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Branching fraction measurement of B{sup 0}{yields}D{sup (*)+}{pi}{sup -} and B{sup -}{yields}D{sup (*)0}{pi}{sup -} and isospin analysis of B{yields}D{sup (*)}{pi} decays

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Particules, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux (France)
  2. Facultat de Fisica Dept., Universitat de Barcelona, ECM, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)
  3. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Universita di Bari, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
  4. Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100039 (China)
  5. Institute of Physics, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen (Norway)
Using 65x10{sup 6} {upsilon}(4S){yields}BB events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e{sup +}e{sup -} storage ring at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, we measure the color-favored branching fractions B(B{sup 0}{yields}D{sup +}{pi}{sup -})=(2.55{+-}0.05{+-}0.16)x10{sup -3}, B(B{sup 0}{yields}D*{sup +}{pi}{sup -})=(2.79{+-}0.08{+-}0.17)x10{sup -3}, B(B{sup -}{yields}D{sup 0}{pi}{sup -})=(4.90{+-}0.07{+-}0.22)x10{sup -3} and B(B{sup -}{yields}D*{sup 0}{pi}{sup -})=(5.52{+-}0.17{+-}0.42)x10{sup -3}, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. With these results and the current world average for the branching fraction for the color-suppressed decay B{sup 0}{yields}D{sup (*)0}{pi}{sup 0}, the cosines of the strong phase difference {delta} between the I=1/2 and I=3/2 isospin amplitudes are determined to be cos{delta}=0.872{sub -0.007-0.029}{sup +0.008+0.031} for the B{yields}D{pi} process and cos{delta}=0.924{sub -0.017-0.054}{sup +0.019+0.063} for the B{yields}D*{pi} process. Under the isospin symmetry, the results for cos{delta} suggest the presence of final-state interactions in the D{pi} system.
OSTI ID:
21010958
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 75; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English