Published July 6, 2005 | Version v1
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Search for B- -> Ds+(*)- Phi

Description

We report on searches for B- → DS-φ and B- → D*S-φ. In the context of the Standard Model the branching fractions for these decays are expected to be highly suppressed, since they proceed through annihilation of the b and (bar u) quarks in the B- meson. Our results are based on 234 million Υ(42) → B(bar B) decays collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC. We find no evidence for these decays, and we set 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions Β(B- → DS-φ) < 1.8 x 10-6; Β(B- → D*S-φ) < 1.1 x 10-5. These results are consistent with Standard Model expectations

Availability note (English)

Available from http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/pubpage?slac-pub-11303.html; OSTI as DE00878866; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/878866-ksm3MX/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
15 p.
Report number
SLAC-PUB--11303

Conference

Title
22. International Symposium on Lepton-Photon Interactions at High Energy (LP 2005)
Dates
30 Jun - 5 Jul 2005
Place
Uppsala (Sweden)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
37084641
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ANNIHILATION; BRANCHING RATIO; QUARKS; STANDARD MODEL; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
hep-ex/0506073; AC02-76SF00515
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)