b --> s gamma using a Sum of Exclusive Modes

dc.creatorThe BABAR Collaboration
dc.creatorAubert, B.
dc.date2002-07-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:35:25Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:35:25Z
dc.descriptionThis paper describes preliminary results on the inclusive process b --> s gamma obtained from 20.7 fb^-1 of data recorded with the BaBar detector during 1999-2000. Signal event yields are found from a combination of twelve exclusive decay channels after subtracting continuum and BBbar backgrounds. Cross-feed from incorrectly reconstructed b --> s gamma events is also removed. Branching fractions in bins of hadronic mass are calculated using corrected Monte Carlo signal efficiencies; this is equivalent to measuring the gamma energy spectrum. We measure the first moment of the gamma energy spectrum constraining the HQET parameter LambdaBar = (0.37 +/- 0.09 (stat) +/- 0.07 (syst) +/- 0.10 (model)) GeV/c^2. A fit to the hadronic mass spectrum gives B(b --> s gamma) = (4.3 +/- 0.5 (stat) +/- 0.8 (syst) +/- 1.3 (model))x 10^-4 for the inclusive branching fraction. We also constrain the HQET parameter lambda_1.
dc.description21 pages, 18 postscript figures, submitted to ICHEP2002
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0207074
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0207074
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/37344
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleb --> s gamma using a Sum of Exclusive Modes
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