Observation of B-meson semileptonic decays to noncharmed final states

  • R. Fulton
  • , M. Hempstead
  • , T. Jensen
  • , D. R. Johnson
  • , H. Kagan
  • , R. Kass
  • , F. Morrow
  • , J. Whitmore
  • , P. Wilson
  • , W. Y. Chen
  • , R. L. McIlwain
  • , D. H. Miller
  • , C. R. Ng
  • , S. F. Schaffner
  • , E. I. Shibata
  • , W. M. Yao
  • , K. Sparks
  • , E. H. Thorndike
  • , C. H. Wang
  • , I. C. Brock
  • T. Ferguson, M. S. Alam, I. J. Kim, W. C. Li, X. C. Lou, C. R. Sun, P. N. Wang, M. I. Zoeller, D. Bortoletto, M. Goldberg, N. Horwitz, V. Jain, M. D. Mestayer, G. C. Moneti, V. Sharma, I. P.J. Shipsey, T. Skwarnicki, M. Thulasidas, S. E. Csorna, T. Letson, J. Alexander, M. Artuso, C. Bebek, K. Berkelman, D. G. Cassel, E. Cheu, D. M. Coffman, G. Crawford, J. W. Dewire, P. S. Drell

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Abstract

We report the first evidence of charmless semileptonic decays of B mesons. In the momentum interval 2.42.6 GeV/c where the background from bcl is negligible, the average of the measured ue and u partial branching ratios is Bub(2.4,2.6) =(1.80.40.3)×10-4. Inclusion of data from the interval 2.22.4 GeV/c, where the lepton yield is dominated by bcl, gives Bub(2.2,2.6) =(3.30.80.8)×10-4. Vub/Vcb depends on the theoretical model of bul decay and is approximately 0.1.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)16-20
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume64
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

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