Observation of exclusive two-body B decays to kaons and pions

R. Godang; K. Kinoshita; I. C. Lai; P. Pomianowski; S. Schrenk; G. Bonvicini; D. Cinabro; R. Greene; L. P. Perera; G. J. Zhou; M. Chadha; S. Chan; G. Eigen; J. S. Miller; C. O. Grsady; M. Schmidtler; J. Urheim; A. J. Weinstein; F. Würthwein; D. W. Bliss; G. Masek; H. P. Paar; S. Prell; V. Sharma; D. M. Asner; J. Gronberg; T. S. Hill; D. J. Lange; R. J. Morrison; H. N. Nelson; T. K. Nelson; D. Roberts; A. Ryd; R. Balest; B. H. Behrens; W. T. Ford; A. Gritsan; H. Park; J. Roy; J. G. Smith; J. P. Alexander; R. Baker; C. Bebek; B. E. Berger; K. Berkelman; K. Bloom; V. Boisvert; D. G. Cassel; D. S. Crowcroft; M. Dickson; S. von Dombrowski; P. S. Drell; K. M. Ecklund; R. Ehrlich; A. D. Foland; P. Gaidarev; R. S. Galik; L. Gibbons; B. Gittelman; S. W. Gray; D. L. Hartill; B. K. Heltsley; P. I. Hopman; J. Kandaswamy; P. C. Kim; D. L. Kreinick; T. Lee; Y. Liu; N. B. Mistry; C. R. Ng; E. Nordberg; M. Ogg; J. R. Patterson; D. Peterson; D. Riley; A. Soffer; B. Valant-Spaight; C. Ward; M. Athanas; P. Avery; C. D. Jones; M. Lohner; S. Patton; C. Prescott; J. Yelton; J. Zheng; G. Brandenburg; R. A. Briere; A. Ershov; Y. S. Gao; D. Y.J. Kim; R. Wilson; H. Yamamoto; T. E. Browder; Y. Li; J. L. Rodriguez; T. Bergfeld; B. I. Eisenstein; J. Ernst; G. E. Gladding; G. D. Gollin; R. M. Hans; E. Johnson; I. Karliner; M. A. Marsh; M. Palmer; M. Selen; J. J. Thaler; W. Edwards; A. Bellerive; R. Janicek; D. B. Mac Farlane; P. M. Patel; A. J. Sadoff; R. Ammar; P. Baringer; A. Bean; D. Besson; D. Coppage; C. Darling; R. Davis; S. Kotov; I. Kravchenko; N. Kwak; L. Zhou; S. Anderson; Y. Kubota; S. J. Lee; J. J.O. Neill; R. Poling; T. Riehle; A. Smith; M. S. Alam; S. B. Athar; Z. Ling; A. H. Mahmood; S. Timm; F. Wappler; A. Anastassov; J. E. Duboscq; D. Fujino; K. K. Gan; T. Hart; K. Honscheid; H. Kagan; R. Kass; J. Lee; M. B. Spencer; M. Sung; A. Undrus; R. Wanke; A. Wolf; M. M. Zoeller; B. Nemati; S. J. Richichi; W. R. Ross; H. Severini; P. Skubic; M. Bishai; J. Fast; J. W. Hinson; N. Menon; D. H. Miller; E. I. Shibata; I. P.J. Shipsey; M. Yurko; S. Glenn; S. D. Johnson; Y. Kwon; S. Roberts; E. H. Thorndike; C. P. Jessop; K. Lingel; H. Marsiske; M. L. Perl; V. Savinov; D. Ugolini; R. Wang; X. Zhou; T. E. Coan; V. Fadeyev; I. Korolkov; Y. Maravin; I. Narsky; V. Shelkov; J. Staeck; R. Stroynowski; I. Volobouev; J. Ye; M. Artuso; F. Azfar; A. Efimov; M. Goldberg; D. He; S. Kopp; G. C. Moneti; R. Mountain; S. Schuh; T. Skwarnicki; S. Stone; G. Viehhauser; X. Xing; J. Bartelt; S. E. Csorna; V. Jain; K. W. McLean; S. Marka

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3456

Observation of exclusive two-body B decays to kaons and pions

R. Godang, K. Kinoshita, I. C. Lai, P. Pomianowski, S. Schrenk, G. Bonvicini, D. Cinabro, R. Greene, L. P. Perera, G. J. Zhou, M. Chadha, S. Chan, G. Eigen, J. S. Miller, C. O. Grsady, M. Schmidtler, J. Urheim, A. J. Weinstein, F. Würthwein, D. W. BlissG. Masek, H. P. Paar, S. Prell, V. Sharma, D. M. Asner, J. Gronberg, T. S. Hill, D. J. Lange, R. J. Morrison, H. N. Nelson, T. K. Nelson, D. Roberts, A. Ryd, R. Balest, B. H. Behrens, W. T. Ford, A. Gritsan, H. Park, J. Roy, J. G. Smith, J. P. Alexander, R. Baker, C. Bebek, B. E. Berger, K. Berkelman, K. Bloom, V. Boisvert, D. G. Cassel, D. S. Crowcroft, M. Dickson, S. von Dombrowski, P. S. Drell, K. M. Ecklund, R. Ehrlich, A. D. Foland, P. Gaidarev, R. S. Galik, L. Gibbons, B. Gittelman, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, B. K. Heltsley, P. I. Hopman, J. Kandaswamy, P. C. Kim, D. L. Kreinick, T. Lee, Y. Liu, N. B. Mistry, C. R. Ng, E. Nordberg, M. Ogg, J. R. Patterson, D. Peterson, D. Riley, A. Soffer, B. Valant-Spaight, C. Ward, M. Athanas, P. Avery, C. D. Jones, M. Lohner, S. Patton, C. Prescott, J. Yelton, J. Zheng, G. Brandenburg, R. A. Briere, A. Ershov, Y. S. Gao, D. Y.J. Kim, R. Wilson, H. Yamamoto, T. E. Browder, Y. Li, J. L. Rodriguez, T. Bergfeld, B. I. Eisenstein, J. Ernst, G. E. Gladding, G. D. Gollin, R. M. Hans, E. Johnson, I. Karliner, M. A. Marsh, M. Palmer, M. Selen, J. J. Thaler, W. Edwards, A. Bellerive, R. Janicek, D. B. Mac Farlane, P. M. Patel, A. J. Sadoff, R. Ammar, P. Baringer, A. Bean, D. Besson, D. Coppage, C. Darling, R. Davis, S. Kotov, I. Kravchenko, N. Kwak, L. Zhou, S. Anderson, Y. Kubota, S. J. Lee, J. J.O. Neill, R. Poling, T. Riehle, A. Smith, M. S. Alam, S. B. Athar, Z. Ling, A. H. Mahmood, S. Timm, F. Wappler, A. Anastassov, J. E. Duboscq, D. Fujino, K. K. Gan, T. Hart, K. Honscheid, H. Kagan, R. Kass, J. Lee, M. B. Spencer, M. Sung, A. Undrus, R. Wanke, A. Wolf, M. M. Zoeller, B. Nemati, S. J. Richichi, W. R. Ross, H. Severini, P. Skubic, M. Bishai, J. Fast, J. W. Hinson, N. Menon, D. H. Miller, E. I. Shibata, I. P.J. Shipsey, M. Yurko, S. Glenn, S. D. Johnson, Y. Kwon, S. Roberts, E. H. Thorndike, C. P. Jessop, K. Lingel, H. Marsiske, M. L. Perl, V. Savinov, D. Ugolini, R. Wang, X. Zhou, T. E. Coan, V. Fadeyev, I. Korolkov, Y. Maravin, I. Narsky, V. Shelkov, J. Staeck, R. Stroynowski, I. Volobouev, J. Ye, M. Artuso, F. Azfar, A. Efimov, M. Goldberg, D. He, S. Kopp, G. C. Moneti, R. Mountain, S. Schuh, T. Skwarnicki, S. Stone, G. Viehhauser, X. Xing, J. Bartelt, S. E. Csorna, V. Jain, K. W. McLean, S. Marka

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We have studied two-body charmless hadronic decays of B mesons into the final states ΠΠKΠand KK. Using 3.3 × 10⁶ BB¯ pairs collected with the CLEO-II detectorwe have made the first observation of the decay B⁰ → K⁺Π^-the sum of B⁺ → Π⁺Π⁰ and B⁺ → K⁺Π⁰ decaysand see strong evidence for the decay B⁺ → K⁰Π⁺ (an average over charge-conjugate states is always implied). We place upper limits on branching fractions for the remaining decay modes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3456-3460
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	80
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3456
State	Published - 1998
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Godang, R., Kinoshita, K., Lai, I. C., Pomianowski, P., Schrenk, S., Bonvicini, G., Cinabro, D., Greene, R., Perera, L. P., Zhou, G. J., Chadha, M., Chan, S., Eigen, G., Miller, J. S., Grsady, C. O., Schmidtler, M., Urheim, J., Weinstein, A. J., Würthwein, F., ... Marka, S. (1998). Observation of exclusive two-body B decays to kaons and pions. Physical Review Letters, 80(16), 3456-3460. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3456

