Published March 9, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of D*+ polarization in the decay anti B0 → D*+l-anti ν

  • 1. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany, F.R.)
  • 2. Dortmund Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Physik
  • 3. Erlangen-Nuernberg Univ., Erlangen (Germany, F.R.). Physikalisches Inst.
  • 4. Heidelberg Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Hochenergiephysik
  • 5. Toronto Univ., Ontario (Canada). Inst. of Particle Physics
  • 6. Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). Inst. of Particle Physics
  • 7. York Univ., Downsview, Ontario (Canada). Inst. of Particle Physics
  • 8. McGill Univ., Montreal, Quebec (Canada). Inst. of Particle Physics
  • 9. Kansas Univ., Lawrence (USA)
  • 10. Karlsruhe Univ. (T.H.) (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik
  • 11. Ljubljana Univ. (Yugoslavia). Dept. of Physics
  • 12. Institut Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana (Yugoslavia)
  • 13. Tekniska Hoegskolan, Lund (Sweden). Fysiska Institutionen
  • 14. AN SSSR, Moscow. Inst. Teoreticheskoj i Ehksperimental'noj Fiziki
  • 15. South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA)

Description

Using the ARGUS detector at the e+e- storage ring DORIS II, we have measured the average polarization of D*+ mesons originating from exclusive decays anti B0 → D*+l-anti ν. By comparing the D*+ decay angular distribution to a functional form 1+αcos2θ, we determine α to be α = 0.7±0.9. This value of α leads to a ratio of longitudinal to transverse decay width ΓL/ΓT = 0.85±0.45, which allows the determination, vertical strokeVcbvertical stroke=0.052±0.011. The importance of the transverse helicity component is manifested in the q2 and lepton spectra, which are also presented. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
219
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
121-126
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA