M. Grothe

Publication List Details

Period

1994 - 2009

Number

649

Co-Authors

Proceedings of the workshop: HERA and the LHC workshop series on the implications of HERA for LHC physics (2009)

Jung, H., De Roeck, A., Ajaltouni, Z. J., Albino, S., Altarelli, G., Ambroglini, F., ...

2nd workshop on the implications of HERA for LHC physics. Working groups: Parton Density Functions Multi-jet final states and energy flows Heavy quarks (charm and beauty) Diffraction Cosmic Rays...

Summary from the working group on "Diffraction and Vector Mesons" at DIS 2008 (2009)

Capua, M., Grothe, M., Ivanov, D. Yu., Kapishin, M. N.

The contributions at the DIS2008 workshop in the working group on Diffraction and Vector Mesons are summarised.

The FP420 R&D Project: Higgs and New Physics with forward protons at the LHC (2008)

Albrow, M. G., Appleby, R. B., Arneodo, M., Atoian, G., Azhgirey, I. L., Barlow, R., ...

We present the FP420 R&D project, which has been studying the key aspects of the development and installation of a silicon tracker and fast-timing detectors in the LHC tunnel at 420 m from the...

THE ATLAS HIGH LEVEL TRIGGER GROUP ∗ (2008)

S. Armstrong, J. T. Baines, C. P. Bee, M. Biglietti, A. Bogaerts, V. Boisvert, ...

Given the extremely high bunch crossing rate foreseen at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the general-purpose nature of the ATLAS particle physics experiment, after the hardware-based first level...

CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance (2007)

Bayatian, G. L., Chatrchyan, S., Hmayakyan, G., Sirunyan, A. M., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., ...

CMS is a general purpose experiment, designed to study the physics of pp collisions at 14 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC). It currently involves more than 2000 physicists from more than 150...

HERA and the LHC - A workshop on the implications of HERA for LHC physics: Proceedings - Part A (2006)

Alekhin, S., Altarelli, G., Amapane, N., Andersen, J., Andreev, V., Arneodo, M., ...

The HERA electron--proton collider has collected 100 pb$^{-1}$ of data since its start-up in 1992, and recently moved into a high-luminosity operation mode, with upgraded detectors, aiming to...

HERA and the LHC - A workshop on the implications of HERA for LHC physics: Proceedings - Part B (2006)

Alekhin, S., Altarelli, G., Amapane, N., Andersen, J., Andreev, V., Arneodo, M., ...

The HERA electron--proton collider has collected 100 pb$^{-1}$ of data since its start-up in 1992, and recently moved into a high-luminosity operation mode, with upgraded detectors, aiming to...

Measurement of the branching fraction and polarization for the decay $B^- \to D^{*0}K^{*-}$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a study of the decay B- -> D*0 K*- based on a sample of 86 million Upsilon(4S) -> BBbar decays collected between 1999 and 2002 with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy...

Measurement of the average $\phi$ multiplicity in $B$ meson decay (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a measurement of the average multiplicity of $\phi$ mesons in $B^0$, $\kern 0.18em\bar{\kern -0.18em B}{}^0$ and $B^\pm$ meson decays. Using $17.6 fb^{-1}$ of data taken at the...

Evidence for the rare decay $B\to K^*\ell^+\ell^-$ and measurement of the $B\to K\ell^+\ell^-$ branching fraction (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present evidence for the flavor-changing neutral current decay $B\to K^*\ell^+\ell^-$ and a measurement of the branching fraction for the related process $B\to K\ell^+\ell^-$, where $\ell^+\ell^-$...

Measurement of the $B^0-\bar B^0$ oscillation frequency with inclusive dilepton events (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have studied the B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- and B^+/- --> J/psi K^+/- decays using a 20.7 fb-1 data set collected with the BABAR detector. We observe a signal of 51+/-10 B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- events...

Study of CP-violating asymmetries in $B^0 \to \pi^+\pi^-, K^+\pi^-$ decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to the $\pi^+\pi^-$ CP eigenstate, and an updated measurement of the charge asymmetry in $B^0\to K^+\pi^-$...

Measurement of the branching fractions for $\psi(2S) \rightarrow e^+e^-$ and $\psi(2S) \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We measure the branching fractions of the psi(2S) meson to the leptonic final states e+e- and mu+mu- relative to that for psi(2S)-->J/psi pi+pi-. The method uses psi(2S) mesons produced in the decay...

Measurements of the branching fractions of exclusive charmless B meson decays with $\eta'$ or $\omega$ mesons (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present the results of searches for B decays to charmless two-body final states containing $\eta^\prime$ or $\omega$ mesons, based on 20.7 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected with the BABAR detector. We...

