Semileptonic decays of B meson into charmed meson

Recent results on semileptonic decays of B meson into charmed meson using the CLEO detector at CESR are summarized. Ratios of the inclusive semileptonic branching fractions, B(B-→D0Xl-bar ν), B(bar B0→D+Xl-bar νXl-bar ν), and B(bar B0→D+) average B meson semileptonic branching fraction are reported. The branching fractions of the exclusive final states, B-→D0l-bar ν, B-→D0l-bar ν, and bar B0→D+l-bar ν are measured. The ratio of B(B-→D0l-bar ν) to B(B-→D0l-bar ν) and the polarization of the D*+ are obtained and compared with theoretical models. The value of |Vcb| is calculated from the exclusive branching fractions for various models. Finally, the lifetime ratio of the charged and neutral B's (τ+/τ0) is determined from the ratio of B(B-→D0l-bar ν) to B(bar B0→D+l-bar ν) to be 0.85±0.20+0.22-0.16