Title: | Measurement of the branching fraction, and bounds on the CP-violating asymmetries, of neutral B decays to (DD -/+)-D-*+/- |
Authors: | Aubert, B Barate, R Boutigny, D Gaillard, JM Hicheur, A Karyotakis, Y Lees, JP Robbe, P Tisserand, V Zghiche, A Palano, A London, GW Roe, NA Mayer, B Schott, G Vasseur, G Vidal, PB Yeche, C Zito, M Wilson, MG Gatto, C Giorgi, MA Abrams, GS Purohit, MV Weidemann, AW Yumiceva, FX Aston, D Bartoldus, R Romosan, A Cowan, G Berger, N Boyarski, AM Lusiani, A Borean, C Buchmueller, OL Convery, MR Patteri, P Albert, J Coupal, DP Dong, D Dorfan, J Dunwoodie, W Flaecher, HU Marchiori, G Field, RC Dauncey, PD Glanzman, T Ronan, MT Gowdy, S Grauges-Pous, E Peruzzi, IM Hadig, T Chen, E Halyo, V Martinez-Vidal, F Hryn'ova, T Gill, MS Kerth, LT Innes, WR Jessop, C Kelsey, MH Kim, P Kocian, ML Shelkov, VG Piccolo, M Morganti, M Langenegger, U Leith, DWGS Dubois-Felsmann, GP Lista, L George, S Luitz, S Luth, V Lynch, HL Marsiske, H Menke, S Anulli, F Messner, R Muller, DR Zallo, A O'Grady, CP Paolucci, P Telnov, AV Green, MG Ozcan, VE Qi, ND Perazzo, A Neri, N Perl, M Petrak, S Ratcliff, BN Robertson, SH Roodman, A Piccolo, D Buzzo, A Salnikov, AA Bernet, R Schietinger, T Paoloni, E Schindler, RH Wenzel, WA Dvoretskii, A Schwiening, J Simi, G Snyder, A Sciacca, C Soha, A Stelzer, J Contri, R Lynch, G Levy, SL Su, D Sullivan, MK Tanaka, HA Va'vra, J Wagner, SR Hitlin, DG Baak, MA Harrison, TJ Weaver, M Back, JJ Weinstein, AJR Wisniewski, WJ Kurup, A Crosetti, G Wright, DH Young, CC Burchat, PR Meyer, TI Raven, G Roat, C Hast, C Ahmed, S Narsky, I Bugg, W Hawkes, CM Marker, CE Krishnamurthy, M Lo Vetere, M Spanier, SM Eckmann, R Beringer, J Schmitz, RE Kim, H Ritchie, JL Schwitters, RF Izen, JM Kitayama, I Porter, FC McMahon, TR Lou, XC Bianchi, F Macri, M Rama, M LoSecco, JM Knowles, DJ Bona, M Gamba, D Bosisio, L Della Ricca, G Dittongo, S Grancagnolo, S Ricciardi, S Lanceri, L Rizzo, G Ryd, A Gabriel, TA Poropat, P Rahatlou, S Vitale, L Vuagnin, G Penny, RC Panvini, RS Banerjee, S Brown, CM Sandrelli, F Salvatore, F Fortin, D Egede, U Jackson, PD Kowalewski, R Samuel, A Monge, MR Roney, JM Band, HR Dasu, S Triggiani, G Datta, M Watson, AT Vaitsas, G Stugu, B Eichenbaum, AM Hu, H Johnson, JR Liu, R Lodovico, FD Borgland, AW Walsh, J Yang, S Mohapatra, AK Pan, Y Prepost, R Brau, B Winter, MA Sekula, SJ von Wimmersperg-Toeller, JH Watson, NK Wu, J Haire, M Wu, SL Yu, Z Passaggio, S Neal, H Jayatilleke, S Pulliam, T BABAR Collaboration Brown, D Deppermann, T Goetzen, K Baldini-Ferroli, R Koch, H Lewandowski, B Pelizaeus, M Peters, K Schmuecker, H Pastore, FC Kolomensky, YG Steinke, M Barlow, NR Gritsan, AV Judd, D Mancinelli, G Bhimji, W Boyd, JT Chevalier, N Clark, PJ Cottingham, WN Mackay, C Brau, J Wilson, FF Patrignani, C Paick, K Hearty, C Khan, A Mattison, TS McKenna, JA Meadows, BT Thiessen, D Kyberd, P McKemey, AK Frey, R Blinov, VE Taras, P Bukin, AD Golubev, VB Robutti, E Davis, CL Ivanchenko, VN Kravchenko, EA Onuchin, AP Serednyakov, SI Rong, G Iwasaki, M Kuznetsova, N Skovpen, YI Solodov, EP Yushkov, AN Best, D Chao, M Pompili, A Santroni, A Kirkby, D Lankford, AJ Mandelkern, M Wagoner, DE Potter, CT McMahon, S Mommsen, RK Sokoloff, MD Roethel, W Stoker, DP Buchanan, C Allison, J Hadavand, HK Tosi, S Danielson, N Hill, EJ Sinev, NB Barillari, T Blanc, F Bloom, P Ford, WT Nauenberg, U Olivas, A Rankin, P Barlow, RJ Schumm, BA Roy, J Smith, JG Eisner, AM Bailey, S Wang, P van Hoek, WC Zhang, L Harton, JL Hu, T Soffer, A Mir, LM Toki, WH Forti, AC Wilson, RJ Eschrich, I Zhang, J Altenburg, D Morii, M Brandt, T Zhu, YS Brose, J Elmer, P Colberg, T Dickopp, M Dubitzky, RS Hart, PA Strom, D Hauke, A Lacker, HM Maly, E Muller-Pfefferkorn, R Schwanke, U Lu, C Nogowski, R