Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Semileptonic decays of B mesons

  • K. Chadwick
  • , J. Chauveau
  • , P. Ganci
  • , T. Gentile
  • , Joan A. Guida
  • , R. Kass
  • , A. C. Melissinos
  • , S. L. Olsen
  • , R. Poling
  • , C. Rosenfeld
  • , G. Rucinski
  • , E. H. Thorndike
  • , J. Green
  • , J. J. Mueller
  • , F. Sannes
  • , P. Skubic
  • , A. Snyder
  • , R. Stone
  • , A. Brody
  • , A. Chen
  • M. Goldberg, N. Horwitz, H. Kooy, G. C. Moneti, P. Pistilli, M. S. Alam, S. E. Csorna, A. Fridman, R. Hicks, R. S. Panvini, D. Andrews, P. Avery, R. Cabenda, D. G. Cassel, J. S. Dewire, R. Ehrlich, T. Ferguson, M. G.D. Gilchriese, B. Gittelman, D. L. Hartill, D. Herrup, M. Herzlinger, J. Kandaswamy, D. L. Kreinick, N. B. Mistry, F. Morrow, E. Nordberg, R. Perchonok, R. Plunkett, A. Silverman, P. C. Stein, S. Stone, D. Weber, R. Wilcke, C. Bebek, J. Haggerty, M. Hempstead, J. M. Izen, W. A. Loomis, W. W. MacKay, F. M. Pipkin, J. Rohlf, W. Tanenbaum, Richard Wilson, A. J. Sadoff, H. Kagan

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

We have studied the production of B mesons in e+e- annihilations and present new measurements of the semileptonic branching fractions for B-meson decay. We find B(B=eX)=0.127±0.017±0.013 and B(B=X)=0.122±0.017±0.031, where the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively. The observed lepton momentum spectra from B decays are presented. From these spectra we find the mean hadronic mass (MX) recoiling against the detected lepton to be MX=2.2±0.2 GeV/c2. We have also observed an enhancement in the lepton yield from the continuum above BB» threshold. This enhancement is interpreted as continuum B production and is consistent with what is expected from the naive quark model.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)475-485
Number of pages11
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume27
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1983

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
• This research was supported by the UK Science and Engineering Research Council under grants GR/G 32779 and GR/J 21347. I thank my colleagues from the UKQCD Collaboration and G. Martlnelli for fruitful discussions.

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Semileptonic decays of B mesons'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this