Measurement of the B → Dℓν branching fractions and form factor

J. Bartelt; S. E. Csorna; K. W. McLean; S. Marka; Z. Xu; R. Godang; K. Kinoshita; I. C. Lai; P. Pomianowski; S. Schrenk; G. Bonvicini; D. Cinabro; R. Greene; L. P. Perera; G. J. Zhou; S. Chan; G. Eigen; E. Lipeles; J. S. Miller; M. Schmidtler; A. Shapiro; W. M. Sun; J. Urheim; A. J. Weinstein; F. Würthwein; D. E. Jaffe; G. Masek; H. P. Paar; E. M. Potter; S. Prell; V. Sharma; D. M. Asner; J. Gronberg; T. S. Hill; D. J. Lange; R. J. Morrison; H. N. Nelson; T. K. Nelson; D. Roberts; B. H. Behrens; W. T. Ford; A. Gritsan; H. Krieg; J. Roy; J. G. Smith; J. P. Alexander; R. Baker; C. Bebek; B. E. Berger; K. Berkelman; V. Boisvert; D. G. Cassel; D. S. Crowcroft; M. Dickson; S. Von Dombrowski; P. S. Drell; K. M. Ecklund; R. Ehrlich; A. D. Foland; P. Gaidarev; L. Gibbons; B. Gittelman; S. W. Gray; D. L. Hartill; B. K. Heltsley; P. I. Hopman; J. Kandaswamy; D. L. Kreinick; T. Lee; Y. Liu; N. B. Mistry; C. R. Ng; E. Nordberg; M. Ogg; J. R. Patterson; D. Peterson; D. Riley; A. Soffer; B. Valant-Spaight; A. Warburton; C. Ward; M. Athanas; P. Avery; C. D. Jones; M. Lohner; C. Prescott; A. I. Rubiera; J. Yelton; J. Zheng; G. Brandenburg; R. A. Briere; A. Ershov; Y. S. Gao; D. Y J Kim; R. Wilson; H. Yamamoto; T. E. Browder; Y. Li; J. L. Rodriguez; S. K. Sahu; T. Bergfeld; B. I. Eisenstein; J. Ernst; G. E. Gladding; G. D. Gollin; R. M. Hans; E. Johnson; I. Karliner; M. A. Marsh; M. Palmer; M. Selen; J. J. Thaler; K. W. Edwards; A. Bellerive; R. Janicek; P. M. Patel; A. J. Sadoff; R. Ammar; P. Baringer; A. Bean; D. Besson; D. Coppage; C. Darling; R. Davis; S. Kotov; I. Kravchenko; N. Kwak; L. Zhou; S. Anderson; Y. Kubota; S. J. Lee; R. Mahapatra; J. J. O'Neill; R. Poling; T. Riehle; A. Smith; M. S. Alam; S. B. Athar; Z. Ling; A. H. Mahmood; S. Timm; F. Wappler; A. Anastassov; J. E. Duboscq; K. K. Gan; T. Hart; K. Honscheid; H. Kagan; R. Kass; J. Lee; H. Schwarthoff; A. Wolf; M. M. Zoeller; S. J. Richichi; H. Severini; P. Skubic; A. Undrus; M. Bishai; S. Chen; J. Fast; J. W. Hinson; N. Menon; D. H. Miller; E. I. Shibata; I. P J Shipsey; S. Glenn; Y. Kwon; A. L. Lyon; S. Roberts; E. H. Thorndike; C. P. Jessop; K. Lingel; H. Marsiske; M. L. Perl; V. Savinov; D. Ugolini; X. Zhou; T. E. Coan; V. Fadeyev; I. Korolkov; Y. Maravin; I. Narsky; R. Stroynowski; J. Ye; T. Wlodek; M. Artuso; E. Dambasuren; S. Kopp; G. C. Moneti; R. Mountain; S. Schuh; T. Skwarnicki; S. Stone; A. Titov; G. Viehhauser; J. C. Wang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3746

