Search for B+→ℓ+νℓγ decays with hadronic tagging using the full Belle data sample

Heller, A.; Goldenzweig, P.; Heck, M.; Kuhr, T.; Zupanc, A.; Abdesselam, A.; Adachi, I.; Adamczyk, K.; Aihara, H.; Arinstein, K.; Asner, D. M.; Aulchenko, V.; Aushev, T.; Ayad, R.; Babu, V.; Badhrees, I.; Bakich, A. M.; Barberio, E.; Bhardwaj, V.; Bhuyan, B.; Biswal, J.; Bondar, A.; Bonvicini, G.; Bozek, A.; Bračko, M.; Browder, T. E.; Červenkov, D.; Chen, A.; Cheon, B. G.; Cho, K.; Chobanova, V.; Choi, Y.; Cinabro, D.; Danilov, M.; Doležal, Z.; Drásal, Z.; Drutskoy, A.; Dutta, D.; Eidelman, S.; Farhat, H.; Fast, J. E.; Feindt, M.; Ferber, T.; Fulsom, B. G.; Gaur, V.; Gabyshev, N.; Garmash, A.; Getzkow, D.; Gillard, R.; Glattauer, R.; Goh, Y. M.; Golob, B.; Grygier, J.; Haba, J.; Hayasaka, K.; He, X. H.; Heider, M.; Horiguchi, T.; Hou, W. -S.; Huschle, M.; Iijima, T.; Inami, K.; Ishikawa, A.; Itoh, R.; Iwasaki, Y.; Jaegle, I.; Joffe, D.; Kato, E.; Katrenko, P.; Kawasaki, T.; Kim, D. Y.; Kim, H. J.; Kim, J. B.; Kim, J. H.; Kim, K. T.; Kim, S. H.; Kinoshita, K.; Ko, B. R.; Kodyš, P.; Korpar, S.; Križan, P.; Krokovny, P.; Kumita, T.; Kuzmin, A.; Kwon, Y. -J.; Lange, J. S.; Lee, I. S.; Lewis, P.; Libby, J.; Lukin, P.; Matvienko, D.; Miyabayashi, K.; Miyata, H.; Mizuk, R.; Mohanty, G. B.; Moll, A.; Moon, H. K.; Mussa, R.; Nakano, E.; Nakao, M.; Nanut, T.; Natkaniec, Z.; Nayak, M.; Nisar, N. K.; Nishida, S.; Ogawa, S.; Okuno, S.; Olsen, S. L.; Oswald, C.; Pakhlova, G.; Pal, B.; Park, H.; Pedlar, T. K.; Pesántez, L.; Pestotnik, R.; Petrič, M.; Piilonen, L. E.; Pulvermacher, C.; Ribežl, E.; Ritter, M.; Rostomyan, A.; Ryu, S.; Sakai, Y.; Sandilya, S.; Santelj, L.; Sanuki, T.; Sato, Y.; Savinov, V.; Schneider, O.; Schnell, G.; Schwanda, C.; Senyo, K.; Sevior, M. E.; Shapkin, M.; Shebalin, V.; Shen, C. P.; Shibata, T. -A.; Shiu, J. -G.; Shwartz, B.; Sibidanov, A.; Simon, F.; Sohn, Y. -S.; Sokolov, A.; Starič, M.; Steder, M.; Stypula, J.; Tamponi, U.; Teramoto, Y.; Trabelsi, K.; Uchida, M.; Uglov, T.; Unno, Y.; Uno, S.; Urquijo, P.; Van Hulse, C.; Vanhoefer, P.; Varner, G.; Vinokurova, A.; Vossen, A.; Wagner, M. N.; Wang, M. -Z.; Wang, X. L.; Watanabe, Y.; Williams, K. M.; Won, E.; Yamashita, Y.; Yashchenko, S.; Zhang, Z. P.; Zhilich, V.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.112009

Search for $B^{+} \to ℓ^{+} ν_{ℓ} γ$ decays with hadronic tagging using the full Belle data sample

Journal Article · Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.112009· OSTI ID:1594423

Heller, A. ^[1]; Goldenzweig, P.; Heck, M.; Kuhr, T.; Zupanc, A.; Abdesselam, A.; Adachi, I.; Adamczyk, K.; Aihara, H.; Arinstein, K.; Asner, D. M.; Aulchenko, V.; Aushev, T.; Ayad, R.; Babu, V.; Badhrees, I.; Bakich, A. M.; Barberio, E.; Bhardwaj, V.; Bhuyan, B. more »

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

We search for the decay B⁺ → ℓ⁺νℓγ with ℓ⁺ = e⁺ or μ⁺ using the full Belle data set of 772 × 10⁶BB¯ pairs, collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e⁺e^– collider. We reconstruct one B meson in a hadronic decay mode and search for the B⁺ → ℓ⁺νℓγ decay in the remainder of the event. Here, we observe no significant signal within the phase space of E$$^{sig}_{γ}$$ > 1 GeV and obtain upper limits of B(B⁺ → e⁺ν_eγ) < 6.1 × 10^–6, B(B⁺ → μ⁺ν_μγ) < 3.4 × 10^–6, and B(B⁺ → ℓ⁺ν_ℓγ) < 3.5 × 10^–6 at 90% credibility level.

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Research Organization:: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)

Contributing Organization:: Belle Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0009973

OSTI ID:: 1594423

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1228181

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 91; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 1550-7998

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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