SEARCH FOR NEUTRAL CHARMLESS B-DECAYS AT LEP

Authors
ACCIARRI M ADAM A ADRIANI O AGUILARBENITEZ M AHLEN S ALPAT B ALCARAZ J ALLABY J ALOISIO A ALVERSON G ALVIGGI MG AMBROSI G ANDERHUB H ANDREEV VP ANGELESCU T ANTREASYAN D AREFIEV A AZEMOON T AZIZ T BAGNAIA P BAKSAY L BALL RC BANERJEE S BANICZ K BARILLERE R BARONE L BARTALINI P BASCHIROTTO A BASILE M BATTISTON R BAY A BECATTINI F BECKER U BEHNER F BENCZE GL BERDUGO J BERGES P BERTUCCI B BETEV BL BIASINI M BILAND A BILEI GM BIZZARRI R BLAISING JJ BOBBINK GJ BOCK R BOHM A BORGIA B BOUCHAM A BOURILKOV D BOURQUIN M BOUTIGNY D BRAMBILLA E BRANSON JG BRIGLJEVIC V BROCK IC BUIJS A BUJAK A BURGER JD BURGER WJ BURGOS C BUSENITZ J BUYTENHUIJS A CAI XD CAPELL M ROMEO GC CARIA M CARLINO G CARTACCI AM CASAUS J CASTELLINI G CASTELLO R CAVALLARI F CAVALLO N CECCHI C CERRADA M CESARONI F CHAMIZO M CHAN A CHANG YH CHATURVEDI UK CHEMARIN M CHEN A CHEN C CHEN G CHEN GM CHEN HF CHEN HS CHEN M CHIEFARI G CHIEN CY CHOI MT CIFARELLI L CINDOLO F CIVININI C CLARE I CLARE R COAN TE COHN HO COIGNET G COLIJN AP COLINO N COMMICHAU V CONSTANTINI S COTOROBAI F DELACRUZ B DAI TS DALESSANDRO R DEASMUNDIS R DEBOECK H DEGRE A DEITERS K DENES E DENES P DENOTARISTEFANI F DIBITONTO D DIEMOZ M VANDIERENDONCK D DILODOVICO F DIONISI C DITTMAR M DOMINGUEZ A DORIA A DORNE I DOVA MT DRAGO E DUCHESNEAU D DUINKER P DURAN I DUTTA S EASO S EFREMENKO Y ELMAMOUNI H ENGLER A EPPLING FJ ERNE FC ERNENWEIN JP EXTERMANN P FABBRETTI R FABRE M FACCINI R FALCIANO S FAVARA A FAY J FELCINI M FERGUSON T FERNANDEZ D FERNANDEZ G FERRONI F FESEFELDT H FIANDRINI E FIELD JH FILTHAUT F FISHER PH FORCONI G FREDJ L FREUDENREICH K GAILLOUD M GALAKTIONOV Y GANGULI SN GARCIAABIA P GAU SS GENTILE S GERALD J GHEORDANESCU N GIAGU S GOLDFARB S GOLDSTEIN J GONG ZF GONZALEZ E GOUGAS A GOUJON D GRATTA G GRUENEWALD MW GUPTA VK GURTU A GUSTAFSON HR GUTAY LJ HARTMANN B HASAN A HE JT HEBBEKER T HERVE A HILGERS K VANHOEK WC HOFER H HOORANI H HOU SR HU G ILYAS MM INNOCENTE V JANSSEN H JIN BN JONES LW DEJONG P JOSAMUTUBERRIA I KASSER A KHAN RA KAMYSHKOV Y KAPINOS P KAPUSTINSKY JS KARYOTAKIS Y KAUR M KIENZLEFOCACCI MN KIM D KIM JK KIM SC KIM YG KINNISON WW KIRKBY A KIRKBY D KIRKBY J KITTEL W KLIMENTOV A KONIG AC KOFFEMAN E KORNADT O KOUTSENKO V KOULBARDIS A KRAEMER RW KRAMER T KRENZ W KUIJTEN H KUNIN A DEGUEVARA PL LANDI G LAPOINT C LASSILAPERINI K LAURIKAINEN P LEBEAU M LEBEDEV A LEBRUN P LECOMTE P LECOQ P LECOULTRE P LEE JS LEE KY LEGGETT C LEGOFF JM LEISTE R LEVTCHENKO P LI C LIEB E LIN WT LINDE FL LENTI M LEONARDI E LINDEMANN B LISTA L LIU ZA LOHMANN W LONGO E LU W LU YS LUBELSMEYER K LUCI C LUCKEY D LUDOVICI L LUMINARI L LUSTERMANN W MA WG MACCHIOLO A MAITY M MALGERI L MALININ A MANA C MANGLA S MAOLINBAY M MARCHESINI P MARIN A MARTIN JP MARZANO F MASSARO GGG MAZUMDAR K MCNALLY D MELE S MEROLA L MESCHINI M METZGER WJ MI Y MIHUL A VANMIL AJW MIRABELLI G MNICH J MOLLER M MONTELEONI B MOORE R MORAND R