Otto, S Eigen, G Schubert, KR Schwierz, R MacFarlane, DB Jackson, F Spaan, B Wilden, L Bernard, D Miftakov, V Bonneaud, GR Brochard, F Grenier, GJ Cohen-Tanugi, J T'Jampens, S Thiebaux, C Torrence, E Ofte, I Lafferty, GD Vasileiadis, G Olsen, J Lee, SJ Breon, AB Mallik, U Cochran, J Crawley, HB Lamsa, J Meyer, WT Colecchia, F Prell, S Rosenberg, EI Calcaterra, A Lyon, AJ Sharma, V Yi, J Davier, M Grosdidier, G Brown, DN Hocker, A Laplace, S Dorigo, A Le Diberder, F Nicholson, H Lepeltier, V Lutz, AM Weatherall, JH Petersen, TC Berryhill, JW Plaszczynski, S Schune, MH Tantot, L Wormser, G Galeazzi, F Smith, AJS Button-Shafer, J Bionta, RM Brigljevic, V Cheng, CH Lavin, D Lange, D Wright, DM Campagnari, C Bevan, AJ Fry, JR Verderi, M Kral, JF Gabathuler, E Gamet, R Kay, M Cahn, RN Payne, DJ Williams, JC Sloane, RJ Touramanis, C Aspinwall, ML Varnes, EW Dahmes, B Margoni, M Bowerman, DA Groysman, Y Long, O Farbin, A Jawahery, A Kovalskyi, D Lae, CK Lillard, V Bellini, F Roberts, DA Blaylock, G Morandin, M Muheim, F Dallapiccola, C Flood, K Hertzbach, SS Lu, A Jacobsen, RG Kofler, R Cavoto, G Koptchev, VB Moore, TB Staengle, H Posocco, M Willocq, S Playfer, S Winterton, J Cowan, R Sciolla, G Taylor, F del Re, D Mazur, MA Yamamoto, RK Kadel, RW Mangeol, DJJ Morton, GW Milek, M Patel, PM Swain, JE Palombo, F Bauer, JM Seiden, A Cremaldi, L Eschenburg, V Kroeger, R Richman, JD Reidy, J Rotondo, M Sanders, DA Kadyk, J Summers, DJ Tinslay, J Faccini, R Zhao, HW Heusch, CA Bozzi, C Simonetto, F Stroili, R Tiozzo, G Voci, C Benayoun, M Briand, H Kukartsev, G Oddone, PJ Nash, JA Chauveau, J David, P de la Vaissiere, C Piemontese, L Lockman, WS Buono, LD Hamon, O Leruste, P Ocariz, J Ferrarotto, F Pivk, M Charles, E Roos, L Stark, J LeClerc, C Manfredi, PF Sarti, A Re, V Schalk, T Gladney, L Cartaro, C Guo, QH Panetta, J Sanders, P Angelini, C Batignani, G Bettarini, S Bondioli, M Bucci, F Treadwell, E Levi, ME Ferroni, F Calderini, G Chen, JC Carpinelli, M Taylor, GP Forti, F de Sangro, R Bellodi, G Gaspero, M Leonardi, E Mazzoni, MA Morganti, S Pierini, M Piredda, G Turri, M Cavallo, N Tehrani, FS Serra, M Orimoto, TJ Harrison, PF Falciai, D Voena, C Christ, S Wagner, G Waldi, R Adye, T Verkerke, W De Groot, N Franek, B Walkowiak, W Geddes, NI Shorthouse, HW Gopal, GP Finocchiaro, G Olaiya, EO Pripstein, M Xella, SM De Nardo, G Aleksan, R Emery, S Gaidot, A Ganzhur, SF Giraud, PF Strother, P Williams, DC de Monchenault, GH Paar, HP Kozanecki, W Fabozzi, F Langer, M |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Citation: | Physical Review Letters, 90(22): Artn 221801, Jun 2003 |
Abstract: | We present measurements of the branching fraction and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B decays to D*±D∓. The measurement uses a data sample of approximately 88×106 Υ(4S)→BB̅ decays collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+-e- collider. By fully reconstructing the D*±D∓ decay products, we measure the branching fraction to be (8.8±1.0±1.3)×10-4 and the time-integrated CP-violating asymmetry between the rates to D*-D+ and D*+D- to be A=-0.03±0.11±0.05. We also measure the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry parameters to be S-+=-0.24±0.69±0.12, C-+=-0.22±0.37±0.10 for B→D*-D+ and S+-=-0.82±0.75±0.14, C+-=-0.47±0.40±0.12 for B→D*+D-. In each case, the first error is statistical and the second error is systematic. |
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URI: | http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v90/i22/e221801 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7543 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.221801 |
ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
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