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Angular Distributions in the Decays B to K*l+l-

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
OSTI ID:927787
The authors use a sample of 384 million B{bar B} events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e{sup +}e{sup -} collider to study angular distributions in the rare decays B {yields} K*{ell}{sup +}{ell}{sup -}, where {ell}{sup +}{ell}{sup -} is either e{sup +}e{sup -} or {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -}. For low dilepton invariant masses, m{sub {ell}{ell}} < 2.5 GeV/c{sup 2}, they measure a lepton forward-backward asymmetry {Alpha}{sub FB} = 0.24{sub -0.23}{sup +0.18} {+-} 0.05 and K* longitudinal polarization F{sub L} = 0.35 {+-} 0.16 {+-} 0.04. For m{sub {ell}{ell}} > 3.2 GeV/c{sup 2}, they measure {Alpha}{sub FB} = 0.76{sub -0.32}{sup +0.52} {+-} 0.07 and F{sub L} = 0.71{sub -0.22}{sup 0.20} {+-} 0.04.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515;
OSTI ID:
927787
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-13133; arXiv:0804.4412
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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