Observation of the decay B+-> K+K-pi(+)

Observation of the decay B+-> K+K-pi(+)

We report the observation of charmless hadronic decays of charged B mesons to the final state K+K-π+. Using a data sample of 347.5fb-1 collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector, we observe 429±43 signal events with a significance of 9.6σ. We measure the inclusive branching fraction B(...

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Main Authors: Aubert, B, Bona, M, Boutigny, D, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, J, Poireau, V, Prudent, X, Tisserand, V, Zghiche, A, Tico, J, Grauges, E, Lopez, L, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Abrams, G, Battaglia, M, Brown, D, Button-Shafer, J, Cahn, R, Groysman, Y, Jacobsen, R, Kadyk, J
Format: Journal article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: 2007
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Summary:We report the observation of charmless hadronic decays of charged B mesons to the final state K+K-π+. Using a data sample of 347.5fb-1 collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector, we observe 429±43 signal events with a significance of 9.6σ. We measure the inclusive branching fraction B(B+→K+K-π+)=[5.0±0.5(stat)±0.5(syst)]×10- 6. Inspection of the Dalitz plot of signal candidates shows a broad structure peaking near 1.5GeV/c2 in the K+K- invariant mass distribution. We find the direct CP asymmetry to be consistent with zero. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

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