Exclusive decays and masses of the B mesons

C. Bebek; K. Berkelman; E. Blucher; D. G. Cassel; T. Copie; R. Desalvo; J. W. Dewire; R. Ehrlich; R. S. Galik; M. G.D. Gilchriese; B. Gittelman; S. W. Gray; A. M. Halling; D. L. Hartill; B. K. Heltsley; S. Holzner; M. Ito; J. Kandaswamy; R. Kowalewski; D. L. Kreinick; Y. Kubota; N. B. Mistry; J. Mueller; R. Namjoshi; S. Nandi; E. Nordberg; M. Ogg; D. Perticone; D. Peterson; M. Pisharody; K. Read; D. Riley; A. Silverman; S. Stone; A. J. Sadoff; P. Avery; D. Besson; L. Garren; T. Bowcock; R. T. Giles; K. Kinoshita; F. M. Pipkin; Richard Wilson; J. Wolinski; D. Xiao; T. Gentile; P. Haas; M. Hempstead; T. Jensen; R. Poling

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.36.1289

Exclusive decays and masses of the B mesons

C. Bebek
, K. Berkelman
, E. Blucher
, D. G. Cassel
, T. Copie
, R. Desalvo
, J. W. Dewire
, R. Ehrlich
, R. S. Galik
, M. G.D. Gilchriese
, B. Gittelman
, S. W. Gray
, A. M. Halling
, D. L. Hartill
, B. K. Heltsley
, S. Holzner
, M. Ito
, J. Kandaswamy
, R. Kowalewski
, D. L. Kreinick

Y. Kubota, N. B. Mistry, J. Mueller, R. Namjoshi, S. Nandi, E. Nordberg, M. Ogg, D. Perticone, D. Peterson, M. Pisharody, K. Read, D. Riley, A. Silverman, S. Stone, A. J. Sadoff, P. Avery, D. Besson, L. Garren, T. Bowcock, R. T. Giles, K. Kinoshita, F. M. Pipkin, Richard Wilson, J. Wolinski, D. Xiao, T. Gentile, P. Haas, M. Hempstead, T. Jensen, R. Poling

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We report on the observation of exclusive decays of B mesons to modes containing a D or D*+ and one or two charged pions. From kinematic reconstruction we determine the masses of the neutral and charged B mesons to be 5280.60.82.0 and 5278.60.82.0 MeV, respectively. The mass difference is 2.01.10.3 MeV. Branching ratios for these modes are given. From the charged-particle momentum spectrum in (4S) decay, we find the average branching fraction for B-meson decay into a D or D* plus a charged pion to be (0.810.16)%. We find no signal for exclusive decays which would arise from the bu transition and set upper limits for several such modes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1289-1301
Number of pages	13
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	36
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.1289
State	Published - 1987

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Bebek, C., Berkelman, K., Blucher, E., Cassel, D. G., Copie, T., Desalvo, R., Dewire, J. W., Ehrlich, R., Galik, R. S., Gilchriese, M. G. D., Gittelman, B., Gray, S. W., Halling, A. M., Hartill, D. L., Heltsley, B. K., Holzner, S., Ito, M., Kandaswamy, J., Kowalewski, R., ... Poling, R. (1987). Exclusive decays and masses of the B mesons. Physical Review D, 36(5), 1289-1301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.1289

Bebek, C, Berkelman, K, Blucher, E, Cassel, DG, Copie, T, Desalvo, R, Dewire, JW, Ehrlich, R, Galik, RS, Gilchriese, MGD, Gittelman, B, Gray, SW, Halling, AM, Hartill, DL, Heltsley, BK, Holzner, S, Ito, M, Kandaswamy, J, Kowalewski, R, Kreinick, DL, Kubota, Y, Mistry, NB, Mueller, J, Namjoshi, R, Nandi, S, Nordberg, E, Ogg, M, Perticone, D, Peterson, D, Pisharody, M, Read, K, Riley, D, Silverman, A, Stone, S, Sadoff, AJ, Avery, P, Besson, D, Garren, L, Bowcock, T, Giles, RT, Kinoshita, K, Pipkin, FM, Wilson, R, Wolinski, J, Xiao, D, Gentile, T, Haas, P, Hempstead, M, Jensen, T & Poling, R 1987, 'Exclusive decays and masses of the B mesons', Physical Review D, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 1289-1301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.1289

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