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hep-ex2013★ 5 cited

Study of the decay and its intermediate states

The Babar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +351

We study the decay , reconstructing the Λ_{c}^{+} baryon in the mode, using a data sample of $B\…

hep-ex2012★ 17 cited

Search for direct CP-violation in singly-Cabibbo suppressed D+- --> K+ K- pi+- decays

BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +359

We report on a search for direct CP asymmetry in the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decay D+- --> K+ K- pi+- using a data sample of 476 fb-1 accumulated with the BaBar detector running…

hep-ex2012★ 48 cited

Search for a Low-Mass Scalar Higgs Boson Decaying to a Tau Pair in Single-Photon Decays of Upsilon(1S)

J. P. Lees, others

We search for a low-mass scalar CP-odd Higgs boson, A0, produced in the radiative decay of the Upsilon resonance and decaying into a tau+tau- pair: Upsilon(1S)->gamma A0. The produ…

hep-ex2012★ 11 cited

The branching fraction of tau --> pi- K0S K0S (pi0) nu decays

J. P. Lees

We present a study of tau- --> pi- K0S K0S (pi0) nu and tau- --> K- K0S K0S (pi0) nu decays using a dataset of 430 million tau lepton pairs, corresponding to an integrated luminosi…

hep-ex2012★ 92 cited

Precision Measurement of the B to X_s γPhoton Energy Spectrum, Branching Fraction, and Direct CP Asymmetry A_{CP}(B to X_{s+d}γ

The BaBar Collaboration

The photon spectrum in the inclusive electromagnetic radiative decays of the meson, plus , is studied using a data sample of $(382.8 \pm 4.2) \ti…

hep-ex2012★ 156 cited

Observation of Time Reversal Violation in the B0 Meson System

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +364

Although CP violation in the B meson system has been well established by the B factories, there has been no direct observation of time reversal violation. The decays of entangled n…

hep-ex2012★ 11 cited

Search for resonances decaying to eta_c pi+ pi- in two-photon interactions

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, others

We report a study of the process gamma gamma -> X -> eta_c pi+ pi-, where X stands for one of the resonances chi_{c2}(1P), eta_c(2S), X(3872), X(3915), or chi_{c2}(2P). The analysi…

hep-ex2012★ 857 cited

Evidence for an excess of B -> D(*) Tau Nu decays

The BaBar Collaboration

Based on the full BaBar data sample, we report improved measurements of the ratios R(D(*)) = B(B -> D(*) Tau Nu)/B(B -> D(*) l Nu), where l is either e or mu. These ratios are sens…

hep-ex2012★ 104 cited

Study of the reaction e^{+}e^{-} -->J/psiπ^{+}π^{-} via initial-state radiation at BaBar

The BABAR Collaboration

We study the process with initial-state-radiation events produced at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider. The data were recorded with the BaBar detector…

hep-ex2012★ 207 cited

Measurement of Branching Fractions and Rate Asymmetries in the Rare Decays B -> K(*) l+ l-

The BABAR Collaboration

In a sample of 471 million BB events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- collider we study the rare decays B -> K(*) l+ l-, where l+ l- is either e+e- or mu+mu-. W…

hep-ex2011★ 39 cited

Study of Bbar --> Xu l nubar decays in BBbar events tagged by a fully reconstructed B-meson decay and determination of |V_{ub}|

The BABAR Collaboration

We report measurements of partial branching fractions for inclusive charmless semileptonic B decays Bbar --> Xu l nubar, and the determination of the CKM matrix element |V_{ub}|. T…

hep-ex2011★ 16 cited

A Measurement of the Semileptonic Branching Fraction of the B_s Meson

The BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +383

We report a measurement of the inclusive semileptonic branching fraction of the B_s meson using data collected with the BaBar detector in the center-of-mass (CM) energy region abov…

hep-ex2011★ 62 cited

Search for hadronic decays of a light Higgs boson in the radiative decay Upsilon --> gamma A0

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +385

We search for hadronic decays of a light Higgs boson (A0) produced in radiative decays of an Upsilon(2S) or Upsilon(3S) meson, Upsilon --> gamma A0. The data have been recorded by…

hep-ex2011★ 74 cited

Searches for Rare or Forbidden Semileptonic Charm Decays

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees

We present searches for rare or forbidden charm decays of the form , where is a charm hadron (, , or ), i…

hep-ex2011★ 11 cited

Study of di-pion bottomonium transitions and search for the h_b(1P) state

The BABAR Collaboration

We study inclusive di-pion decays using a sample of 108 x 10^6 Upsilon(3S) events recorded with the BABAR detector. We search for the decay mode Upsilon(3S) --> pi+ pi- h_b(1P) and…

hep-ex2011★ 19 cited

Study of radiative bottomonium transitions using converted photons

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +388

We use 111+/-1 million Upsilon(3S) and 89+/-1 million Upsilon(2S) events recorded by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II B-factory at SLAC to perform a study of radiative transitions…

hep-ex2011★ 37 cited

Evidence for the h_b(1P) meson in the decay Upsilon(3S) --> pi0 h_b(1P)

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +406

Using a sample of 122 million Upsilon(3S) events recorded with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at SLAC, we search for the spin-singlet pa…

hep-ex2010★ 11 cited

Measurements of branching fractions, polarizations, and direct CP-violation asymmetries in B+ -> rho0 K*+ and B+ -> f0(980)K*+ decays

P. del Amo Sanchez

We present measurements of the branching fractions, longitudinal polarization, and direct CP-violation asymmetries for the decays B+ -> rho0 K*+ and B+ -> f0(980) K*+ with a sample…

hep-ex2010★ 53 cited

Search for the Rare Decay B->K nu nubar

The BABAR Collaboration, P. del Amo Sanchez

We present a search for the rare decays B+ -> K+ nu nubar and B0 -> K0 nu nubar using 459 million BBbar pairs collected with the BaBar detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Lab…

hep-ex2010

Evidence for B+ --> tau+ nu_tau decays using hadronic B tags

The BABAR Collaboration, P. del Amo Sanchez

We present a search for the decay B+ --> tau+ nu_tau using 467.8 x 10^6 B B-bar pairs collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II B-Factory. W…

hep-ex2010★ 74 cited

Search for Production of Invisible Final States in Single-Photon Decays of Upsilon(1S)

P. del Amo Sanchez

We search for single-photon decays of the Upsilon(1S) resonance, Upsilon->gamma+invisible, where the invisible state is either a particle of definite mass, such as a light Higgs bo…

hep-ex2010★ 6 cited

Search for f_J(2220) in radiative J/psi decays

The BABAR Collaboration, P. del Amo Sanchez

We present a search for f_J(2220) production in radiative J/psi -> gamma f_J(2220) decays using 460 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e+e- collider.…

hep-ex2010

Search for b-->u transitions in B- --> DK- and B- --> D*K- Decays

The BABAR Collaboration, P. del Amo Sanchez et al.

We report results from an updated study of the suppressed decays B- to D K- and B- to D* K- followed by D to K+pi-, where D(*) indicates a D(*)0 or an anti-D(*)0 meson, and D* deca…

hep-ex2010★ 2 cited

Correlated leading baryon-antibaryon production in e+e- --> ccbar --> Lambda_c+ antiLambda_c- X

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present a study of 649 \pm 35 e+e- --> ccbar events produced at sqrt{s}~10.6 GeV containing both a Lambda_c baryon and a Lambda_c antibaryon. The number observed is roughly four…