Evidence of B+ → [tau]+ [nu] decays with hadronic B tags

We present a search for the decay B+→τ+ν using 467.8×106 B¯¯¯B pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II B-Factory. We select a sample of events with one completely reconstructed B− in the hadronic decay mode (B−→D(*)0X− and B−→J/ψX−). We examine the rest of t...

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Main Authors: Lees, Jean-Pierre (Author) , Adametz, Aleksandra (Author) , Uwer, Ulrich (Author)
Corporate Author: BABAR Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 8 August 2013
In: Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
Year: 2013, Volume: 88, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-9
ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.031102
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Author Notes:BABAR Collaboration, J.P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand, J. Garra Tico, E. Grauges, A. Palano, G. Eigen, B. Stugu, D.N. Brown, L.T. Kerth, Yu. G. Kolomensky, G. Lynch, H. Koch, T. Schroeder, D.J. Asgeirsson, C. Hearty, T.S. Mattison, J.A. McKenna, R.Y. So, A. Khan, V.E. Blinov, A.R. Buzykaev, V.P. Druzhinin, V.B. Golubev, E.A. Kravchenko, A.P. Onuchin, S.I. Serednyakov, Yu. I. Skovpen, E.P. Solodov, K. Yu. Todyshev, A.N. Yushkov, M. Bondioli, D. Kirkby, A.J. Lankford, M. Mandelkern, H. Atmacan, J.W. Gary, F. Liu, O. Long, G.M. Vitug, C. Campagnari, T.M. Hong, D. Kovalskyi, J.D. Richman, C.A. West, A.M. Eisner, J. Kroseberg, W.S. Lockman, A.J. Martinez, B.A. Schumm, A. Seiden, D.S. Chao, C.H. Cheng, B. Echenard, K.T. Flood, D.G. Hitlin, P. Ongmongkolkul, F.C. Porter, A.Y. Rakitin, R. Andreassen, Z. Huard, B.T. Meadows, M.D. Sokoloff, L. Sun, P.C. Bloom, W.T. Ford, A. Gaz, U. Nauenberg, J.G. Smith, S.R. Wagner, R. Ayad, W.H. Toki, B. Spaan, K.R. Schubert, R. Schwierz, D. Bernard, M. Verderi, P.J. Clark, S. Playfer, D. Bettoni, C. Bozzi, R. Calabrese, G. Cibinetto, E. Fioravanti, I. Garzia, E. Luppi, M. Munerato, L. Piemontese, V. Santoro, R. Baldini-Ferroli, A. Calcaterra, R. de Sangro, G. Finocchiaro, P. Patteri, I.M. Peruzzi, M. Piccolo, M. Rama, A. Zallo, R. Contri, E. Guido, M. Lo Vetere, M.R. Monge, S. Passaggio, C. Patrignani, E. Robutti, B. Bhuyan, V. Prasad, C.L. Lee, M. Morii, A.J. Edwards, A. Adametz, U. Uwer, H.M. Lacker, T. Lueck, P.D. Dauncey, U. Mallik, C. Chen, J. Cochran, W.T. Meyer, S. Prell, A.E. Rubin, A.V. Gritsan, Z.J. Guo, N. Arnaud, M. Davier, D. Derkach, G. Grosdidier, F. Le Diberder, A.M. Lutz, B. Malaescu, P. Roudeau, M.H. Schune, A. Stocchi, G. Wormser, D.J. Lange, D.M. Wright, C.A. Chavez, J.P. Coleman, J.R. Fry, E. Gabathuler, D.E. Hutchcroft, D.J. Payne, C. Touramanis, A.J. Bevan, F. Di Lodovico, R. Sacco, M. Sigamani, G. Cowan, D.N. Brown, C.L. Davis, A.G. Denig, M. Fritsch, W. Gradl, K. Griessinger, A. Hafner, E. Prencipe, R.J. Barlow, G. Jackson, G.D. Lafferty, E. Behn, R. Cenci, B. Hamilton, A. Jawahery, D.A. Roberts, C. Dallapiccola, R. Cowan, D. Dujmic, G. Sciolla, R. Cheaib, D. Lindemann, P.M. Patel, S.H. Robertson, P. Biassoni, N. Neri, F. Palombo, S. Stracka, L. Cremaldi, R. Godang, R. Kroeger, P. Sonnek, D.J. Summers, X. Nguyen, M. Simard, P. Taras, G. De