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Title: Observation of the decay B(+/-) -> π(+/-)π(0), study of B(+/-) -> K(+/-)π(0), and search for B(0) -> π(0)π(0)
Authors: Aubert, B
Barate, R
Boutigny, D
Gaillard, JM
Hicheur, A
Karyotakis, Y
Lees, JP
Robbe, P
Tisserand, V
Zghiche, A
Palano, A
Mayer, B
Roe, NA
Schott, G
Vasseur, G
Yeche, C
Vidal, PB
Zito, M
Purohit, MV
Wilson, MG
Lista, L
Lusiani, A
Abrams, GS
Weidemann, AW
Yumiceva, FX
Aston, D
Bartoldus, R
Berger, N
Romosan, A
Cowan, G
Boyarski, AM
Buchmueller, OL
Marchiori, G
Borean, C
Convery, MR
Coupal, DP
Patteri, P
Albert, J
Dong, D
Dorfan, J
Dunwoodie, W
Field, RC
Flaecher, HU
Martinez-Vidal, F
Glanzman, T
Dauncey, PD
Gowdy, S
Ronan, MT
Grauges-Pous, E
Hadig, T
Peruzzi, IM
Halyo, V
Chen, E
Hryn'ova, T
Morganti, M
Innes, WR
Gill, MS
Kerth, LT
Jessop, C
Kelsey, MH
Kim, P
Kocian, ML
Langenegger, U
Shelkov, VG
Piccolo, M
Neri, N
Leith, DWGS
Luitz, S
Dubois-Felsmann, GP
Paolucci, P
George, S
Luth, V
Lynch, HL
Marsiske, H
Menke, S
Messner, R
Anulli, F
Muller, DR
O'Grady, CP
Zallo, A
Ozcan, VE
Piccolo, D
Telnov, AV
Green, MG
Perazzo, A
Qi, ND
Perl, M
Paoloni, E
Petrak, S
Ratcliff, BN
Robertson, SH
Roodman, A
Salnikov, AA
Sciacca, C
Buzzo, A
Schietinger, T
Bernet, R
Schindler, RH
Rama, M
Schwiening, J
Wenzel, WA
Dvoretskii, A
Simi, G
Snyder, A
Soha, A
Baak, MA
Stelzer, J
Su, D
Contri, R
Lynch, G
Levy, SL
Sullivan, MK
Tanaka, HA
Va'vra, J
Wagner, SR
Weaver, M
Hitlin, DG
Raven, G
Harrison, TJ
Weinstein, AJR
Back, JJ
Wisniewski, WJ
Wright, DH
Kurup, A
Crosetti, G
Young, CC
Burchat, PR
Meyer, TI
Roat, C
LoSecco, JM
Ahmed, S
Taras, P
Bugg, W
Narsky, I
Krishnamurthy, M
Hawkes, CM
Marker, CE
Spanier, SM
Lo Vetere, M
Eckmann, R
Kim, H
Beringer, J
Schmitz, RE
Ritchie, JL
Schwitters, RF
Izen, JM
Kitayama, I
Lou, XC
Porter, FC
McMahon, TR
Bianchi, F
Bona, M
Macri, M
Rizzo, G
Gabriel, TA
Knowles, DJ
Gamba, D
Bosisio, L
Della Ricca, G
Dittongo, S
Grancagnolo, S
Lanceri, L
Ricciardi, S
Poropat, P
Sandrelli, F
Ryd, A
Brau, B
Vitale, L
Rahatlou, S
Vuagnin, G
Panvini, RS
Penny, RC
Banerjee, S
Brown, CM
Fortin, D
Triggiani, G
Salvatore, F
Jackson, PD
Egede, U
Kowalewski, R
Roney, JM
Samuel, A
Monge, MR
Band, HR
Dasu, S
Datta, M
Walsh, J
Eichenbaum, AM
Watson, AT
Vaitsas, G
Stugu, B
Hu, H
Johnson, JR
Liu, R
Di Lodovico, F
Mohapatra, AK
Borgland, AW
Haire, M
Yang, S
Pan, Y
Prepost, R
Sekula, SJ
Pulliam, T
Winter, MA
von Wimmersperg-Toeller, JH
Wu, J
Watson, NK
Wu, SL
Judd, D
Yu, Z
Neal, H
Passaggio, S
BABAR Collaboration
