(2010) Search for b -> u transitions in B- -> DK- and D*K- decays. Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), Vol.82 (No.7). article no. 072006 . doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.82.072006 ISSN 1550-7998.

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Abstract

We report results from an updated study of the suppressed decays We report results from an updated study of the suppressed decays B- -> DK- and B- -> D*K- followed by D -> K+ pi(-), where D-(*()0) indicates a D-(*()0)or a (D) over bar (()*()0) meson, and D* -> D pi(0) or D* -> D gamma. These decays are sensitive to the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity triangle angle gamma due to interference between the b -> c transition B- -> D-(*K-)0(-) followed by the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay D-0 -> K+ pi(-), and the b -> u transition B- -> (D) over bar (()*()0) K- followed by the Cabibbo-favored decay (D) over bar (0) -> K+ pi(-). We also report an analysis of the decay B- -> D-(*())pi(-) with the D decaying into the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed mode D -> K+ pi(-). Our results are based on 467 x 10(6) Gamma(4S) -> BB- decays collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC. We measure the ratios R-(*()) of the suppressed ([K+ pi(-)](D)K- / pi(-)) to favored ([K+ pi(-)](D)K- / pi(-)) branching fractions as well as the CP asymmetries A(()*()) of those modes. We see indications of signals for the B- -> DK- and B- -> D-D pi 0(()*()) K- suppressed modes, with statistical significances of 2.1 and 2.2 sigma, respectively, and we measure: R-DK = (1.1 +/- 0: 6 +/- 0.2) x 10(-2); A(DK) = -0.86 +/- 0: 47(-0.16)(+0.12), R-(D pi 0)K* = (1.8 +/- 0: 9 +/- 0: 4) x 10(-2); A ((D pi 0)K)* = +0.77 +/- 0: 35 +/- 0.12; R-(D gamma)K* = (1.3 +/- 1.4 +/- 0.8) x 10(-2); A((D gamma)K)* = +0.36 +/- 0: 94(-0.41)(+0.25), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. We use a frequentist approach to obtain the magnitude of the ratio r(B) equivalent to vertical bar A(B- -> (D) over bar 0K(-))/A(B- -> (DK-)-K-0)vertical bar = (9.5(-4.1)(+5.1))%, with r(B) < 16: 7% at 90% confidence level. In the case of B- -> D*K- we find r(B) equivalent to vertical bar A(B- -> <(D)over bar>0K(-))/A(B- -> (DK-)-K-0)vertical bar = (9.6(-5.1)(+3.5))%, with r(B)* < 15.0% at 90% confidence level.

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:	11 October 2010
Dates:	Date Event 11 October 2010 Published
Volume:	Vol.82
Number:	No.7
Number of Pages:	18
Page Range:	article no. 072006
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevD.82.072006
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	US Department of Energy and 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), Bundesministerium 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 Ciencia e Innovacion (Spain), Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom), European Union, A.P. Sloan Foundation (USA), Binational Science Foundation (USA-Israel)

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