Production of orbitally excited charm mesons in semileptonic B decays

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Buskulic, D
DeBonis, I
Decamp, D
Ghez, P
Goy, C
Lees, JP
Lucotte, A
Minard, MN
Nief, JY
Odier, P
Pietrzyk, B
Casado, MP
Chmeissani, M
Crespo, JM
Delfino, M
Efthymiopoulos, I
Fernandez, E
FernandezBosman, M
Garrido, L
Juste, A
Martinez, M
Orteu, S
Padilla, C
Park, IC
Pascual, A
Perlas, JA
Riu, I
Sanchez, F
Teubert, F
Colaleo, A
Creanza, D
dePalma, M
Gelao, G
Girone, M
Iaselli, G
Maggi, G
Maggi, M
Marinelli, N
Nuzzo, S
Ranieri, A
Raso, G
Ruggieri, F
Selvaggi, G
Silvestris, L
Tempesta, P
Zito, G
Huang, X
Lin, J
Ouyang, Q
Wang, T
机构
[1] UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA, INST FIS ALTES ENERGIES, E-08193 BELLATERRA, BARCELONA, SPAIN
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ BARI, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-70126 BARI, ITALY
[3] ACAD SINICA, INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA
[4] CERN, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[5] UNIV CLERMONT FERRAND, PHYS CORPUSCULAIRE LAB, IN2P3 CNRS, F-63177 CLERMONT FERRAND, FRANCE
[6] NIELS BOHR INST, DK-2100 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
[7] NRCD, ATHENS, GREECE
[8] ECOLE POLYTECH, IN2P3 CNRS, LAB PHYS NUCL & HAUTES ENERGIES, F-91128 PALAISEAU, FRANCE
[9] UNIV EDINBURGH, DEPT PHYS, EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
[10] UNIV FLORENCE, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ FIRENZE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[11] FLORIDA STATE UNIV, SUPERCOMP COMPUTAT RES INST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32306 USA
[12] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[13] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, LANARK, SCOTLAND
[14] UNIV HEIDELBERG, INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS, D-69120 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[15] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED, DEPT PHYS, LONDON SW7 2BZ, ENGLAND
[16] UNIV INNSBRUCK, INST EXPT PHYS, A-6020 INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
[17] UNIV LANCASTER, DEPT PHYS, LANCASTER LA1 4YB, ENGLAND
[18] UNIV MAINZ, INST PHYS, D-55099 MAINZ, GERMANY
[19] FAC SCI LUMINY, CTR PHYS PARTICULES, IN2P3 CNRS, F-13288 MARSEILLE, FRANCE
[20] UNIV MILAN, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[21] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ MILANO, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[22] MAX PLANCK INST PHYS & ASTROPHYS, WERNER HEISENBERG INST, D-80805 MUNICH, GERMANY
[23] UNIV PARIS 11, ACCELERATEUR LINEAIRE LAB, IN2P3 CNRS, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE
[24] UNIV PISA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ PISA, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[25] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[26] UNIV LONDON, ROYAL HOLLOWAY & BEDFORD NEW COLL, DEPT PHYS, SURREY TW20 0EX, ENGLAND
[27] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, PARTICLE PHYS DEPT, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[28] CE SACLAY, CEA, DAPNIA, SERV PHYS PARTICULES, F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE
[29] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, INST PARTICLE PHYS, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[30] UNIV SHEFFIELD, DEPT PHYS, SHEFFIELD S3 7RH, S YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
[31] UNIV SIEGEN, FACHBEREICH PHYS, D-57068 SIEGEN, GERMANY
[32] UNIV TRIESTE, DIPARTMENTO FIS, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[33] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ TRIESTE, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[34] UNIV WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
[35] UNIV WISCONSIN, DEPT PHYS, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
[36] KANGNUNG NATL UNIV, KANGNUNG, SOUTH KOREA
[37] SUNG KYUN KWON UNIV, SUWON, SOUTH KOREA
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中国国家自然科学基金;
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10.1007/s002880050351
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
A sample of 3.6 million hadronic Z decays recorded between 1991 and 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP is used to investigate semileptonic decays of B mesons into final states involving orbitally excited charm mesons. Topological vertex criteria are used to search for decays involving narrow D** states as well as wide D** resonances and non-resonant D(*)pi final states. The sum of the branching ratios for these processes is measured to be Br((B) over bar --> D pi l(-)(v) over bar) + Br((B) over bar --> D*pi l(-)(v) over bar) = (2.26 +/-t 0.29(stat) +/- 0.33(syst))%, which accounts for a significant fraction of the deficit between inclusive measurements and the sum of exclusive semileptonic B decay modes.
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页码:601 / 612
页数:12
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