Jayatilleke, S
Brau, J
Deppermann, T
Brown, D
Goetzen, K
Koch, H
Baldini-Ferroli, R
Lewandowski, B
Pelizaeus, M
Peters, K
Schmuecker, H
Steinke, M
Pastore, FC
Kolomensky, YG
Barlow, NR
Bhimji, W
Gritsan, AV
Paick, K
Mancinelli, G
Boyd, JT
Chevalier, N
Clark, PJ
Cottingham, WN
Mackay, C
Wilson, FF
Frey, R
Hearty, C
Patrignani, C
Wagoner, DE
Mattison, TS
Khan, A
McKenna, JA
Thiessen, D
Meadows, BT
Kyberd, P
McKemey, AK
Blinov, VE
Iwasaki, M
Bukin, AD
Nicholson, H
Golubev, VB
Ivanchenko, VN
Robutti, E
Davis, CL
Kravchenko, EA
Onuchin, AP
Serednyakov, SI
Skovpen, YI
Rong, G
Potter, CT
Kuznetsova, N
Solodov, EP
Yushkov, AN
Best, D
Chao, M
Kirkby, D
Pompili, A
Santroni, A
Lankford, AJ
Mandelkern, M
McMahon, S
Danielson, N
Sinev, NB
Mommsen, RK
Roethel, W
Sokoloff, MD
Stoker, DP
Buchanan, C
Hadavand, HK
Allison, J
Hill, EJ
Tosi, S
Elmer, P
Barillari, T
Strom, D
Blanc, F
Bloom, P
Ford, WT
Nauenberg, U
Olivas, A
Rankin, P
Roy, J
Barlow, RJ
Schumm, BA
Smith, JG
Wang, P
Eisner, AM
Bailey, S
van Hoek, WC
Zhang, L
Harton, JL
Hu, T
Soffer, A
Toki, WH
Mir, LM
Wilson, RJ
Forti, AC
Zhang, J
Eschrich, I
Altenburg, D
Brandt, T
Morii, M
Zhu, YS
Brose, J
Colberg, T
Lu, C
Dickopp, M
Dubitzky, RS
Hauke, A
Hart, PA
Torrence, E
Lacker, HM
Maly, E
Muller-Pfefferkorn, R
Nogowski, R
Schwanke, U
Miftakov, V
Otto, S
Eigen, G
Schubert, KR
Schwierz, R
Spaan, B
MacFarlane, DB
Jackson, F
Wilden, L
Bernard, D
Bonneaud, GR
Olsen, J
Brochard, F
Cohen-Tanugi, J
Grenier, GJ
T'Jampens, S
Thiebaux, C
Ofte, I
Colecchia, F
Vasileiadis, G
Lafferty, GD
Lee, SJ
Smith, AJS
Breon, AB
Mallik, U
Cochran, J
Crawley, HB
Lamsa, J
Meyer, WT
Prell, S
Dorigo, A
Rosenberg, EI
Sharma, V
Calcaterra, A
Lyon, AJ
Yi, J
Davier, M
Grosdidier, G
Brown, DN
Hocker, A
Laplace, S
Le Diberder, F
Galeazzi, F
Lepeltier, V
Cartaro, C
Lutz, AM
Petersen, TC
Weatherall, JH
Berryhill, JW
Plaszczynski, S
Schune, MH
Tantot, L
Wormser, G
Button-Shafer, J
Margoni, M
Varnes, EW
Bionta, RM
Brigljevic, V
Cheng, CH
Lange, D
Lavin, D
Wright, DM
Campagnari, C
Bevan, AJ
Fry, JR
Gabathuler, E
Verderi, M
Kral, JF
Gamet, R
Kay, M
Cahn, RN
Payne, DJ
Sloane, RJ
Williams, JC
Touramanis, C
Aspinwall, ML
Dahmes, B
Bellini, F
Bowerman, DA
Morandin, M
Groysman, Y
Long, O
Farbin, A
Jawahery, A
Kovalskyi, D
Lae, CK
Lillard, V
Roberts, DA
Cavoto, G
Blaylock, G
Muheim, F
Posocco, M
Dallapiccola, C
Flood, K
Hertzbach, SS
Lu, A
Jacobsen, RG
Kofler, R
Koptchev, VB
del Re, D
Moore, TB
Staengle, H
Willocq, S
Rotondo, M
Playfer, S
Cowan, R
Sciolla, G
