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Decay Rate Ratios of Upsilon(5S) to B Bbar Reactions
We calculate the decay rate ratios for OZI allowed decays of Upsilon(5S) to
two B mesons by using the decay amplitudes which incorporate the wave function
of the Upsilon(5S) state. We obtain the results that the branching ratio of the
Upsilon(5S) decay to Bs* Bs*bar is much larger than the branching ratio to Bs
Bs*bar or Bsbar Bs*, in good agreement with recent experimental results of CLEO
and BELLE. This agreement with the experimental results is made possible since
the nodes of the Upsilon(5S) radial wave function induce the nodes of the decay
amplitude. We find that the results for the Upsilon(5S) decays to Bu(*)
Bu(*)bar or Bd(*) Bd(*)bar pairs are dependent on the parameter values used for
the potential between heavy quarks.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
Measurement of Interfering K^*+K^- and K^*-K^+ Amplitudes in the Decay D^0 --> K^+K^-pi^0
We have studied the Cabibbo-suppressed decay mode D^0 into K^+ K^- pi^0 using
a Dalitz plot technique and find the strong phase difference delta_D [defined
as delta_(K*^- K^+) - delta_(K*^+ K^-)] = 332 degrees +- 8 degrees +- 11
degrees and relative amplitude r_D [defined as a_(K*^- K^+) / a_(K*^+ K^-)] =
0.52 +- 0.05 +- 0.04. This measurement indicates significant destructive
interference between D^0 into K^+ (K^- pi^0)_K*^- and D^0 into K^- (K^+
pi^0)_K*^+ in the Dalitz plot region where these two modes overlap. This
analysis uses 9.0 fb^(-1) of data collected at s^(1/2) of approximately 10.58
GeV with the CLEO III detector.Comment: 10 pages postscript,also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2006/, Submitted to Phys. Rev. D
(Rapid Communications
Search for Radiative Decays of Upsilon(1S) into eta and eta'
We report on a search for the radiative decay of Upsilon(1S) to the
pseudoscalar mesons eta and etaprime in 21.2 +/- 0.2 times 10^6 Upsilon(1S)
decays collected with the CLEO III detector at the Cornell Electron Storage
Ring (CESR). The eta meson was reconstructed in the three modes eta to
gamma-gamma, eta to pi+pi-pi0 and eta to 3pi0. The etaprime meson was
reconstructed in the mode etaprime to pi+ pi- eta with eta decaying through any
of the above three modes, and also etaprime to gamma rho, where rho decays to
pi^+ pi^-.
Five out of the seven sub-modes are found to be virtually background-free. In
four of them we find no signal candidates and in one Upsilon(1S) to
gamma-etaprime, etaprime to pi+ pi- eta, eta to pi+pi-pi0 there are two good
signal candidates, which is insufficient evidence to claim a signal. The other
two sub-modes eta to gamma-gamma and etaprime to gamma rho are background
limited, and show no excess of events in their signal regions. We combine the
results from different channels and obtain upper limits at the 90% C.L. which
are B(Upsilon(1S) to gamma eta) < 1.0 times 10^-6 and B(Upsilon(1S) to gamma
etaprime) < 1.9 times 10^-6. Our limits are an order of magnitude tighter than
the previous ones and below the predictions made by some theoretical models.Comment: 14 pages postscript,also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2007/, Submitted to PR
A Study of Exclusive Charmless Semileptonic B Decays and Extraction of |V_{ub}| at CLEO
We have studied semileptonic B decay to the exclusive charmless states pi,
rho/omega, eta and eta' using the full 15.5 fb^-1 CLEO Upsilon(4S) sample, with
measurements performed in subregions of phase space to minimize dependence on a
priori knowledge of the form factors involved. We find total branching
fractions B(B^0 -> pi^-l^+nu) = (1.37 +- 0.15_stat +- 0.11_sys) x 10^-4 and
B(B^0 -> rho^- l^+ nu) = (2.93 +- 0.37_stat +- 0.37_sys) x 10^-4. We find
evidence for B^+ -> eta' l^+ nu, with B(B^+ -> eta' l^+ nu) = (2.66 +-
0.80_stat +- 0.56_sys) x 10^-4 and 1.20 x 10^-4 eta' l^+ nu) < 4.46
x 10^-4 (90% CL). We also limit B(B^+ -> eta l^+ nu) < 1.01 x 10^-4 (90% CL).
