Observation of the Decay $B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm}π^{0}$, Study of $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm}π^{0}$, and Search for $B^{0} \to π^{0}π^{0}$
| dc.creator | The BABAR Collaboration | |
| dc.creator | Aubert, B. | |
| dc.date | 2003-03-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:01:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:01:56Z | |
| dc.description | We present results for the branching fractions and charge asymmetries in $B^{\pm} \to h^{\pm} π^{0}$ (where $h^{\pm} = π^{\pm}, K^{\pm}$) and a search for the decay $B^{0} \to π^{0} π^{0}$ using a sample of approximately 88 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ Factory at SLAC. We measure ${\cal B} (B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm} π^{0}) = (5.5 ^{+1.0}_{-0.9} \pm 0.6) \times 10^{-6}$, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. The $B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm} π^{0}$ signal has a significance of $7.7 σ$ including systematic uncertainties. We simultaneously measure the $K^{\pm}π^{0}$ branching fraction to be $ {\cal B} (B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} π^{0}) = (12.8 ^{+1.2}_{-1.1} \pm 1.0) \times 10^{-6}$. The charge asymmetries are ${\cal A}_{π^{\pm}π^{0}} = -0.03_{-0.17}^{+0.18} \pm 0.02$ and ${\cal A}_{K^{\pm}π^{0}} = -0.09 \pm 0.09 \pm 0.01$. We place a 90% confidence-level upper limit on the branching fraction ${\cal B} (B^{0} \to π^{0} π^{0})$ of $3.6 \times 10^{-6} $. | |
| dc.description | 7 pages, 8 postscript figues, submitted to Physical Review Letters | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0303028 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0303028 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev.Lett.91:021801,2003 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.021801 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207266 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Experiment | |
| dc.title | Observation of the Decay $B^{\pm} \to π^{\pm}π^{0}$, Study of $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm}π^{0}$, and Search for $B^{0} \to π^{0}π^{0}$ | |
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