Measurement of the semileptonic branching fraction of the B-s meson

We report a measurement of the inclusive semileptonic branching fraction of the B-s meson using data collected with the BABAR detector in the center-of-mass energy region above the Y(4S) resonance. We use the inclusive yield of phi mesons and the phi yield in association with a high-momentum lepton to perform a simultaneous measurement of the semileptonic branching fraction and the production rate of B-s mesons relative to all B mesons as a function of center-of-mass energy. The inclusive semileptonic branching fraction of the B-s meson is determined to be B(B-s -> l nu X) = 9.5(-2.0)(+2.5)(stat)(-1.9)(+1.1)(syst)% where l indicates the average of e and mu. RI Patrignani, Claudia/C-5223-2009; Neri, Nicola/G-3991-2012; Monge, Maria Roberta/G-9127-2012; Forti, Francesco/H-3035-2011; Rotondo, Marcello/I-6043-201

Measurement of the gamma gamma* -> eta c transition form factor

We study the reaction e(+)e(-) -> e(+)e(-) eta(c), eta(c) -> K(S)K(+/-)pi(-/+) and obtain eta(c) mass and width values 2982.2 +/- 0.4 +/- 1.6 MeV/c(2) and 31.7 +/- 1.2 +/- 0.8 MeV, respectively. We find Gamma(eta(c) -> gamma gamma)B(eta(c) -> KK pi) = 0.374 +/- 0.009 +/- 0.031 keV, and measure the gamma gamma* -> eta(c) transition form factor in the momentum transfer range from 2 to 50 GeV(2). The analysis is based on 469 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected at PEP-II with the BABAR detector at e(+)e(-) center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV. RI Patrignani, Claudia/C-5223-2009; Neri, Nicola/G-3991-2012; Monge, Maria Roberta/G-9127-201