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A measurement of the B0 --> J/psi pi+pi- branching fraction

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/801776· OSTI ID:801776
We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay of the neutral B meson into the final state J/{psi}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}. The data set contains approximately 56 million B{bar B} pairs produced at the {Upsilon}(4S) resonance and recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e{sup +}e{sup -} storage ring. The result of this analysis is {Beta}(B {sup 0} {yields} J/{psi} {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}) = (4.6 {+-} 0.7 {+-} 0.6) x 10{sup -5}, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. In addition we measure {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} J?{psi}{rho}{sup 0}) = (1.6 {+-} 0.6 {+-} 0.4 ) x 10{sup -5}.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
801776
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-9261
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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