Measurement of B→Ds(*)+D*(*) branching fractions

S. Ahmed; M. S. Alam; S. B. Athar; L. Jian; L. Ling; M. Saleem; S. Timm; F. Wappler; A. Anastassov; J. E. Duboscq; E. Eckhart; K. K. Gan; C. Gwon; T. Hart; K. Honscheid; D. Hufnagel; H. Kagan; R. Kass; T. K. Pedlar; H. Schwarthoff; J. B. Thayer; E. Von Toerne; M. M. Zoeller; S. J. Richichi; H. Severini; P. Skubic; A. Undrus; S. Chen; J. Fast; J. W. Hinson; J. Lee; D. H. Miller; E. I. Shibata; I. P.J. Shipsey; V. Pavlunin; D. Cronin-Hennessy; A. L. Lyon; E. H. Thorndike; C. P. Jessop; H. Marsiske; M. L. Perl; V. Savinov; X. Zhou; T. E. Coan; V. Fadeyev; Y. Maravin; I. Narsky; R. Stroynowski; J. Ye; T. Wlodek; M. Artuso; R. Ayad; C. Boulahouache; K. Bukin; E. Dambasuren; S. Karamov; G. Majumder; G. C. Moneti; R. Mountain; S. Schuh; T. Skwarnicki; S. Stone; G. Viehhauser; J. C. Wang; A. Wolf; J. Wu; S. Kopp; A. H. Mahmood; S. E. Csorna; I. Danko; K. W. McLean; Sz Márka; Z. Xu; R. Godang; K. Kinoshita; I. C. Lai; S. Schrenk; G. Bonvicini; D. Cinabro; S. McGee; L. P. Perera; G. J. Zhou; E. Lipeles; S. P. Pappas; M. Schmidtler; A. Shapiro; W. M. Sun; A. J. Weinstein; F. Würthwein; D. E. Jaffe; G. Masek; H. P. Paar; E. M. Potter; S. Prell; V. Sharma; D. M. Asner; A. Eppich; T. S. Hill; R. J. Morrison; H. N. Nelson; J. D. Richman; M. S. Witherell; R. A. Briere; G. P. Chen; B. H. Behrens; W. T. Ford; A. Gritsan; J. Roy; J. G. Smith; J. P. Alexander; R. Baker; C. Bebek; B. E. Berger; K. Berkelman; F. Blanc; V. Boisvert; D. G. Cassel; M. Dickson; P. S. Drell; K. M. Ecklund; R. Ehrlich; A. D. Foland; P. Gaidarev; L. Gibbons; B. Gittelman; S. W. Gray; D. L. Hartill; B. K. Heltsley; P. I. Hopman; C. D. Jones; D. L. Kreinick; M. Lohner; A. Magerkurth; T. O. Meyer; N. B. Mistry; E. Nordberg; J. R. Patterson; D. Peterson; D. Riley; J. G. Thayer; D. Urner; B. Valant-Spaight; A. Warburton; P. Avery; C. Prescott; A. I. Rubiera; J. Yelton; J. Zheng; G. Brandenburg; A. Ershov; Y. S. Gao; D. Y.J. Kim; R. Wilson; T. E. Browder; Y. Li; J. L. Rodriguez; H. Yamamoto; T. Bergfeld; B. I. Eisenstein; J. Ernst; G. E. Gladding; G. D. Gollin; R. M. Hans; E. Johnson; I. Karliner; M. A. Marsh; M. Palmer; C. Plager; C. Sedlack; M. Selen; J. J. Thaler; J. Williams; K. W. Edwards; R. Janicek; P. M. Patel; A. J. Sadoff; R. Ammar; A. Bean; D. Besson; R. Davis; N. Kwak; X. Zhao; S. Anderson; V. V. Frolov; Y. Kubota; S. J. Lee; R. Mahapatra; J. J. O'Neill; R. Poling; T. Riehle; A. Smith; C. J. Stepaniak; J. Urheim