Measurement of the B → Dℓν branching fractions and form factor

J. Bartelt, S. E. Csorna, K. W. McLean, S. Marka, Z. Xu, R. Godang, K. Kinoshita, I. C. Lai, P. Pomianowski, S. Schrenk, G. Bonvicini, D. Cinabro, R. Greene, L. P. Perera, G. J. Zhou, S. Chan, G. Eigen, E. Lipeles, J. S. Miller, M. SchmidtlerA. Shapiro, W. M. Sun, J. Urheim, A. J. Weinstein, F. Würthwein, D. E. Jaffe, G. Masek, H. P. Paar, E. M. Potter, S. Prell, V. Sharma, D. M. Asner, J. Gronberg, T. S. Hill, D. J. Lange, R. J. Morrison, H. N. Nelson, T. K. Nelson, D. Roberts, B. H. Behrens, W. T. Ford, A. Gritsan, H. Krieg, J. Roy, J. G. Smith, J. P. Alexander, R. Baker, C. Bebek, B. E. Berger, K. Berkelman, V. Boisvert, D. G. Cassel, D. S. Crowcroft, M. Dickson, S. Von Dombrowski, P. S. Drell, K. M. Ecklund, R. Ehrlich, A. D. Foland, P. Gaidarev, L. Gibbons, B. Gittelman, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, B. K. Heltsley, P. I. Hopman, J. Kandaswamy, D. L. Kreinick, T. Lee, Y. Liu, N. B. Mistry, C. R. Ng, E. Nordberg, M. Ogg, J. R. Patterson, D. Peterson, D. Riley, A. Soffer, B. Valant-Spaight, A. Warburton, C. Ward, M. Athanas, P. Avery, C. D. Jones, M. Lohner, C. Prescott, A. I. Rubiera, J. Yelton, J. Zheng, G. Brandenburg, R. A. Briere, A. Ershov, Y. S. Gao, D. Y J Kim, R. Wilson, H. Yamamoto, T. E. Browder, Y. Li, J. L. Rodriguez, S. K. Sahu, T. Bergfeld, B. I. Eisenstein, J. Ernst, G. E. Gladding, G. D. Gollin, R. M. Hans, E. Johnson, I. Karliner, M. A. Marsh, M. Palmer, M. Selen, J. J. Thaler, K. W. Edwards, A. Bellerive, R. Janicek, P. M. Patel, A. J. Sadoff, R. Ammar, P. Baringer, A. Bean, D. Besson, D. Coppage, C. Darling, R. Davis, S. Kotov, I. Kravchenko, N. Kwak, L. Zhou, S. Anderson, Y. Kubota, S. J. Lee, R. Mahapatra, J. J. O'Neill, R. Poling, T. Riehle, A. Smith, M. S. Alam, S. B. Athar, Z. Ling, A. H. Mahmood, S. Timm, F. Wappler, A. Anastassov, J. E. Duboscq, K. K. Gan, T. Hart, K. Honscheid, H. Kagan, R. Kass, J. Lee, H. Schwarthoff, A. Wolf, M. M. Zoeller, S. J. Richichi, H. Severini, P. Skubic, A. Undrus, M. Bishai, S. Chen, J. Fast, J. W. Hinson, N. Menon, D. H. Miller, E. I. Shibata, I. P J Shipsey, S. Glenn, Y. Kwon, A. L. Lyon, S. Roberts, E. H. Thorndike, C. P. Jessop, K. Lingel, H. Marsiske, M. L. Perl, V. Savinov, D. Ugolini, X. Zhou, T. E. Coan, V. Fadeyev, I. Korolkov, Y. Maravin, I. Narsky, R. Stroynowski, J. Ye, T. Wlodek, M. Artuso, E. Dambasuren, S. Kopp, G. C. Moneti, R. Mountain, S. Schuh, T. Skwarnicki, S. Stone, A. Titov, G. Viehhauser, J. C. Wang

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Using a sample of 3.3 × 10⁶ B-meson decays collected with the CLEO detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have studied B^- → D⁰ℓ^-ν and B⁰ → D⁺ℓ^-ν decays, where ℓ^- can be either e^- or μ^-. We distinguish B → Dℓν from other B semileptonic decays by examining the net momentum and energy of the particles recoiling against D - ℓ pairs. We find Γ(B → Dℓν) = (14.1±1.0±1.2)ns^-1 and derive branching fractions for B^- → D⁰ℓ^-ν and B⁰ → D⁺ℓ^-ν of (2.32±0.17±0.20)% and (2.20±0.16±0.19)%, respectively, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic. We also investigate the B → Dℓν form factor and the implication of the result for |V_cb|.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3746-3750
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	82
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3746
State	Published - 1999

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Bartelt, J., Csorna, S. E., McLean, K. W., Marka, S., Xu, Z., Godang, R., Kinoshita, K., Lai, I. C., Pomianowski, P., Schrenk, S., Bonvicini, G., Cinabro, D., Greene, R., Perera, L. P., Zhou, G. J., Chan, S., Eigen, G., Lipeles, E., Miller, J. S., ... Wang, J. C. (1999). Measurement of the B → Dℓν branching fractions and form factor. Physical review letters, 82(19), 3746-3750. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3746

