Measurement of the relative branching fraction of Y(4S) to charged and neutral B-meson pairs

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; P. G. Thies; 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; J. Urheim; S. Ahmed; M. S. Alam; S. B. Athar; L. Jian; L. Ling; A. H. Mahmood; 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; N. Menon; D. H. Miller; E. I. Shibata; I. P.J. Shipsey; V. Pavlunin; D. Cronin-Hennessy; Y. Kwon; A. L. Lyon; E. H. Thorndike; C. P. Jessop; H. Marsiske; M. L. Perl; V. Savinov; D. Ugolini; 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; 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; 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; R. A. Briere; B. H. Behrens; W. T. Ford; A. Gritsan; J. Roy; J. G. Smith

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2737

Measurement of the relative branching fraction of Y(4S) to charged and neutral B-meson pairs

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. HopmanC. 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, P. G. Thies, 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, J. Urheim, S. Ahmed, M. S. Alam, S. B. Athar, L. Jian, L. Ling, A. H. Mahmood, 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, N. Menon, D. H. Miller, E. I. Shibata, I. P.J. Shipsey, V. Pavlunin, D. Cronin-Hennessy, Y. Kwon, A. L. Lyon, E. H. Thorndike, C. P. Jessop, H. Marsiske, M. L. Perl, V. Savinov, D. Ugolini, 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, 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, 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, R. A. Briere, B. H. Behrens, W. T. Ford, A. Gritsan, J. Roy, J. G. Smith

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The ratio of charged to neutical productioin of B mesons at the Y (4S) resonance was measured and found to be 1.04 ± 0.07 ± 0.04. This result is consistent with theoretical predictions of only slightly greater charged than neutral B-meson pair production in Y(4S) decave near threshold.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2737-2741
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	86
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2737
State	Published - Mar 26 2001

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Alexander, J. P., Baker, R., Bebek, C., Berger, B. E., Berkelman, K., Blanc, F., Boisvert, V., Cassel, D. G., Dickson, M., Drell, P. S., Ecklund, K. M., Ehrlich, R., Foland, A. D., Gaidarev, P., Gibbons, L., Gittelman, B., Gray, S. W., Hartill, D. L., Heltsley, B. K., ... Smith, J. G. (2001). Measurement of the relative branching fraction of Y(4S) to charged and neutral B-meson pairs. Physical Review Letters, 86(13), 2737-2741. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2737

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, Thies, PG, 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, Urheim, J, Ahmed, S, Alam, MS, Athar, SB, Jian, L, Ling, L, Mahmood, AH, 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, Menon, N, Miller, DH, Shibata, EI, Shipsey, IPJ, Pavlunin, V, Cronin-Hennessy, D, Kwon, Y, Lyon, AL, Thorndike, EH, Jessop, CP, Marsiske, H, Perl, ML, Savinov, V, Ugolini, D, 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, 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, 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, Briere, RA, Behrens, BH, Ford, WT, Gritsan, A, Roy, J & Smith, JG 2001, 'Measurement of the relative branching fraction of Y(4S) to charged and neutral B-meson pairs', Physical Review Letters, vol. 86, no. 13, pp. 2737-2741. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2737

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AU - Berkelman, K.

AU - Blanc, F.

AU - Boisvert, V.

AU - Cassel, D. G.

AU - Dickson, M.

AU - Drell, P. S.

AU - Ecklund, K. M.

AU - Ehrlich, R.

AU - Foland, A. D.

AU - Gaidarev, P.

AU - Gibbons, L.

AU - Gittelman, B.

AU - Gray, S. W.

AU - Hartill, D. L.

AU - Heltsley, B. K.

AU - Hopman, P. I.

AU - Jones, C. D.

AU - Kreinick, D. L.

AU - Lohner, M.

AU - Magerkurth, A.

AU - Meyer, T. O.

AU - Mistry, N. B.

AU - Nordberg, E.

AU - Patterson, J. R.

AU - Peterson, D.

AU - Riley, D.

AU - Thayer, J. G.

AU - Thies, P. G.

AU - Valant-Spaight, B.

AU - Warburton, A.

AU - Avery, P.

AU - Prescott, C.

AU - Rubiera, A. I.

AU - Yelton, J.

AU - Zheng, J.

AU - Brandenburg, G.

AU - Ershov, A.

AU - Gao, Y. S.

AU - Kim, D. Y.J.

AU - Wilson, R.

AU - Browder, T. E.

AU - Li, Y.

AU - Rodriguez, J. L.

AU - Yamamoto, H.

AU - Bergfeld, T.

AU - Eisenstein, B. I.

AU - Ernst, J.

AU - Gladding, G. E.

AU - Gollin, G. D.

AU - Hans, R. M.

AU - Johnson, E.

AU - Karliner, I.

AU - Marsh, M. A.

AU - Palmer, M.

AU - Plager, C.

AU - Sedlack, C.

AU - Selen, M.

AU - Thaler, J. J.

AU - Williams, J.

AU - Edwards, K. W.

AU - Janicek, R.

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AU - Sadoff, A. J.

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AU - Bean, A.

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AU - Davis, R.

AU - Kwak, N.

AU - Zhao, X.

AU - Anderson, S.

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AU - O'Neill, J. J.

AU - Poling, R.

AU - Riehle, T.

AU - Smith, A.

AU - Urheim, J.

AU - Ahmed, S.

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AU - Zoeller, M. M.

AU - Richichi, S. J.

AU - Severini, H.

AU - Skubic, P.

AU - Undrus, A.

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AU - Fast, J.

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AU - Narsky, I.

AU - Stroynowski, R.

AU - Ye, J.

AU - Wlodek, T.

AU - Artuso, M.

AU - Ayad, R.

AU - Boulahouache, C.

AU - Bukin, K.

AU - Dambasuren, E.

AU - Karamov, S.

AU - Majumder, G.

AU - Moneti, G. C.

AU - Mountain, R.

AU - Schuh, S.

AU - Skwarnicki, T.

AU - Stone, S.

AU - Viehhauser, G.

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AU - Wu, J.

AU - Kopp, S.

AU - Csorna, S. E.

AU - Danko, I.

AU - McLean, K. W.

AU - Márka, Sz

AU - Xu, Z.

AU - Godang, R.

AU - Kinoshita, K.

AU - Lai, I. C.

AU - Schrenk, S.

AU - Bonvicini, G.

AU - Cinabro, D.

AU - McGee, S.

AU - Perera, L. P.

AU - Zhou, G. J.

AU - Lipeles, E.

AU - Schmidtler, M.

AU - Shapiro, A.

AU - Sun, W. M.

AU - Weinstein, A. J.

AU - Würthwein, F.

AU - Jaffe, D. E.

AU - Masek, G.

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AU - Potter, E. M.

AU - Prell, S.

AU - Sharma, V.

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AU - Eppich, A.

AU - Hill, T. S.

AU - Morrison, R. J.

AU - Briere, R. A.

AU - Behrens, B. H.

AU - Ford, W. T.

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