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.62.112003

Measurement of B→D_s()⁺D(*) branching fractions

S. Ahmed, M. S. Alam, S. B. Athar, L. Jian, L. Ling, M. Saleem, S. Timm, F. Wappler, A. Anastassov, J. E. Duboscq, E. Eckhart, K. K. Gan, C. Gwon, T. Hart, K. Honscheid, D. Hufnagel, H. Kagan, R. Kass, T. K. Pedlar, H. SchwarthoffJ. B. Thayer, E. Von Toerne, M. M. Zoeller, S. J. Richichi, H. Severini, P. Skubic, A. Undrus, S. Chen, J. Fast, J. W. Hinson, J. Lee, D. H. Miller, E. I. Shibata, I. P.J. Shipsey, V. Pavlunin, D. Cronin-Hennessy, A. L. Lyon, E. H. Thorndike, C. P. Jessop, H. Marsiske, M. L. Perl, V. Savinov, X. Zhou, T. E. Coan, V. Fadeyev, Y. Maravin, I. Narsky, R. Stroynowski, J. Ye, T. Wlodek, M. Artuso, R. Ayad, C. Boulahouache, K. Bukin, E. Dambasuren, S. Karamov, G. Majumder, G. C. Moneti, R. Mountain, S. Schuh, T. Skwarnicki, S. Stone, G. Viehhauser, J. C. Wang, A. Wolf, J. Wu, S. Kopp, A. H. Mahmood, S. E. Csorna, I. Danko, K. W. McLean, Sz Márka, Z. Xu, R. Godang, K. Kinoshita, I. C. Lai, S. Schrenk, G. Bonvicini, D. Cinabro, S. McGee, L. P. Perera, G. J. Zhou, E. Lipeles, S. P. Pappas, M. Schmidtler, A. Shapiro, W. M. Sun, A. J. Weinstein, F. Würthwein, D. E. Jaffe, G. Masek, H. P. Paar, E. M. Potter, S. Prell, V. Sharma, D. M. Asner, A. Eppich, T. S. Hill, R. J. Morrison, H. N. Nelson, J. D. Richman, M. S. Witherell, R. A. Briere, G. P. Chen, B. H. Behrens, W. T. Ford, A. Gritsan, J. Roy, J. G. Smith, J. P. Alexander, R. Baker, C. Bebek, B. E. Berger, K. Berkelman, F. Blanc, V. Boisvert, D. G. Cassel, M. Dickson, P. S. Drell, K. M. Ecklund, R. Ehrlich, A. D. Foland, P. Gaidarev, L. Gibbons, B. Gittelman, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, B. K. Heltsley, P. I. Hopman, C. D. Jones, D. L. Kreinick, M. Lohner, A. Magerkurth, T. O. Meyer, N. B. Mistry, E. Nordberg, J. R. Patterson, D. Peterson, D. Riley, J. G. Thayer, D. Urner, B. Valant-Spaight, A. Warburton, P. Avery, C. Prescott, A. I. Rubiera, J. Yelton, J. Zheng, G. Brandenburg, A. Ershov, Y. S. Gao, D. Y.J. Kim, R. Wilson, T. E. Browder, Y. Li, J. L. Rodriguez, H. Yamamoto, T. Bergfeld, B. I. Eisenstein, J. Ernst, G. E. Gladding, G. D. Gollin, R. M. Hans, E. Johnson, I. Karliner, M. A. Marsh, M. Palmer, C. Plager, C. Sedlack, M. Selen, J. J. Thaler, J. Williams, K. W. Edwards, R. Janicek, P. M. Patel, A. J. Sadoff, R. Ammar, A. Bean, D. Besson, R. Davis, N. Kwak, X. Zhao, S. Anderson, V. V. Frolov, Y. Kubota, S. J. Lee, R. Mahapatra, J. J. O'Neill, R. Poling, T. Riehle, A. Smith, C. J. Stepaniak, J. Urheim

