Measurement of branching fractions and CP and isospin asymmetries for B -> K-*gamma

The branching fractions of the decays B0 → K*0 γ and B+ → K*+ γ are measured using a sample of 88 × 106BB̄ events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e +e- collider. We find B(B0 → K* γ) = [3.92 ± 0.20(stat) ± 0.24(syst)] × 10 -5, B(B+ → K*+ γ) = [3.87 ± 0.28(stat) ± 0....

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Main Authors: Aubert, B, Barate, R, Boutigny, D, Couderc, F, Gaillard, J, Hicheur, A, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, J, Tisserand, V, Zghiche, A, Palano, A, Pompili, A, Chen, J, Qi, N, Rong, G, Wang, P, Zhu, Y, Eigen, G, Ofte, I, Stugu, B, Abrams, G, Borgland, A, Breon, AB, Brown, D, Button-Shafer, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004
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author Aubert, B
Barate, R
Boutigny, D
Couderc, F
Gaillard, J
Hicheur, A
Karyotakis, Y
Lees, J
Tisserand, V
Zghiche, A
Palano, A
Pompili, A
Chen, J
Qi, N
Rong, G
Wang, P
Zhu, Y
Eigen, G
Ofte, I
Stugu, B
Abrams, G
Borgland, A
Breon, AB
Brown, D
Button-Shafer, J
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Barate, R
Boutigny, D
Couderc, F
Gaillard, J
Hicheur, A
Karyotakis, Y
Lees, J
Tisserand, V
Zghiche, A
Palano, A
Pompili, A
Chen, J
Qi, N
Rong, G
Wang, P
Zhu, Y
Eigen, G
Ofte, I
Stugu, B
Abrams, G
Borgland, A
Breon, AB
Brown, D
Button-Shafer, J
author_sort Aubert, B
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description The branching fractions of the decays B0 → K*0 γ and B+ → K*+ γ are measured using a sample of 88 × 106BB̄ events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e +e- collider. We find B(B0 → K* γ) = [3.92 ± 0.20(stat) ± 0.24(syst)] × 10 -5, B(B+ → K*+ γ) = [3.87 ± 0.28(stat) ± 0.26(syst)] × 10-5. Our measurements also constrain the direct CP asymmetry to be -0.074 < A(B → K* γ) < 0.049 and the isospin asymmetry to be -0.046 < Δ0-̈ < 0.146, both at the 90% confidence level.
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spelling oxford-uuid:a66989a6-186b-48b8-ac64-642566396f892022-03-27T02:47:16ZMeasurement of branching fractions and CP and isospin asymmetries for B -> K-*gammaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a66989a6-186b-48b8-ac64-642566396f89EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Aubert, BBarate, RBoutigny, DCouderc, FGaillard, JHicheur, AKaryotakis, YLees, JTisserand, VZghiche, APalano, APompili, AChen, JQi, NRong, GWang, PZhu, YEigen, GOfte, IStugu, BAbrams, GBorgland, ABreon, ABBrown, DButton-Shafer, JThe branching fractions of the decays B0 → K*0 γ and B+ → K*+ γ are measured using a sample of 88 × 106BB̄ events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e +e- collider. We find B(B0 → K* γ) = [3.92 ± 0.20(stat) ± 0.24(syst)] × 10 -5, B(B+ → K*+ γ) = [3.87 ± 0.28(stat) ± 0.26(syst)] × 10-5. Our measurements also constrain the direct CP asymmetry to be -0.074 < A(B → K* γ) < 0.049 and the isospin asymmetry to be -0.046 < Δ0-̈ < 0.146, both at the 90% confidence level.
spellingShingle Aubert, B
Barate, R
Boutigny, D
Couderc, F
Gaillard, J
Hicheur, A
Karyotakis, Y
Lees, J
Tisserand, V
Zghiche, A
Palano, A
Pompili, A
Chen, J
Qi, N
Rong, G
Wang, P
Zhu, Y
Eigen, G
Ofte, I
Stugu, B
Abrams, G
Borgland, A
Breon, AB
Brown, D
Button-Shafer, J
Measurement of branching fractions and CP and isospin asymmetries for B -> K-*gamma
title Measurement of branching fractions and CP and isospin asymmetries for B -> K-*gamma
title_full Measurement of branching fractions and CP and isospin asymmetries for B -> K-*gamma
title_fullStr Measurement of branching fractions and CP and isospin asymmetries for B -> K-*gamma
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of branching fractions and CP and isospin asymmetries for B -> K-*gamma
title_short Measurement of branching fractions and CP and isospin asymmetries for B -> K-*gamma
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