We report on measurements of the decays of B¯ mesons into the semileptonic final states B¯→D^(*)π^(+)π^(-)ℓ^(-)ν¯, where D^(*) represents a D or D^(*) meson and ℓ^(-) is an electron or a muon. These measurements are based on 471×10^(6) BB ¯ pairs recorded with the BABAR detector at the SLAC asymmetric B factory PEP-II. We determine the branching fraction ratios R_π^+π^-^(*)=B(B[over ¯]→D^(*)π^+π^-ℓ^-ν[over ¯])/B(B[over ¯]→D^(*)ℓ^-ν[over ¯]) using events in which the second B meson is fully reconstructed. We find R_π^+π^-=0.067±0.010±0.008 and R_π^+π^-^*=0.019±0.005±0.004, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. Based on these results and assuming isospin invariance, we estimate that B[over ¯]→D^(*)ππℓ^-ν[over ¯] decays, where π denotes either a π^± and π^0 meson, account for up to half the difference between the measured inclusive semileptonic branching fraction to charm hadrons and the corresponding sum of previously measured exclusive branching fractions.

Observation of B→D(*) π^(+)π^(-)ℓ^(-)ν Decays in e^(+)e^(-) Collisions at the Υ(4S) Resonance / Lees, J. P; Poireau, V; Tisserand, V; Grauges, E; Palano, A; Eigen, G; Stugu, B; Brown, D. N; Kerth, L. T; Kolomensky, Yu G; Lee, M. J; Lynch, G; Koch, H; Schroeder, T; Hearty, C; Mattison, T. S; Mckenna, J. A; So, R. Y; Khan, A; Blinov, V. E; Buzykaev, A. R; Druzhinin, V. P; Golubev, V. B; Kravchenko, E. A; Onuchin, A. P; Serednyakov, S. I; Skovpen, Yu I; Solodov, E. P; Todyshev, K. Yu; Lankford, A. J; Gary, J. W; Long, O; Franco Sevilla, M; Hong, T. M; Kovalskyi, D; Richman, J. D; West, C. A; Eisner, A. M; Lockman, W. S; Panduro Vazquez, W; Schumm, B. A; Seiden, A; Chao, D. S; Cheng, C. H; Echenard, B; Flood, K. T; Hitlin, D. G; Kim, J; Miyashita, T. S; Ongmongkolkul, P; Porter, F. C; Röhrken, M; Andreassen, R; Huard, Z; Meadows, B. T; Pushpawela, B. G; Sokoloff, M. D; Sun, L; Ford, W. T; Smith, J. G; Wagner, S. R; Ayad, R; Toki, W. H; Spaan, B; Bernard, D; Verderi, M; Playfer, S; Bettoni, D; Bozzi, C; Calabrese, R; Cibinetto, G; Fioravanti, E; Garzia, I; Luppi, E; Santoro, V; Calcaterra, A; de Sangro, R; Finocchiaro, G; Martellotti, S; Patteri, P; Peruzzi, I. M; Piccolo, M; Zallo, A; Contri, R; Monge, M. R; Passaggio, S; Patrignani, C; Bhuyan, B; Prasad, V; Adametz, A; Uwer, U; Lacker, H. M; Mallik, U; Chen, C; Cochran, J; Prell, S; Ahmed, H; Gritsan, A. V; Arnaud, N; Davier, M; Derkach, D; Grosdidier, G; Le Diberder, F; Lutz, A. M; Malaescu, B; Roudeau, P; Stocchi, A; Wormser, G; Lange, D. J; Wright, D. M; Coleman, J. P; Fry, J. R; Gabathuler, E; Hutchcroft, D. E; Payne, D. J; Touramanis, C; Bevan, A. J; Di Lodovico, F; Sacco, R; Cowan, G; Brown, D. N; Davis, C. L; Denig, A. G; Fritsch, M; Gradl, W; Griessinger, K; Hafner, A; Schubert, K. R; Barlow, R. J; Lafferty, G. D; Cenci, R; Hamilton, B; Jawahery, A; Roberts, D. A; Cowan, R; Cheaib, R; Patel, P. M; Robertson, S. H; Dey, B; Neri, N; Palombo, F; Cremaldi, L; Godang, R; Summers, D. J; Simard, M; Taras, P; DE NARDO, Guglielmo; Onorato, G; Sciacca, C; Raven, G; Jessop, C. P; Losecco, J. M; Honscheid, K; Kass, R; Margoni, M; Morandin, M; Posocco, M; Rotondo, M; Simi, G; Simonetto, F; Stroili, R; Akar, S; Ben Haim, E; Bomben, M; Bonneaud, G. R; Briand, H; Calderini, G; Chauveau, J; Leruste, Ph; Marchiori, G; Ocariz, J; Biasini, M; Manoni, E; Rossi, A; Angelini, C; Batignani, G; Bettarini, S; Carpinelli, M; Casarosa, G; Chrzaszcz, M; Forti, F; Giorgi, M. A; Lusiani, A; Oberhof, B; Paoloni, E; Rama, M; Rizzo, G; Walsh, J. J; Lopes Pegna, D; Olsen, J; Smith, A. J. S; Anulli, F; Faccini, R; Ferrarotto, F; Ferroni, F; Gaspero, M; Pilloni, A; Piredda, G; Bünger, C; Dittrich, S; Grünberg, O; Hess, M; Leddig, T; Voß, C; Waldi, R; Adye, T; Olaiya, E. O; Wilson, F. F; Emery, S; Vasseur, G; Aston, D; Bard, D. J; Cartaro, C; Convery, M. R; Dorfan, J; Dubois Felsmann, G. P; Dunwoodie, W; Ebert, M; Field, R. C; Fulsom, B. G; Graham, M. T; Hast, C; Innes, W. R; Kim, P; Leith, D. W. G. S; Luitz, S; Luth, V; Macfarlane, D. B; Muller, D. R; Neal, H; Pulliam, T; Ratcliff, B. N; Roodman, A; Schindler, R. H; Snyder, A; Su, D; Sullivan, M. K; Va'Vra, J; Wisniewski, W. J; Wulsin, H. W; Purohit, M. V; Wilson, J. R; Randle Conde, A; Sekula, S. J; Bellis, M; Burchat, P. R; Puccio, E. M. T; Alam, M. S; Ernst, J. A; Gorodeisky, R; Guttman, N; Peimer, D. R; Soffer, A; Spanier, S. M; Ritchie, J. L; Schwitters, R. F; Izen, J. M; Lou, X. C; Bianchi, F; De Mori, F; Filippi, A; Gamba, D; Lanceri, L; Vitale, L; Martinez Vidal, F; Oyanguren, A; Albert, J; Banerjee, Sw; Beaulieu, A; Bernlochner, F. U; Choi, H. H. F; King, G. J; Kowalewski, R; Lewczuk, M. J; Lueck, T; Nugent, I. M; Roney, J. M; Sobie, R. J; Tasneem, N; Gershon, T. J; Harrison, P. F; Latham, T. E; Band, H. R; Dasu, S; Pan, Y; Prepost, R; Wu, S. L.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 116:4(2016), p. 041801. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.041801]