Taylor, F
Yamamoto, RK
Mazur, MA
Faccini, R
Mangeol, DJJ
Kadel, RW
Milek, M
Patel, PM
Morton, GW
Palombo, F
Swain, JE
Bauer, JM
Cremaldi, L
Eschenburg, V
Seiden, A
Kroeger, R
Reidy, J
Richman, JD
Sanders, DA
Summers, DJ
Simonetto, F
Kadyk, J
Zhao, HW
Tinslay, J
Hast, C
Ferrarotto, F
Heusch, CA
Bozzi, C
Stroili, R
Tiozzo, G
Voci, C
Benayoun, M
Briand, H
Chauveau, J
Kukartsev, G
Nash, JA
Oddone, PJ
David, P
de la Vaissiere, C
Del Buono, L
Piemontese, L
Lockman, WS
Hamon, O
Leruste, P
Ocariz, J
Pivk, M
Roos, L
Ferroni, F
Charles, E
Stark, J
Manfredi, PF
LeClerc, C
Re, V
Sarti, A
Gladney, L
Schalk, T
Guo, QH
Panetta, J
Cavallo, N
Angelini, C
Sanders, P
Batignani, G
Bettarini, S
Bondioli, M
Bucci, F
Calderini, G
Treadwell, E
Levi, ME
Carpinelli, M
Gaspero, M
Chen, JC
Forti, F
Taylor, GP
Giorgi, MA
de Sangro, R
Bellodi, G
Leonardi, E
Mazzoni, MA
Morganti, S
Pierini, M
Piredda, G
Tehrani, FS
Turri, M
De Nardo, G
Serra, M
Voena, C
Orimoto, TJ
Harrison, PF
Falciai, D
Christ, S
Wagner, G
Waldi, R
Adye, T
De Groot, N
Verkerke, W
Franek, B
Geddes, NI
Walkowiak, W
Gopal, GP
Shorthouse, HW
Olaiya, EO
Finocchiaro, G
Xella, SM
Pripstein, M
Aleksan, R
Fabozzi, F
Emery, S
Gaidot, A
Ganzhur, SF
Giraud, PF
de Monchenault, GH
Strother, P
Williams, DC
Kozanecki, W
Paar, HP
Langer, M
Gatto, C
London, GW
Issue Date: 2003
Publisher: American Physical Society
Citation: Physical Review Letters 91(2): Artn 021801, Jul 2003
Abstract: We present results for the branching fractions and charge asymmetries in B±→h±π0 (where h±=π±,K±) and a search for the decay B0→π0π0 using a sample of approximately 88×106 BB̅ pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. We measure B(B±→π±π0)=(5.5-0.9+1.0±0.6)×10-6, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. The B±→π±π0 signal has a significance of 7.7σ including systematic uncertainties. We simultaneously measure the K±π0 branching fraction to be B(B±→K±π0)=(12.8-1.1+1.2±1.0)×10-6. The charge asymmetries are Aπ±π0=-0.03-0.17+0.18±0.02 and AK±π0=-0.09±0.09±0.01. We place a 90% confidence-level upper limit on the branching fraction B(B0→π0π0) of 3.6×10-6 .
Description: This is the pre-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the links below. Copyright @ 2003 APS
URI: http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v91/i2/e021801
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7527
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.021801
ISSN: 0031-9007
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