439 research outputs found
Measurement of Branching Fractions for Decays
We report measurements of branching fractions for charged and neutral decays where the meson is reconstructed in the and decay
channels. The neutral channel is a CP eigenstate and can be used to
measure the CP violation parameter . We also report the first
observation of the mode. The results are based on an
analysis of 29.1 fb of data collected by the Belle detector at KEKB.Comment: To appear in Physical Review Letter
Observation of B+- -> omega K+- Decay
We report the first observation of the charmless two-body mode decay, and a new measurement of the branching fraction for the
decay. The measured branching fractions are
and . %and we set 90% confidence
level upper limits of %.
We also measure the partial rate asymmetry of decays
and obtain . The results are based on
a data sample of 29.4 fb collected on the resonance by
the Belle detector at the KEKB collider.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, resubmitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Observation of the decay B^0->D+D*-
We report the first observation of the decay B^0->D+-D*-+ with the Belle
detector at the KEKB e^+e^- collider operated at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. The
sum of branching fractions B(B^0->D+D*-)+B(B^0->D-D*+) is measured to be
(1.17+-0.26+0.22-0.25)x10^-3 using the full reconstruction method where both
charmed mesons from B^0 decays are reconstructed. A consistent value
((1.48+-0.38+0.28-0.31)x10^-3) is obtained using a partial reconstruction
technique that only uses the slow pion from the D*- ->bar D^0pi- decay and a
fully reconstructed D+ to reconstruct the B^0.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
Measurements of Branching Fractions and Decay Amplitudes in B-> J/\psi K^* decays
The branching fractions and the decay amplitudes of B -> J/psi K^* decays are
measured in a 29.4/fb data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB
electron-positron collider. The decay amplitudes of helicity states of the
J/psi K^* system are determined from the full angular distribution of the final
state particles in the transversity basis. The branching fractions are measured
to be (1.29\pm0.05\pm0.13) \times 10^{-3} for neutral mesons and
(1.28\pm0.07\pm0.14) \times 10^{-3} for charged mesons. The measured
longitudinal and transverse (perpendicular to the transversity plane)
amplitudes are |A_0|^2 = 0.62\pm0.02\pm0.03 and |A_{\perp}|^2 =
0.19\pm0.02\pm0.03, respectively. The value of |A_{\perp}|^2 shows that the CP
even component dominates in the B^0 \to J/\psi K^{*0}(K_S\pi^0) decay.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figures, 5 tables, to appear in Phys. Lett.
Mesurement of the B0 - anti-B0 Mixing Parameter Delta m_d using Semileptonic B0 Decays
We present a measurement of the B^0-B^0bar mixing parameter Delta m_d using
neutral B meson pairs in a 29.1 fb^{-1} data sample collected at the
Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy
e^+e^- collider. We exclusively reconstruct one neutral B meson in the
semileptonic B^0 \to D^{*-}\ell^+\nu decay mode and identify the flavor of the
accompanying B meson from its decay products. From the distribution of the time
intervals between the two flavor-tagged B meson decay points, we obtain Delta
m_d = (0.494 +- 0.012 +- 0.015) ps^{-1}, where the first error is statistical
and the second error is systematic.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, Published in Phys.Rev.Lett. 89, 251803 (2002
Observation of Ds+ K- and evidence for Ds+ pi- final states in neutral B decays
We report the first observation of a B meson decay that is not accessible by
a direct spectator process. The channel B0bar -> Ds+ K- is found in a sample of
85 timse 10^6 B Bbar events, collected with the Belle detector at KEKB, with a
branching fraction Br(B0bar -> Ds+ K-)=(4.6^{+1.2}_{-1.1} +- 1.3) times
10^{-5}. We also obtain evidence for the B0 -> Ds+ pi- decay with branching
fraction Br(B0 -> Ds+ pi-)=(2.4^{+1.0}_{-0.8} +- 0.7) times 10^{-5}. This value
may be used to extract a model-dependent value of |Vub|.Comment: Accepted to publication in Phys. Rev. Let
Study of Exclusive B decays to Charmed Baryons
Using 29.1fb-1 of data accumulated at the Upsilon(4S) with the Belle detector
at KEKB, we have studied the decay modes B0bar->Lambda_c+ pbar pi+pi-, B- ->
Lambda_c+ pbar pi-, and B0bar ->Lambda_c+ pbar. We report branching fractions
of exclusive B decays to charmed baryons with four-, three- and two-body final
states, including intermediate Sigma_c++ and Sigma_c0 states. We observed B0bar
-> Sigma_c(2455)++pbar pi- for the first time with a branching fraction of
(2.38+0.63-0.55+-0.41+-0.62)x10-4 and observed evidence for the two-body decay
B- ->Sigma_c(2455)0 pbar with a branching fraction of
(0.45+0.26-0.19+-0.07+-0.12)x10-4. We also set improved upper limits for the
two-body decays B0bar -> Lambda_c+ pbar and B- -> Sigma_c(2520)0 pbar.Comment: accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Observation of Mixing-induced CP Violation in the Neutral B Meson System
This report describes an observation of mixing-induced CP violation and a
measurement of the CP violation parameter, sin(2phi_1), with the Belle detector
at the KEKB asymmetric e+e- collider. Using a data sample of 29.1 fb-1 recorded
on the Upsilon(4S) resonance that contains 31.3 million BBbar pairs, we
reconstruct decays of neutral B mesons to the following CP eigenstates: J/psi
K_S^0, psi(2S) K_S^0, chi_c1 K_S^0, eta_c K_S^0, J/psi K_L^0 and J/psi K^*0.
The flavor of the accompanying B meson is identified by combining information
from primary and secondary leptons, K+/- mesons, lambda baryons, slow and fast
pions. The proper-time interval between the two B meson decays is determined
from the distance between the two decay vertices measured with a silicon vertex
detector. The result sin(2phi_1) = 0.99 +/- 0.14(stat) +/- 0.06(syst) is
obtained by applying a maximum likelihood fit to the 1137 candidate events. We
conclude that there is large CP violation in the neutral B meson system. A zero
value for sin(2phi_1) is ruled out by more than six standard deviations.Comment: 25 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Observation of B0bar --> D(*)0 p pbar
The B meson decay modes B --> D p pbar and B --> D* p pbar have been studied
using 29.4 fb^{-1} of data collected with the Belle detector at KEKB. The B0bar
--> D0 p pbar and B0bar --> D*0 p pbar decays have been observed for the first
time with branching fractions Br(B0bar --> D0 p pbar) =(1.18\pm 0.15\pm 0.16)
10^{-4} and Br(B0bar --> D*0 p pbar) =(1.20^{+0.33}_{-0.29}\pm 0.21) 10^{-4}.
No signal has been found for the B+ --> D+ p pbar and B+ --> D*+ p pbar decay
modes, and the corresponding upper limits at 90% C.L. are presented.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, submited to Phys. Rev. Let
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