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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
Evidence of the Purely Leptonic Decay B- --> tau- nu_tau-bar
We present the first evidence of the decay B- --> tau- nu_tau-bar using 414
fb^-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at
the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. Events are tagged by fully
reconstructing one of the B mesons in hadronic modes. We detect the signal with
a significance of 3.5 standard deviations including systematics, and measure
the branching fraction to be Br(B- --> tau- nu_tau-bar) = (1.79
+0.56-0.49(stat) +0.46-0.51(syst))*10^-4. This implies that f_B = 0.229
+0.036-0.031(stat) +0.034-0.037(syst) GeV and is the first direct measurement
of this quantity.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Physical Review Letter
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
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
Measurement of K^+K^- production in two-photon collisions in the resonant-mass region
K^+K^- production in two-photon collisions has been studied using a large
data sample of 67 fb^{-1} accumulated with the Belle detector at the KEKB
asymmetric e^+e^- collider. We have measured the cross section for the process
gamma gamma -> K^+ K^- for center-of-mass energies between 1.4 and 2.4 GeV, and
found three new resonant structures in the energy region between 1.6 and 2.4
GeV. The angular differential cross sections have also been measured.Comment: 24 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Euro. Phys. Jour.
Search for the b --> d gamma process
We report the results of a search for the flavor-changing neutral current
process b --> d gamma using a sample of 275 million B meson pairs accumulated
by the Belle detector at KEKB. We find no significant signal for the exclusive
decays B- --> rho- gamma, B0B --> rho0 gamma, or B0B --> omega gamma. Assuming
an isospin relation between the three modes, we set an upper limit for the
combined branching fraction Br(B --> (rho,omega) gamma) < 1.4 x 10-6 at the 90%
confidence level. This limit can be used to constrain the ratio of CKM matrix
elements |Vtd/Vts|.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D (RC
Observation of the DsJ(2317) and DsJ(2457) in B decays
We report the first observation of the B --> Dbar DsJ(2317) and B --> Dbar
DsJ(2457) decays based on 123.8 10^6 BBar events collected with the Belle
detector at KEKB. We observe the DsJ(2317) decay to Ds pi0 and DsJ(2457) decay
to the Ds* pi0 and Ds gamma final states. We also set 90% CL upper limits for
the decays DsJ(2317) --> Ds* gamma, DsJ(2457) --> Ds* gamma, DsJ(2457) --> Ds
pi0 and DsJ(2457) --> Ds pi+ pi-.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. A few minor corrections. Replaced by version
accepted to publication in Phys. Rev. Let
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
Observation of e+e- to K+K-J/psi via Initial State Radiation at Belle
The process e+e- to K+K-J/psi is observed for the first time via initial
state radiation. The cross section of e+e- to K+K-J/psi for center-of-mass
energies between threshold and 6.0 GeV is measured using 673 fb^{-1} of data
collected with the Belle detector on and off the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We also
find evidence for e+e- to K_S K_S J/psi in the same energy region.Comment: Version to appear in Physical Review D (RC
Observation of B+ -> p pbar pi+, B0 -> p pbar K0, and B+ -> p pbar K*+
We report the first observation of a b -> u type charmless baryonic B decay,
B+ -> p pbar pi+, as well as b -> s type B0 -> p pbar K0 and B+ -> p pbar K*+
decays. The analysis is based on a 78fb^{-1} data sample recorded on the
Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at KEKB. We find BF(B+ -> p pbar
pi+) = (3.06^{+0.73}_{-0.62} \pm 0.37)*10^{-6}, BF(B0 -> p pbar K0)
=(1.88^{+0.77}_{-0.60} \pm 0.23)*10^{-6}, and BF(B+ -> p pbar K*+) =
(10.3^{+3.6 + 1.3}_{-2.8 -1.7})*10^{-6}. We also update BF(B+ -> p pbar K+) =
(5.66^{+0.67}_{-0.57} \pm 0.62)* 10^{-6}, and present an upper limit on BF(B0
-> p pbar K*0) at the 90% confidence level. A common feature of the observed
decay modes is threshold peaking in baryon pair invariant mass.Comment: 10 pages, 12 figure file
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