Observation of charmless hadronic B decays

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作者
Buskulic, D
DeBonis, I
Decamp, D
Ghez, P
Goy, C
Lees, JP
Lucotte, A
Minard, MN
Nief, JY
Odier, P
Pietrzyk, B
Casado, MP
Chmeissani, M
Crespo, JM
Delfino, M
Efthymiopoulos, I
Fernandez, E
FernandezBosman, M
Garrido, L
Juste, A
Martinez, M
Orteu, S
Padilla, C
Park, IC
Pascual, A
Perlas, JA
Riu, I
Sanchez, F
Teubert, F
Colaleo, A
Creanza, D
dePalma, M
Gelao, G
Girone, M
Iaselli, G
Maggi, G
Maggi, M
Marinelli, N
Nuzzo, S
Ranieri, A
Raso, G
Ruggieri, F
Selvaggi, G
Silvestris, L
Tempesta, P
Zito, G
Huang, X
Lin, J
Ouyang, Q
Wang, T
机构
[1] UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA, INST FIS ALTES ENERGIES, BELLATERRA 08193, BARCELONA, SPAIN
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-70126 BARI, ITALY
[3] ACAD SINICA, INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA
[4] CERN, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[5] UNIV CLERMONT FERRAND, PHYS CORPUSCULAIRE LAB, IN2P3, CNRS, F-63177 CLERMONT FERRAND, FRANCE
[6] NIELS BOHR INST, DK-2100 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
[7] DEMOCRITOS NUCL RES CTR, ATHENS, GREECE
[8] ECOLE POLYTECH, LAB PHYS NUCL & HAUTES ENERGIES, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91128 PALAISEAU, FRANCE
[9] UNIV EDINBURGH, DEPT PHYS, EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
[10] UNIV FLORENCE, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[11] FLORIDA STATE UNIV, SUPERCOMP COMPUTAT RES INST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32306 USA
[12] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[13] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, LANARK, SCOTLAND
[14] UNIV HEIDELBERG, INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS, D-69120 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[15] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED, DEPT PHYS, LONDON SW7 2BZ, ENGLAND
[16] UNIV INNSBRUCK, INST PHYS EXPT, A-6020 INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
[17] UNIV LANCASTER, DEPT PHYS, LANCASTER LA1 4YB, ENGLAND
[18] UNIV MAINZ, INST PHYS, D-55099 MAINZ, GERMANY
[19] FAC SCI LUMINY, IN2P3, CNRS, CTR PHYS PARTICULES, F-13288 MARSEILLE, FRANCE
[20] UNIV MILAN, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[21] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[22] MAX PLANCK INST PHYS & ASTROPHYS, WERNER HEISENBERG INST, D-80805 MUNICH, GERMANY
[23] UNIV PARIS 11, IN2P3, CNRS, ACCELERATEUR LINEAIRE LAB, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE
[24] UNIV PISA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[25] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[26] UNIV LONDON, ROYAL HOLLOWAY & BEDFORD NEW COLL, DEPT PHYS, EGHAM TW20 0EX, SURREY, ENGLAND
[27] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, PARTICLE PHYS DEPT, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[28] CEA, DAPNIA, SERV PHYS PARTICULES, CE SACLAY, F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE
[29] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, INST PARTICLE PHYS, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[30] UNIV SHEFFIELD, DEPT PHYS, SHEFFIELD S3 7RH, S YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
[31] UNIV SIEGEN, FACHBEREICH PHYS, D-57068 SIEGEN, GERMANY
[32] UNIV TRIESTE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[33] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[34] UNIV WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
[35] UNIV WISCONSIN, DEPT PHYS, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
[36] UNIV TURIN, IST FIS GEN, TURIN, ITALY
[37] CNR, IST COSMOGEOFIS, I-10133 TURIN, ITALY
[38] KANGNUNG NATL UNIV, KANGNUNG, SOUTH KOREA
[39] UNIV SASSARI, IST MATEMAT & FIS, I-07100 SASSARI, ITALY
[40] SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIV, SUWON, SOUTH KOREA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
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D O I
10.1016/0370-2693(96)00929-X
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Four candidates for charmless hadronic B decay are observed in a data sample of four million hadronic Z decays recorded by the ALEPH detector at LEP. The probability that these events come from background sources is estimated to be less than 10(-6). The average branching of weakly decaying B hadrons (a mixture of B-d(0), B-s(0) and Lambda(b) weighted by their production The average branching ratio of weakly decaying B hadrons (a mixture of B-d(0) cross sections and lifetimes, here denoted B) into two long-lived charged hadrons (pions, kaons or protons) is measured to be Br(B-->h(+)h(-))=(1.7(-0.7)(+1.0)+/-0.2)x10(-5). The relative branching fraction Br(B-d(s)(0)-->pi(+)pi(-)(K-))/Br(B-d(s)(0)-->h(+)h(-)) is measured to be 1.0(-0.3-0.1)(+0.0+0.0). In addition, branching ratio upper limits are obtained for a variety of exclusive charmless hadronic two-body decays of B hadrons.
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页数:10
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