Title: | Search for the decay B-0 ->γγ |
Authors: | Aubert, B Boutigny, D Gaillard, JM Hicheur, A Karyotakis, Y Lees, JP Robbe, P Tisserand, V Palano, A Chen, GP Chen, JC Johnson, RP Thiebaux, C Moffeit, KC Mount, R Muller, DR Sinev, NB O'Grady, CP Knowles, DJ Valassi, A Witherell, M Telnov, AV Abrams, GS Perl, M Petrak, S Quinn, H Ratcliff, BN Robertson, SH Breon, AB Strom, D Kroeger, W Rochester, LS Eisner, AM Barlow, RJ Roodman, A Schietinger, T Farbin, A Wormser, G Schindler, RH Schwiening, J O'Neale, SW Serbo, VV Colecchia, F Langer, M Snyder, A Paolucci, R Soha, A Vasileiadis, G Spanier, SM Lockman, WS Jawahery, A Stelzer, J Bionta, RM Su, D London, GW Sullivan, MK Muller-Pfefferkorn, R Borgland, AW Tanaka, HA Va'vra, J Wagner, SR Penny, RC Weinstein, AJR Verderi, M Kolomensky, YG Mayer, B Wisniewski, WJ Wright, DH Groysman, Y Walsh, J Dal Corso, F Pulliam, T Young, CC Burchat, PR Cheng, CH Kirkby, D Jackson, F Meyer, TI Roat, C Lillard, V De Silva, A Haire, M Anjomshoaa, A Dorigo, A Watson, AT Krishnamurthy, M Henderson, R Serfass, B Bugg, W Sadrozinski, H Cohn, H Weidemann, AW Izen, JM Judd, D Olsen, J Kitayama, I Salvatore, F Lou, XC Vasseur, G Turcotte, M Bernet, R Brigljevic, V Bianchi, F Bona, M Watson, NK Paick, K Di Girolamo, B Zhu, YS Roberts, DA Cohen-Tanugi, J Arisaka, K Gamba, D Smol, A Zanin, D Bosisio, L Della Ricca, G Qi, ND Turnbull, L Khan, A Lanceri, L Lynch, G Pompili, A Poropat, P Galeazzi, F Schieck, JR Vuagnin, G Deppermann, T Schalk, T Panvini, RS Roe, NA Brown, CM Paoloni, E Kowalewski, R Lange, D Roney, JM Muheim, F Margoni, M Band, HR Blaylock, G Charles, E Dasu, S Hast, C Buchanan, C Di Lodovico, F Eichenbaum, AM Hu, H Schmitz, RE Goetzen, K Mugge, M Levy, SL Johnson, JR Liu, R Sharma, V Yeche, C Wagoner, DE Playfer, S Nielsen, J Pan, Y Prepost, R Scott, IJ Sekula, SJ von Wimmersperg-Toeller, JH Meyer, AB Wu, SL Zito, M Shi, X Albert, J Schumm, BA Dignan, T Yu, Z Koch, H Swain, JE Zobernig, H Kordich, TMB Neal, H Copty, N Michelon, G BABAR Collaboration Piccolo, D Krug, J Kunze, M van Bibber, K Dallapiccola, C Lewandowski, B Peters, K Seiden, A Purohit, MV Schmuecker, H Lankford, AJ Morandin, M Brose, J Steinke, M Andress, JC Barlow, NR Bhimji, N Chevalier, N Telnov, VI Singh, H Wenaus, TJ Clark, PJ Cottingham, WN De Groot, N Bula, C Posocco, M Dyce, N Turri, M Falbo, M Foster, B Frey, A McFall, JD Wallom, D Flood, K Wilson, FF Wright, DM Elmer, P Abe, K Rotondo, M Hearty, C Mattison, TS Lafferty, GD McKenna, JA Thiessen, D Jolly, S Borean, C Walkowiak, W Hertzbach, SS Wilden, L McKemey, AK Tinslay, J Otto, S Wenzel, WA Wuest, CR Blinov, VE Bukin, AD Bukin, DA Buzykaev, AR Golubev, VB Ivanchenko, VN Yellin, S Korol, AA Kofler, R Yumiceva, FX Brown, DN Scott, I Kravchenko, EA Williams, DC Carroll, M Onuchin, AP Salnikov, AA Serednyakov, SI Lu, C Skovpen, YI Pripstein, M Wilson, MG Chen, E Moore, TB Simonetto, F Dubois-Felsmann, GP Eigen, G Bozzi, C Dvoretskii, A Soffer, A McDonald, KT Fischer, RA Hitlin, DG Metzler, S Oyang, J Porter, FC Ryd, A Blouw, J Kral, JF Samuel, A Weaver, M Yang, S Adam, I Miftakov, V Zhu, RY Dittongo, S Fry, JR Reinertsen, PL Devmal, S Geld, TL Stroili, R Jayatilleke, S Staengle, H Anthony, PL Mancinelli, G Schaffner, SF Meadows, BT Sokoloff, MD Barillari, T Bloom, P Dima, MO Jacobsen, RG Folegani, M Torassa, E Lepeltier, V Fahey, S Stugu, B Hocker, A Willocq, S Ford, WT Johnson, DR Nauenberg, U Olivas, A Park, H Rankin, P Ferrag, S Roy, J Voci, C Chun, S Sciacca, C Sen, S