Published May 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Investigation of Semileptonic B Meson Decays to p -Wave Charm Mesons

  • 1. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)
  • 2. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 (United States)
  • 3. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (United States)
  • 4. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)
  • 5. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94309 (United States)
  • 6. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275 (United States)
  • 7. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244 (United States)
  • 8. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 (United States)
  • 9. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 (United States)
  • 10. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202 (United States)
  • 11. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)

Description

We have studied semileptonic B meson decays with a p -wave charm meson in the final state using 3.29x106 BB events collected with the CLEOII detector at the Cornell Electron-Positron Storage Ring. We find a value for the exclusive semileptonic product branching fraction B(B-→D01 ell -νell) B(D01→D*+ π-)=(0.373±0.085± 0.052±0.024)% and an upper limit for B(B-→D*02 ell -νell) B(D*02→D*+ π-)<0.16% (90% C.L.). Furthermore, we present the first measurement of the q2 spectrum for B-→D01 ell - νell . copyright 1998 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
19
Journal Page Range
p. 4127-4131
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO