Evidence for the η_b(1S) Meson in Radiative Υ(2S) Decay (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees , J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We have performed a search for the η_b(1S) meson in the radiative decay of the Υ(2S) resonance using a sample of 91.6 × 10^6 Υ(2S) events recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B factory...
Flavour Physics at B-factories and other machines (2009)
I review some of the highlights of results from non-hadron collider flavor experiments shown at the EPS conference in the summer of 2009. These include highlights of the latest results from the BaBar...
Measurement of the γγ* → π^0 transition form factor (2009)
Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent , X., ...
We study the reaction e^(+)e^(-) → e^(+)e^(-)π^0 in the single tag mode and measure the differential cross section dσ/dQ^2 and the γγ* → π^0 transition form factor in the momentum transfer...
Search for Dimuon Decays of a Light Scalar Boson in Radiative Transitions Y → yA^0 (2009)
Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...
We search for evidence of a light scalar boson in the radiative decays of the Υ(2S) and Υ(3S) resonances: Υ(2S,3S) → γA^0, A^0 →µ^+µ^-. Such a particle appears in extensions of the standard...
Search for b → u transitions in B^0 → D^(0)K^(*0) decays (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present a study of the decays B^0 → D^(0)K^(*0) and B^0 →[overline D]^(0)K^(*0) with K^(*0) → K^(+)π^-. The D^0 and the [overline D]^0 mesons are reconstructed in the final states f =...
Flavor Physics in the Quark Sector (2009)
Antonelli, M, Asner, D M, Bauer, D, Becher, T, Beneke, M, Bevan, A J, ...
In the past decade, one of the major challenges of particle physics has been to gain an in-depth understanding of the role of quark flavor.In this time frame, measurements and the theoretical...
Flavor Physics in the Quark Sector (2009)
Antonelli, M., Asner, D. M., Bauer, D., Becher, T., Beneke, M., Bevan, A. J., ...
In the past decade, one of the major challenges of particle physics has been to gain an in-depth understanding of the role of quark flavor.In this time frame, measurements and the theoretical...
Search for second-class currents in τ^- → ωπ^(-)ν_τ (2009)
Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...
We report an analysis of τ^- decaying into ωπ^(-)ν_τ with ω → π^(+)π^(-)π^0 using a data sample containing nearly 320 × 10^6 pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II...
Search for B0 meson decays to pi^0KS^0KS^0, etaKS^0KS^0, and eta^([prime])KS^0KS^0 (2009)
Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...
We describe searches for B^0 meson decays to the charmless final states π^(0)K^(0)_(S)K^(0)_(S), ηK^(0)_(S)K^(0)_(S), and η'K^(0)_(S)K^(0)_(S). The data sample corresponds to 467 × 10^6...
The measurement of alpha from the B-factories (2009)
Significant progress toward measuring the CKM angle alpha has been made by the B-factories over the past decade. This work has culminated in a constraint on alpha with a precision of less than 4...
In these proceedings I briefly introduce the project prior to discussing the physics programme of the SuperB high luminosity e+e- collider. By measuring the golden matrix SuperB will be able to...
An overview of the SuperB project and its physics programme is presented. There are many new physics sensitive observables that can be measured at a high luminosity e+e- collider operating near a...
Improved Measurement of B^+ → ρ^+ ρ^0 and Determination of the Quark-Mixing Phase Angle α (2009)
Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...
We present improved measurements of the branching fraction B, the longitudinal polarization fraction f_L, and the direct CP asymmetry A_(CP) in the B meson decay channel B^+ → p^+p^0. The data...
Evidence for X(3872) → Ψ (2S)y in B^± → X(3872)K^± Decays and a Study of B → ccyK (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
In a search for B → ccyK decays with the BABAR detector, where cc includes J/Ψ and Ψ (2S), and K includes K^±, K^0_S , and K^*(892), we find evidence for X(3872) → J/Ψy and X(3872) → Ψ...
Search for the decay B^+-->K_s^0K_s^0pi^+ (2009)
Aubert , B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We search for charmless decays of charged B mesons to the three-body final state K_S^0K_S^0pi^+. Using a data sample of 423.7 fb^(-1) collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector,...
Direct CP, Lepton Flavor, and Isospin Asymmetries in the Decays B → K^(*)l^+l^- (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We measure branching fractions and integrated rate asymmetries for the rare decays B→K(*)l^+l^-, where l^+l^- is either e^+e^- or µ^+µ^-, using a sample of 384×10^6 B B events collected with the...
Aubert , B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present measurements of the time-dependent CP-violation parameters S and C in the decays B0-->omegaKS0, B0-->eta[prime]K0, reconstructed as eta[prime]KS0 and eta[prime]KL0, and B0-->pi0KS0. The...
Measurement of the B^+ → omegal^+nu and B^+ → etal^+nu branching fractions (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present a study of the charmless semileptonic B-meson decays B^+ → omega[script-l]^+nu and B^+ → eta[script-l]^+nu. The analysis is based on 3.83×10^8 B[overline B] pairs recorded at the...
Evidence for B^+ → [overline K]^(*0)K^(*+) (2009)
Aubert , B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present measurements of the branching fraction and fraction of longitudinal polarization for the decay B^+ K^(*0)K^(*+) with a sample of (467±5)×10^6 BB pairs collected with the BABAR detector...
Observation of B meson decays to omegaK^* and improved measurements for omegarho and omegaf_0 (2009)
Aubert , B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent , X., ...
We present measurements of B meson decays to the final states ωK^*, ωp, and ωf_0, where K^* indicates a spin 0, 1, or 2 strange meson. The data sample corresponds to 465×10^6 BB pairs collected...
Angular distributions in the decay B → K^*l^+l^- (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prudent, X., ...
