We perform a full amplitude analysis of the process e+e−→J/ψDD¯, where D refers to either D0 or D+. A new charmoniumlike state X*(3860) that decays to DD¯ is observed with a significance of 6.5σ. Its ...mass is (3862−32+26 −13+40) MeV/c2, and its width is (201−67+154 −82+88) MeV. The JPC=0++ hypothesis is favored over the 2++ hypothesis at the level of 2.5σ. The analysis is based on the 980 fb−1 data sample collected by the Belle detector at the asymmetric-energy e+e− collider KEKB.
Using a data sample of 980 fb−1 of e+e− annihilation data taken with the Belle detector operating at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e− collider, we report the results of a study of excited Ξc states ...that decay, via the emission of photons and/or charged pions, into Ξc0 or Ξc+ ground state charmed-strange baryons. We present new measurements of the masses of all members of the Ξc′, Ξc(2645), Ξc(2790), Ξc(2815), and Ξc(2980) isodoublets, measurements of the intrinsic widths of those that decay strongly, and evidence of previously unknown transitions.
We have searched for the Cabibbo-suppressed decay Λc+→ϕpπ0 in e+e− collisions using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 915 fb−1. The data were collected by the Belle ...experiment at the KEKB e+e− asymmetric-energy collider running at or near the ϒ(4S) and ϒ(5S) resonances. No significant signal is observed, and we set an upper limit on the branching fraction of B(Λc+→ϕpπ0)<15.3×10−5 at 90% confidence level. The contribution of nonresonant Λc+→K+K−pπ0 decays is found to be consistent with zero, and the corresponding upper limit on its branching fraction is set to be B(Λc+→K+K−pπ0)NR<6.3×10−5 at 90% confidence level. We also search for an intermediate hidden-strangeness pentaquark decay Ps+→ϕp. We see no evidence for this intermediate decay and set an upper limit on the product branching fraction of B(Λc+→Ps+π0)×B(Ps+→ϕp)<8.3×10−5 at 90% confidence level. Finally, we measure the branching fraction for the Cabibbo-favored decay Λc+→K−π+pπ0; the result is B(Λc+→K−π+pπ0)=(4.42±0.05(stat)±0.12(syst)±0.16(norm))%, which is the most precise measurement to date.
This work reports the first observation of azimuthal asymmetries around the thrust axis in e+e− annihilation of pairs of back-to-back charged pions in one hemisphere, and π0 and η mesons in the ...opposite hemisphere. These results are complemented by a new analysis of pairs of back-to-back charged pions. The π0 and η asymmetries rise with the relative momentum z of the detected hadrons as well as with the transverse momentum with respect to the thrust axis. These asymmetries are sensitive to the Collins fragmentation function H1⊥ and provide complementary information to previous measurements with charged pions and kaons in the final state. In particular, the η final states will provide additional information on the flavor structure of H1⊥. This is the first measurement of the explicit transverse-momentum dependence of the Collins fragmentation function from Belle data. It uses a dataset of 980.4 fb−1 collected by the Belle experiment at or near a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV.
Here, we discuss the first observation of the radiative charm decay D0 → ρ0γ and the first search for CP violation in decays D0 → ρ0γ , φγ , and K ¯ *0 ( 892 ) γ , using a data sample of 943fb-1 ...collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. The branching fraction is measured to be B ( D0 → ρ0γ ) = ( 1.77±0.30±0.07 ) ×10-5 , where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The obtained CP asymmetries A CP ( D0 → ρ0γ ) =+0.056±0.152±0.006 , A CP ( D0 → φγ ) = -0.094±0.066±0.001 , and A CP ( D0 → K ¯ *0γ ) =-0.003±0.020±0.000 are consistent with no CP violation. Furthermore, we present an improved measurement of the branching fractions B ( D0 → φγ ) = ( 2.76±0.19±0.10 ) ×10-5 and B ( D0 → K ¯ *0γ ) = ( 4.66±0.21±0.21 ) ×10-4 .
We present first evidence that the cosine of the CP-violating weak phase 2β is positive, and hence exclude trigonometric multifold solutions of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) Unitarity Triangle ...using a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of B^{0}→D^{(*)}h^{0} with D→K_{S}^{0}π^{+}π^{-} decays, where h^{0}∈{π^{0},η,ω} denotes a light unflavored and neutral hadron. The measurement is performed combining the final data sets of the BABAR and Belle experiments collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance at the asymmetric-energy B factories PEP-II at SLAC and KEKB at KEK, respectively. The data samples contain (471±3)×10^{6}BBover ¯ pairs recorded by the BABAR detector and (772±11)×10^{6}BBover ¯ pairs recorded by the Belle detector. The results of the measurement are sin2β=0.80±0.14(stat)±0.06(syst)±0.03(model) and cos2β=0.91±0.22(stat)±0.09(syst)±0.07(model). The result for the direct measurement of the angle β of the CKM Unitarity Triangle is β=22.5±4.4(stat)±1.2(syst)±0.6(model)°. The measurement assumes no direct CP violation in B^{0}→D^{(*)}h^{0} decays. The quoted model uncertainties are due to the composition of the D^{0}→K_{S}^{0}π^{+}π^{-} decay amplitude model, which is newly established by performing a Dalitz plot amplitude analysis using a high-statistics e^{+}e^{-}→ccover ¯ data sample. CP violation is observed in B^{0}→D^{(*)}h^{0} decays at the level of 5.1 standard deviations. The significance for cos2β>0 is 3.7 standard deviations. The trigonometric multifold solution π/2-β=(68.1±0.7)° is excluded at the level of 7.3 standard deviations. The measurement resolves an ambiguity in the determination of the apex of the CKM Unitarity Triangle.