Measurement of angular asymmetries in the decays BK+B \to K^*ℓ^+ℓ^-

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Aug 31, 2015

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Abstract: (APS)
We study the lepton forward-backward asymmetry AFB and the longitudinal K* polarization FL, as well as an observable P2 derived from them, in the rare decays B→K*ℓ+ℓ-, where ℓ+ℓ- is either e+e- or μ+μ-, using the full sample of 471 million BB¯ events collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance with the BABAR, detector at the PEP-II e+e- collider. We separately fit and report results for the K*0(892)ℓ+ℓ- and K*+(892)ℓ+ℓ- final states, as well as their combination K*ℓ+ℓ-, in five disjoint dilepton mass-squared bins. An angular analysis of B+→K*+ℓ+ℓ- decays is presented here for the first time.
Note:
  • 19 pages, 9 figures, submitted to PRD
  • 13.20.He
  • 12.15.-y
  • 11.30.Er
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • B: pair production
  • B-: rare decay
  • B-: semileptonic decay
  • K*(892): polarization: longitudinal
  • asymmetry