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Title: Measurement of the $$\bar{B}$$0 → D*+-$$\bar{v}$$ Branching Fraction with a Partial Reconstruction Technique

Thesis/Dissertation ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/969220· OSTI ID:969220
 [1]
  1. Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (United States)

Presented is a precise measurement of the $$\bar{B}$$0 → D*+-$$\bar{v}$$ branching fraction using 81.47 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage ring at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. The measurement was performed by partially reconstructing the D*+ meson from $$\bar{B}$$0 → D*+-$$\bar{v}$$ decays using only the soft pion of the D*+ → D0π+ decay to reconstruct its four vector. The branching fraction was measured to be β($$\bar{B}$$0 → D*+-$$\bar{v}$$) = (4.91 ± 0.01stat ± 0.15syst)%.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
969220
Report Number(s):
SLAC-R-938; TRN: US1000262
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English