau, T da Silva, W Da Silva, G Della Ricca, A de Angelis, W de Boer, C de Clercq
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Limits on the decay-rate difference of neutral B mesons and on CP, T, and CPT violation in B0B̄0 oscillations

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 70:1 (2004)

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B Aubert, R Barate, D Boutigny, F Couderc, JM Gaillard, A Hicheur, Y Karyotakis, JP Lees, V Tisserand, A Zghiche, 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, C LeClerc, G Lynch, AM Merchant, LM Mir, PJ Oddone, TJ Orimoto, M Pripstein, NA Roe, MT Ronan, VG Shelkov, AV Telnov, WA Wenzel, K Ford, TJ Harrison, CM Hawkes, SE Morgan, AT Watson, M Fritsch, K Goetzen, T Held, H Koch, B Lewandowski, M Pelizaeus, M Steinke, JT Boyd, N Chevalier, WN Cottingham, MP Kelly, TE Latham, FF Wilson, T Cuhadar-Donszelmann, C Hearty, TS Mattison, JA McKenna, D Thiessen, P Kyberd, L Teodorescu, VE Blinov, AD Bukin, 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, JW Gary, BC Shen, K Wang

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Using events in which one of two neutral B mesons from the decay of an Y(4S) resonance is fully reconstructed, we set limits on the difference between the decay rates of the two neutral B mass eigenstates and on CP, T, and CPT violation in B0B̄0 mixing. The reconstructed decays, comprising both CP and flavor eigenstates, are obtained from 88 million Y(4S)→BB̄ decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. We determine six independent parameters governing oscillations (Δm,ΔΓ/Γ), CPT and CP violation (Re z,Im z), and CP and T violation (Im λCP,|q/p|), where λCP characterizes B0 and B̄0 decays to states of charmonium plus KS0 or KL0. The results are sgn(Re λCP)ΔΓ/ Γ=-0.008±0.037(stat.)±0.018(syst.)[-0.084,0.068], |q/p|=1.029±0.013(stat.)±0.011(syst.)[1.001,1.057], (Re λCP|λCP|)Re z=0.014±0.035(stat.) ±0.034(syst.)[-0.072,0.101], Im z=0.038±0.029(stat.)±0.025 (syst.)[-0.028,0.104]. The values inside square brackets indicate the 90% confidence-level intervals. The values of Im λCP and Δm are consistent with previous analyses and are used as cross checks. These measurements are in agreement with standard model expectations.
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