Lepton-kaon correlations in B-meson decay

Thesis/Dissertation · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5775055

Tipton, P L

The author have used the CLEO detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) to study lepton-kaon correlations in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilations at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. The charged kaons used in this study were identified using specific-ionization measurements made using the CLEO. Through a new technique, which takes advantage of charge and angular correlations between leptons and kaons in B decay at the Upsilon(4S), we have measured several inclusive branching ratios. Their values imply Gamma(b ..-->.. c)/Gamma (b ..-->.. all) = 0.98 +/- 0.19. The relative probability of creating s anti s pairs from the vacuum in B decay is found to be consistent with other measurements made with continuum e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilations. In addition, the kaon yield in semileptonic B decay implies copious D/sup 0/ production. The relevance of these results to current theories and other experiments is discussed.

• Research Organization: Rochester Univ., NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5775055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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645101 -- High Energy Physics-- Particle Interactions & Properties-Experimental-- Electromagnetic Interactions & Properties
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANGULAR CORRELATION
ANNIHILATION
B MESONS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
BRANCHING RATIO
CESR STORAGE RING
CHARM PARTICLES
CHARMED MESONS
CORRELATIONS
D MESONS
DATA
DECAY
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FERMIONS
HADRONS
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
KAONS
LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
MESONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
STORAGE RINGS
STRANGE MESONS
STRANGE PARTICLES
UPSILON-10500 RESONANCES
WEAK HADRONIC DECAY
WEAK PARTICLE DECAY