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Measurements of Branching Fractions and Polarization in B > K^* rho Decays
We present results of a study of the charmless vector-vector decays B^0 ->
K^{*0} rho^0 and B^+ ->K^{*0} rho^+. The results are based on a 140 fb^{-1}
data sample collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric e^+e^-
collider. We obtain the branching fraction B(B^+ -> K^{*0} rho^+)=(6.6 +-
2.2(stat.) +- 0.8 (syst.)) x 10^{-6}, and set upper limits on the branching
fractions B(B^0 -> K^{*0} rho^0) f_0(980)
K^{*0})<5.2 x 10^{-6}. We also perform a helicity analysis of the rho and K^*
vector mesons in the decay B^+ -> K^{*0} rho^+, and obtain the longitudinal
polarization fraction R_0(B^+ -> K^{*0} rho^+)=0.50 +-
0.19(stat.)+0.05-0.07}(syst.).Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ICHEP04, Beijing, Chin
Observation of B+->Lambda_c+Lambda_c-K+ and B0->Lambda_c+Lambda_c^-K0 decays
We report first measurements of the doubly charmed baryonic B decays
B->Lambda_c+Lambda_c-K. The B+->Lambda_c+Lambda_c-K+ decay is observed with a
branching fraction of (6.5+1.0-0.9+-1.1+-3.4)x10^{-4} and a statistical
significance of 15.4sigma. The B0->Lambda_c+Lambda_c-K0 decay is observed with
a branching fraction of (7.9+2.9-2.3+-1.2+-4.2)x10^{-4} and a statistical
significance of 6.6sigma. The branching fraction errors are statistical,
systematic, and the error resulting from the uncertainty of Lambda_c+->pK-pi+
decay branching fraction. The analysis is based on 357fb-1 of data accumulated
at the Y(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric e+e-
collider.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
Measurement of the branching fractions for B- --> D(*)+ pi- l- nu-bar and B0bar --> D(*)0 pi+ l- nu-bar
We report on a measurement of the branching fractions for B- --> D(*)+ pi- l-
nu-bar and B0bar --> D(*)0 pi+ l- nu-bar with 275 million BBbar events
collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at KEKB. Events
are tagged by fully reconstructing one of the B mesons in hadronic modes. We
obtain Br(B- --> D+ pi- l- nu-bar) = (0.54 +/- 0.07(stat) +/- 0.07(syst) +/-
0.06(BR)) x 10^-2, Br(B- --> D*+ pi- l- nu-bar) = (0.67 +/- 0.11(stat) +/-
0.09(syst) +/- 0.03(BR)) x 10^-2, Br(B0bar --> D0 pi+ l- nu-bar) = (0.33 +/-
0.06(stat) +/- 0.06(syst) +/- 0.03(BR)) x 10^-2, Br(B0bar --> D*0 pi+ l-
nu-bar) = (0.65 +/- 0.12(stat) +/- 0.08(syst) +/- 0.05(BR)) x 10^-2, where the
third error comes from the error on Bbar --> D(*) l- nu-bar decays.
Contributions from B0bar --> D*+ l- nu-bar decays are excluded in the
measurement of B0bar --> D0 pi+ l- nu-bar.Comment: 6 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Physical Review D (Rapid
Communication), the Lepton-Photon 2005 Conference (Uppsala, Sweden) and the
HEP2005 Europhysics Conference (Lisboa, Portugal
Observation of a near-threshold omega-J/psi mass enhancement in exclusive B-->K omega J/psi decays
We report the observation of a near-threshold enhancement in the omega-J/psi
invariant mass distribution for exclusive B-->K omega J/psi decays. The results
are obtained from a 253 fb-1 data sample that contains 275 million BB-bar meson
pairs that were collected near the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle
detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy e+e- collider. The statistical
significance of the omega-J/psi mass enhancement is estimated to be greater
than 8 sigma.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letter
Determination of |V_ub| from Measurements of the Inclusive Charmless Semileptonic Partial Rates of B Mesons using Full Reconstruction Tags
We present a measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element
|V_ub|, based on 253 fb^-1 of data collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB
e^+e^- asymmetric collider. Events are tagged by fully reconstructing one of
the B mesons, produced in pairs from Upsilon(4S). The signal for b->u
semileptonic decay is distinguished from the b->c background using the hadronic
mass M_X, the leptonic invariant mass squared q^2 and the variable P_+ =
E_X-|\vec{p}_X|. The results are obtained for events with the prompt-lepton
momentum, p_l^* >= 1GeV/c, in three kinematic regions (1) M_X < 1.7 Gev/c^2,
(2) M_X 8 GeV^2/c^2, and by (3) P_+ < 0.66
GeV/c, allowing for a comparison of the three methods. The matrix element
|V_ub| is found to be (4.09+-0.19+-0.20(+0.14-0.15)+-0.18), where the errors
are statistical, systematic including Monte Carlo modeling, theoretical, and
from shape function parameter determination, respectively.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables. Version as it appears in PRL. Changes
from v1: |V_ub| recalculated using mb(SF)=4.60+-0.04 and
mu_pi^2(SF)=0.20+-0.04. Title and text changed to reflect the calculation of
partial rate instead of partial Br. Fig. 3 changed. Explicit dependence of
the result on mb(SF) is give
Observation of -> DsJ*(2317)+ K- decay
The decays and
are studied for the first time. A significant signal is observed in the
decay channel with . No signals are observed in
the ,
and decay modes, and upper limits are
obtained. The analysis is based on a dataset of 140 fb collected by the
Belle experiment at the asymmetric collider KEKB.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, submitted to PR
Transverse Polarization of in Photoproduction on a Hydrogen Target in CLAS
Experimental results on the hyperon transverse polarization
in photoproduction on a hydrogen target using the CLAS detector at Jefferson
laboratory are presented. The was reconstructed in the
exclusive reaction via the
decay mode. The was reconstructed in the
invariant mass of two oppositely charged pions with the identified in
the missing mass of the detected final state. Experimental data
were collected in the photon energy range = 1.0-3.5 GeV
( range 1.66-2.73 GeV). We observe a large negative polarization of
up to 95%. As the mechanism of transverse polarization of hyperons produced in
unpolarized photoproduction experiments is still not well understood, these
results will help to distinguish between different theoretical models on
hyperon production and provide valuable information for the searches of missing
baryon resonances.Comment: pages 1
Measurement of Time-Dependent CP-Violating Asymmetries in Decay
We present a measurement of CP-violation parameters in the B0 -> KsKsKs decay
based on a sample of 275 x 10^6 BBbar pairs collected at the Upsilon(4S)
resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB energy-asymmetric e+e- collider.
One neutral B meson is fully reconstructed in the decay B0 -> KsKsKs, and the
flavor of the accompanying B meson is identified from its decay products.
CP-violation parameters are obtained from the asymmetry in the distributions of
the proper-time interval between the two B decays: S = +1.26 +/- 0.68(stat) +/-
0.20(syst) and A = +0.54 +/- 0.34(stat) +/- 0.09(syst).Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures 10 pages, 2 figure
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
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