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Measurement of branching fractions of B decays to K-1(1270)pi and K-1(1400)pi and determination of the CKM angle alpha from B-0 -> a(1)(1260)(+/-)pi(-/+)

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Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., Tisserand, V., Garra Tico, J., Grauges, E., Martinelli, M. et al.
). (2010) Measurement of branching fractions of B decays to K-1(1270)pi and K-1(1400)pi and determination of the CKM angle alpha from B-0 -> a(1)(1260)(+/-)pi(-/+). Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), Vol.81 (No.5). Article no. 052009 . doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.81.052009

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Abstract

We report measurements of the branching fractions of neutral and charged B meson decays to final states containing a K-1(1270) or K-1(1400) meson and a charged pion. The data, collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, correspond to 454 x 10(6) B (B) over bar pairs produced in e(+)e(-) annihilation. We measure the branching fractions B(B-0 -> K-1(1270)(+)pi(-) + K-1(1400)(+)pi(-)) = 3.1(-0.7)(+0.8) x 10(-5) and B(B+ -> K-1(1270)(0)pi(+) + K1(1400)(0)pi(+)) = 2.9(-1.7)(+2.9) x 10(-5) (< 8.2 x 10(-5) at 90% confidence level), where the errors are statistical and systematic combined. The B-0 decay mode is observed with a significance of 7.5 sigma, while a significance of 3.2 sigma is obtained for the B+ decay mode. Based on these results, we estimate the weak phase alpha = (79 +/- 7 +/- 11)degrees from the time-dependent CP asymmetries in B-0 -> a(1)(1260)(+/-)pi(-/+) decays.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
Publisher: American Physical Society
ISSN: 1550-7998
Official Date: 1 March 2010
Dates:
DateEvent
1 March 2010Published
Volume: Vol.81
Number: No.5
Number of Pages: 16
Page Range: Article no. 052009
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.052009
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada), Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique and Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules (France), Bundes-minsterium fur Bildung und 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), Marie-Curie IEF program (European Union), A.P. Sloan Foundation

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