Measurement of the B→X_{s}γ branching fraction and photon energy spectrum using the recoil method

Aubert, B. et al. (2008) Measurement of the B→X_{s}γ branching fraction and photon energy spectrum using the recoil method. Physical Review D, 77 (5). 051103. ISSN 1550-7998

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Abstract

We present a measurement of the branching fraction and photon-energy spectrum for the decay B→Xsγ using data from the BABAR experiment. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 210  fb-1, from which approximately 680 000 BB̅ events are tagged by a fully reconstructed hadronic decay of one of the B mesons. In the decay of the second B meson, an isolated high-energy photon is identified. We measure B(B→Xsγ)=(3.66±0.85stat±0.60syst)×10-4 for photon energies Eγ above 1.9 GeV in the B rest frame. From the measured spectrum we calculate the first and second moments for different minimum photon energies, which are used to extract the heavy-quark parameters mb and μπ2. In addition, measurements of the direct CP asymmetry and isospin asymmetry are presented.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Schools:	School of Applied Sciences
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Depositing User:	Sharon Beastall
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2011 11:59
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2011 11:59
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/12181

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