Measurements of branching fractions of leptonic and hadronic meson decays and extraction of the meson decay constant
Description
We present measurements of absolute branching fractions of hadronic and lep-tonic decays to K - K + π +, K +, ηπ +, μ + ν μ and τ + ν τ and report a search for the leptonic → e + ν e decays. The results are obtained from a data sample of 913 fb-1 collected at or near the (4S) and (5S) resonances with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e + e - collider. The branching fractions of hadronic decays are measured to be , , , where the first and second uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. The branching fractions of leptonic decays are measured to be , , which are combined to determine the meson decay constant . We find no significant signal for decays and set an upper limit of < 1.0(0.83) × 10-4 at 95% (90%) confidence level.
Availability note (English)
Available from https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1594506; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1594506; DOE Accepted Manuscript full text, or the publishers Best Available Version will be available free of charge after the embargo periodAdditional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 2013
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- vp.
- ISSN
- 1029-8479
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 54046626
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BRANCHING RATIO; ELECTRON NEUTRINOS; HADRONIC PARTICLE DECAY; KAONS PLUS; LEPTONIC DECAY; MUON NEUTRINOS; MUONS PLUS; PIONS PLUS; TAU NEUTRINOS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BOSONS; DECAY; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY LEPTONS; INTERACTIONS; KAONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATTER; MESONS; MUONS; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE DECAY; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES; WEAK INTERACTIONS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- SC0009973
- Collaborations
- The BELLE Collaboration
- Funding organization
- USDOE Office of Science - SC, High Energy Physics (HEP) (United States)
- Secondary number(s)
- OSTIID--1594506