A sample of 3.6 million hadronic Z decays recorded between 1991 and 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP is used to investigate semileptonic decays of B mesons into final states involving orbitally excited charm mesons. Topological vertex criteria are used to search for decays involving narrow D** states as well as wide D** resonances and non-resonant D(*)pi final states. The sum of the branching ratios for these processes is measured to be Br((B) over bar --> D pi l(-)(v) over bar) + Br((B) over bar --> D*pi l(-)(v) over bar) = (2.26 +/-t 0.29(stat) +/- 0.33(syst))%, which accounts for a significant fraction of the deficit between inclusive measurements and the sum of exclusive semileptonic B decay modes.

Production of orbitally excited charm mesons in semileptonic B decays / Focardi, E., Debonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., Lucotte, A., Minard, M.N., Nief, J.Y., Odier, P., Pietrzyk, B., Casado, M.P., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J.M., Delfino, M., Efthymiopoulos, I., Fernandez, E., Fernandezbosman, M., Garrido, L., Juste, A., et al.. - In: ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR PHYSIK. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 0170-9739. - STAMPA. - 73:(1997), pp. 601-612. [10.1007/s002880050351]

Production of orbitally excited charm mesons in semileptonic B decays

FOCARDI, ETTORE;CIULLI, VITALIANO;
1997

Abstract

A sample of 3.6 million hadronic Z decays recorded between 1991 and 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP is used to investigate semileptonic decays of B mesons into final states involving orbitally excited charm mesons. Topological vertex criteria are used to search for decays involving narrow D** states as well as wide D** resonances and non-resonant D(*)pi final states. The sum of the branching ratios for these processes is measured to be Br((B) over bar --> D pi l(-)(v) over bar) + Br((B) over bar --> D*pi l(-)(v) over bar) = (2.26 +/-t 0.29(stat) +/- 0.33(syst))%, which accounts for a significant fraction of the deficit between inclusive measurements and the sum of exclusive semileptonic B decay modes.
1997
73
601
612
Focardi, Ettore; Debonis, I.; Decamp, D.; Ghez, P.; Goy, C.; Lees, J. P.; Lucotte, A.; Minard, M. N.; Nief, J. Y.; Odier, P.; Pietrzyk, B.; Casado, M....espandi
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