Measurement of V(cb) from the decay process anti-B0 ---> D*+ lepton- anti-neutrino

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Jan, 2001

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A new precise measurement of | V cb | and of the branching ratio BR ( B ̄ 0 →D ∗+ ℓ − ν ̄ ℓ ) has been performed using a sample of about 5000 semileptonic decays B ̄ 0 →D ∗+ ℓ − ν ̄ ℓ , selected by the DELPHI detector at LEP I by tagging the soft pion from D ∗+ →D 0 π + . The results are: V cb =(39.0±1.5 (stat.) +2.5 −2.6 (syst. exp.) ±1.3 (syst. th.) )×10 −3 , BR ( B ̄ 0 →D ∗+ ℓ − ν ̄ ℓ )=(4.70±0.13 (stat.) +0.36 −0.31 (syst. exp.) )% . The analytic dependencies of the differential cross-section and of the Isgur–Wise form factor as functions of the variable w=v B 0 ·v D ∗ have also been obtained by unfolding the experimental resolution.
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  • 26 pages, 5 figures, Accepted by Phys. Lett. B; typo corrected, reference updated Report-no: CERN-EP/2001-002
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • Z0: electroproduction
  • Z0: hadronic decay
  • bottom: pair production
  • anti-B0: semileptonic decay
  • anti-B0: branching ratio
  • CKM matrix matrix
  • form factor: decay
  • Isgur-Wise function