First measurement of the Λc+→ pη′ decay Li, S. X.; Shen, C. P.; Adachi, I. ...
The journal of high energy physics,
03/2022, Letnik:
2022, Številka:
3
Journal Article
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A
bstract
We present the first measurement of the branching fraction of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed (SCS) decay
Λ
c
+
→ pη
′ with
η
′
→ ηπ
+
π
−
, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated ...luminosity of 981 fb
−
1
, collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB
e
+
e
−
asymmetric-energy collider. A significant
Λ
c
+
→ pη
′ signal is observed for the first time with a signal significance of 5.4
σ
. The relative branching fraction with respect to the normalization mode
Λ
c
+
→ pK
−
π
+
is measured to be
B
Λ
c
+
→
pη
′
B
Λ
c
+
→
pK
−
π
+
=
7.54
±
1.32
±
0.73
×
10
−
3
,
where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. Using the world-average value of
B
Λ
c
+
→
pK
−
π
+
= (6
.
28
±
0
.
32)
×
10
−
2
, we obtain
B
Λ
c
+
→
pη
′
=
4.73
±
0.82
±
0.46
±
0.24
×
10
−
4
,
where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and from
B
Λ
c
+
→
pK
−
π
+
, respectively.
We search for a light Higgs boson (A^{0}) decaying into a τ^{+}τ^{-} or μ^{+}μ^{-} pair in the radiative decays of ϒ(1S). The production of ϒ(1S) mesons is tagged by ϒ(2S)→π^{+}π^{-}ϒ(1S) ...transitions, using 158×10^{6} ϒ(2S) events accumulated with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy electron-positron collider. No significant A^{0} signals in the mass range from the τ^{+}τ^{-} or μ^{+}μ^{-} threshold to 9.2 GeV/c^{2} are observed. We set the upper limits at 90% credibility level (C.L.) on the product branching fractions for ϒ(1S)→γA^{0} and A^{0}→τ^{+}τ^{-} varying from 3.8×10^{-6} to 1.5×10^{-4}. Our results represent an approximately twofold improvement on the current world best upper limits for the ϒ(1S)→γA^{0}(→τ^{+}τ^{-}) production. For A^{0}→μ^{+}μ^{-}, the upper limits on the product branching fractions for ϒ(1S)→γA^{0} and A^{0}→μ^{+}μ^{-} are at the same level as the world average limits, and vary from 3.1×10^{-7} to 1.6×10^{-5}. The upper limits at 90% credibility level on the Yukawa coupling f_{ϒ(1S)} and mixing angle sinθ_{A^{0}} are also given.
We study B^{+}→π^{+}π^{0}π^{0} using 711 fb^{-1} of data collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e^{+}e^{-} collider. We measure an inclusive branching ...fraction of (19.0±1.5±1.4)×10^{-6} and an inclusive CP asymmetry of (9.2±6.8±0.7)%, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic, and a B^{+}→ρ(770)^{+}π^{0} branching fraction of (11.2±1.1±0.9_{-1.6}^{+0.8})×10^{-6}, where the third uncertainty is due to possible interference with B^{+}→ρ(1450)^{+}π^{0}. We present the first observation of a structure around 1 GeV/c^{2} in the π^{0}π^{0} mass spectrum, with a significance of 6.4σ, and measure a branching fraction to be (6.9±0.9±0.6)×10^{-6}. We also report a measurement of local CP asymmetry in this structure.
Using 605 fb(-1) of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance we present a measurement of the inclusive radiative B-meson decay channel, B-->X(s)gamma. For the lower photon energy thresholds of ...1.7, 1.8, 1.9, and 2.0 GeV, as defined in the rest frame of the B meson, we measure the partial branching fraction and the mean and variance of the photon energy spectrum. At the 1.7 GeV threshold we obtain the partial branching fraction BF(B-->X(s)}gamma)=(3.45+/-0.15+/-0.40)x10(-4), where the errors are statistical and systematic.
A
bstract
We present a search for the dark photon
A
′ in the
B
0
→
A
′
A
′ decays, where
A
′ subsequently decays to
e
+
e
−
,
μ
+
μ
−
, and
π
+
π
−
. The search is performed by analyzing 772 × 10
6
B
...B
¯
events collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB
e
+
e
−
energy-asymmetric collider at the ϒ(4
S
) resonance. No signal is found in the dark photon mass range 0
.
01 GeV
/c
2
≤
m
A
′
≤ 2
.
62 GeV
/c
2
, and we set upper limits of the branching fraction of
B
0
→
A
′
A
′ at the 90% confidence level. The products of branching fractions,
ℬ
B
0
→
A
′
A
′
×
ℬ
A
′
→
e
+
e
−
2
and
ℬ
B
0
→
A
′
A
′
×
ℬ
A
′
→
μ
+
μ
−
2
, have limits of the order of 10
−
8
depending on the
A
′ mass. Furthermore, considering
A
′ decay rate to each pair of charged particles, the upper limits of
ℬ
B
0
→
A
′
A
′
are of the order of 10
−
8
–10
−
5
. From the upper limits of
ℬ
B
0
→
A
′
A
′
, we obtain the Higgs portal coupling for each assumed dark photon and dark Higgs mass. The Higgs portal couplings are of the order of 10
−
2
–10
−
1
at
m
h
′
≃
m
B
0
± 40 MeV
/c
2
and 10
−
1
–1 at
m
h
′
≃
m
B
0
± 3 GeV
/c
2
.
Equal amounts of matter and antimatter are predicted to have been produced in the Big Bang, but our observable Universe is clearly matter-dominated. One of the prerequisites for understanding this ...elimination of antimatter is the nonconservation of charge-parity (CP) symmetry. So far, two types of CP violation have been observed in the neutral K meson (K0) and B meson (B0) systems: CP violation involving the mixing between K0 and its antiparticle (and likewise for B0 and ), and direct CP violation in the decay of each meson. The observed effects for both types of CP violation are substantially larger for the B0 meson system. However, they are still consistent with the standard model of particle physics, which has a unique source of CP violation that is known to be too small to account for the matter-dominated Universe. Here we report that the direct CP violation in charged B±→K± 0 decay is different from that in the neutral B0 counterpart. The direct CP-violating decay rate asymmetry, (that is, the difference between the number of observed B-→K- 0 event versus B+→K+ 0 events, normalized to the sum of these events) is measured to be about +7%, with an uncertainty that is reduced by a factor of 1.7 from a previous measurement. However, the asymmetry for versus B0→K+ - is at the -10% level. Although it is susceptible to strong interaction effects that need further clarification, this large deviation in direct CP violation between charged and neutral B meson decays could be an indication of new sources of CP violation-which would help to explain the dominance of matter in the Universe.
We describe a flavor tagging algorithm used in measurements of the CP violation parameter sin2φ1 at the Belle experiment. Efficiencies and wrong tag fractions are evaluated using flavor-specific B ...meson decays into hadronic and semileptonic modes. We achieve a total effective efficiency of 28.8±0.6%.
We have measured the branching fraction of the inclusive radiative
B meson decay
B→
X
s
γ to be
Br(
B→
X
s
γ)=(3.36±0.53(stat)±0.42(sys)
+0.50
−0.54(th))×10
−4. The result is based on a sample of
...6.07×10
6 B
B
̄
events collected at the
ϒ(4
S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric
e
+
e
− storage ring.
The proper-time resolution function for the measurement of the time evolution of B mesons with the Belle detector at KEKB is studied in detail. The obtained resolution function is applied to the ...measurement of B meson lifetimes, the B0B¯0 oscillation frequency and time-dependent CP asymmetries.