Godang, R, Kinoshita, K, Lai, IC, Pomianowski, P, Schrenk, S, Bonvicini, G, Cinabro, D, Greene, R, Perera, LP, Zhou, GJ, Chadha, M, Chan, S, Eigen, G, Miller, JS, Grsady, CO, Schmidtler, M, Urheim, J, Weinstein, AJ, Würthwein, F, Bliss, DW, Masek, G, Paar, HP, Prell, S, Sharma, V, Asner, DM, Gronberg, J, Hill, TS, Lange, DJ, Morrison, RJ, Nelson, HN, Nelson, TK, Roberts, D, Ryd, A, Balest, R, Behrens, BH, Ford, WT, Gritsan, A, Park, H, Roy, J, Smith, JG, Alexander, JP, Baker, R, Bebek, C, Berger, BE, Berkelman, K, Bloom, K, Boisvert, V, Cassel, DG, Crowcroft, DS, Dickson, M, von Dombrowski, S, Drell, PS, Ecklund, KM, Ehrlich, R, Foland, AD, Gaidarev, P, Galik, RS, Gibbons, L, Gittelman, B, Gray, SW, Hartill, DL, Heltsley, BK, Hopman, PI, Kandaswamy, J, Kim, PC, Kreinick, DL, Lee, T, Liu, Y, Mistry, NB, Ng, CR, Nordberg, E, Ogg, M, Patterson, JR, Peterson, D, Riley, D, Soffer, A, Valant-Spaight, B, Ward, C, Athanas, M, Avery, P, Jones, CD, Lohner, M, Patton, S, Prescott, C, Yelton, J, Zheng, J, Brandenburg, G, Briere, RA, Ershov, A, Gao, YS, Kim, DYJ, Wilson, R, Yamamoto, H, Browder, TE, Li, Y, Rodriguez, JL, Bergfeld, T, Eisenstein, BI, Ernst, J, Gladding, GE, Gollin, GD, Hans, RM, Johnson, E, Karliner, I, Marsh, MA, Palmer, M, Selen, M, Thaler, JJ, Edwards, W, Bellerive, A, Janicek, R, Mac Farlane, DB, Patel, PM, Sadoff, AJ, Ammar, R, Baringer, P, Bean, A, Besson, D, Coppage, D, Darling, C, Davis, R, Kotov, S, Kravchenko, I, Kwak, N, Zhou, L, Anderson, S, Kubota, Y, Lee, SJ, Neill, JJO, Poling, R, Riehle, T, Smith, A, Alam, MS, Athar, SB, Ling, Z, Mahmood, AH, Timm, S, Wappler, F, Anastassov, A, Duboscq, JE, Fujino, D, Gan, KK, Hart, T, Honscheid, K, Kagan, H, Kass, R, Lee, J, Spencer, MB, Sung, M, Undrus, A, Wanke, R, Wolf, A, Zoeller, MM, Nemati, B, Richichi, SJ, Ross, WR, Severini, H, Skubic, P, Bishai, M, Fast, J, Hinson, JW, Menon, N, Miller, DH, Shibata, EI, Shipsey, IPJ, Yurko, M, Glenn, S, Johnson, SD, Kwon, Y, Roberts, S, Thorndike, EH, Jessop, CP, Lingel, K, Marsiske, H, Perl, ML, Savinov, V, Ugolini, D, Wang, R, Zhou, X, Coan, TE, Fadeyev, V, Korolkov, I, Maravin, Y, Narsky, I, Shelkov, V, Staeck, J, Stroynowski, R, Volobouev, I, Ye, J, Artuso, M, Azfar, F, Efimov, A, Goldberg, M, He, D, Kopp, S, Moneti, GC, Mountain, R, Schuh, S, Skwarnicki, T, Stone, S, Viehhauser, G, Xing, X, Bartelt, J, Csorna, SE, Jain, V, McLean, KW & Marka, S 1998, 'Observation of exclusive two-body B decays to kaons and pions', Physical Review Letters, vol. 80, no. 16, pp. 3456-3460. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3456

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