Search for the radiative leptonic decay $B^{+} \to \gamma \ell^{+} \nu_{l}$

Aubert, Bernard; Bona, M.; Boutigny, D.; Karyotakis, Y.; Lees, J.P.; Poireau, V.; Prudent, X.; Tisserand, V.; Zghiche, A.; Grauges, E.

Search for the radiative leptonic decay $B^{+} \to \gamma \ell^{+} \nu_{l}$

BaBar

Collaboration

Apr, 2007

7 pages

e-Print:

0704.1478 [hep-ex]

Report number:

SLAC-PUB-12442,
BABAR-PUB-06-067

Experiments:

SLAC-PEP2-BABAR

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Abstract: (arXiv)

We present the results of a search for

B^{+}\to\gamma \ell^{+}\nu_{\ell}

, where

\ell = e, \mu

. We use a sample of 232 million

B\bar{B}

pairs recorded at the

\Upsilon(4S)

with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II

B

Factory. We measure a partial branching fraction

\Delta\mathcal{B}

in a restricted region of phase space that reduces the effect of theoretical uncertainties, requiring the lepton energy to be between 1.875 and 2.850GeV, the photon energy to be between 0.45 and 2.35GeV, and the cosine of the angle between the lepton and photon momenta to be less than -0.36, with all quantities computed in the

\Upsilon(4S)

center-of-mass frame. We find

\Delta\mathcal{B}(B^{+}\to\gamma \ell^{+}\nu_{\ell}) = (-0.3^{+1.3}_{-1.5} ({stat}) \pm 0.6 ({syst}) \pm 0.1 ({th})) \times 10^{-6}

, assuming lepton universality. Interpreted as a 90% C.L. Bayesian upper limit, the result corresponds to

1.7\times10^{-6}

for a prior flat in amplitude, and

2.3\times10^{-6}

for a prior flat in branching fraction.

Note:

7 pages, 1 postscript figure, submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett

13.20.He
13.30.Ce
12.38.Qk
14.40.Nd
electron positron: colliding beams
electron positron: annihilation
Upsilon(10570): electroproduction
B: pair production
B: radiative decay
B: branching ratio

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