Determination of the B -> D^*+l-nu Decay Width and |V_{cb}|

We determine the CKM matrix element |Vcb| using a sample of 3.33 million BBbar events in the CLEO detector at CESR. We determine the yield of reconstructed B --> D*+ l nu decays as a function of w = v_B . v_D*, and from this we obtain the differential decay rate d\Gamma/dw. By extrapolating the differential decay rate to w=1, the kinematic point at which the D* is at rest relative to the B, we extract the product |Vcb| F(1), where F(1) is the form factor at w=1 and is predicted accurately by theory. We find |Vcb| F(1) = 0.0424 +- 0.0018(stat.) +- 0.0019(syst.). We also integrate the differential decay rate over w to obtain B(B --> D*+ l nu) = (5.66 +- 0.29 +- 0.33)%. All results are preliminary.Comment: Contribution to XXXth International Conference on High Energy Physics, July 2000, Osaka, Japa

Observation of the Omega_c Charmed Baryon at CLEO

The CLEO detector at the CESR collider has used 13.7 fb^{-1} to search for the production of Omega_c (css-ground state) in e^{+}e^{-} collisions at sqrt{s} = 10.6 GeV The modes used to study the Omega_c are Omega- pi+, Omega- pi+ pi0, Xi- K- pi+ pi+, Xi0 K- pi+, and Omega- pi+ pi+ pi-. We observe 40.4 +- 9.0(stat) combined events at a mass of 2694.6 +- 2.6(stat) +- 2.4(syst) MeV. We have also measured the \sigma * Br of the above modes for xp > 0.5 to be 11.3 +- 3.9 +- 2.3 fb, 47.6 +- 18.0 +- 2.8 fb, 45.1 +- 23.2 +- 4.1 fb, 18.2 +- 10.6 +- 3.8 fb, and <5.1 fb @ 90 % CL, respectively.Comment: Submitted to XXXth International Conference on High Energy Physics, July 2000, Osaka, Japa

Recent Results From CLEO on D0-D0Bar Mixing, CP Violation in D0 Decays, and D*+ Width

We present preliminary results of several analyses searching for the effects of CP violation and mixing in the decay of $D^0$ mesons. We find no evidence of CP asymmetry in five different two-body decay modes of the $D^0$ to pairs of light pseudo-scalar mesons: $A_{CP}(K^+ K^-) = (+0.05 \pm 2.18 \pm 0.84)$, $A_{CP}(\pi^+ \pi^-) = (+2.0 \pm 3.2 \pm 0.8)$, $A_{CP}(K^0_{\rm S} \pi^0) = (+0.1 \pm 1.3)$, $A_{CP}(\pi^0 \pi^0) = (+0.1 \pm 4.8)$, and $A_{CP}(K^0_{\rm S} K^0_{\rm S}) = (-23 \pm 19)$. We present the first measurement of the rate of wrong-sign $D^0 \to K^+ \pi^- \pi^0$ decay: $R = 0.0043^{+0.0011}_{-0.0010} \pm 0.0007$. We also describe a measurement of the mixing parameter $y_{CP}= {\Delta\Gamma\over 2 \Gamma}$ by searching for a lifetime difference between the CP neutral $K^{-}\pi^{+}$ final state and the CP even $K^+K^-$ and $\pi^+\pi^-$ final states. Under the assumption that CP is conserved we find $y_{CP} = -0.011 \pm 0.025 \pm 0.014$. Finally, we present our measurement of the \dstarp width: $96 \pm 4 \pm 22$~k$e$V.Comment: 6 pages, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on B Physics & CP Violatio

Observation of New States Decaying into Lambda_c^+pi-pi+

Using 13.7 fb^{-1} of data recorded by the CLEO detector at CESR, we investigate the spectrum of charmed baryons which decay into Lambda_c^+ pi^- pi^+ and are more massive than the Lambda_{c1} baryons. We find evidence for two new states: one is broad and has an invariant mass roughly 480 MeV above that of the Lambda_c^+; the other is narrow with an invariant mass of 596 +- 1 +- 2 MeV above the Lambda_c^+ mass. These results are preliminary.Comment: Contributed to XXXth International Conference on High Energy Physics, July 2000, Osaka, Japa

Study of Two-Body B Decays to Kaons and Pions: Observation of B->pi+pi-, B-> K+-pi0, and B-> K0pi0 Decays

We have studied charmless hadronic decays of B mesons into two-body final states with kaons and pions and observe three new processes with the following branching fractions: BR(B-> pi+ pi-) = (4.3^{+1.6}_{-1.4} \pm 0.5) \times 10^{-6}, BR(B-> K0 pi0) = (14.6^{+5.9+2.4}_{-5.1-3.3}) \times 10^{-6}, and BR(B-> K+- pi0) = (11.6^{+3.0+1.4}_{-2.7-1.3}) \times 10^{-6}. We also update our previous measurements for the decays B->K+- pi-+ and B-> K0 pi+-.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure

Study of charmless hadronic B decays into the final states Kπ,ππK\pi, \pi\pi, and KK, with the first observation of B→π+π−B \to \pi^+ \pi^- and B→K0π0B\to K^0\pi^0

