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hep-ex2014★ 427 cited

The Physics of the B Factories

A. J. Bevan, B. Golob, Th. Mannel +2003

This work is on the Physics of the B Factories. Part A of this book contains a brief description of the SLAC and KEK B Factories as well as their detectors, BaBar and Belle, and da…

hep-ex2007★ 34 cited

Observation of Ds1(2536)+ -> D+pi-K+ and angular decomposition of Ds1(2536)+ -> D*+K0S

Belle Collaboration

Using 462/fb of e+e- annihilation data recorded by the Belle detector, we report the first observation of the decay Ds1(2536)+ -> D+pi-K+. The ratio of branching fractions B(Ds1+ -…

quant-ph2007★ 62 cited

Measurement of EPR-type flavour entanglement in Upsilon(4S)->B0 B0bar decays

A. Go, A. Bay

The neutral B-meson pair produced at the Upsilon(4S) should exhibit a non-local correlation of the type discussed by Einstein, Podolski, and Rosen (EPR). We measure this correlatio…

hep-ex2006★ 54 cited

Moments of the electron energy spectrum and partial branching fraction of decays at Belle

P. Urquijo

We report a measurement of the inclusive electron energy spectrum for charmed semileptonic decays of B mesons in a 140fb-1 data sample collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Bel…

hep-ex2006★ 226 cited

Evidence of the Purely Leptonic Decay B- --> tau- nu_tau-bar

K. Ikado

We present the first evidence of the decay B- --> tau- nu_tau-bar using 414 fb^-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-ener…

hep-ex2006★ 50 cited

Study of B+- --> D_CP K+- and D^*_CP K+- decays

K. Abe

We report a study of the modes D_CP K+- and D^*_CP K+- where D^(*) decays to CP eigenstates. The data sample used contains 275 x 10^6 BB events at the Upsilon(4S) resonance collect…

hep-ex2005★ 131 cited

Evidence for Large Direct CP Violation in B+-=>rho(770)0K+- from Analysis of the Three-Body Charmless B+-=>K+-pi+-pi-+ Decay

A. Garmash

We report results on a Dalitz analysis of three-body charmless B+-=>K+-pi+-pi-+ decay including searches for direct CP violation. We report the first observation of the decay B+=>f…

hep-ex2005★ 29 cited

Search for the Theta(1540)+ pentaquark using kaon secondary interactions at Belle

The Belle Collaboration, K. Abe

Using kaon secondary interactions in the material of the Belle detector, we search for both inclusive and exclusive production of the Theta(1540)+. We set an upper limit of 2.5% at…

hep-ex2005★ 3 cited

Measurement of Branching Fraction and Direct CP Asymmetry in B0-->rho0 pi0 Decays

The Belle Collaboration

We report a measurement of the decay B0 --> rho0 pi0, using 386 x 10^6 BB-bar pairs collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e…

hep-ex2005★ 44 cited

Measurement of |V_ub| near the endpoint of the electron momentum spectrum from semileptonic B-meson decays

The Belle Collaboration, A. Limosani

We report measurements of partial branching fractions of inclusive charmless semileptonic -meson decays at the endpoint of the electron momentum spectrum. The measurements are m…

hep-ex2005★ 165 cited

Improved Measurement of the Electroweak Penguin Process B->Xsll

The Belle Collaboration, M. Iwasaki

We present an improved measurement of the branching fraction for the electroweak penguin process B->Xsll, where l is an electron or a muon and Xs is a hadronic system containing an…

hep-ex2005★ 9 cited

Observation of B0bar --> D0 eta' and B0bar --> D*0 eta'

J. Schuemann

We report the observation of B0bar --> D0 eta' and the first observation of B0bar --> D*0 eta', using 140 fb-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detecto…

hep-ex2004★ 83 cited

Improved Measurement of CP-Violation Parameters sin(2phi1) and |lambda|, B Meson Lifetimes, and B0-B0bar Mixing Parameter Delta m_d

The Belle Collaboration, K. Abe

We present a precise measurement of the standard model CP-violation parameter sin(2phi1), the direct CP violation parameter |lambda|, the lifetimes of charged and neutral B mesons…

hep-ex2004★ 18 cited

Search for CP violation in the decay B0->D*+-D-+

T. Aushev

We report a search for CP-violating asymmetry in B0 -> D*+- D-+ decays. The analysis employs two methods of B0 reconstruction: full and partial. In the full reconstruction method a…

hep-ex2004★ 7 cited

Measurement of the e+e- -> D(*)+D(*)- cross-sections

T. Uglov

We report first measurements of e+e- -> D(*)+D(*)- processes far above threshold. The cross-sections for e+e- -> DT*+DL*- and e+e- -> D+D*T- at sqrt{s}=10.58 GeV/c2 are measured to…

hep-ex2003★ 269 cited

Observation of the DsJ(2317) and DsJ(2457) in B decays

P. Krokovny

We report the first observation of the B --> Dbar DsJ(2317) and B --> Dbar DsJ(2457) decays based on 123.8 10^6 BBar events collected with the Belle detector at KEKB. We observe th…

hep-ex2003★ 65 cited

Study of B meson decays to three-body charmless hadronic final states

A. Garmash

We report results of a study of charmless B meson decays to three-body KPiPi, KKPi and KKK final states. Measurements of branching fractions for B decays to K+0Pi+Pi-, K+K+K-, K0K+…

hep-ex2003★ 46 cited

Evidence for CP-Violating Asymmetries in B0->pi+pi- Decays and Constraints on the CKM Angle phi2

Belle Collaboration, K. Abe

We present an improved measurement of CP-violating asymmetries in B0 -> pi+ pi- decays based on a 78 fb^-1 data sample collected at the Y(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at t…

hep-ex2002★ 26 cited

Study of Decays

The Belle Collaboration, A. Satpathy

We report on a study of decays using 29.1 fb of annihilation data recorded at the resonance with the Belle detector…

hep-ex2002★ 279 cited

Observation of Double cc bar Production in e+ e- Annihilation at sqrt{s} ~ 10.6 GeV

The Belle Collaboration, K. Abe

We report the observation of prompt J/psi via double ccbar production from the e+e- continuum. In this process one ccbar pair fragments into a J/psi meson while the remaining pair…

hep-ex2002★ 100 cited

Observation of B0bar --> D(*)0 p pbar

The Belle Collaboration

The B meson decay modes B --> D p pbar and B --> D* p pbar have been studied using 29.4 fb^{-1} of data collected with the Belle detector at KEKB. The B0bar --> D0 p pbar and B0bar…

hep-ex2002★ 23 cited

Study of CP-Violating Asymmetries in B0 -> pi+pi- Decays

The Belle Collaboration, K. Abe

We present a measurement of CP-violating asymmetries in B0 -> pi+pi- decays based on a 41.8 fb-1 data sample collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the K…

hep-ex2002★ 20 cited

Precise Measurement of B Meson Lifetimes with Hadronic Decay Final States

Belle collaboration, K. Abe

The lifetimes of the B0bar and B- mesons are extracted from 29.1/fb of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEK B-factory. A fit to the decay length differences of neutral…

hep-ex2002★ 14 cited

Observation of chi_c2 Production in B-meson Decay

Belle Collaboration

We report the first observation of chi_c2 production in B-meson decays. We find an inclusive B -> chi_c2 X branching fraction of (1.80^{+0.23}_{-0.28}+/- 0.26) 10^-3. The data set,…