Measurement of an excess of B[bar] → D(*)τ-ν[bar]τ decays and implications for charged Higgs bosons

Based on the full BABAR data sample, we report improved measurements of the ratios R(D)=B(¯¯¯B→Dτ−¯ντ)/B(¯¯¯B→Dℓ−¯νℓ) and R(D∗)=B(¯¯¯B→D∗τ−¯ντ)/B(¯¯¯B→D∗ℓ−¯νℓ), where ℓ refers to either an electron or muon. These ratios are sensitive to new physics contributions in the form of a charged Higgs boson....

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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:	31 October 2013
In:	Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology Year: 2013, Volume: 88, Issue: 7, Pages: 1-30
ISSN:	1550-2368
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevD.88.072012
Online Access:	Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.072012 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.072012
Author Notes:	The BABAR Collaboration, J.P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand, E. Grauges, A. Palano, G. Eigen, B. Stugu, D.N. Brown, L.T. Kerth, Yu. G. Kolomensky, M. Lee, G. Lynch, H. Koch, T. Schroeder, 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, D. Kirkby, A.J. Lankford, M. Mandelkern, B. Dey, J.W. Gary, O. Long, G.M. Vitug, C. Campagnari, M. Franco Sevilla, T.M. Hong, D. Kovalskyi, J.D. Richman, C.A. West, A.M. Eisner, 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, 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, S. Playfer, D. Bettoni, C. Bozzi, R. Calabrese, G. Cibinetto, E. Fioravanti, I. Garzia, E. Luppi, L. Piemontese, V. Santoro, R. Baldini-Ferroli, A. Calcaterra, R. de Sangro, G. Finocchiaro, S. Martellotti, 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, M. Morii, A. Adametz, U. Uwer, H.M. Lacker, P.D. Dauncey, U. Mallik, C. Chen, J. Cochran, W.T. Meyer, S. Prell, A.E. Rubin, A.V. Gritsan, N. Arnaud, M. Davier, D. Derkach, G. Grosdidier, F. Le Diberder, A.M. Lutz, B. Malaescu, P. Roudeau, A. Stocchi, G. Wormser, D.J. Lange, D.M. Wright, J.P. Coleman, J.R. Fry, E. Gabathuler, D.E. Hutchcroft, D.J. Payne, C. Touramanis, A.J. Bevan, F. Di Lodovico, R. Sacco, G. Cowan, J. Bougher, D.N. Brown, C.L. Davis, A.G. Denig, M. Fritsch, W. Gradl, K. Griessinger, A. Hafner, E. Prencipe, R.J. Barlow, G.D. Lafferty, E. Behn, R. Cenci, B. Hamilton, A. Jawahery, D.A. Roberts, R. Cowan, D. Dujmic, G. Sciolla, R. Cheaib, P.M. Patel, S.H. Robertson, P. Biassoni, N. Neri, F. Palombo, L. Cremaldi, R. Godang, 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, K. Honscheid, R. Kass, J. Brau, R. Frey, N.B. Sinev, D. Strom, E. Torrence, E. Feltresi, 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, 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, R. Faccini, F. Ferrarotto, F. Ferroni, M. Gaspero, L. Li Gioi, G. Piredda, C. Bünger, O. Grünberg, T. Hartmann, T. Leddig, C. Voß, R. Waldi, T. Adye, E.O. Olaiya, F.F. Wilson, S. Emery, G. Hamel de Monchenault, G. Vasseur, Ch. Yèche, F. Anulli, D. Aston, D.J. Bard, J.F. Benitez, C. Cartaro, M.R. Convery, J. Dorfan, G.P. Dubois-Felsmann, W. Dunwoodie, M. Ebert, R.C. Field, B.G. Fulsom, A.M. Gabareen, M.T. Graham, C. Hast, W.R. Innes, P. Kim, M.L. Kocian, D.W.G.S. Leith, P. Lewis, D. Lindemann, 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.F. Wang, W.J. Wisniewski, M. Wittgen, D.H. Wright, H.W. Wulsin, 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, E.M.T. Puccio, M.S. Alam, J.A. Ernst, R. Gorodeisky, N. Guttman, D.R. Peimer, A. Soffer, S.M. Spanier, J.L. Ritchie, A.M. Ruland, R.F. Schwitters, B.C. Wray, J.M. Izen, X.C. Lou, F. Bianchi, F. De Mori, A. Filippi, D. Gamba, S. Zambito, L. Lanceri, L. Vitale, F. Martinez-Vidal, A. Oyanguren, P. Villanueva-Perez, H. Ahmed, J. Albert, Sw. Banerjee, F.U. Bernlochner, H.H.F. Choi, G.J. King, R. Kowalewski, M.J. Lewczuk, T. Lueck, I.M. Nugent, J.M. Roney, R.J. Sobie, N. Tasneem, T.J. Gershon, P.F. Harrison, T.E. Latham, H.R. Band, S. Dasu, Y. Pan, R. Prepost, and S.L. Wu