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Determination of | | from the semileptonic decay
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Abstract
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Semileptonic decays B --> D*(-)l(+)nu X were selected from a sample of 3.1 million hadronic Z decays collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP. A topological search for semileptonic B decays to resonant and non-resonant D*(-)pi(+) states was performed and the ratio of the branching fractions: Br(B --> D*(-)l(+)nu X)/Br(B --> D*(-)l(+)nu X) + Br(B-0 --> D*(-)l(+)nu) = 0.19 +/- 0.10(stat) +/- 0.06(syst) was determined. Taking into account this contribution, the differential decay width of B-0 --> D*(-)l(+)nu was measured as a function of the momentum transfer from the B to the D*(-) in two separate analyses, using exclusive and inclusive methods of D*(-) reconstruction. The distributions were fitted over the full momentum transfer range to extract the product of /V-cb/ times the normalization of the decay form factor F(q(max)(2)): F(q(max)(2))/V-cb/ = (35.4 +/- 1.9(stat) +/- 2.4(syst)) . 10(-3). The value of /V-cb/ was computed using theoretical calculations of F(q(max?2), giving: /V-cb/ = (38.9 +/- 2.0(stat) +/- 2.6(syst) +/- 1.7(theory)) . 10(-3). The total branching fraction Br(B-0 --> D*(-)l(-)nu) was determined to be: Br(B-0 --> D*(-)l(+)nu) = (5.52 +/- 0.17(stat) +/- 0.68(syst))%. |
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English
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Zeitschrift für Physik : C : particles and fields. - Berlin
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Publication
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Berlin
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1996
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0170-9739
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10.1007/S002880050202
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71
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(1996)
, p. 539-553
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A1996VE20700001
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