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Measurement of |Vcb| and the form-factor slope in B̅ →Dℓ-ν̅ ℓ decays in events tagged by a fully reconstructed B meson

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BaBar Collaboration (Including:

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 |Vcb| and the form-factor slope in B̅ →Dℓ-ν̅ ℓ decays in events tagged by a fully reconstructed B meson. Physical Review Letters, Vol.104 (No.1). Article: 011802 . ISSN 0031-9007

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.011802

Abstract

We present a measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element vertical bar V-cb vertical bar and the form-factor slope rho(2) in (B) over bar -> Dl(-) (nu) over bar (l) decays based on 460 X 10(6) B (B) over bar events recorded at the Gamma(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector. (B) over bar -> Dl(-) (nu) over bar (l) decays are selected in events in which a hadronic decay of the second B meson is fully reconstructed. We measure B(B- -> D(0)l(-) (nu) over bar (l))/B(B- -> Xl(-) (nu) over bar (l)) = (0.255 +/- 0.009 +/- 0.009) and B((B) over bar (0) -> D(+)l(-) (nu) over bar (l))/B((B) over bar (0) -> Xl(-) (nu) over bar (l)) = (0.230 +/- 0.011 +/- 0.011), along with the differential decay distribution in (B) over bar -> Dl(-) (nu) over bar (l) decays. We then determine G(1)vertical bar V-cb vertical bar = 42.3 +/- 1.9 +/- 1.4) X 10(-3) and rho(2) = 1.20 +/- 0.09 +/- 0.04, where G(1) is the hadronic form factor at the point of zero recoil.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

Q Science > QC Physics

Divisions:

Faculty of Science > Physics

Journal or Publication Title:

Physical Review Letters

Publisher:

American Physical Society

ISSN:

0031-9007