Branching fraction measurement of B+→ωℓ+ν decays

We present a measurement of the B+→ωℓ+ν branching fraction based on a sample of 467 million B¯¯¯B pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e+e− collider. We observe 1125±131 signal decays, corresponding to a branching fraction of B(B+→ωℓ+ν)=(1.21±0.14±0.08)×10−4, where the first error...

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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: 12 February 2013
In: Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
Year: 2013, Volume: 87, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-11
ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032004
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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, M. Negrini, 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, P.K. Behera, 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. Dingfelder, 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, 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 measurement of the B+→ωℓ+ν branching fraction based on a sample of 467 million B¯¯¯B pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e+e− collider. We observe 1125±131 signal decays, corresponding to a branching fraction of B(B+→ωℓ+ν)=(1.21±0.14±0.08)×10−4, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. The dependence of the decay rate on q2, the invariant mass squared of the leptons, is compared to QCD predictions of the form factors based on a quark model and light-cone sum rules.
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ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032004