OBSERVATION OF ORBITALLY EXCITED B-MESONS

Authors
ABREU P ADAM W ADYE T AGASI E AJINENKO I ALEKSAN R ALEKSEEV GD ALLPORT PP ALMEHED S ALMEIDA FML ALVSVAAG SJ AMALDI U AMATO S ANDREAZZA A ANDRIEUX ML ANTILOGUS P APEL WD ARNOUD Y ASMAN B AUGUSTIN JE AUGUSTINUS A BAILLON P BAMBADE P BARAO F BARATE R BARBIELLINI G BARDIN DY BARKER GJ BARONCELLI A BARRING O BARRIO JA BARTL W BATES MJ BATTAGLIA M BAUBILLIER M BAUDOT J BECKS KH BEGALLI M BEILLIERE P BELOKOPYTOV Y BELTRAN P BENVENUTI AC BERGGREN M BERTRAND D BIANCHI F BIGI M BILENKY MS BILLOIR P BJARNE J BLOCH D BLUME M BLYTH S BOCCI V BOLOGNESE T BONESINI M BONIVENTO W BOOTH PSL BORISOV G BOSIO C BOSTJANCIC B BOSWORTH S BOTNER O BOUQUET B BOURDARIOS C BOWCOCK TJV BOZZO M BRANCHINI P BRAND KD BRENNER RA BRIAND H BRICMAN C BRILLAULT L BROWN RCA BRUCKMAN P BRUNET JM BUGGE L BURAN T BUYS A CACCIA M CALVI M ROZAS AJC CAMPORESI T CANALE V CANEPA M CANKOCAK K CAO F CARENA F CARRILHO P CARROLL L CASO C CASSIO V GIMENEZ MVC CATTAI A CAVALLO FR CERRITO L CHABAUD V CHAN A CHARPENTIER P CHAUSSARD L 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Citation
P. Abreu et al., OBSERVATION OF ORBITALLY EXCITED B-MESONS, Physics letters. Section B, 345(4), 1995, pp. 598-608
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
345
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
598 - 608
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)345:4<598:OOOEB>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Experimental evidence for the existence of orbitally excited B meson s tates is presented in an analysis of the B pi and Bpi distribution of Q = m(B*) - m(B(*)) - m(pi) using Z(0) decay data taken with the DEL PHI detector at LEP. The mean Q-value of the decays B* --> B(*)pi is measured to be 284 +/-5 (stat.) +/- 15 (syst.) MeV/c(2), and the Gauss ian width of the signal is 79 +/- 5 (stat.) +/- 8 (syst) MeV/c(2). Thi s signal can be described as a single resonance of mass m = 5732+/-5 ( stat.) +/- 20(syst.) MeV/c(2) and full width Gamma = 145 +/- 28 MeV/c( 2). The observed shape is also consistent with the production of sever al broad and narrow states as predicted by the quark model and partly observed in the D-meson sector. The production rate of B* per b-jet i s found to be 0.27 +/- 0.02(stat.) +/- 0.06 (syst.).