Measurement of the B semileptonic branching fraction with lepton tags

B. Barish; M. Chadha; S. Chan; G. Eigen; J. S. Miller; C. O’grady; J. Urheim; A. J. Weinstein; F. Würthwein; D. M. Asner; M. Athanas; D. W. Bliss; W. S. Brower; G. Masek; H. P. Paar; J. Gronberg; C. M. Korte; R. Kutschke; S. Menary; R. J. Morrison; S. Nakanishi; H. N. Nelson; T. K. Nelson; C. Qiao; J. D. Richman; D. Roberts; A. Ryd; H. Tajima; M. S. Witherell; R. Balest; K. Cho; W. T. Ford; M. Lohner; H. Park; P. Rankin; J. G. Smith; J. P. Alexander; C. Bebek; B. E. Berger; K. Berkelman; K. Bloom; T. E. Browder; D. G. Cassel; H. A. Cho; D. M. Coffman; D. S. Crowcroft; M. Dickson; P. S. Drell; Y. Kubota; R. Poling; CLEO Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1570

Measurement of the B semileptonic branching fraction with lepton tags

B. Barish
, M. Chadha
, S. Chan
, G. Eigen
, J. S. Miller
, C. O’grady
, J. Urheim
, A. J. Weinstein
, F. Würthwein
, D. M. Asner
, M. Athanas
, D. W. Bliss
, W. S. Brower
, G. Masek
, H. P. Paar
, J. Gronberg
, C. M. Korte
, R. Kutschke
, S. Menary
, R. J. Morrison

S. Nakanishi, H. N. Nelson, T. K. Nelson, C. Qiao, J. D. Richman, D. Roberts, A. Ryd, H. Tajima, M. S. Witherell, R. Balest, K. Cho, W. T. Ford, M. Lohner, H. Park, P. Rankin, J. G. Smith, J. P. Alexander, C. Bebek, B. E. Berger, K. Berkelman, K. Bloom, T. E. Browder, D. G. Cassel, H. A. Cho, D. M. Coffman, D. S. Crowcroft, M. Dickson, P. S. Drell, Y. Kubota, R. Poling, CLEO Collaboration

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We have used the CLEO II detector and 2.06fb⁻¹ of ϒ(4S) data to measure the B-meson semileptonic branching fraction. The B → Xeν momentum spectrum was obtained over nearly the full momentum range by using charge and kinematic correlations in events with a high-momentum lepton tag and an additional electron. We find B (B → Xeν) = (10.49 ± 0.17 ± 0.43)%, with overall systematic uncertainties less than those of untagged single-lepton measurements. We use this result to calculate the magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element V_cb and to set an upper limit on the fraction of ϒ(4S) decays to final states other than BB¯.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1570-1574
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	76
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1570
State	Published - Mar 4 1996

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Barish, B., Chadha, M., Chan, S., Eigen, G., Miller, J. S., O’grady, C., Urheim, J., Weinstein, A. J., Würthwein, F., Asner, D. M., Athanas, M., Bliss, D. W., Brower, W. S., Masek, G., Paar, H. P., Gronberg, J., Korte, C. M., Kutschke, R., Menary, S., ... CLEO Collaboration (1996). Measurement of the B semileptonic branching fraction with lepton tags. Physical review letters, 76(10), 1570-1574. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1570

Barish, B, Chadha, M, Chan, S, Eigen, G, Miller, JS, O’grady, C, Urheim, J, Weinstein, AJ, Würthwein, F, Asner, DM, Athanas, M, Bliss, DW, Brower, WS, Masek, G, Paar, HP, Gronberg, J, Korte, CM, Kutschke, R, Menary, S, Morrison, RJ, Nakanishi, S, Nelson, HN, Nelson, TK, Qiao, C, Richman, JD, Roberts, D, Ryd, A, Tajima, H, Witherell, MS, Balest, R, Cho, K, Ford, WT, Lohner, M, Park, H, Rankin, P, Smith, JG, Alexander, JP, Bebek, C, Berger, BE, Berkelman, K, Bloom, K, Browder, TE, Cassel, DG, Cho, HA, Coffman, DM, Crowcroft, DS, Dickson, M, Drell, PS, Kubota, Y, Poling, R & CLEO Collaboration 1996, 'Measurement of the B semileptonic branching fraction with lepton tags', Physical review letters, vol. 76, no. 10, pp. 1570-1574. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1570

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