Search for b-->u transitions in B- --> DK- and B- --> D*K- Decays
We report results from an updated study of the suppressed decays B{sup -} --> DK{sup -} and B{sup -} --> D*K{sup -} followed by D --> K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}, where D{sup (*)} indicates a D{sup (*)0} or a {anti D}{sup (*)0} meson, and D{sup *} --> D{tau}{sup 0} or D{sup *} --> D{gamma}. These decays are sensitive to the CKM unitarity triangle angle {gamma} due to interference between the b --> c transition B{sup -} --> D{sup (*)0}K{sup -} followed by the double Cabibbo-suppressed decay D{sup 0} --> K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}, and the b --> u transition B{sup -} --> {anti D}{sup (*)0}K{sup -} followed by the Cabibbo-favored decay {anti D}{sup 0} --> K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}. We also report an analysis of the decay B{sup -} --> D{sup (*)}{pi}{sup -} with the D decaying into the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed mode D --> K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}. Our results are based on 467 million {Upsilon}(4S) --> B{anti B} decays collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC. We measure the ratios R{sup (*)} of the suppressed ([K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}]{sub D}K{sup -}/{pi}{sup -}) to favored ([K{sup -}{pi}{sup +}]{sub D}K{sup -}/{pi}{sup -}) branching fractions as well as the CP asymmetries A{sup (*)} of those modes. We see indications of signals for the B{sup -} --> DK{sup -} and B{sup -} --> D{sup *}{sub D{pi}{sup 0}}K{sup -} suppressed modes, with statistical significances of 2.1 and 2.2{sigma}, respectively, and we measure: R{sub DK} = (1.1 {+-} 0.6 {+-} 0.2) x 10{sup -2}, A{sub DK} = -0.86 {+-} 0.47 {sup +0.12}{sub -0.16}, R{sup *}{sub (D{pi}{sup 0})K} = (1.8 {+-} 0.9 {+-} 0.4) x 10{sup -2}, A{sup *}{sub (D{pi}{sup 0})K} = +0.77 {+-} 0.35 {+-} 0.12, R{sup *}{sub (D{gamma})K} = (1.3 {+-} 1.4 {+-} 0.8) x 10{sup -2}, A{sup *}{sub (D{gamma})K} = +0.36 {+-} 0.94 {sup +0.25}{sub -0.41}, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. we use a frequentist approach to obtain the magnitude of the ratio r{sub B} {equivalent_to} {vert_bar}A(B{sup -} --> {anti D}{sup 0}K{sup -})/A(B{sup -} --> D{sup 0}K{sup -}){vert_bar} = (9.5{sup +5.1}{sub -4.1})%, with r{sub B} < 16.7% at 90% confidence level. In the case of B{sup -} --> D{sup *}K{sup -} we find r{sup *}{sub B} {equivalent_to} {vert_bar}A(B{sup -} --> {anti D}{sup *0}K{sup -})/A(B{sup -} --> D{sup *0}K{sup -}){vert_bar} = (9.6{sup +3.5}{sub 5.1})%, with r{sup *}{sub B} < 15.0% at 90% confidence level.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 1023781
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-14181; PRVDAQ; arXiv:1006.4241; TRN: US1105062
- Journal Information:
- Phys.Rev.D82:072006,2010, Vol. 82; ISSN 1550-7998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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