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Measurements of the semileptonic decays (B)over-bar -> Dl(nu)over-bar and (B)over-bar -> D*l(nu)over-bar using a global fit to DXl(nu)over-bar final states

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BABAR Collaboration (Including:

Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., Tisserand, V., Tico, J. Garra, Grauges, E. et al.
). (2009) Measurements of the semileptonic decays (B)over-bar -> Dl(nu)over-bar and (B)over-bar -> D*l(nu)over-bar using a global fit to DXl(nu)over-bar final states. Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), Vol.79 (No.1). article no.012002 . doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.79.012002

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Abstract

Semileptonic (B) over bar decays to DXl (nu) over bar (l = e or mu) are selected by reconstructing D(0)l and D(+)l combinations from a sample of 230 x 10(6) Y(4S) --> B (B) over bar decays recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e(+)e(-) collider at SLAC. A global fit to these samples in a three-dimensional space of kinematic variables is used to determine the branching fractions B(B- --> D(0)l (nu) over bar = (2.34 +/- 0.03 +/- 0.13)% and B(B- --> D*(0)l (nu) over bar) = (5.40 +/- 0.02 +/- 0.21)% where the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively. The fit also determines form-factor parameters in a parametrization based on heavy quark effective theory, resulting in rho(2)(D) = 1.20 +/- 0.04 +/- 0.07 for (B) over bar --> Dl (nu) over bar and rho(2)(D*) = 1.22 +/- 0.02 +/- 0.07 for (B) over bar --> D*(0)l (nu) over bar. These values are used to obtain the product of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V-cb| times the form factor at the zero recoil point for both (B) over bar --> Dl (nu) over bar decays, G(1)|V-cb| = (43.1 +/- 0.8 +/- 2.3) x 10(-3), and for (B) over bar --> D*l (nu) over bar decays, F(1)|V-cb| = (35.9) +/- 0.2 +/- 1.2) x 10(-3).

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
Publisher: American Physical Society
ISSN: 1550-7998
Official Date: January 2009
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2009Published
Volume: Vol.79
Number: No.1
Number of Pages: 20
Page Range: article no.012002
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.012002
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada), Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (France), Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules (France), Bundesministerium fur Bildung (Germany), Forschung and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy), Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (The Netherlands), Research Council of Norway, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia (Spain), Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom), European Union, A.P. Sloan Foundation

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