Published 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of inclusive |Vub| and the shape function of the B meson

  • 1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)

Description

|Vub| is the least known element of the CKM matrix and plays an important role in testing the unitary of the CKM matrix. One method to determine this parameter is to measure the rate of inclusive B Xu l ν decays in a region of phase space where the abundant background from the CKM flavoured B Xc l ν decays is suppressed. However, predictions in this region are sensitive to the Fermi motion of the b-quark inside the B meson which is described by a non-perturbative distribution function called the shape function. In order to make use of the experimentally precise regions of phase space an alternative approach has been proposed in which key kinematic differential distributions of B Xu l ν decays are measured and combined into a single global fit to simultaneously determine |Vub|, as well as the shape function. This analysis on the full dataset of the Belle experiment consisting of 772 million BB¯ pairs, recorded at the KEK-B factory, aims to perform the first measurement of the differential distributions of B Xu l ν decays. By making use of the fully reconstructed hadronic B tag various kinematic variables of the signal side can be accessed, for example the hadronic mass spectrum. This talk presents the current analysis status, with a focus on optimising the event selections necessary for background suppression.

Availability note (English)

Available from: https://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Wuerzburg 2018 issue
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
DPG Spring meeting 2018 of the Section Matter and Cosmos (SMuK) with the Division of Physics Education and the working groups Equal Opportunities, Industry and Economics, Young DPG, Physics, Modern Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence
Original Conference Title
DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2018 der Sektion Materie und Kosmos (SMuK) mit dem Fachverband Didaktik der Physik und den Arbeitskreisen Chancengleichheit, Industrie und Wirtschaft, Junge DPG, Physik, moderne Informationstechnologie und Kuenstliche Intelligenz
Dates
19-23 Mar 2018
Place
Wuerzburg (Germany)

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Notes
Session: T 88.3 Do 17:00; Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 53(4)