By combining our B -> pi l nu information with unquenched lattice calculations,
we find |V_ub| = (3.6 +- 0.4 +- 0.2 +0.6 -0.4) x 10^-3, where the errors are
statistical, experimental systematic, and theoretical systematic, respectively.Comment: 35 pages, 15 figures; revise
Absolute Branching Fraction Measurements for D^+ and D^0 Inclusive Semileptonic Decays
We present measurements of the inclusive branching fractions for the decays
D^+ -> X e^+ nu_e and D^0 -> X e^+ nu_e, using 281 pb^-1 of data collected on
the psi(3770) resonance with the CLEO-c detector. We find Br(D^0 ->Xe^+\nu_e) =
(6.46 \pm 0.17 \pm 0.13)% and Br((D^+ -> Xe^+nu_e) = (16.13 \pm 0.20 \pm
0.33)%. Using the known D meson lifetimes, we obtain the ratio
Gamma{D^+}^sl/Gamma_{D^0}^sl= 0.985\pm 0.028\pm 0.015, confirming isospin
invariance at the level of 3%. The positron momentum spectra from D^+ and D^0
have consistent shapes.Comment: 6 pages postscript,also available through this
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2006
Di-electron Widths of the Upsilon(1S,2S,3S) Resonances
We determine the di-electron widths of the Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S), and
Upsilon(3S) resonances with better than 2% precision by integrating the
cross-section of e+e- -> Upsilon over the e+e- center-of-mass energy. Using
e+e- energy scans of the Upsilon resonances at the Cornell Electron Storage
Ring and measuring Upsilon production with the CLEO detector, we find
di-electron widths of 1.354 +- 0.004 (stat) +- 0.020 (syst) keV, 0.619 +- 0.004
+- 0.010 keV, and 0.446 +- 0.004 +- 0.007 keV for the Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S),
and Upsilon(3S), respectively.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2005/, published in PRL; corrected
numerical values in abstrac
First Observation of Upsilon(3S) --> tau tau and Tests of Lepton Universality in Upsilon Decays
Using data collected with the CLEO-III detector at the CESR e+e- collider, we
report on a first observation of the decay of the Upsilon(3S) to tau tau, and
precisely measure the ratio of branching fractions of Upsilon(nS),n=1,2,3 to
tau tau and mu mu final states, finding agreement with expectations from lepton
universality. We derive absolute branching fractions for these decays, and also
set a limit on the influence of a low mass CP-odd Higgs boson in the decay of
the Upsilon(1S).Comment: 9 pages postscript,also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2006
Measurement of Interference between Electromagnetic and Strong Amplitudes in psi(2S) Decays to Two Pseudoscalar Mesons
Using a sample of 3.08 million psi(2S) decays collected at sqrt{s} = 3.686
GeV with the CLEO detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have
measured the branching fractions for psi(2S) decays to pseudoscalar pairs
pi+pi-, K+K-, and KsKl. We obtain B(psi(2S) -> pi+pi-) < 2.1 x 10^{-5} (90%
C.L.), B(psi(2S) -> K+K-) = (6.3 +- 0.6(stat) +- 0.3(syst)) x 10^{-5}, and
B(psi(2S) -> KsKl) = (5.8 +- 0.8(stat) +- 0.4(syst)) x 10^{-5}. The branching
fractions allow extraction of the relative phase Delta = (95 +- 15) degrees and
strength ratio R = (2.5 +- 0.4) of the three-gluon and one-photon amplitudes
for these modes.Comment: 8 pages postscript,also available through this
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2005/, Submitted to PR
Measurement of Gamma_ee(J/psi), Gamma_tot(J/psi), and Gamma_ee[psi(2S)]/Gamma_ee(J/psi)
Using data acquired with the CLEO detector at the CESR e+e- collider at
sqrt{s} = 3.773 GeV, we measure the cross section for the radiative return
process e+e- --> gamma J/psi, J/psi --> mu+mu-, resulting in B(J/psi -->
mu+mu-) x Gamma_ee(J/psi) = 0.3384 +- 0.0058 +- 0.0071 keV, Gamma_ee(J/psi) =
5.68 +- 0.11 +- 0.13 keV, and Gamma_tot(J/psi) = 95.5 +- 2.4 +- 2.4 keV, in
which the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively. We also
determine the ratio Gamma_ee[psi(2S)] / Gamma_ee(J/psi) = 0.45 +- 0.01 +- 0.02.Comment: 12 pages postscript,also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2005
New Measurements of Cabibbo-Suppressed Decays of D Mesons in CLEO-c
Using 281 pb^-1 of data collected with the CLEO-c detector, we report on
first observations and new measurements of Cabibbo-suppressed decays of D
mesons to 2, 3, 4, and 5 pions. Branching fractions of previously unobserved
modes are measured to be: B(D^0\to
pi^+pi^-pi^0pi^0)=(9.9\pm0.6\pm0.7\pm0.2\pm0.1)x10^-3,
B(D^0\to\pi^+\pi^+\pi^-\pi^-\pi^0)=(4.1\pm0.5\pm0.2\pm0.1\pm0.0)x10^-3,
B(D^+\to\pi^+\pi^0\pi^0)=(4.8\pm0.3\pm0.3\pm0.2)x10^-3,
B(D^+\to\pi^+\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0)=(11.6\pm0.4\pm0.6\pm0.4)x10^-3,
B(D^0\to\eta\pi^0)=(0.62\pm0.14\pm0.05\pm0.01\pm0.01)x10^-3, and
B(D^0\to\omega\pi^+\pi^-)=(1.7\pm0.5\pm0.2\pm0.0\pm0.0)x10^-3. The
uncertainties are from statistics, experimental systematics, normalization and
CP correlations (for D^0 modes only). Improvements in other multi-pion decay
modes are also presented. The D-->pi pi rates allow us to extract the ratio of
isospin amplitudes A(Delta I=3/2)/A(\Delta
I=1/2)=0.420\pm0.014(stat)\pm0.016(syst) and the strong phase shift of
delta_I=(86.4+-2.8+-3.3) degrees, which is quite large and now more precisely
determined.Comment: 9 pages postscript also available through
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS/2005/, submitted to PR
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