Determination of the CKM Element V(Ub)

Fortin, Dominique ; U., /Victoria

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

关键词: Semileptonic Decay;    Quarks;    Matrix Elements;    Mesons;    Experiment-Hep,Hepex;   

DOI  :  10.2172/901852
RP-ID  :  SLAC-R-851
RP-ID  :  AC02-76SF00515
RP-ID  :  901852

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The precise determination of the CKM matrix element |V{sub ub}| is crucial in testing the Standard Model mechanism for CP violation. From a sample of 88 million B{bar B} pairs collected with the BABAR detector, charmless semileptonic B decays are selected using simultaneous requirements on the electron energy, E{sub e}, and the invariant mass squared of the electron-neutrino pair, q{sup 2}. The partial branching fraction, unfolded for detector effects, is determined in a region of the q{sup 2}-E{sub e} plane where the dominating semileptonic decays to charm mesons are highly suppressed. Theoretical calculations based on the Heavy Quark Expanion allows for a determination of |V{sub ub}| = (3.95 {+-} 0.27{sub -0.42}{sup +0.58} {+-} 0.25) x 10{sup -3}, where the errors represent experimental, heavy quark parameters and theoretical uncertainties, respectively.