Observation of B→D(*) π^(+)π^(-)ℓ^(-)ν Decays in e^(+)e^(-) Collisions at the Υ(4S) Resonance

DE NARDO, GUGLIELMO;
2016

Abstract

We report on measurements of the decays of B¯ mesons into the semileptonic final states B¯→D^(*)π^(+)π^(-)ℓ^(-)ν¯, where D^(*) represents a D or D^(*) meson and ℓ^(-) is an electron or a muon. These measurements are based on 471×10^(6) BB ¯ pairs recorded with the BABAR detector at the SLAC asymmetric B factory PEP-II. We determine the branching fraction ratios R_π^+π^-^(*)=B(B[over ¯]→D^(*)π^+π^-ℓ^-ν[over ¯])/B(B[over ¯]→D^(*)ℓ^-ν[over ¯]) using events in which the second B meson is fully reconstructed. We find R_π^+π^-=0.067±0.010±0.008 and R_π^+π^-^*=0.019±0.005±0.004, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. Based on these results and assuming isospin invariance, we estimate that B[over ¯]→D^(*)ππℓ^-ν[over ¯] decays, where π denotes either a π^± and π^0 meson, account for up to half the difference between the measured inclusive semileptonic branching fraction to charm hadrons and the corresponding sum of previously measured exclusive branching fractions.
2016
Observation of B→D(*) π^(+)π^(-)ℓ^(-)ν Decays in e^(+)e^(-) Collisions at the Υ(4S) Resonance / Lees, J. P; Poireau, V; Tisserand, V; Grauges, E; Palano, A; Eigen, G; Stugu, B; Brown, D. N; Kerth, L. T; Kolomensky, Yu G; Lee, M. J; Lynch, G; Koch, H; Schroeder, T; Hearty, C; Mattison, T. S; Mckenna, J. A; So, R. Y; Khan, A; Blinov, V. E; Buzykaev, A. R; Druzhinin, V. P; Golubev, V. B; Kravchenko, E. A; Onuchin, A. P; Serednyakov, S. I; Skovpen, Yu I; Solodov, E. P; Todyshev, K. Yu; Lankford, A. J; Gary, J. W; Long, O; Franco Sevilla, M; Hong, T. M; Kovalskyi, D; Richman, J. D; West, C. A; Eisner, A. M; Lockman, W. S; Panduro Vazquez, W; Schumm, B. A; Seiden, A; Chao, D. S; Cheng, C. H; Echenard, B; Flood, K. T; Hitlin, D. G; Kim, J; Miyashita, T. S; Ongmongkolkul, P; Porter, F. C; Röhrken, M; Andreassen, R; Huard, Z; Meadows, B. T; Pushpawela, B. G; Sokoloff, M. D; Sun, L; Ford, W. T; Smith, J. G; Wagner, S. R; Ayad, R; Toki, W. H; Spaan, B; Bernard, D; Verderi, M; Playfer, S; Bettoni, D; Bozzi, C; Calabrese, R; Cibinetto, G; Fioravanti, E; Garzia, I; Luppi, E; Santoro, V; Calcaterra, A; de Sangro, R; Finocchiaro, G; Martellotti, S; Patteri, P; Peruzzi, I. M; Piccolo, M; Zallo, A; Contri, R; Monge, M. R; Passaggio, S; Patrignani, C; Bhuyan, B; Prasad, V; Adametz, A; Uwer, U; Lacker, H. M; Mallik, U; Chen, C; Cochran, J; Prell, S; Ahmed, H; Gritsan, A. V; Arnaud, N; Davier, M; Derkach, D; Grosdidier, G; Le