Exclusive decays and masses of the B mesons

C. Bebek, K. Berkelman, E. Blucher, D. G. Cassel, T. Copie, R. Desalvo, J. W. Dewire, R. Ehrlich, R. S. Galik, M. G.D. Gilchriese, B. Gittelman, S. W. Gray, A. M. Halling, D. L. Hartill, B. K. Heltsley, S. Holzner, M. Ito, J. Kandaswamy, R. Kowalewski, D. L. KreinickY. Kubota, N. B. Mistry, J. Mueller, R. Namjoshi, S. Nandi, E. Nordberg, M. Ogg, D. Perticone, D. Peterson, M. Pisharody, K. Read, D. Riley, A. Silverman, S. Stone, A. J. Sadoff, P. Avery, D. Besson, L. Garren, T. Bowcock, R. T. Giles, K. Kinoshita, F. M. Pipkin, Richard Wilson, J. Wolinski, D. Xiao, T. Gentile, P. Haas, M. Hempstead, T. Jensen, H. Kagan, R. Kass, S. Behrends, Jan M. Guida, Joan A. Guida, F. Morrow, R. Poling, E. H. Thorndike, P. Tipton, M. S. Alam, N. Katayama, I. J. Kim, C. R. Sun, V. Tanikella, D. Bortoletto, A. Chen, M. Goldberg, R. Holmes, N. Horwitz, A. Jawahery, P. Lubrano, G. C. Moneti, V. Sharma, P. Thoma, S. E. Csorna, M. D. Mestayer, R. S. Panvini, G. B. Word, A. Bean, G. J. Bobbink, I. C. Brock, A. Engler, T. Ferguson, R. W. Kraemer, C. Rippich, H. Vogel

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Abstract

We report on the observation of exclusive decays of B mesons to modes containing a D or D*+ and one or two charged pions. From kinematic reconstruction we determine the masses of the neutral and charged B mesons to be 5280.60.82.0 and 5278.60.82.0 MeV, respectively. The mass difference is 2.01.10.3 MeV. Branching ratios for these modes are given. From the charged-particle momentum spectrum in (4S) decay, we find the average branching fraction for B-meson decay into a D or D* plus a charged pion to be (0.810.16)%. We find no signal for exclusive decays which would arise from the bu transition and set upper limits for several such modes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1289-1301
Number of pages13
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume36
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

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