Nardo, D. Monorchio, G. Onorato, C. Sciacca, M. Martinelli, G. Raven, C.P. Jessop, J.M. LoSecco, W.F. Wang, K. Honscheid, R. Kass, J. Brau, R. Frey, N.B. Sinev, D. Strom, E. Torrence, E. Feltresi, N. Gagliardi, M. Margoni, M. Morandin, M. Posocco, M. Rotondo, G. Simi, F. Simonetto, R. Stroili, S. Akar, E. Ben-Haim, M. Bomben, G.R. Bonneaud, H. Briand, G. Calderini, J. Chauveau, O. Hamon, Ph. Leruste, G. Marchiori, J. Ocariz, S. Sitt, M. Biasini, E. Manoni, S. Pacetti, A. Rossi, C. Angelini, G. Batignani, S. Bettarini, M. Carpinelli, G. Casarosa, A. Cervelli, F. Forti, M.A. Giorgi, A. Lusiani, B. Oberhof, E. Paoloni, A. Perez, G. Rizzo, J.J. Walsh, D. Lopes Pegna, J. Olsen, A.J.S. Smith, A.V. Telnov, F. Anulli, R. Faccini, F. Ferrarotto, F. Ferroni, M. Gaspero, L. Li Gioi, M.A. Mazzoni, G. Piredda, C. Bünger, O. Grünberg, T. Hartmann, T. Leddig, H. Schröder, C. Voss, R. Waldi, T. Adye, E.O. Olaiya, F.F. Wilson, S. Emery, G. Hamel de Monchenault, G. Vasseur, Ch. Yèche, D. Aston, D.J. Bard, R. Bartoldus, J.F. Benitez, C. Cartaro, M.R. Convery, J. Dorfan, G.P. Dubois-Felsmann, W. Dunwoodie, M. Ebert, R.C. Field, M. Franco Sevilla, B.G. Fulsom, A.M. Gabareen, M.T. Graham, P. Grenier, C. Hast, W.R. Innes, M.H. Kelsey, P. Kim, M.L. Kocian, D.W.G.S. Leith, P. Lewis, B. Lindquist, S. Luitz, V. Luth, H. L. Lynch, D.B. MacFarlane, D.R. Muller, H. Neal, S. Nelson, M. Perl, T. Pulliam, B.N. Ratcliff, A. Roodman, A.A. Salnikov, R.H. Schindler, A. Snyder, D. Su, M.K. Sullivan, J. Va’vra, A.P. Wagner, W.J. Wisniewski, M. Wittgen, D.H. Wright, H.W. Wulsin, C.C. Young, V. Ziegler, W. Park, M.V. Purohit, R.M. White, J.R. Wilson, A. Randle-Conde, S.J. Sekula, M. Bellis, P.R. Burchat, T.S. Miyashita, M.S. Alam, J.A. Ernst, R. Gorodeisky, N. Guttman, D.R. Peimer, A. Soffer, P. Lund, S.M. Spanier, J.L. Ritchie, A.M. Ruland, R.F. Schwitters, B.C. Wray, J.M. Izen, X.C. Lou, F. Bianchi, D. Gamba, S. Zambito, L. Lanceri, L. Vitale, F. Martinez-Vidal, A. Oyanguren, H. Ahmed, J. Albert, Sw. Banerjee, F.U. Bernlochner, H.H.F. Choi, G. J. King, R. Kowalewski, M.J. Lewczuk, I.M. Nugent, J.M. Roney, R.J. Sobie, N. Tasneem, T.J. Gershon, P.F. Harrison, T.E. Latham, E.M.T. Puccio, H.R. Band, S. Dasu, Y. Pan, R. Prepost, and S.L. Wu
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Summary:We present a search for the decay B+→τ+ν using 467.8×106 B¯¯¯B pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II B-Factory. We select a sample of events with one completely reconstructed B− in the hadronic decay mode (B−→D(*)0X− and B−→J/ψX−). We examine the rest of the event to search for a B+→τ+ν decay. We identify the τ+ lepton in the following modes: τ+→e+ν¯ν, τ+→μ+ν¯ν, τ+→π+¯ν and τ+→ρ+¯ν. We find an excess of events with respect to the expected background, which excludes the null signal hypothesis at the level of 3.8σ (including systematic uncertainties) and corresponds to a branching fraction value of B(B+→τ+ν)=(1.83+0.53−0.49(stat)±0.24(syst))×10−4.
Item Description:Im Titel ist das "+" hochgestellt
Im Titel ist "Tau" als griechischer Buchstabe dargestellt
Im Titel ist "Ny" (bzw. "nu") als griechischer Buchstabe dargestellt
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ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.031102