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With a sample of about 384 million B{bar B} pairs recorded with the BABAR detector, we search for the flavor-changing charged current transition B{sup {+-}} {yields} {tau}{+-}{upsilon} and perform an amplitude analysis of the effective flavor-changing neutral current transition B{sup {+-}} {yields} {var_phi}(1020)K*(892){+-}. We also extend our search for other K* final states in the decay B{sup 0} {yields} {var_phi}(1020)K*0 with a large K*0 {yields} K{sup +}{pi}{sup -} invariant mass. Two samples of events with one reconstructed hadronic B decay or one reconstructed semileptonic B decay are selected, and in the recoil a search for B{sup {+-}} {yields} {tau}{+-}{upsilon} is performed. We find a 2.6 {sigma} (3.2 {sigma} not including expected background uncertainty) excess in data which can be converted to a preliminary branching fraction central value of {beta}(B{sup {+-}} {yields} {tau}{+-}{upsilon}) = (1.20{sup +0.40+0.29}{sub -0.38-0.30} {+-} 0.22) x 10{sup -4}. With the decay B{sup {+-}} {yields} {var_phi}(1020)K*(892){sup {+-}}, twelve parameters are measured, where our measurements of f{sub L} = 0.49 {+-} 0.05 {+-} 0.03, f{sub {perpendicular}} = 0.21 {+-} 0.05 {+-} 0.02, and the strong phases point to the presence of a substantial helicity-plus amplitude from a presently unknown source.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 908751
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-12569; arXiv:0706.2030; TRN: US200722%%772
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Invited talk at 5th Flavor Physics and CP Violation Conference (FPCP 2007), Bled, Slovenia, 12-16 May 2007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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