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Abstract

This article describes improved measurements by CLEO of the B⁰→D_s⁺D*^- and B⁰→D_s*⁺D*^- branching fractions, and first evidence for the decay B⁺→D_s(*)⁺D̄** ⁰, where D̄**⁰ represents the sum of the D̄₁(2420)⁰, D̄₂*(2460)⁰, and D̄₁(j = 1/2)⁰ L = 1 charm meson states. Also reported is the first measurement of the D_s*⁺ polarization in the decay B⁰→D_s*⁺D*^-. A partial reconstruction technique, employing only the fully reconstructed D_s⁺ and slow pion π_s^- from the D*^-→D̄⁰π_s^- decay, enhances sensitivity. The observed branching fractions are B(B⁰→D_s⁺D*^-) = (1.10±0.18±0.10±0.28)%, B(B⁰→D_s*⁺D*^-) = (1.82±0.37±0.24 ±0.46)% , and B(B⁺→D_s(*) ⁺D̄**⁰) = (2.73±0.78±0.48±0.68)%, where the first error is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is the uncertainty in the D_s⁺→φπ⁺ branching fraction. The measured D_s*⁺ longitudinal polarization, Γ_L/Γ = (50.6±13.9±3.6)%, is consistent with the factorization prediction of 54%.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	112003
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	62
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.112003
State	Published - Dec 1 2000

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Ahmed, S., Alam, M. S., Athar, S. B., Jian, L., Ling, L., Saleem, M., Timm, S., Wappler, F., Anastassov, A., Duboscq, J. E., Eckhart, E., Gan, K. K., Gwon, C., Hart, T., Honscheid, K., Hufnagel, D., Kagan, H., Kass, R., Pedlar, T. K., ... Urheim, J. (2000). Measurement of B→D_s(*)⁺D*(*) branching fractions. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 62(11), 1-13. [112003]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.112003

Ahmed, S, Alam, MS, Athar, SB, Jian, L, Ling, L, Saleem, M, Timm, S, Wappler, F, Anastassov, A, Duboscq, JE, Eckhart, E, Gan, KK, Gwon, C, Hart, T, Honscheid, K, Hufnagel, D, Kagan, H, Kass, R, Pedlar, TK, Schwarthoff, H, Thayer, JB, Von Toerne, E, Zoeller, MM, Richichi, SJ, Severini, H, Skubic, P, Undrus, A, Chen, S, Fast, J, Hinson, JW, Lee, J, Miller, DH, Shibata, EI, Shipsey, IPJ, Pavlunin, V, Cronin-Hennessy, D, Lyon, AL, Thorndike, EH, Jessop, CP, Marsiske, H, Perl, ML, Savinov, V, Zhou, X, Coan, TE, Fadeyev, V, Maravin, Y, Narsky, I, Stroynowski, R, Ye, J, Wlodek, T, Artuso, M, Ayad, R, Boulahouache, C, Bukin, K, Dambasuren, E, Karamov, S, Majumder, G, Moneti, GC, Mountain, R, Schuh, S, Skwarnicki, T, Stone, S, Viehhauser, G, Wang, JC, Wolf, A, Wu, J, Kopp, S, Mahmood, AH, Csorna, SE, Danko, I, McLean, KW, Márka, S, Xu, Z, Godang, R, Kinoshita, K, Lai, IC, Schrenk, S, Bonvicini, G, Cinabro, D, McGee, S, Perera, LP, Zhou, GJ, Lipeles, E, Pappas, SP, Schmidtler, M, Shapiro, A, Sun, WM, Weinstein, AJ, Würthwein, F, Jaffe, DE, Masek, G, Paar, HP, Potter, EM, Prell, S, Sharma, V, Asner, DM, Eppich, A, Hill, TS, Morrison, RJ, Nelson, HN, Richman, JD, Witherell, MS, Briere, RA, Chen, GP, Behrens, BH, Ford, WT, Gritsan, A, Roy, J, Smith, JG, Alexander, JP, Baker, R, Bebek, C, Berger, BE, Berkelman, K, Blanc, F, Boisvert, V, Cassel, DG, Dickson, M, Drell, PS, Ecklund, KM, Ehrlich, R, Foland, AD, Gaidarev, P, Gibbons, L, Gittelman, B, Gray, SW, Hartill, DL, Heltsley, BK, Hopman, PI, Jones, CD, Kreinick, DL, Lohner, M, Magerkurth, A, Meyer, TO, Mistry, NB, Nordberg, E, Patterson, JR, Peterson, D, Riley, D, Thayer, JG, Urner, D, Valant-Spaight, B, Warburton, A, Avery, P, Prescott, C, Rubiera, AI, Yelton, J, Zheng, J, Brandenburg, G, Ershov, A, Gao, YS, Kim, DYJ, Wilson, R, Browder, TE, Li, Y, Rodriguez, JL, Yamamoto, H, Bergfeld, T, Eisenstein, BI, Ernst, J, Gladding, GE, Gollin, GD, Hans, RM, Johnson, E, Karliner, I, Marsh, MA, Palmer, M, Plager, C, Sedlack, C, Selen, M, Thaler, JJ, Williams, J, Edwards, KW, Janicek, R, Patel, PM, Sadoff, AJ, Ammar, R, Bean, A, Besson, D, Davis, R, Kwak, N, Zhao, X, Anderson, S, Frolov, VV, Kubota, Y, Lee, SJ, Mahapatra, R, O'Neill, JJ, Poling, R, Riehle, T, Smith, A, Stepaniak, CJ & Urheim, J 2000, 'Measurement of B→D_s(*)⁺D*(*) branching fractions', Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 62, no. 11, 112003, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.112003