Diberder, F; Lutz, A. M; Malaescu, B; Roudeau, P; Stocchi, A; Wormser, G; Lange, D. J; Wright, D. M; Coleman, J. P; Fry, J. R; Gabathuler, E; Hutchcroft, D. E; Payne, D. J; Touramanis, C; Bevan, A. J; Di Lodovico, F; Sacco, R; Cowan, G; Brown, D. N; Davis, C. L; Denig, A. G; Fritsch, M; Gradl, W; Griessinger, K; Hafner, A; Schubert, K. R; Barlow, R. J; Lafferty, G. D; Cenci, R; Hamilton, B; Jawahery, A; Roberts, D. A; Cowan, R; Cheaib, R; Patel, P. M; Robertson, S. H; Dey, B; Neri, N; Palombo, F; Cremaldi, L; Godang, R; Summers, D. J; Simard, M; Taras, P; DE NARDO, Guglielmo; Onorato, G; Sciacca, C; Raven, G; Jessop, C. P; Losecco, J. M; Honscheid, K; Kass, R; Margoni, M; Morandin, M; Posocco, M; Rotondo, M; Simi, G; Simonetto, F; Stroili, R; Akar, S; Ben Haim, E; Bomben, M; Bonneaud, G. R; Briand, H; Calderini, G; Chauveau, J; Leruste, Ph; Marchiori, G; Ocariz, J; Biasini, M; Manoni, E; Rossi, A; Angelini, C; Batignani, G; Bettarini, S; Carpinelli, M; Casarosa, G; Chrzaszcz, M; Forti, F; Giorgi, M. A; Lusiani, A; Oberhof, B; Paoloni, E; Rama, M; Rizzo, G; Walsh, J. J; Lopes Pegna, D; Olsen, J; Smith, A. J. S; Anulli, F; Faccini, R; Ferrarotto, F; Ferroni, F; Gaspero, M; Pilloni, A; Piredda, G; Bünger, C; Dittrich, S; Grünberg, O; Hess, M; Leddig, T; Voß, C; Waldi, R; Adye, T; Olaiya, E. O; Wilson, F. F; Emery, S; Vasseur, G; Aston, D; Bard, D. J; Cartaro, C; Convery, M. R; Dorfan, J; Dubois Felsmann, G. P; Dunwoodie, W; Ebert, M; Field, R. C; Fulsom, B. G; Graham, M. T; Hast, C; Innes, W. R; Kim, P; Leith, D. W. G. S; Luitz, S; Luth, V; Macfarlane, D. B; Muller, D. R; Neal, H; Pulliam, T; Ratcliff, B. N; Roodman, A; Schindler, R. H; Snyder, A; Su, D; Sullivan, M. K; Va'Vra, J; Wisniewski, W. J; Wulsin, H. W; Purohit, M. V; Wilson, J. R; Randle Conde, A; Sekula, S. J; Bellis, M; Burchat, P. R; Puccio, E. M. T; Alam, M. S; Ernst, J. A; Gorodeisky, R; Guttman, N; Peimer, D. R; Soffer, A; Spanier, S. M; Ritchie, J. L; Schwitters, R. F; Izen, J. M; Lou, X. C; Bianchi, F; De Mori, F; Filippi, A; Gamba, D; Lanceri, L; Vitale, L; Martinez Vidal, F; Oyanguren, A; Albert, J; Banerjee, Sw; Beaulieu, A; Bernlochner, F. U; Choi, H. H. F; King, G. J; Kowalewski, R; Lewczuk, M. J; Lueck, T; Nugent, I. M; Roney, J. M; Sobie, R. J; Tasneem, N; Gershon, T. J; Harrison, P. F; Latham, T. E; Band, H. R; Dasu, S; Pan, Y; Prepost, R; Wu, S. L.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 116:4(2016), p. 041801. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.041801]
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