Measurements of branching fractions in BϕKB \to \phi K and BϕπB \to \phi \pi and search for direct CP violation in B±ϕK±B^\pm \to \phi K^\pm

Collaboration
Sep, 2003
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 69 (2004) 011102
e-Print:
Report number:
  • SLAC-PUB-10086,
  • BABAR-PUB-03-17,
  • BABAR-PUB-03-017
Experiments:

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Abstract:
We present measurements of branching fractions in the b -> s s-bar s penguin-dominated decays B+ --> phi K+ and B0 --> phi K0 in a sample of approximately 89 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B-meson factory at SLAC. We determine B(B+ --> phi K+) = (10.0 +0.9 -0.8 +/- 0.5) x 10^{-6} and B(B0 --> phi K0) = (8.4 +1.5 -1.3 +/- 0.5) x 10^{-6}. Additionally, we measure the CP-violating charge asymmetry ACP (B+/- --> phi K+/-) = 0.04 +/- 0.09 +/- 0.01, with a 90% confidence interval of [-0.10, 0.18], and set an upper limit B(B+ --> phi pi+) < 0.41 x 10^{-6} (at the 90% confidence level).
  • 11.30.Er
  • 12.15.Hh
  • 13.25.Hw
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • Upsilon(10570): electroproduction
  • B: pair production
  • Phi(1020)
  • B+: branching ratio
  • B0: branching ratio