486 research outputs found
Evidence of time-dependent CP violation in the decay B0 to D*+D*-
We report a measurement of the CP-odd fraction and the time-dependent CP
violation in B0 to D*+D*- decays, using 657.10^6 BBbar events collected at the
Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy
e+e- collider. We measure a CP-odd fraction of
Rperp=0.125+/-0.043(stat)+/-0.023(syst). From the distributions of the
proper-time intervals between a B0to D*+D*- decay and the other B meson in the
event, we obtain evidence of CP violation with measured parameters
AD*+D*-=0.15+/-0.13(stat)+/-0.04(syst) and
SD*+D*-=-0.96+/-0.25(stat)-0.16+0.13(syst).Comment: Published in PR
Measurements of Charmless Hadronic b->s Penguin Decays in the pi+pi-K+pi- Final State and First Observation of B0 -> rho0K+pi-
We report measurements of charmless hadronic B^0 decays into the pi+pi-K+pi+
final state. The analysis uses a sample of 657x10^6 BBbar pairs collected with
the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at the Y(4S)
resonance. The decay B^0 -> rho0 Kpi is observed for the first time; the
significance is 5.0sigma and the corresponding partial branching fraction for
M_Kpi in (0.75,1.20) GeV/c^2 is [2.8 +- 0.5(stat) +-0.5(syst)] x 10^{-6}. We
also obtain the first evidence for B^0 -> f0Kpi with 3.5sigma significance and
for B^0 -> pi+pi-K*0 with 4.5sigma significance. For the two-body decays B^0 ->
rho0K*0 and B^0 -> f0K*0, the significances are 2.7sigma and 2.5sigma,
respectively, and the upper limits on the branching fractions are 3.4x10^{-6}
and 2.2x10^{-6} at 90% confidence level.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. accepted by PRD(RC
Observation of B+ -> Dbar*0 tau+ nu_tau and Evidence for B+ -> Dbar^0 tau+ nu_tau at Belle
We present measurements of B+ -> Dbar*0 tau+ nu_tau and B+ -> Dbar^0 tau+
nu_tau decays in a data sample of 657 x 10^6 BBbar pairs collected with the
Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We find
446^{+58}_{-56} events of the decay B+ -> Dbar*0 tau+ nu_tau with a
significance of 8.1 standard deviations, and 146^{+42}_{-41} events of the
decay B+ -> Dbar0 tau+ nu_tau with a significance of 3.5 standard deviations.
The latter signal provides the first evidence for this decay mode. The measured
branching fractions are B(B+ -> Dbar*0 tau+ nu_tau)=(2.12^{+0.28}_{-0.27}
(stat) +- 0.29 (syst)) % and B(B+ -> Dbar0 tau+ nu_tau)=(0.77 +- 0.22 (stat) +-
0.12 (syst)) %.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Improved search for D^0 mixing using semileptonic decays at Belle
A search for mixing in the neutral D meson system has been performed using
semileptonic D0 -> K(*)- e+ \nu and D0 -> K(*)- \mu+ \nu decays. Neutral D
mesons from D*+ -> D0 \pi_s^+ decays are used and the flavor at production is
tagged by the charge of the slow pion. The measurement is performed using 492
fb^-1 of data recorded by the Belle detector. From the yield of right-sign and
wrong-sign decays arising from non-mixed and mixed events, respectively, we
measure the ratio of the time-integrated mixing rate to the unmixed rate to be
R_M = (1.3 +- 2.2 +- 2.0) x 10^-4. This corresponds to an upper limit of R_M <
6.1 x 10^-4 at the 90% C.L.Comment: 20 pages, 16 figures, 8 tables; accepted by PRD; changes from
previous version: minor rewording
Observation of B_s to phi gamma and Search for B_s to gamma gamma Decays at Belle
We search for the radiative penguin decays B_s to phi gamma and B_s to gamma
gamma in a 23.6 fb-1 data sample collected at the Upsilon(5S) resonance with
the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e- asymmetric-energy collider. We observe for
the first time a radiative penguin decay of the B_s meson in the B_s to phi
gamma mode. No significant B_s to gamma gamma signal is observed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted by Physics Review Letter
Evidence for B to K eta' gamma Decays at Belle