Piemontese, L Brau, B Smith, JG van Hoek, WC Abbott, B Aston, D Wagner, DL Treadwell, E Anulli, F Benayoun, M Smith, AJS Baldini-Ferroli, R Mandelkern, M Gabathuler, E Calcaterra, A Hamilton, R Baird, K de Sangro, R Falciai, D Button-Shafer, J Finocchiaro, G Patteri, P Morii, M Long, O Peruzzi, IM Piccolo, M Xie, Y Bloom, E Zallo, A Gamet, R Cowan, R McMahon, S Bagnasco, S Buzzo, A Tumanov, A Contri, R Briand, H Crosetti, G Boyarski, AM Cahn, RN Fabbricatore, P Farinon, S Lo Vetere, M Macri, M Campagnari, C George, M Romosan, A 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Lutz, AM Cremaldi, L Eschenburg, V Kroger, R Reidy, J Del Buono, L Ferrarotto, F Gill, MS Sanders, DA Summers, DJ Levi, ME Convery, MR Martin, JR Dickopp, M Nief, JY Hart, PA Seitz, R Taras, P Gritsan, AV Hamon, O Zacek, V Cochran, J Roussot, E Nicholson, H Sutton, CS Cartaro, C Cavallo, N De Nardo, G Dubitzky, RS Liu, T Kluth, S Fabozzi, F Le Diberder, F Coupal, DP Rong, G Gatto, C Crawley, HB Lista, L Leruste, P Lory, J Lu, A Brown, D Ferroni, F Roos, L Rizzo, G Stark, J Oddone, PJ Meyer, WT Schwierz, R Versille, S Manfredi, PF Re, V Speziali, V Frank, ED Fratini, K Coward, DH Rahatlou, S Gladney, L Guo, QH Richman, JD Panetta, JH Rosenberg, EI Angelini, C Spaan, B Batignani, G Perazzo, A Raven, G Lamanna, E Bettarini, S Davis, CL Bondioli, M Carpinelli, M Forti, F Giorgi, MA Lusiani, A Benkebil, M Verkerke, W Kuznetsova, N Martinez-Vidal, F Leonardi, E Yushkov, AN Morganti, M Allison, J Neri, N Mazzoni, MA Ronan, MT Bernard, D Alsmiller, JRG Dorfan, J Morganti, S Piredda, G Dorfan, DE Boyd, JT Lacker, HM Tehrani, FS Serra, M Voena, C Christ, S Waldi, R Doser, M Maly, E Adye, T Franek, B Bonneaud, GR Geddes, NI Forti, AC Shelkov, VG Laplace, S Gopal, GP Wang, P Dunwoodie, W Xella, SM Gabriel, TA Aleksan, R De Domenico, G Emery, S Gaidot, A Ganzhur, SF Fullwood, J Brochard, F Giraud, PF Field, RC Harton, JL de Monchenault, GH Handler, T Kozanecki, W Glanzman, T Grothe, M Plaszczynski, S Sandrelli, F Godfrey, GL Gowdy, S T'Jampens, S Brau, J Simopoulos, ET Harrison, TJ Grosso, P Himel, T Huffer, ME Innes, WR Grosdidier, G Jessop, C Kelsey, MH Schune, MH Kim, P Frey, R Heusch, CA Weatherall, JH Kocian, ML Best, D Langenegger, U Simi, G Leith, DWGS Hawkes, CM Luitz, S Luth, V Lynch, HL Iwasaki, M Trincaz-Duvoid, S Marsiske, H Bartoldus, R Menke, S Triggiani, G Messner, R |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Citation: | Physical Review Letters, 87(24): Artn 241803, Dec 2001 |
Abstract: | We present a limit on the branching fraction for the decay B0→γγ using data collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric energy e+e- collider. Based on the observation of one event in the signal region, out of a sample of 21.3×106 e+e-→ϒ(4S)→BB̅ decays, we establish an upper limit on the branching fraction of B(B0→γγ)<1.7×10-6 at the 90% confidence level. This result substantially improves upon existing limits. |
Description: | This is the pre-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the links below. Copyright @ 2001 APS. |
URI: | http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v87/i24/e241803 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7516 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.241803 |
ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
Appears in Collections: | Electronic and Electrical Engineering Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers
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