Bartelt, J, Csorna, SE, McLean, KW, Marka, S, Xu, Z, Godang, R, Kinoshita, K, Lai, IC, Pomianowski, P, Schrenk, S, Bonvicini, G, Cinabro, D, Greene, R, Perera, LP, Zhou, GJ, Chan, S, Eigen, G, Lipeles, E, Miller, JS, Schmidtler, M, Shapiro, A, Sun, WM, Urheim, J, Weinstein, AJ, Würthwein, F, Jaffe, DE, Masek, G, Paar, HP, Potter, EM, Prell, S, Sharma, V, Asner, DM, Gronberg, J, Hill, TS, Lange, DJ, Morrison, RJ, Nelson, HN, Nelson, TK, Roberts, D, Behrens, BH, Ford, WT, Gritsan, A, Krieg, H, Roy, J, Smith, JG, Alexander, JP, Baker, R, Bebek, C, Berger, BE, Berkelman, K, Boisvert, V, Cassel, DG, Crowcroft, DS, Dickson, M, Von Dombrowski, S, Drell, PS, Ecklund, KM, Ehrlich, R, Foland, AD, Gaidarev, P, Gibbons, L, Gittelman, B, Gray, SW, Hartill, DL, Heltsley, BK, Hopman, PI, Kandaswamy, J, Kreinick, DL, Lee, T, Liu, Y, Mistry, NB, Ng, CR, Nordberg, E, Ogg, M, Patterson, JR, Peterson, D, Riley, D, Soffer, A, Valant-Spaight, B, Warburton, A, Ward, C, Athanas, M, Avery, P, Jones, CD, Lohner, M, Prescott, C, Rubiera, AI, Yelton, J, Zheng, J, Brandenburg, G, Briere, RA, Ershov, A, Gao, YS, Kim, DYJ, Wilson, R, Yamamoto, H, Browder, TE, Li, Y, Rodriguez, JL, Sahu, SK, Bergfeld, T, Eisenstein, BI, Ernst, J, Gladding, GE, Gollin, GD, Hans, RM, Johnson, E, Karliner, I, Marsh, MA, Palmer, M, Selen, M, Thaler, JJ, Edwards, KW, Bellerive, A, Janicek, R, Patel, PM, Sadoff, AJ, Ammar, R, Baringer, P, Bean, A, Besson, D, Coppage, D, Darling, C, Davis, R, Kotov, S, Kravchenko, I, Kwak, N, Zhou, L, Anderson, S, Kubota, Y, Lee, SJ, Mahapatra, R, O'Neill, JJ, Poling, R, Riehle, T, Smith, A, Alam, MS, Athar, SB, Ling, Z, Mahmood, AH, Timm, S, Wappler, F, Anastassov, A, Duboscq, JE, Gan, KK, Hart, T, Honscheid, K, Kagan, H, Kass, R, Lee, J, Schwarthoff, H, Wolf, A, Zoeller, MM, Richichi, SJ, Severini, H, Skubic, P, Undrus, A, Bishai, M, Chen, S, Fast, J, Hinson, JW, Menon, N, Miller, DH, Shibata, EI, Shipsey, IPJ, Glenn, S, Kwon, Y, Lyon, AL, Roberts, S, Thorndike, EH, Jessop, CP, Lingel, K, Marsiske, H, Perl, ML, Savinov, V, Ugolini, D, Zhou, X, Coan, TE, Fadeyev, V, Korolkov, I, Maravin, Y, Narsky, I, Stroynowski, R, Ye, J, Wlodek, T, Artuso, M, Dambasuren, E, Kopp, S, Moneti, GC, Mountain, R, Schuh, S, Skwarnicki, T, Stone, S, Titov, A, Viehhauser, G & Wang, JC 1999, 'Measurement of the B → Dℓν branching fractions and form factor', Physical review letters, vol. 82, no. 19, pp. 3746-3750. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3746

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AU - Lai, I. C.

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AU - Greene, R.

AU - Perera, L. P.

AU - Zhou, G. J.

AU - Chan, S.

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AU - Shapiro, A.

AU - Sun, W. M.

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AU - Jaffe, D. E.

AU - Masek, G.

AU - Paar, H. P.

AU - Potter, E. M.

AU - Prell, S.

AU - Sharma, V.

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AU - Gronberg, J.

AU - Hill, T. S.

AU - Lange, D. J.

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