Published February 1, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurements of neutral B decay branching fractions to KS0π+π- final states and the charge asymmetry of B0→K*+π-

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique des Particules, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux (France)
  • 2. IFAE, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 3. Universita di Bari, Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
  • 4. Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100039 (China)
  • 5. Inst. of Physics, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen (Norway)

Description

We analyze the decay B0→KS0π+π- using a sample of 232x106 Υ(4S)→BB decays collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory. A maximum likelihood fit finds the following branching fractions: B(B0→K0π+π-)=(43.0±2.3±2.3)x10-6, B(B0→f0(→π+π-)K0)=(5.5±0.7±0.5±0.3)x10-6 and B(B0→K*+π-)=(11.0±1.5±0.5±0.5)x10-6. For these results, the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third (if present) is due to the effect of interference from other resonances. We also measure the CP-violating charge asymmetry in the decay B0→K*+π-, AK*π=-0.11±0.14±0.05

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 031101-031101.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Notes
(c) 2006 The American Physical Society
Collaborations
BABAR Collaboration