Observation of the semileptonic decays B→D*τ-(ν)over-barτ and evidence for B→Dτ-(ν)over-barτ

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Aubert, B. [1 ]
Bona, M. [1 ]
Boutigny, D. [1 ]
Karyotakis, Y. [1 ]
Lees, J. P. [1 ]
Poireau, V.
Prudent, X. [1 ]
Tisserand, V. [1 ]
Zghiche, A. [1 ]
Tico, J. Garra [2 ]
Grauges, E. [2 ]
Lopez, L. [3 ]
Palano, A. [3 ]
Pappagallo, M. [3 ]
Eigen, G. [4 ]
Stugu, B. [4 ]
Sun, L. [4 ]
Abrams, G. S. [5 ]
Battaglia, M. [5 ]
Brown, D. N. [5 ,41 ]
Button-Shafer, J. [5 ]
Cahn, R. N. [5 ]
Groysman, Y. [5 ]
Jacobsen, R. G. [5 ]
Kadyk, J. A. [5 ]
Kerth, L. T. [5 ]
Kolomensky, Yu. G. [5 ]
Kukartsev, G. [5 ]
Pegna, D. Lopes [5 ]
Lynch, G. [5 ]
Mir, L. M. [5 ]
Orimoto, T. J. [5 ]
Osipenkov, I. L. [5 ]
Ronan, M. T. [5 ]
Tackmann, K. [5 ]
Tanabe, T. [5 ]
Wenzel, W. A. [5 ]
Sanchez, P. del Amo [6 ]
Hawkes, C. M. [6 ]
Watson, A. T. [6 ]
Koch, H. [7 ]
Schroeder, T. [7 ]
Walker, D. [8 ]
Asgeirsson, D. J. [9 ]
Cuhadar-Donszelmann, T. [9 ]
Fulsom, B. G. [9 ]
Hearty, C. [9 ]
Mattison, T. S. [9 ]
McKenna, J. A. [9 ]
Barrett, M. [10 ]
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[1] CNRS, IN2P3, Phys Particules Lab, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France
[2] Univ Savoie, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France
[3] Univ Barcelona, Fac Fis, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
[4] Univ Bari, Dipartmento Fis, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[6] Univ Bergen, Inst Phys, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
[7] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[8] Univ Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
[9] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Inst Expt Phys 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
[10] Univ Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TL, Avon, England
[11] Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
[12] Brunel Univ, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, Middx, England
[13] Budker Inst Nucl Phys, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
[14] Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
[15] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
[16] Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
[17] Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[18] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[19] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Inst Particle Phys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[20] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[21] Univ Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA
[22] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[23] Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[24] Univ Dortmund, Inst Phys, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
[25] Tech Univ Dresden, Inst Kern & Teilchenphys, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
[26] Ecole Polytech, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Leprince Ringuet, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
[27] Univ Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Midlothian, Scotland
[28] Univ Ferrara, Dipartmento Fis, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
[29] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
[30] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[31] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fis, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[32] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[33] Heidelberg Univ, Inst Phys, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
[34] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, London SW7 2AZ, England
[35] Univ Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
[36] Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA 50011 USA
[37] Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[38] Univ Karlsruhe, Inst Expt Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
[39] CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Accelerateur Lineaire, F-91898 Orsay, France
[40] Univ Paris 11, Ctr Sci Orsay, F-91898 Orsay, France
[41] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[42] Univ Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, Merseyside, England
[43] Univ London, London E1 4NS, England
[44] Univ London Royal Holloway & Bedford New Coll, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, England
[45] Univ Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292 USA
[46] Univ Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
[47] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[48] Univ Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[49] MIT, Nucl Sci Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[50] McGill Univ, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada
基金
英国科学技术设施理事会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.021801
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O4 [物理学];
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摘要
We present measurements of the semileptonic decays B--> D-0 tau(-)(nu) over bar (tau), B--> D-*0 tau(-)(nu) over bar (tau), (B) over bar (0)-> D+tau(-)(nu) over bar (tau), and (B) over bar (0)-> D*+tau(-)(nu) over bar (tau), which are potentially sensitive to non-standard model amplitudes. The data sample comprises 232x10(6) Upsilon(4S)-> B (B) over bar decays collected with the BABAR detector. From a combined fit to B- and (B) over bar (0) channels, we obtain the branching fractions B(B -> D tau(-)(nu) over bar (tau))=(0.86 +/- 0.24 +/- 0.11 +/- 0.06)% and B(B -> D-*tau(-)(nu) over bar (tau))=(1.62 +/- 0.31 +/- 0.10 +/- 0.05)% (normalized for the (B) over bar (0)), where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and normalization-mode-related.
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