We have studied charmless hadronic decays of B mesons into two-body final states with kaons and pions. We present preliminary results based on 9.66 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected with the CLEO detector. We have made the first observation of the decay $B \to \pi^+\pi^-$, with the branching fraction of $Br(B \to \pi^+ \pi^-) = (4.7^{+1.8}_{-1.5} \pm 0.6) \times 10^{-6}$. We have also observed for the first time the decay $B \to K^0\pi^0$ with the branching fraction of $Br(B \to K^0 \pi^0) = (14.8^{+5.9+2.4}_{-5.1-3.3}) \times 10^{-6}$, thus completing the set of four $K\pi$ branching fraction measurements. We present improved measurements for the decays $B\to K^{\pm}\pi^{\mp}$, $B^{\pm}\to K^0\pi^{\pm}$, and $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}\pi^0$. We use these and other charmless hadronic B decays to make a first determination of the value of the weak phase ${\rm Arg}(V^*_{ub})=\gamma = {113^\circ}^{+25^\circ}_{-23^\circ}$.Comment: Leppho99 conference submission. All results are preliminar

Comparison of D to K0L pi and D to K0S pi Decay Rates

We present preliminary measurements of D to K^0_L pi and D to K^0_S pi branching fractions using 281 pb^{-1} of psi(3770) data at the CLEO-c experiment. We find that BF(D^0 to KS pi^0) is larger than BF(D^0 to KL pi^0), with an asymmetry of R(D^0) = 0.122 +- 0.024 +- 0.030. For BF(D^+ to KS pi^+) and BF(D^+ to KL pi^+), we observe no measureable difference; the asymmetry is R(D^+) = 0.030 +- 0.023 +- 0.025. Under reasonable theoretical assumptions, these measurements imply a value for the D^0 to K^+- pi^-+ strong phase that is consistent with zero. The results presented in this document are preliminary.Comment: 17 pages postscript,also available through http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/public/CONF/2006, Conrtibuted to ICHEP0

Study of Particle Production in Quark vs. Gluon Fragmentation at sqrt s ~ 10GeV

Using data collected with the CLEO III detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have compared proton, lambda (charged conjugate modes are implicit) and meson (phi and f2(1270)) production observed in gluon fragmentation vs. quark fragmentation. Two studies have been conducted: in the first, we corroborrate previous per-event particle yields in Upsilon(1S)->ggg vs. e+e- -> qqbar. In the second, we compare particle production in the photon-tagged process U(1S)->gggamma with that in e+e- -> qqbargamma events. For each particle, we determine the `enhancement' ratio, defined as the ratio of particle yields per gluon fragmentation event compared to quark fragmentation event. Thus defined, an enhancement of 1.0 implies equal per-event production in both gluon and quark fragmentation. In the photon-tagged analysis, we find an enhancement of order unity for protons and approximately 1.5 for lambda's. This measured proton enhancement rate is supported by a study of baryon production in chib(J=2)->proton+X relative to chib(J=1)->proton+X. The production of mesons having masses of order 1 GeV (phi and f2(1270)) are found to be also approximately the same in gggamma vs. qqbargamma fragmentation. Overall, per-event baryon production in two-gluon fragmentation is considerably smaller than that observed in three-gluon decays of the Upsilon(1S). Our results for baryon production are inconsistent with the predictions of the JETSET (7.4) fragmentation model.Comment: 19 pages postscript,also available through http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/public/CONF/2006, Contributed to ICHEP0

b→sγb\to s\gamma Branching Fraction and CP Asymmetry

We present preliminary results on $b \to s \gamma$ from the CLEO experiment. An updated result on the branching fraction is reported at $\cal{B}$$(b \to s \gamma) = (3.15 \pm 0.35 \pm 0.32 \pm 0.26)\times 10^{-4}$, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third for model dependence. We also describe a new analysis performed to search for CP asymmetry in $b \to s \gamma$ decays. We observe no such asymmetry and set conservative limits at $-0.09 <$ $\cal{A}$ $< 0.42$.Comment: 9 pages postscript, also available through http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLN

Radiative Decays of the Upsilon(1S) to gamma pi^0 pi^0, and gamma eta eta and gamma pi^0 eta

We report on a study of exclusive radiative decays of the Upsilon(1S) resonance into the final states gamma pi^0 pi^0, gamma eta eta and gamma pi^0 eta, using 1.13 inverse femto-barn of e^+ e^- annihilation data collected at sqrt(s)= 9.46 GeV with the CLEO III detector operating at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring. In the channel gamma pi^0 pi^0, we measure the branching ratio for the decay mode Upsilon(1S) to gamma f_2(1270) to be (10.5 \pm 1.6 (+ 1.9)(-1.8)) x 10^-5. We place upper limits on the product branching ratios for the isoscalar resonances f_0(1500) and f_0(1710) for the pi^0 pi^0 and eta-eta decay channels. We also set an upper limit on the Upsilon(1S) radiative decay into pi^0 eta.Comment: 8 pages postscript,also available through http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2005/, Submitted to PR