Published December 9, 2009 | Version v1
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Measurements of Charmless B Decays Related to α at BaBar

  • 1. INFN, Milan (Italy)

Description

We report recent measurements of the CKM angle α using data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. In addition to improved constraints on α from the decays B± → ρ±ρ0, we also present preliminary results of neutral and charged B meson decays to K1(1270)π and K1(1400)π and its impact on the estimate for the CKM angle α based on time-dependent analysis of CP-violating asymmetries in B0 → a1(1260)± π#-+#. Moreover we report the first observation of the decay B → a1(1260)±a1(1260)#-+#; this mode can be used, in principle, to provide an independent measurement of α.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-pub-13797.pdf; http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/pubpage?slac-pub-13797.html; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/969267-dsr96R/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
5 p.
Report number
SLAC-PUB--13797

Conference

Title
Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics
Acronym
HEP 2009 (EPS-HEP 2009)
Dates
16-22 Jul 2009
Place
Cracow (Poland)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
41025293
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
B MESONS; DECAY; FERMILAB ACCELERATOR; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAUTY MESONS; BEAUTY PARTICLES; BOSONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRONS; MESONS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PHYSICS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; SYNCHROTRONS; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
arXiv:0909.5646; AC02-76SF00515
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)