Determination of the b̄→d*ℓv̄ decay width and |Vcb|
In the standard model, the charged current of the weak interaction is governed by a unitary quark mixing matrix that also leads to CP violation. Measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements is essential to searches for new physics, either through the structure of the CKM matrix...
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| author | Adam, N Alexander, J Bebek, C Berger, B Berkelman, K Blanc, F Boisvert, V Cassel, D Drell, P Duboscq, J Ecklund, K Ehrlich, R Gibbons, L Gittelman, B Gray, S Hartill, D Heltsley, B Hsu, L Jones, C Kandaswamy, J Kreinick, D Magerkurth, A Mahlke-Krüger, H Meyer, T Mistry, N |
| author_facet | Adam, N Alexander, J Bebek, C Berger, B Berkelman, K Blanc, F Boisvert, V Cassel, D Drell, P Duboscq, J Ecklund, K Ehrlich, R Gibbons, L Gittelman, B Gray, S Hartill, D Heltsley, B Hsu, L Jones, C Kandaswamy, J Kreinick, D Magerkurth, A Mahlke-Krüger, H Meyer, T Mistry, N |
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| description | In the standard model, the charged current of the weak interaction is governed by a unitary quark mixing matrix that also leads to CP violation. Measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements is essential to searches for new physics, either through the structure of the CKM matrix, or a departure from unitarity. We determine the CKM matrix element |Vcb| using a sample of 3 × 106 BB̄ events in the CLEO detector at the ornell Electron Storage Ring. We determine the yield of reconstructed B̄0 →D*+ℓv̄ and B-→D*0ℓv̄ decays as a function of w, the boost of the D* in the B rest frame, and from this we obtain the differential decay rate dΓ/dw. By extrapolating dΓ/dw to w = 1, the kinematic end point at which the D* is at rest relative to the B, we extract the product |Vcb|F(1), where F(1) is the form factor at w = 1. We find |Vcb|F(1) = 0.0431±0.0013(stat) ±0.0018(syst). We combine |Vcb|F(1) with theoretical results for F(1) to determine |Vcb| = 0.0469±0.0014(stat)±0.0020)syst)±0.0018(theor). We also integrate the differential decay rate over w to obtain B(B̄0→D*+ℓv̄) = (6.09±0.19±0.40)% and B(B-→D*0ℓv̄) = (6.50±0.20±0.43)%. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e3c378c2-d2e2-4cd1-80b6-a385b14aabcd2022-03-27T10:11:38ZDetermination of the b̄→d*ℓv̄ decay width and |Vcb|Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e3c378c2-d2e2-4cd1-80b6-a385b14aabcdEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Adam, NAlexander, JBebek, CBerger, BBerkelman, KBlanc, FBoisvert, VCassel, DDrell, PDuboscq, JEcklund, KEhrlich, RGibbons, LGittelman, BGray, SHartill, DHeltsley, BHsu, LJones, CKandaswamy, JKreinick, DMagerkurth, AMahlke-Krüger, HMeyer, TMistry, NIn the standard model, the charged current of the weak interaction is governed by a unitary quark mixing matrix that also leads to CP violation. Measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements is essential to searches for new physics, either through the structure of the CKM matrix, or a departure from unitarity. We determine the CKM matrix element |Vcb| using a sample of 3 × 106 BB̄ events in the CLEO detector at the ornell Electron Storage Ring. We determine the yield of reconstructed B̄0 →D*+ℓv̄ and B-→D*0ℓv̄ decays as a function of w, the boost of the D* in the B rest frame, and from this we obtain the differential decay rate dΓ/dw. By extrapolating dΓ/dw to w = 1, the kinematic end point at which the D* is at rest relative to the B, we extract the product |Vcb|F(1), where F(1) is the form factor at w = 1. We find |Vcb|F(1) = 0.0431±0.0013(stat) ±0.0018(syst). We combine |Vcb|F(1) with theoretical results for F(1) to determine |Vcb| = 0.0469±0.0014(stat)±0.0020)syst)±0.0018(theor). We also integrate the differential decay rate over w to obtain B(B̄0→D*+ℓv̄) = (6.09±0.19±0.40)% and B(B-→D*0ℓv̄) = (6.50±0.20±0.43)%. |
| spellingShingle | Adam, N Alexander, J Bebek, C Berger, B Berkelman, K Blanc, F Boisvert, V Cassel, D Drell, P Duboscq, J Ecklund, K Ehrlich, R Gibbons, L Gittelman, B Gray, S Hartill, D Heltsley, B Hsu, L Jones, C Kandaswamy, J Kreinick, D Magerkurth, A Mahlke-Krüger, H Meyer, T Mistry, N Determination of the b̄→d*ℓv̄ decay width and |Vcb| |
| title | Determination of the b̄→d*ℓv̄ decay width and |Vcb| |
| title_full | Determination of the b̄→d*ℓv̄ decay width and |Vcb| |
| title_fullStr | Determination of the b̄→d*ℓv̄ decay width and |Vcb| |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determination of the b̄→d*ℓv̄ decay width and |Vcb| |
| title_short | Determination of the b̄→d*ℓv̄ decay width and |Vcb| |
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