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European Physical Journal C 33:2 (2004) 213-232

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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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Data from Z decays in DELPHI have been searched for Bd 0 → D*+ℓ-νℓ with the D*+ decaying to D0π+ and D0 → K-π+, K-π +π+π- or K-π +(π0). These events are used to measure the CKM matrix element |Vcb| and the form factor slope, ρA1 2: ℱD* (1) |Vcb| = 0.0392 ± 0.0018 ± 0.0023; ρA12 = 1.32 ± 0.15 ± 0.33 corresponding to a branching fraction: BR(Bd 0 → D*+ℓ-νℓ) = (5.90 ± 0.22 ± 0.50)%. Combining these and previous DELPHI measurements gives: ℱD* (1) |Vcb| = 0.0377 ± 0.0011 ± 0.0019, ρA12 = 1.39 ± 0.10 ± 0.33 and BR(Bd0 → D* +ℓ-νℓ) = (5.39 ± 0.11 ± 0.34)% Using ℱD* (1) = 0.91 ± 0.04, yields: |Vcbl = 0.0414 ± 0.0012(stat.) ± 0.0021(syst.) ± 0.0018(theory). The b-quark semileptonic branching fraction into a D*+ emitted from higher mass charmed excited states has also been measured to be: BR(b → D*+Xℓ-ν ℓ) = (0.67 ± 0.08 ± 0.10)%.
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Measurements of neutral B decay branching fractions to Ks 0π+π- final states

Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 70:9 (2004) 1-91103

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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, A 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, VG Shelkov, 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, 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, SD Foulkes, JW Gary

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Branching fraction measurements using B-meson decays to Ks 0π+π- are presented. These measurements were obtained by analyzing a data sample of 88.9 × 106 Υ(45) → BB̄ decays collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory. Using a maximum likelihood fit, the following branching fraction results were obtained: B(B0π +π-) = (43.7 ± 3.8 ± 3.4) × 10 -6, B(B0 → K*+π-) (12.9 ± 2.4 ± 1.4) × 10-6, and B(B0 → D-(→Ks 0π+π -)π+) = (42.7 ± 2.1 ± 2.2) × 10-6. The CP violating charge asymmetry AK*π for the decay B0 → K*+π- was measured to be AK*π = 0.23 ± 0.18-0.06 +0.09. For all these measurements the first error is statistical and the second is systematic.
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Measurements of the branching fractions of charged B decays to K ±π∓π± final states

Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 70:9 (2004) 1-92001

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B Aubert, R Barate, D Boutigny, JM Gaillard, A Hicheur, Y Karyotakis, JP Lees, P Robbe, 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, A 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, JF Kral, G Kukartsev, C LeClerc, ME Levi, G Lynch, LM Mir, PJ Oddone, TJ Orimoto, M Pripstein, NA Roe, A Romosan, MT Ronan, VG Shelkov, AV Telnov, WA Wenzel, K Ford, TJ Harrison, CM Hawkes, DJ Knowles, SE Morgan, RC Penny, AT Watson, NK Watson, K Goetzen, T Held, H Koch, B Lewandowski, M Pelizaeus, K Peters, H Schmuecker, M Steinke, NR Barlow, JT Boyd, N Chevalier, WN Cottingham, MP Kelly, TE Latham, C Mackay, FF Wilson, K Abe, T Cuhadar-Donszelmann, C Hearty, TS Mattison, JA McKenna, D Thiessen, P Kyberd, AK McKemey, VE Blinov, AD Bukin, VB Golubev, VN Ivanchenko, EA Kravchenko, AP Onuchin, SI Serednyakov, YI Skovpen, EP Solodov, AN Yushkov, D Best, M Bruinsma, M Chao, D Kirkby, AJ Lankford, M Mandelkern, RK Mommsen

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We present results of searches for 5-meson decays to K+π -π+ with the BABAR detector. With a data sample of 61.6 × 106 BB̄ pairs, we measure the branching fractions and 90% confidence-level upper limits averaged over charge-conjugate states (the first error is statistical and the second is systematic): B[B+ → K*0(892)π+] = (15.5 ± 1.8 -4.0+1.5) × 10-6, B[B+ → f0(980)K+, f0 → π+π -] = (9.2 ± 1.2-2.6+2.1) × 10 -6, B[B+ → D̄0π+, D̄0 → K+π-] = (184.6 ± 3.2 ± 9.7) × 10-6, B[B+ → ρ0(770)K+] < 6.2 × 10-6 and B[B+ → K+π-π+ nonresonant] < 17 × 10-6.
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Search for B-meson decays to two-body final states with a0(980) mesons

Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 70:11 (2004) 1-111102

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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, G Lynch, LM Mir, PJ Oddone, TJ Orimoto, M Pripstein, NA Roe, MT Ronan, VG Shelkov, 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, 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, SD Foulkes, JW Gary

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We present a search for B decays to charmless final states involving charged or neutral a0 mesons. The data sample corresponds to 89 × 106 BB̄ pairs collected with the BABAR detector operating at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. We find no significant signals and determine the following 90% C.L. upper limits: B(B0 → a0 -π+) < 5.1 × 10-6, B(B0 → a0-K+) < 2.1 × 10-6, B(B- → a0-K̄0) < 3.9 × 10-6, B(B+ → a0 0π+) < 5.8 × 10-6, B(B+ → a00K+) < 2.5 × 10-6, and B(B0 → a00K0) < 7.8 × 10-6, where in all cases B indicates the product of branching fractions for B → a0X and a0 ηπ, where X indicates K or π.
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Search for D0-D̄0 mixing using semileptonic decay modes

Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 70:9 (2004) 1-91102

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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, A 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, VG Shelkov, 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, 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, SD Foulkes, JW Gary

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Based on an 87-fb-1 data set collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory, a search for D0- D̄0 mixing has been made using the semileptonic decay modes D*+ → π+D0, D0 → K(*)eν (+c.c.). The use of these modes allows unambiguous flavor tagging and a combined fit of the D0 decay time and D*+-D0 mass difference (ΔM) distributions. The high-statistics sample of unmixed semileptonic D0 decays is used to model the ΔM distribution and time dependence of mixed events directly from the data Neural networks are used to select events and reconstruct the D0. A result consistent with no charm mixing has been obtained, Rmix = 0.0023 ± 0.0012 ± 0.0004. This corresponds to an upper limit of Rmix < 0.0042 (90% C.L.).
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