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Title: Measurement of the B ¯ X s γ branching fraction with a sum of exclusive decays

Abstract

We use 772 × 106 BB-bar meson pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector to measure the branching fraction for B-bar → Xsγ. Our measurement uses a sum-of-exclusives approach in which 38 of the hadronic final states with strangeness equal to +1, denoted by Xs, are reconstructed. The inclusive branching fraction for MXs < 2.8 GeV/c², which corresponds to a minimum photon energy of 1.9 GeV, is measured to be B(B-bar → Xsγ)=(3.51±0.17±0.33) × 10–4, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.

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Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
Belle Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1224591
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1214665; OSTI ID: 1594435
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830; P 22742-N16; P 26794-N20; 10575109; 10775142; 10825524; 10875115; 10935008; 11175187; 2011-0029457; 2012-0008143; 2012R1A1A2008330; 2013R1A1A3007772; 2014R1A2A2A01005286; 2014R1A2A2A01002734; 2014R1A1A2006456; KRF-2011-0020333; KRF-2011-0021196; LG14034; NRF-2013K1A3A7A06056592; SC0009973
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology Journal Volume: 91 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Saito, T., Ishikawa, A., Yamamoto, H., Abdesselam, A., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Al Said, S., Arinstein, K., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Ayad, R., Bakich, A. M., Bansal, V., Bhuyan, B., Bobrov, A., Bondar, A., Bonvicini, G., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Browder, T. E., Červenkov, D., Chen, A., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Cho, K., Chobanova, V., Choi, S. -K., Choi, Y., Cinabro, D., Dalseno, J., Danilov, M., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Drásal, Z., Drutskoy, A., Eidelman, S., Farhat, H., Fast, J. E., Ferber, T., Gaur, V., Gabyshev, N., Ganguly, S., Garmash, A., Getzkow, D., Gillard, R., Goh, Y. M., Golob, B., Haba, J., Hara, T., Hasenbusch, J., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., He, X. H., Higuchi, T., Horiguchi, T., Hou, W. -S., Hyun, H. J., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, Y., Jaegle, I., Joffe, D., Julius, T., Kang, K. H., Kato, E., Kawasaki, T., Kichimi, H., Kiesling, C., Kim, D. Y., Kim, H. J., Kim, J. B., Kim, J. H., Kim, M. J., Kim, S. H., Kim, Y. J., Kinoshita, K., Ko, B. R., Kodyš, P., Korpar, S., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kronenbitter, B., Kuhr, T., Kwon, Y. -J., Lange, J. S., Lee, I. S., Li, Y., Li Gioi, L., Libby, J., Liventsev, D., Lukin, P., Matvienko, D., Miyabayashi, K., Miyata, H., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Moll, A., Mori, T., Mussa, R., Nakano, E., Nakao, M., Nakazawa, H., Nanut, T., Natkaniec, Z., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Okuno, S., Olsen, S. L., Oswald, C., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Park, C. W., Park, H., Pedlar, T. K., Pestotnik, R., Petrič, M., Piilonen, L. E., 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., Schwartz, A. J., Senyo, K., Seon, O., Sevior, M. E., Shebalin, V., Shen, C. P., Shibata, T. -A., Shiu, J. -G., Shwartz, B., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Sohn, Y. -S., Solovieva, E., Starič, M., Steder, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Tamponi, U., Tatishvili, G., Teramoto, Y., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Uglov, T., Unno, Y., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Ushiroda, Y., Usov, Y., Van Hulse, C., Vanhoefer, P., Varner, G., Vinokurova, A., Vorobyev, V., Vossen, A., Wagner, M. N., Wang, C. H., Wang, P., Wang, X. L., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, Y., Williams, K. M., Won, E., Yamaoka, J., Yashchenko, S., Yook, Y., Yusa, Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhilich, V., Zhulanov, V., Zupanc, A., and Belle Collaboration). Measurement of the B¯→Xsγ branching fraction with a sum of exclusive decays. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.052004.
Saito, T., Ishikawa, A., Yamamoto, H., Abdesselam, A., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Al Said, S., Arinstein, K., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Ayad, R., Bakich, A. M., Bansal, V., Bhuyan, B., Bobrov, A., Bondar, A., Bonvicini, G., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Browder, T. E., Červenkov, D., Chen, A., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Cho, K., Chobanova, V., Choi, S. -K., Choi, Y., Cinabro, D., Dalseno, J., Danilov, M., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Drásal, Z., Drutskoy, A., Eidelman, S., Farhat, H., Fast, J. E., Ferber, T., Gaur, V., Gabyshev, N., Ganguly, S., Garmash, A., Getzkow, D., Gillard, R., Goh, Y. M., Golob, B., Haba, J., Hara, T., Hasenbusch, J., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., He, X. H., Higuchi, T., Horiguchi, T., Hou, W. -S., Hyun, H. J., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, Y., Jaegle, I., Joffe, D., Julius, T., Kang, K. H., Kato, E., Kawasaki, T., Kichimi, H., Kiesling, C., Kim, D. Y., Kim, H. J., Kim, J. B., Kim, J. H., Kim, M. J., Kim, S. H., Kim, Y. J., Kinoshita, K., Ko, B. R., Kodyš, P., Korpar, S., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kronenbitter, B., Kuhr, T., Kwon, Y. -J., Lange, J. S., Lee, I. S., Li, Y., Li Gioi, L., Libby, J., Liventsev, D., Lukin, P., Matvienko, D., Miyabayashi, K., Miyata, H., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Moll, A., Mori, T., Mussa, R., Nakano, E., Nakao, M., Nakazawa, H., Nanut, T., Natkaniec, Z., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Okuno, S., Olsen, S. L., Oswald, C., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Park, C. W., Park, H., Pedlar, T. K., Pestotnik, R., Petrič, M., Piilonen, L. E., 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., Schwartz, A. J., Senyo, K., Seon, O., Sevior, M. E., Shebalin, V., Shen, C. P., Shibata, T. -A., Shiu, J. -G., Shwartz, B., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Sohn, Y. -S., Solovieva, E., Starič, M., Steder, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Tamponi, U., Tatishvili, G., Teramoto, Y., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Uglov, T., Unno, Y., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Ushiroda, Y., Usov, Y., Van Hulse, C., Vanhoefer, P., Varner, G., Vinokurova, A., Vorobyev, V., Vossen, A., Wagner, M. N., Wang, C. H., Wang, P., Wang, X. L., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, Y., Williams, K. M., Won, E., Yamaoka, J., Yashchenko, S., Yook, Y., Yusa, Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhilich, V., Zhulanov, V., Zupanc, A., & Belle Collaboration). Measurement of the B¯→Xsγ branching fraction with a sum of exclusive decays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.052004
Saito, T., Ishikawa, A., Yamamoto, H., Abdesselam, A., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Al Said, S., Arinstein, K., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Ayad, R., Bakich, A. M., Bansal, V., Bhuyan, B., Bobrov, A., Bondar, A., Bonvicini, G., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Browder, T. E., Červenkov, D., Chen, A., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Cho, K., Chobanova, V., Choi, S. -K., Choi, Y., Cinabro, D., Dalseno, J., Danilov, M., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Drásal, Z., Drutskoy, A., Eidelman, S., Farhat, H., Fast, J. E., Ferber, T., Gaur, V., Gabyshev, N., Ganguly, S., Garmash, A., Getzkow, D., Gillard, R., Goh, Y. M., Golob, B., Haba, J., Hara, T., Hasenbusch, J., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., He, X. H., Higuchi, T., Horiguchi, T., Hou, W. -S., Hyun, H. J., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, Y., Jaegle, I., Joffe, D., Julius, T., Kang, K. H., Kato, E., Kawasaki, T., Kichimi, H., Kiesling, C., Kim, D. Y., Kim, H. J., Kim, J. B., Kim, J. H., Kim, M. J., Kim, S. H., Kim, Y. J., Kinoshita, K., Ko, B. R., Kodyš, P., Korpar, S., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kronenbitter, B., Kuhr, T., Kwon, Y. -J., Lange, J. S., Lee, I. S., Li, Y., Li Gioi, L., Libby, J., Liventsev, D., Lukin, P., Matvienko, D., Miyabayashi, K., Miyata, H., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Moll, A., Mori, T., Mussa, R., Nakano, E., Nakao, M., Nakazawa, H., Nanut, T., Natkaniec, Z., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Okuno, S., Olsen, S. L., Oswald, C., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Park, C. W., Park, H., Pedlar, T. K., Pestotnik, R., Petrič, M., Piilonen, L. E., 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., Schwartz, A. J., Senyo, K., Seon, O., Sevior, M. E., Shebalin, V., Shen, C. P., Shibata, T. -A., Shiu, J. -G., Shwartz, B., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Sohn, Y. -S., Solovieva, E., Starič, M., Steder, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Tamponi, U., Tatishvili, G., Teramoto, Y., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Uglov, T., Unno, Y., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Ushiroda, Y., Usov, Y., Van Hulse, C., Vanhoefer, P., Varner, G., Vinokurova, A., Vorobyev, V., Vossen, A., Wagner, M. N., Wang, C. H., Wang, P., Wang, X. L., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, Y., Williams, K. M., Won, E., Yamaoka, J., Yashchenko, S., Yook, Y., Yusa, Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhilich, V., Zhulanov, V., Zupanc, A., and Belle Collaboration). Wed . "Measurement of the B¯→Xsγ branching fraction with a sum of exclusive decays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.052004.
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title = {Measurement of the B¯→Xsγ branching fraction with a sum of exclusive decays},
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abstractNote = {We use 772 × 106 BB-bar meson pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector to measure the branching fraction for B-bar → Xsγ. Our measurement uses a sum-of-exclusives approach in which 38 of the hadronic final states with strangeness equal to +1, denoted by Xs, are reconstructed. The inclusive branching fraction for MXs < 2.8 GeV/c², which corresponds to a minimum photon energy of 1.9 GeV, is measured to be B(B-bar → Xsγ)=(3.51±0.17±0.33) × 10–4, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.91.052004},
journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology},
number = 5,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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