We present the results of a search for the radiative decay (B -> K eta'
gamma) and find evidence for (B^+ -> K^+ eta' gamma) decays at the 3.3 standard
deviation level with a partial branching fraction of (3.6 +/- 1.2 +/- 0.4) x
10e-6, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. This
measurement is restricted to the region of combined (K eta') invariant mass
less than 3.4GeVc^2. A 90% confidence level upper limit of 6.4 x 10e-6 is
obtained for the decay (B^0 -> K^0 eta' gamma) in the same (K eta') invariant
mass region. These results are obtained from a 605 fb^-1 data sample containing
657 x 10e6 B anti-B pairs collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle
detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e^+e^- collider.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to PRD-RC on 6/8/0
Measurement of Decays and Search for
We report on a search for the decay and other charmless
modes with a final state, including
, non-resonant ,
, and . These results are obtained from a data sample containing
657 million pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB
asymmetric-energy collider. We set an upper limit on
of at the 90% confidence
level (C.L.). From our measurement and an isospin
analysis, we determine the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa phase to be degrees. We find excesses in and
non-resonant with 1.3 and 2.5 significance,
respectively. The corresponding branching fractions are less than and at the 90% C.L. In addition, we set 90% C.L.
upper limits as follows: , , and
.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to PRD(RC
Measurements of Branching Fractions and CP Asymmetries in B-> etah Decays
We report measurements of B to pseudoscalar-pseudoscalar decays with at least
one eta meson in the final state using 140 fb^{-1} of data collected by the
Belle detector at KEKB e^+ e^- collider. We observe the decay B^+-> eta pi^+
and find evidence of B^+-> eta K+; the measured branching fractions are B(B^+->
eta pi^+)=(4.8^{+0.8}_{-0.7}(stat) +- 0.3(sys))*10^{-6} and B(B^+-> eta
K^+)=(2.1 +- 0.6(stat)+- 0.2(sys))*10^{-6}. Their corresponding CP violating
asymmetries are measured to be 0.07+- 0.15 (stat) +- 0.03(sys) for eta pi^+-
and -0.49+- 0.31 (stat) +- 0.07(sys) for eta K^+-. No significant signals are
found for neutral B->eta h decays. We report the following upper limits on
branching fractions at the 90% confidence level: B(B-> eta K^0 < 2.0* 10^{-6},
B(B-> eta pi0) eta eta) <2.0*10^{-6}.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Study of CP Violating Effects in Time Dependent Decays
We report measurements of time dependent decay rates for decays and extraction of CP violation parameters
containing . Using fully reconstructed events from a data sample collected at the resonance, we obtain
the CP violation parameters for and decays, , where is
the ratio of the magnitudes of the doubly-Cabibbo-suppressed and
Cabibbo-favoured amplitudes, and is the strong phase
difference between them. Under the assumption of being
close to either 0 or , we obtain and .Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures, Submitted to Physical Review Letter
Study of time-dependent CP violation in B0 -> J/Psi pi0 decays
We report a measurement of CP asymmetry parameters in the decay B0(B0bar) ->
J/Psi pi0, which is governed by the b->c cbar d transition. The analysis is
based on a 140/fb data sample accumulated at the Upsilon(4S) resonance by the
belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We fully
reconstruct one neutral B meson in the J/Psi pi0 final state. The accompanying
B meson flavor is identified by its decay products. From the distribution of
proper time intervals between the two B decays, we obtain the following
CP-violating parameters: S_{J/Psi pi0}=-0.72+-0.42+-0.09 and A_{J/Psi
pi0}=-0.01 +-0.29+-0.03.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, submitted to PR
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