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AU - Fast, J.

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AU - Lee, J.

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AU - Zhou, X.

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PY - 2000/12/1

Y1 - 2000/12/1

N2 - This article describes improved measurements by CLEO of the B0→Ds+D*- and B0→Ds*+D*- branching fractions, and first evidence for the decay B+→Ds(*)+D̄** 0, where D̄**0 represents the sum of the D̄1(2420)0, D̄2*(2460)0, and D̄1(j = 1/2)0 L = 1 charm meson states. Also reported is the first measurement of the Ds*+ polarization in the decay B0→Ds*+D*-. A partial reconstruction technique, employing only the fully reconstructed Ds+ and slow pion πs- from the D*-→D̄0πs- decay, enhances sensitivity. The observed branching fractions are B(B0→Ds+D*-) = (1.10±0.18±0.10±0.28)%, B(B0→Ds*+D*-) = (1.82±0.37±0.24 ±0.46)% , and B(B+→Ds(*) +D̄**0) = (2.73±0.78±0.48±0.68)%, where the first error is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is the uncertainty in the Ds+→φπ+ branching fraction. The measured Ds*+ longitudinal polarization, ΓL/Γ = (50.6±13.9±3.6)%, is consistent with the factorization prediction of 54%.

AB - This article describes improved measurements by CLEO of the B0→Ds+D*- and B0→Ds*+D*- branching fractions, and first evidence for the decay B+→Ds(*)+D̄** 0, where D̄**0 represents the sum of the D̄1(2420)0, D̄2*(2460)0, and D̄1(j = 1/2)0 L = 1 charm meson states. Also reported is the first measurement of the Ds*+ polarization in the decay B0→Ds*+D*-. A partial reconstruction technique, employing only the fully reconstructed Ds+ and slow pion πs- from the D*-→D̄0πs- decay, enhances sensitivity. The observed branching fractions are B(B0→Ds+D*-) = (1.10±0.18±0.10±0.28)%, B(B0→Ds*+D*-) = (1.82±0.37±0.24 ±0.46)% , and B(B+→Ds(*) +D̄**0) = (2.73±0.78±0.48±0.68)%, where the first error is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is the uncertainty in the Ds+→φπ+ branching fraction. The measured Ds*+ longitudinal polarization, ΓL/Γ = (50.6±13.9±3.6)%, is consistent with the factorization prediction of 54%.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.62.112003

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.62.112003

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:16644369190

SN - 1550-7998

VL - 62

SP - 1

EP - 13

JO - Physical review D: Particles and fields

JF - Physical review D: Particles and fields

IS - 11

M1 - 112003

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Measurement of B→D_s()⁺D(*) branching fractions

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