Phys. Rev. D
65,
012002
(2001)
[5 pages]
First observation of B0→D*0π+π+π-π- decays
K. W. Edwards et al. (CLEO Collaboration)
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K. W. Edwards1, A. J. Sadoff2, R. Ammar3, A. Bean3, D. Besson3, X. Zhao3, S. Anderson4, V. V. Frolov4, Y. Kubota4, S. J. Lee4, R. Poling4, A. Smith4, C. J. Stepaniak4, J. Urheim4, S. Ahmed5, M. S. Alam5, S. B. Athar5, L. Jian5, L. Ling5, M. Saleem5, S. Timm5, F. Wappler5, A. Anastassov6, E. Eckhart6, K. K. Gan6, C. Gwon6, T. Hart6, K. Honscheid6, D. Hufnagel6, H. Kagan6, R. Kass6, T. K. Pedlar6, J. B. Thayer6, E. von Toerne6, M. M. Zoeller6, S. J. Richichi7, H. Severini7, P. Skubic7, A. Undrus7, V. Savinov8, S. Chen9, J. W. Hinson9, J. Lee9, D. H. Miller9, E. I. Shibata9, I. P. J. Shipsey9, V. Pavlunin9, D. Cronin-Hennessy10, A. L. Lyon10, E. H. Thorndike10, T. E. Coan11, Y. S. Gao11, Y. Maravin11, I. Narsky11, R. Stroynowski11, J. Ye11, T. Wlodek11, M. Artuso12, K. Benslama12, C. Boulahouache12, K. Bukin12, E. Dambasuren12, G. Majumder12, R. Mountain12, T. Skwarnicki12, S. Stone12, J. C. Wang12, A. Wolf12, S. Kopp13, M. Kostin13, A. H. Mahmood14, S. E. Csorna15, I. Danko15, K. W. McLean15, Z. Xu15, R. Godang16, G. Bonvicini17, D. Cinabro17, M. Dubrovin17, S. McGee17, A. Bornheim18, E. Lipeles18, S. P. Pappas18, A. Shapiro18, W. M. Sun18, A. J. Weinstein18, D. E. Jaffe19, R. Mahapatra19, G. Masek19, H. P. Paar19, A. Eppich20, R. J. Morrison20, R. A. Briere21, G. P. Chen21, T. Ferguson21, H. Vogel21, J. P. Alexander22, C. Bebek22, B. E. Berger22, K. Berkelman22, F. Blanc22, V. Boisvert22, D. G. Cassel22, P. S. Drell22, J. E. Duboscq22, K. M. Ecklund22, R. Ehrlich22, P. Gaidarev22, L. Gibbons22, B. Gittelman22, S. W. Gray22, D. L. Hartill22, B. K. Heltsley22, L. Hsu22, C. D. Jones22, J. Kandaswamy22, D. L. Kreinick22, M. Lohner22, A. Magerkurth22, H. Mahlke-Krüger22, T. O. Meyer22, N. B. Mistry22, E. Nordberg22, M. Palmer22, J. R. Patterson22, D. Peterson22, D. Riley22, A. Romano22, H. Schwarthoff22, J. G. Thayer22, D. Urner22, B. Valant-Spaight22, G. Viehhauser22, A. Warburton22, P. Avery23, C. Prescott23, A. I. Rubiera23, H. Stoeck23, J. Yelton23, G. Brandenburg24, A. Ershov24, D. Y.-J. Kim24, R. Wilson24, B. I. Eisenstein25, J. Ernst25, G. E. Gladding25, G. D. Gollin25, R. M. Hans25, E. Johnson25, I. Karliner25, M. A. Marsh25, C. Plager25, C. Sedlack25, M. Selen25, J. J. Thaler25, and J. Williams25
(CLEO Collaboration)
1Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6the Institute of Particle Physics, Canada
2Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York 14850
3University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
4University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
5State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 12222
6Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
7University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
8University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
9Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
10University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627
11Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275
12Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244
13University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
14University of Texas–Pan American, Edinburg, Texas 78539
15Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
16Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
17Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
18California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
19University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
20University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
21Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
22Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
23University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
24Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
25University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801
Received 23 May 2001; published 11 December 2001
We report on the observation of B0→D*0π+π+π-π- decays. The branching ratio is (0.30±0.07±0.06)%. Interest in this particular mode was sparked by Ligeti, Luke and Wise who propose it as a way to check the validity of factorization tests in B0→D*+π+π-π-π0 decays.
© 2001 The American Physical Society
URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.012002
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.65.012002
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