Flavor-specific inclusive B decays to charm

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作者
Coan, TE [1 ]
Fadeyev, V
Korolkov, I
Maravin, Y
Narsky, I
Shelkov, V
Staeck, J
Stroynowski, R
Volobouev, I
Ye, J
Artuso, M
Azfar, F
Efimov, A
Goldberg, M
He, D
Kopp, S
Moneti, GC
Mountain, R
Schuh, S
Skwarnicki, T
Stone, S
Viehhauser, G
Xing, X
Bartelt, J
Csorna, SE
Jain, V
McLean, KW
Marka, S
Godang, R
Kinoshita, K
Lai, IC
Pomianowski, P
Schrenk, S
Bonvicini, G
Cinabro, D
Greene, R
Perera, LP
Zhou, GJ
Barish, B
Chadha, M
Chan, S
Eigen, G
Miller, JS
O'Grady, C
Schmidtler, M
Urheim, J
Weinstein, AJ
Wurthwein, F
Bliss, DW
Masek, G
机构
[1] So Methodist Univ, Dallas, TX 75275 USA
[2] Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
[3] Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
[4] Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
[5] Wayne State Univ, Detroit, MI 48202 USA
[6] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[7] Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[8] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[9] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[10] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[11] Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[12] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[13] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[14] Univ Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[15] Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
[16] Inst Particle Phys, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[17] McGill Univ, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada
[18] Ithaca Coll, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
[19] Univ Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
[20] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[21] SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222 USA
[22] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[23] Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA
[24] Purdue Univ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
[25] Univ Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[26] Stanford Univ, Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr, Stanford, CA 94309 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.1150
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have measured the branching fractions for B --> (D) over bar X, B --> DX, and B --> (D) over bar Xl(+)v. From these results and some previously measured branching fractions, we obtain B(b --> c (c) over bar s) = (21.9 +/- 3.7)%, B(b --> sg) < 6.8% at 90% C.L., and B(D-0 --> K- pi(+)) = (3.69 +/- 0.20)%. implications for the "B semileptonic decay problem" (measured branching fraction being below theoretical expectations) are discussed. With the increase in the value of B(b --> c (c) over bar s) due to B --> DX, the discrepancy is no longer statistically compelling. [S0031-9007(97)05231-9].
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