Determination of |V(ub)|/|V(cb)| with DELPHI at LEP

Christopher Parkes; R. Barate; D. Decamp; P. Ghez; C. Goy; S. Jezequel; J. P. Lees; F. Martin; E. Merle; M. N. Minard; B. Pietrzyk; R. Alemany; S. Bravo; M. P. Casado; M. Chmeissani; J. M. Crespo; E. Fernandez; M. Fernandez-Bosman; Ll Garrido; E. Graugés; A. Juste; M. Martinez; G. Merino; R. Miquel; Ll M. Mir; P. Morawitz; A. Pacheco; I. Riu; H. Ruiz; A. Colaleo; D. Creanza; M. De Palma; G. Iaselli; G. Maggi; M. Maggi; S. Nuzzo; A. Ranieri; G. Raso; F. Ruggieri; G. Selvaggi; L. Silvestris; P. Tempesta; A. Tricomi; G. Zito; X. Huang; J. Lin; Q. Ouyang; T. Wang; Y. Xie; R. Xu; S. Xue; J. Zhang; L. Zhang; W. Zhao; D. Abbaneo; G. Boix; O. Buchmüller; M. Cattaneo; F. Cerutti; V. Ciulli

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Determination of |V(ub)|/|V(cb)| with DELPHI at LEP

Christopher Parkes, R. Barate, D. Decamp, P. Ghez, C. Goy, S. Jezequel, J. P. Lees, F. Martin, E. Merle, M. N. Minard, B. Pietrzyk, R. Alemany, S. Bravo, M. P. Casado, M. Chmeissani, J. M. Crespo, E. Fernandez, M. Fernandez-Bosman, Ll Garrido, E. GraugésA. Juste, M. Martinez, G. Merino, R. Miquel, Ll M. Mir, P. Morawitz, A. Pacheco, I. Riu, H. Ruiz, A. Colaleo, D. Creanza, M. De Palma, G. Iaselli, G. Maggi, M. Maggi, S. Nuzzo, A. Ranieri, G. Raso, F. Ruggieri, G. Selvaggi, L. Silvestris, P. Tempesta, A. Tricomi, G. Zito, X. Huang, J. Lin, Q. Ouyang, T. Wang, Y. Xie, R. Xu, S. Xue, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhao, D. Abbaneo, G. Boix, O. Buchmüller, M. Cattaneo, F. Cerutti, V. Ciulli

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The ratio of the CKM quark-mixing matrix elements |V(ub)|/|V(cb)| has been measured using B hadron semileptonic decays. The analysis uses the reconstructed mass M(x) of the secondary hadronic system produced in association with an identified lepton. Since B → X(u)lv̄ transitions are characterised by hadronic masses below those of the D mesons produced in B → X(c)lv̄ transitions, events with a reconstructed value of M(x) significantly below the D mass are selected. Further signal enrichments are obtained using the topology of reconstructed decays and hadron identification. A fit to the numbers of decays in the b → u enriched and depleted samples with M(x) above and below 1.6 GeV/c2 and to the shapes of the lepton energy distribution in the B rest frame gives |V(ub)|/|V(cb)| = 0.103 (-0.012)/(+0.011)(stat.) ± 0.016(syst.) ± 0.010(model) and, correspondingly, a charmless semileptonic B decay branching fraction of BR(B → X(u)lv̄= (1.57 ± 0.35 (stat.) ± 0.48 (syst.) ± 0.27 (model)) x 10-3. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14-30
Number of pages	16
Journal	Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	478
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00281-1
Publication status	Published - 6 Apr 2000

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Parkes, C., Barate, R., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Jezequel, S., Lees, J. P., Martin, F., Merle, E., Minard, M. N., Pietrzyk, B., Alemany, R., Bravo, S., Casado, M. P., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J. M., Fernandez, E., Fernandez-Bosman, M., Garrido, L., ... Ciulli, V. (2000). Determination of |V(ub)|/|V(cb)| with DELPHI at LEP. Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 478(1-3), 14-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00281-1

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AU - Merino, G.

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AU - Mir, Ll M.

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AU - Ruiz, H.

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AU - Creanza, D.

AU - De Palma, M.

AU - Iaselli, G.

AU - Maggi, G.

AU - Maggi, M.

AU - Nuzzo, S.

AU - Ranieri, A.

AU - Raso, G.

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AU - Silvestris, L.

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AU - Xie, Y.

AU - Xu, R.

AU - Xue, S.

AU - Zhang, J.

AU - Zhang, L.

AU - Zhao, W.

AU - Abbaneo, D.

AU - Boix, G.

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