Measurement of vertical bar V-cb vertical bar using (B)over-bar(0)-> D*(+)l(-)(nu)over-bar decays

Authors
Abbiendi, G Ackerstaff, K Akesson, PF Alexander, G Allison, J Anderson, KJ Arcelli, S Asai, S Ashby, SF Axen, D Azuelos, G Bailey, I Ball, AH Barberio, E Barlow, RJ Batley, JR Baumann, S Behnke, T Bell, KW Bella, G Bellerive, A Bentvelsen, S Bethke, S Biebel, O Biguzzi, A Bloodworth, IJ Bock, P Bohme, J Boeriu, O Bonacorsi, D Boutemeur, M Braibant, S Bright-Thomas, P Brigliadori, L Brown, RM Burckhart, HJ Cammin, J Capiluppi, P Carnegie, RK Carter, AA Carter, JR Chang, CY Charlton, DG Chrisman, D Ciocca, C Clarke, PEL Clay, E Cohen, I Cooke, OC Couchman, J Couyoumtzelis, C Coxe, RL Cuffiani, M Dado, S Dallavalle, GM Dallison, S Davis, R de Roeck, A Dervan, P Desch, K Dienes, B Dixit, MS Donkers, M Dubbert, J Duchovni, E Duckeck, G Duerdoth, IP Estabrooks, PG Etzion, E Fabbri, F Fanfani, A Fanti, M Faust, AA Feld, L Ferrari, P Fiedler, F Fierro, M Fleck, I Frey, A Furtjes, A Futyan, DI Gagnon, P Gary, JW Gaycken, G Geich-Gimbel, C Giacomelli, G Giacomelli, P Gingrich, DM Glenzinski, D Goldberg, J Gorn, W Grandi, C Graham, K Gross, E Grunhaus, J Gruwe, M Gunther, PO Hajdu, C Hanson, GG Hansroul, M Hapke, M Harder, K Harel, A Hargrove, CK Harin-Dirac, M Hauke, A Hauschild, M Hawkes, CM Hawkings, R Hemingway, RJ Hensel, C Herten, G Heuer, RD Hildreth, MD Hill, JC Hobson, PR Hocker, A Hoffman, K Homer, RJ Honma, AK Horvath, D Hossain, KR Howard, R Huntemeyer, P Igo-Kemenes, P Imrie, DC Ishii, K Jacob, FR Jawahery, A Jeremie, H Jimack, M Jones, CR Jovanovic, P Junk, TR Kanaya, N Kanzaki, J Karapetian, G Karlen, D Kartvelishvili, V Kawagoe, K Kawamoto, T Kayal, PI Keeler, RK Kellogg, RG Kennedy, BW Kim, DH Klein, K Klier, A Kobayashi, T Kobel, M Kokott, TP Kolrep, M Komamiya, S Kowalewski, RV Kress, T Krieger, P von Krogh, J Kuhl, T Kupper, M Kyberd, P Lafferty, GD Landsman, H Lanske, D Lawson, I Layter, JG Leins, A Lellouch, D Letts, J Levinson, L Liebisch, R Lillich, J List, B Littlewood, C Lloyd, AW Lloyd, SL Loebinger, FK Long, GD Losty, MJ Lu, J Ludwig, J Macchiolo, A Macpherson, A Mader, W Mannelli, M Marcellini, S Marchant, TE Martin, AJ Martin, JP Martinez, G Mashimo, T Mattig, P McDonald, WJ McKenna, J McMahon, TJ McPherson, RA Meijers, F Mendez-Lorenzo, P Merritt, FS Mes, H Meyer, I Michelini, A Mihara, S Mikenberg, G Miller, DJ Mohr, W Montanari, A Mori, T Nagai, K Nakamura, I Neal, HA Nisius, R O'Neale, SW Oakham, FG Odorici, F Ogren, HO Okpara, A Oreglia, MJ Orito, S Pasztor, G Pater, JR Patrick, GN Patt, J Perez-Ochoa, R Pfeifenschneider, P Pilcher, JE Pinfold, J Plane, DE Poli, B Polok, J Przybycien, M Quadt, A Rembser, C Rick, H Robins, SA Rodning, N Roney, JM Rosati, S Roscoe, K Rossi, AM Rozen, Y Runge, K Runolfsson, O Rust, DR Sachs, K Saeki, T Sahr, O Sang, WM Sarkisyan, EKG Sbarra, C Schaile, AD Schaile, O Scharff-Hansen, P Schmitt, S Schoning, A Schroder, M Schumacher, M Schwick, C Scott, WG Seuster, R Shears, TG Shen, BC Shepherd-Themistocleous, CH Sherwood, P Siroli, GP Skuja, A Smith, AM Snow, GA Sobie, R Soldner-Rembold, S Spagnolo, S Sproston, M Stahl, A Stephens, K Stoll, K Strom, D Strohmer, R Surrow, B Talbot, SD Tarem, S Taylor, RJ Teuscher, R Thiergen, M Thomas, J Thomson, MA Torrence, E Towers, S Trefzger, T Trigger, I Trocsanyi, Z Tsur, E Turner-Watson, MF Ueda, I Van Kooten, R Vannerem, P Verzocchi, M Voss, H Waller, D Ward, CP Ward, DR Watkins, PM Watson, AT Watson, NK Wells, PS Wengler, T Wermes, N Wetterling, D White, JS Wilson, GW Wilson, JA Wyatt, TR Yamashita, S Zacek, V Zer-Zion, D
Citation
G. Abbiendi et al., Measurement of vertical bar V-cb vertical bar using (B)over-bar(0)-> D*(+)l(-)(nu)over-bar decays, PHYS LETT B, 482(1-3), 2000, pp. 15-30
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN journal
03702693 → ACNP
Volume
482
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
15 - 30
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(20000601)482:1-3<15:MOVBVV>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element V-cb has been measured using (B) over bar(0) --> D*(+)l(-)(v) over bar decays recorded o n the Z(0) peak using the OPAL detector at LEP. The D*(+) --> D(0)pi(+) dec ays were reconstructed both in the particular decay modes D*(+) --> D(0)pi( +) and D*(+) --> D(0)pi(+)pi(0) and via an inclusive technique. The product of \V-cb\ and the decay form factor of the (B) over bar(0) --> D*(+)l(-)(v ) over bar transition at zero recoil F(1) was measured to be F(1)\V-cb\ = ( 37.1 +/- 1.0 +/- 2.0) x 10(-3), where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic respectively. By using Heavy Quark Effective Theory calculation s for F(1), a value of \V-cb\ = (40.7 +/- 1.1 +/- 2.2 +/- 1.6) x 10(-3) was obtained. where the third error is due to theoretical uncertainties in the value of F(1). The branching ratio Br((B) over bar(0) --> D*(+)l(-)(v) over bar) was also measured to be (5.26 +/- 0.20 +/- 0.46)%. (C) 2000 Publi shed by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.