Measurement of the (B)over-bar -> D-(*)pi l(nu)over-bar(l) branching fraction

Authors
Abreu, P Adam, W Adye, T Adzic, P Ajinenko, I Albrecht, Z Alderweireld, T Alekseev, GD Alemany, R Allmendinger, T Allport, PP Almehed, S Amaldi, U Amapane, N Amato, S Anassontzis, EG Andersson, P Andreazza, A Andringa, S Antilogus, P Apel, WD Arnoud, Y Asman, B Augustin, JE Augustinus, A Baillon, P Bambade, P Barao, F Barbiellini, G Barbier, R Bardin, DY Barker, G Baroncelli, A Battaglia, M Baubillier, M Becks, KH Begalli, M Behrmann, A Beilliere, P Belokopytov, Y Benekos, NC Benvenuti, AC Berat, C Berggren, M Bertini, D Bertrand, D Besancon, M Bigi, M Bilenky, MS Bizouard, MA Bloch, D Blom, HM Bonesini, M Bonivento, W Boonekamp, M Booth, PSL Borgland, AW Borisov, G Bosio, C Botner, O Boudinov, E Bouquet, B Bourdarios, C Bowcock, TJV Boyko, I Bozovic, I Bozzo, M Bracko, M Branchini, P Brenner, RA Bruckman, P Brunet, JM Bugge, L Buran, T Buschbeck, B Buschmann, P Cabrera, S Caccia, M Calvi, M Camporesi, T Canale, V Carena, F Carroll, L Caso, C Gimenez, MVC Cattai, A Cavallo, FR Chabaud, V Charpentier, P Chaussard, L Checchia, P Chelkov, GA Chierici, R Chliapnikov, P Chochula, P Chorowicz, V Chudoba, J Cieslik, K Collins, P Contri, R Cortina, E Cosme, G Cossutti, F Crawley, HB Crennell, D Crepe, S Crosetti, G Maestro, JC Czellar, S Davenport, M Da Silva, W Della Ricca, G Delpierre, P Demaria, N De Angelis, A De Boer, W De Clercq, C De Lotto, B De Min, A De Paula, L Dijkstra, H Di Ciaccio, L Dolbeau, J Doroba, K Dracos, M Drees, J Dris, M Duperrin, A Durand, JD Eigen, G Ekelof, T Ekspong, G Ellert, M Elsing, M Engel, JP Santo, ME Fanourakis, G Fassouliotis, D Fayot, J Feindt, M Ferrari, P Ferrer, A Ferrer-Ribas, E Ferro, F Fichet, S Firestone, A Flagmeyer, U Foeth, H Fokitis, E Fontanelli, F Franek, B Frodesen, AG Fruhwirth, R Fulda-Quenzer, F Fuster, J Galloni, A Gamba, D Gamblin, S Gandelman, M Garcia, C Gaspar, C Gaspar, M Gasparini, U Gavillet, P Gazis, EN Gele, D Gerdyukov, L Ghodbane, N Gil, I Glege, F Gokieli, R Golob, B Gomez-Ceballos, G Goncalves, P Caballero, IG Gopal, G Gorn, L Gracco, V Grahl, J Graziani, E Gris, P Grosdidier, G Grzelak, K Guy, J Hahn, F Hanh, S Haider, S Hallgren, A Hamacher, K Hansen, J Harris, FJ Hedberg, V Heising, S Hernandez, JJ Herquet, P Herr, H Hessing, TL Heuser, JM Higon, E Holmgren, SO Holt, PJ Hoorelbeke, S Houlden, M Hrubec, J Huber, M Huet, K Hughes, GJ Hultqvist, K Jackson, JN Jacobsson, R Jalocha, P Janik, R Jarlskog, C Jarlskog, G Jarry, P Jean-Marie, B Jeans, D Johansson, EK Jonsson, P Joram, C Juillot, P Jungermann, L Kapusta, F Karafasoulis, K Katsanevas, S Katsoufis, EC Keranen, R Kernel, G Kersevan, BP Khokhlov, Y Khomenko, BA Khovanski, NN Kiiskinen, A King, B Kinvig, A Kjaer, NJ Klapp, O Klein, H Kluit, P Kokkinias, P Kostioukhine, V Kourkoumelis, C Kouznetsov, O Krammer, M Kriznic, E Krumstein, Z Kubinec, P Kurowska, J Kurvinen, K Lamsa, JW Lane, DW Lapin, V Laugier, JP Lauhakangas, R Leder, G Ledroit, F Lefebure, V Leinonen, L Leisos, A Leitner, R Lemonne, J Lenzen, G Lepeltier, V Lesiak, T 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Paganoni, M Paiano, S Pain, R Paiva, R Palacios, J Palka, H Papadopoulou, TD Papageorgiou, K Pape, L Parkes, C Parodi, F Parzefall, U Passeri, A Passon, O Pavel, T Pegoraro, M Peralta, L Pernicka, M Perrotta, A Petridou, C Petrolini, A Phillips, HT Pierre, F Pimenta, M Piotto, E Podobnik, T Pol, ME Polok, G Poropat, P Pozdniakov, V Privitera, P Pukhaeva, N Pullia, A Radojicic, D Ragazzi, S Rahmani, H Rames, J Ratoff, PN Read, AL Rebecchi, P Redaelli, NG Regler, M Rehn, J Reid, D Reinhardt, R Renton, PB Resvanis, LK Richard, F Ridky, J Rinaudo, G Ripp-Baudot, I Rohne, O Romero, A Ronchese, P Rosenberg, EI Rosinsky, P Roudeau, P Rovelli, T Royon, C Ruhlmann-Kleider, V Ruiz, A Saarikko, H Sacquin, Y Sadovsky, A Sajot, G Salt, J Sampsonidis, D Sannino, M Schwemling, P Schwering, B Schwickerath, U Scuri, F Seager, P Sedykh, Y Segar, AM Seibert, N Sekulin, R Shellard, RC Siebel, M Simard, L Simonetto, F Sisakian, AN Smadja, G Smirnov, N Smirnova, O Smith, GR Sokolov, A Sopczak, A Sosnowski, R Spassov, T Spiriti, E Squarcia, S Stanescu, C Stanic, S Stanitzki, M Stevenson, K Stocchi, A Strauss, J Strub, R Stugu, B Szczekowski, M Szeptycka, M Tabarelli, T Taffard, A Tegenfeldt, F Terranova, F Thomas, J Timmermans, J Tinti, N Tkatchev, LG Tobin, M Todorova, S Tomaradze, A Tome, B Tonazzo, A Tortora, L Tortosa, P Transtromer, G Treille, D Tristram, G Trochimczuk, M Troncon, C Turluer, ML Tyapkin, IA Tzamarias, S Ullaland, O Uvarov, V Valenti, G Vallazza, E Vander Velde, C Van Dam, P Van den Boeck, W Van Doninck, WK Van Eldik, J Van Lysebetten, A van Remortel, N Van Vulpen, I Vegni, G Ventura, L Venus, W Verbeure, F Verlato, M Vertogradov, LS Verzi, V Vilanova, D Vitale, L Vlasov, E Vodopyanov, AS Voulgaris, G Vrba, V Wahlen, H Walck, C Washbrook, AJ Weiser, C Wicke, D Wickens, JH Wilkinson, GR Winter, M Witek, M Wolf, G Yi, J Yushchenko, O Zalewska, A Zalewski, P Savrtanik, D Zevgolatakos, E Zimin, NI Zintchenko, A Zoller, P Zucchelli, GC Zumerle, G
Citation
P. Abreu et al., Measurement of the (B)over-bar -> D-(*)pi l(nu)over-bar(l) branching fraction, PHYS LETT B, 475(3-4), 2000, pp. 407-428
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN journal
03702693 → ACNP
Volume
475
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
407 - 428
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(20000302)475:3-4<407:MOT(-D>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A study of b semileptonic decays into D, D pi(+/-) and D*pi(+/-) final stat es is presented. The D-0, D+ and D*(+) mesons are exclusively reconstructed in Z decay data recorded from 1992 to 1995 in the DELPHI experiment at LEP . The overall branching fractions are measured to be: BR(b --> D(0)l(-)<(upsilon)over bar>X-l) = (7.04 +/- 0.34(stat) +/- 0.36 (s yst.exp) +/- 0.17(BRD))%, BR(b --> D(+)l(-)<(upsilon)over bar>X-l) = (2.72 +/- 0.19(stat) +/- 0.16(sy st.exp) +/- 0.18(BRD))%, BR(b --> D*(+)l(-)<(upsilon)over bar>X-l) = (2.75 +/- 0.17(stat) +/- 0.13 ( syst.exp) +/- 0.09 (BRD))%, where the D-0 and D+ results include also contributions from D*(0) and D*() decays. A fit to the distribution of the pi(+/-) impact parameter to the primary interaction vertex provides a measurement of the b semileptonic bra nching fractions into the D(0)pi(+/-)X, D(+)pi(+/-)X and D*(+)pi(+/-)X fina l states. Assuming that single pion decay modes of B mesons dominate, the p artial rates for (B) over bar --> D pi l(-)<(upsilon)over bar>(l) and (B) o ver bar --> D*pi l(-)<(upsilon)over bar>(l) have been obtained, correspondi ng to a total branching fraction: BR((B) over bar --> D pi l(-)<(upsilon)over bar>(l)) + BR((B) over bar --> D*pi l(-)<(upsilon)over bar>(l)) = (3.40 +/- 0.52 (stat) +/- 0.32 (syst))%. This result agrees well with the observed difference between the total B se mileptonic branching fraction and the sum of the (B) over bar --> Dl(-) ups ilon(l) and D* l(-)<(upsilon)over bar>(l) branching fractions. (C) 2000 Els evier Science B.V. All rights reserved.