Published August 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of High Momentum η' Production in B Decays

  • 1. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (United States)
  • 2. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801 (United States)
  • 3. the Institute of Particle Physics, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
  • 4. Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York 14850 (United States)
  • 5. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 (United States)
  • 6. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)
  • 7. State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 12222 (United States)
  • 8. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)
  • 9. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 (United States)
  • 10. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (United States)
  • 11. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)

Description

We report the first observation of B→η'X transitions with high momentum η' mesons. We observe 39.0±11.6 B decay events with 2.0<pη'<2.7 GeV/c , the high momentum region where background from b→c processes is suppressed. We discuss the physical interpretation of the signal, including the possibility that it is due to b→sg* transitions. Given that interpretation, we find B(B→η'Xs )=[6.2±1.6(stat)± 1.3(syst)+0.0-1.5 (bkg)]x10-4 for 2.0<pη'<2.7 GeV/c . copyright 1998 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1786-1790
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO