Decay of B mesons into charged and neutral kaons

Journal Article · Mon Apr 19 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.1070· OSTI ID:5195989

Brody, A; Chen, A; Goldberg, M; Horwitz, N; Kandaswamy, J; Kooy, H; Moneti, G C; Pistilli, P; Alam, M S; Csorna, S E; Fridman, A; Hicks, R G; Panvini, R S; Andrews, D; Avery, P; Berkelman, K; Cabenda, R; Cassel, D G; DeWire, J W; Ehrlich, R ; Ferguson, T; Gilchriese, M G.D.; Gittelman, B; Hartill, D L; Herrup, D; Herzlinger, M; Kreinick, D L; Mistry, N B; Morrow, F; Nordberg, E; Perchonok, R; Plunkett, R; Shinsky, K A; Siemann, R H; Silverman, A; Stein, P C; Stone, S; Talman, R; Weber, D; Wilcke, R; Sadoff, A J; Bebek, C; Haggerty, J; Hempstead, M; Izen, J M; Longuemare, C; Loomis, W A; MacKay, W W; Pipkin, F M; Rohlf, J; Tanenbaum, W; Wilson, R; Chadwick, K; Chauveau, J; Ganci, P; Gentile, T; Kagan, H; Kass, R; Melissinos, A C; Olsen, S L; Poling, R; Rosenfeld, C; Rucinski, G; Thorndike, E H; Green, J; Mueller, J J; Sannes, F; Skubic, P; Snyder, A; Stone, R

Data on inclusive kaon production in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilations at energies in the vicinity of the UPSILON(4S) resonance are presented. A clear excess of kaons is observed on the UPSILON(4S) compared to the continuum. Under the assumption that the UPSILON(4S) decays into BB-bar, a total of 3.38 +- 0.34 +- 0.68 kaons per UPSILON(4S) decay is found. In the context of the standard B-decay model this leads to a value for (b..-->..c)/(b..-->..all) of 1.09 +- 0.33 +- 0.13.

• Research Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13210
• OSTI ID: 5195989
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 48:16
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BEAUTY PARTICLES
HADRONIC PARTICLE DECAY
ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS
ANNIHILATION
KAONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
UPSILON-10500 RESONANCES
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
CROSS SECTIONS
INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
DECAY
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
HADRONS
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MESON RESONANCES
MESONS
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESONANCE PARTICLES
STRANGE PARTICLES
UPSILON RESONANCES
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