We use a sample of 384×106 B[overline B] events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- collider to study angular distributions in the rare decays B-->K*[script-l]+[script-l]-, where...
Dalitz plot analysis of D_s^+ → π^+π^-π^+ (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
A Dalitz plot analysis of approximately 13 000 D_s^+ decays to π^+π^-π^+ has been performed. The analysis uses a 384 fb-1 data sample recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy...
Measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries in B^0 → D^((*)+)D^((*)-) decays (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present new measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries for B^0→D(*)+D(*)- decays using (467±5)×10^6 B[overline B] pairs collected with the BABAR detector located at the PEP-II B Factory at...
Measurement of the e^(+)e^(-)→ bb(macron) cross section between √s = 10.54 and 11.20 GeV (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We report e^(+)e^(-)→ bb(macron) cross section measurements by the BABAR experiment performed during an energy scan in the range of 10.54 to 11.20 GeV at the SLAC PEP-II e^(+)e^(-) collider. A...
Branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in radiative B decays to ηKγ (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present measurements of the CP-violation parameters S and C for the radiative decay B^0 → ηK^0_Sγ for B → ηKγ we also measure the branching fractions and for B^+ → ηK^+γ the...
Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Decays tau^- --> l^-Ks^0 with the BABAR Experiment (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
A search for the lepton flavor violating decays τ^- → l^- K^0_S (l = e or µ) has been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1, collected with the BABAR...
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We report a measurement of the branching fractions of D**- decays based on 417 fb-1 of data collected at the (4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage rings. Events are...
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...
8 pages, 3 figures, 1 table.-- PACS nrs.: 13.25.Hw; 11.30.Er; 12.15.Hh.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000251987200002.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.1549
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...
9 pages, 3 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 13.25.Hw; 11.30.Er; 12.15.Hh.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000251327200002.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2798
Measurements of CP-Violating asymmetries in the decay B-0 -> K+ K- K-0 (2007)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...
7 pages, 3 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 13.25.Hw; 11.30.Er; 12.15.Hh.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000250296000017.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3885
Search for B+ -> tau(+)nu (2007)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...
12 pages, 7 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 13.20.-v; 13.25.Hw.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000249786800009.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.1820
Search for the rare decay B -> πl(+)l(-) (2007)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...
7 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables.-- PACS nrs.: 13.20.He.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248597500008.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0703018
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...
8 pages, 1 figure.-- PACS nrs.: 13.25.Hw; 11.30.Er; 12.15.Hh.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248544300003.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0702043
Branching fraction measurements of B+ -> ρ(+)γ, B(0) -> ρ(0)γ, and B(0) -> ω^γ (2007)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Boutigny, D., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., ...
7 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables.-- PACS nrs.: 13.20.He; 12.15.Hh; 14.40.Nd.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000245691400015.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0612017
Search for the rare leptonic decay B+ ---> mu+ nu(mu) (2004)
BABAR Collaboration, Aubert, B, Barate, R, Boutigny, D, Couderc, F, Gaillard, JM, ...
Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^- \to D^0 K^{*-}$ (2004)
Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...
We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B- --> D0 K*- using a sample of approximately 86 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector from e+e- collisions near the...
Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^- \to D^0 K^{*-}$ (2004)
Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...
We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B- --> D0 K*- using a sample of approximately 86 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector from e+e- collisions near the...
Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^- \to D^0 K^{*-}$ (2004)
Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...
We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B- --> D0 K*- using a sample of approximately 86 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector from e+e- collisions near the...
Observation of a significant excess of $\pi^{0}\pi^{0}$ events in B meson decays (2003)
Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...
We present an observation of the decay $B^{0} \to \pi^{0} \pi^{0}$ based on a sample of 124 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ Factory at...
Observation of a significant excess of $\pi^{0}\pi^{0}$ events in B meson decays (2003)
Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...
We present an observation of the decay $B^{0} \to \pi^{0} \pi^{0}$ based on a sample of 124 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ Factory at...
Observation of a significant excess of $\pi^{0}\pi^{0}$ events in B meson decays (2003)
Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...
We present an observation of the decay $B^{0} \to \pi^{0} \pi^{0}$ based on a sample of 124 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ Factory at...
New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses (2002)
Lai, A, Marras, D, Batley, J Richard, Bevan, A J, Dosanjh, R S, Gershon, T J, ...
New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses have been performed using decays to 3$\pi^0$ with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. Using symmetric decays to reduce systematic effects, the results...
Penguin Mediated B Decays at BABAR (2002)
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
We report on preliminary results of searches for penguin mediated B decays based on 20.7 fb^{-1} of data collected at the Y(4S) peak with the BABAR detector at PEP-II. The following branching...
Measurement of the CP-Violating Asymmetry Amplitude sin2$\beta$ (2002)
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
We present results on time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to several CP eigenstates. The measurements use a data sample of about 88 million Y(4S) --> B Bbar decays collected...
Penguin Mediated B Decays at BABAR (2002)
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
We report on preliminary results of searches for penguin mediated B decays based on 20.7 fb^{-1} of data collected at the Y(4S) peak with the BABAR detector at PEP-II. The following branching...
Measurement of the CP-Violating Asymmetry Amplitude sin2$\beta$ (2002)
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
We present results on time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to several CP eigenstates. The measurements use a data sample of about 88 million Y(4S) --> B Bbar decays collected...
Penguin Mediated B Decays at BABAR (2002)
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
We report on preliminary results of searches for penguin mediated B decays based on 20.7 fb^{-1} of data collected at the Y(4S) peak with the BABAR detector at PEP-II. The following branching...
Measurement of the CP-Violating Asymmetry Amplitude sin2$\beta$ (2002)
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
We present results on time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to several CP eigenstates. The measurements use a data sample of about 88 million Y(4S) --> B Bbar decays collected...