MORGANTI S MOUNT R MULLER S MUHEIM F NAGY E NAHN S NAPOLITANO M NESSITEDALDI F NEWMAN H NIPPE A NOWAK H ORGANTINI G OSTONEN R PANDOULAS D PAOLETTI S PAOLUCCI P PASCALE G PASSALEVA G PATRICELLI S PAUL T PAULUZZI M PAUS C PAUSS F PEI YJ PENSOTTI S PERRETGALLIX D PETRAK S PEVSNER A PICCOLO D PIERI M PINTO JC PIROUE PA PISTOLESI E PLYASKIN V POHL M POJIDAEV V POSTEMA H PRODUIT N RAGHAVAN R RAHALCALLOT G RANCOITA PG RATTAGGI M RAVEN G RAZIS P READ K REDAELLI M REN D RESCIGNO M REUCROFT S RICKER A RIEMANN S RIEMERS BC RILES K RIND O RO S ROBOHM A RODIN J RODRIGUEZ FJ ROE BP ROHNER M ROHNER S ROMERO L ROSIERLEES S ROSSELET P VANROSSUM W ROTH S RUBIO JA RYKACZEWSKI H SALICIO J SALICIO JM SANCHEZ E SANTOCCHIA A SARAKINOS ME SARKAR S SASSOWSKY M SAUVAGE G SCHAFER C SCHEGELSKY V SCHMITZ D SCHMITZ P SCHNEEGANS M SCHOENEICH B SCHOLZ N SCHOPPER H SCHOTANUS DJ SCHULTE R SCHULTZE K SCHWENKE J SCHWERING G SCIACCA C SEILER PG SENS JC SERVOLI L SHEVCHENKO S SHIVAROV N SHOUTKO V SHUKLA J SHUMILOV E SON D SOPCZAK A SOULIMOV V SMITH B SPICKERMANN T SPILLANTINI P STEUER M STICKLAND DP STICOZZI F STONE H STOYANOV B STRAUCH K SUDHAKAR K SULTANOV G SUN LZ SUSINNO GF SUTER H SWAIN JD TANG XW TAUSCHER L TAYLOR L TING SCC TING SM TOKER O TONISCH F TONUTTI M TONWAR SC TOTH J TSAREGORODTSEV A TSIPOLITIS G TULLY C TUCHSCHERER H ULBRICHT J URBAN L UWER U VALENTE E VANDEWALLE RT VETLITSKY I VIERTEL G VIVARGENT M VOLKERT R VOGEL H VOGT H VOROBIEV I VOROBYOV AA VOROBYOV AA VUILLEUMIER L WADHWA M WALLRAFF W WANG JC WANG XL WANG YF WANG ZM WEBER A WEILL R WILLMOTT C WITTGENSTEIN F WU SX WYNHOFF S XU J XU ZZ YANG BZ YANG CG YAO XY YE JB YEH SC YOU JM ZACCARDELLI C ZALITE A ZEMP P ZENG JY ZENG Y ZHANG Z ZHANG ZP ZHOU B ZHOU GJ ZHOU JF ZHOU Y ZHU GY ZHU RY ZICHICHI A VANDERZWAAN BCC
Citation
M. Acciarri et al., SEARCH FOR NEUTRAL CHARMLESS B-DECAYS AT LEP, Physics letters. Section B, 363(1-2), 1995, pp. 127-136
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
363
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
127 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)363:1-2<127:SFNCBA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A search for rare charmless decays of B-d(0) and B-s(0) mesons has bee n performed in the exclusive channels B-d(s)(0)-->eta eta, B-d(s)(0)-- >eta pi(0) and B-d(s)(0)-->pi(0) pi(0). The data sample consisted of t hree million hadronic Z decays collected by the L3 experiment at LEP f rom 1991 through 1994. No candidate event has been observed and the fo llowing upper limits at 90% confidence level on the branching ratios h ave been set: Br(B-d(0)--eta eta) < 4.1 x 10(-4), Br(B-s(0)-->eta eta) < 1.5 x 10(-3), Br(B-d(0)-->eta pi(0)) < 2.5 x 10(-4), Br(B-s(0)-->et a pi(0)) < 1.0 x 10(-3), Br(B-d(0)-->pi(0) pi(0)) < 6.0 x 10(-5), Br(B -s(0)-->pi(0) pi(0)) < 2.1 x 10(-4). These are the first experimental limits on B-d(0)-->eta eta and on the B-s(0) neutral charmless modes.