Measurement of the $B \rightarrow J/\psi K*(892)$ decay amplitudes (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of the decay amplitudes in B-->J/psi K^*(892) channels using 20.7 fb-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at PEP-II. We measure a P-wave...

Measurement of the branching fractions and CP asymmetry of $B^- \to D^0_{(CP)} K^-$ decays with the BaBar detector (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a study of B- -> D^0_CP K^- decays, where D^0_CP is reconstructed in CP-even channels, based on a sample of 88.8 million Upsilon(4S)->BBbar decays collected with the BaBar detector at the...

Search for the radiative decays $B\to\rho\gamma$ and $B\to\omega\gamma$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

A search for the exclusive radiative decays B --> rho(770) gamma and B0 --> omega(782) gamma is performed on a sample of about 84\times 10^{6} B\bar B events collected by the BaBar detector at the...

Measurement of the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching ratio of B mesons and determination of |V_ub| (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We report a measurement of the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching fraction of B mesons in a sample of 89 million BBbar events recorded with the BABAR detector at the Y(4S) resonance. Events...

Measurements of the mass and width of the $\eta_c$ meson and of an $\eta_c(2S)$ candidate (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

The mass and total width of the eta_c meson have been measured in two-photon interactions at the SLAC asymmetric B-Factory with the BABAR detector. With a sample of approximately 2500 reconstructed...

Measurement of $sin^2\beta$ with hadronic and previously unused muonic $J/\psi$ decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We report a measurement of the CP-violation parameter sin2beta with B^0 -> J/psi K^0_S decays in which the J/psi decays to hadrons or to muons that do not satisfy our standard identification...

Measurements of branching fractions in $B \to \phi K$ and $B \to \phi\pi$ and search for direct CP violation in $B^{+/-} \to \phi K^{+/-}$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions in the b -> s s-bar s penguin-dominated decays B+ --> phi K+ and B0 --> phi K0 in a sample of approximately 89 million BBbar pairs collected by the...

$J/\psi$ production via initial state radiation in $e^+ e^- \to \mu^+ \mu^- \gamma$ at an $e^+e^-$ center-of-mass energy near 10.6 GeV (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We have used a study of the process e+e- --> mu+ mu- gamma at a center-of-mass energy near the Y(4S) resonance for a mu+ mu- invariant mass range near the J/psi mass to extract the cross section...

Measurement of branching fractions of color-suppressed decays of the $\bar{B^0} meson to $D^{(*)0} \pi^0, D^{(*)0} \eta, D^{(*)0} \omega$, and $D^0 \eta'$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

Using a sample of 88.8 10**6 BBbar events collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II storage rings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, we measure the branching fractions of seven...

Observation of a narrow meson decaying to $D^{+}_{s} \pi^0 \gamma$ at a mass of $2.458 GeV/c^2$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

A narrow state, which we label DsJ(2458)+, with mass 2458.0 +/- 1.0(stat.) +/- 1.0(syst.) MeV/c^2, is observed in the inclusive Ds+ pi0 \gamma$ mass distribution in 91 fb-1 of e^+e^- annihilation...

Observation of $B^0 \to \omega K^0$, $B^+ \to \eta\pi^+$, and $B^+ \to \eta K^+$ and study of related decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for seven B-meson decays with an eta, eta' or omega meson in the final state. The data sample corresponds to 89 million BBbar...

Observation of the decay $B^0 \Rightarrow \rho^+ \rho^-$ and measurement of the branching fraction and polarization (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We have observed the rare decay B0 => rho+ rho- in a sample of 89 million BB pairs recorded with the BABAR detector. The number of observed events is 88 +23-21 +-9, with a significance of 5.1...

Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in the Decay $\tau^-\to\ell^-\ell^+\ell^-$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

A search for the lepton-flavor-violating decay of the tau into three charged leptons has been performed using $91.5 \mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of data collected at an $e^+e^-$ center-of-mass energy of 10.58...

Measurement of the $B^+/B^0$ production ratio from the Upsilon(4S) meson using $B^+ \to J/\psi K^+$ and $B^0 \to J/\psi K^{0}_{S}decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We report a measurement of the production ratio of charged and neutral B mesons from Upsilon(4S) decays based on the ratio of efficiency-corrected yields for the charmonium modes J/psi K^+ and J/psi...

Measurements of CP-Violating Asymmetries and branching fractions in B meson decays to eta'K$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of the branching fractions of the decays B+ -> eta' K+ and B0 -> eta' K0. For B0 -> eta' K0s we also measure the time dependent CP-violation parameters S and C, and for B+...

Measurements of Branching Fractions and CP-Violating Asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow \rho^{+-}\h^{-+}$ Decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in B0 -> rho+- pi-+ and B0 -> rho- K+ decays. The results are obtained from a data sample of 88.9 10^6 Upsilon(4S) -> B...

Measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and the CP-Odd fraction in the decay $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and an updated determination of the CP-odd fraction in the decay B0 --> D*+D*- using a data sample of 88 x 10^6 BBbar pairs collected by the...

Search for $D^0-\bar D^0$ mixing and a measurement of the doubly cabibbo-suppressed decay rate in $D^0 \to k^{+}\pi^{-}$ decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present results of a search for $D^0$-$\kern 0.2em\bar{\kern -0.2em D}{}^0$~mixing and a measurement of $R_{\rm D}$, the ratio of doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays to Cabibbo-favored decays, based...

Rates, polarizations, and asymmetries in charmless vector-vector $B$ meson decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

With a sample of approximately 89 million BBbar pairs collected with the BABAR detector, we perform a search for B meson decays into pairs of charmless vector mesons (phi, rho, and K*). We measure...

Study of Time-Dependent $CP$ Asymmetry in Neutral $B$ Decays to $J/\psi\pi^0$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

e present the first study of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in B0 -> J/psi pi0 decays using e+e- annihilation data collected with the BaBar detector at the Upsilon(4S) resonance during the...

Measurements of the branching fractions and bounds on the charge asymmetries of charmless three-body charged B decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for charmless B-meson decays to three-body final states of charged pions and kaons. The analysis uses 81.8 fb^-1 of data...

Simultaneous Measurement of the $B^0$ Meson Lifetime and Mixing Frequency with $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\ell^+\nu_\ell$ Decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We measure the B0 lifetime \tau_{B0} and the B0-B0bar oscillation frequency \Delta m_d with a sample of approximately 14,000 exclusively reconstructed B0 --> D*- l+ nu signal events, selected from 23...

Measurement of the $B^0$ meson lifetime with partial reconstruction of $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\pi^+$ and $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\rho^+$ decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The neutral $B$ meson lifetime is measured with the data collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II storage ring during the years 1999 and 2000, with a total integrated luminosity of 20.7 ${\rm...

Observation of a narrow meson decaying to $D^+_s\pi^0$ at a mass of 2.32 GeV/c$^2$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have observed a narrow state near 2.32 GeV/c^2 in the inclusive Ds+ pi0 invariant mass distributionfrom e+e- annihilation data at energies near 10.6 GeV. The observed width is consistent with the...

Measurement of the $B^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$ branching fraction (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay of the neutral $B$ meson into the final state $J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$. The data set contains approximately 56 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs...

Measurement of the Branching Fraction for Inclusive Semileptonic B Meson Decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A largely model-independent measurement of the inclusive electron momentum spectrum and branching fraction for semileptonic decays of B mesons is presented based on data recorded at the Upsilon(4S)...

Study of Inclusive Production of Charmonium Mesons in B Decay (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The inclusive production of charmonium mesons in B meson decay has been studied in a 20.3 fb$^{-1}$ data set collected by the BaBar experiment operating at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance. Branching...

Measurements of branching fractions and $CP$-violating asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-, K^+\pi^-, K^+K^-$ decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B meson decays to two-body final states of charged pions and kaons based on a sample of about 88 million...

A study of time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries and flavor oscillations in neutral B decays at the Upsilon(4S) (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B meson decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at the Stanford Linear...

Measurement of the Branching Fraction and CP Content for the Decay $B^0 \to D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report a measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B^0 --> D^{*+} D^{*-} and of the CP-odd component of its final state using the BaBar detector. With data corresponding to an integrated...

A study of $B^{\pm} \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^{\pm}$ and B^{\pm} \rightarrow J/\psiK^{\pm}$ decays: measurement of the ratio of branching fractions and search for direct $CP$-violating charge asymmetries (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have studied the B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- and B^+/- --> J/psi K^+/- decays using a 20.7 fb-1 data set collected with the BABAR detector. We observe a signal of 51+/-10 B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- events...

Measurement of the $B^0$ lifetime with partially reconstructed $B^0 \to D^{*-}l^+\nu_l$ decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B0 lifetime has been measured with a sample of 23 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage ring during 1999 and 2000. Events from the semileptonic decay B0...

Search for the rare decays $B \to Kl^+l^-$ and $B \to K^*l^+l^-$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays $B\to K\ell^+\ell^-$ and $B\to K^*\ell^+\ell^-$, where $\ell^+\ell^-$ is either an $e^+e^-$ or $\mu^+\mu^-$ pair. The...

Search for T and CP violation in $B^0-\bar B^0$ mixing with inclusive dilepton events (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report the results of a search for T and CP violation in B0-anti-B0 mixing using an inclusive dilepton sample collected by the BaBar experiment at the PEP-II B Factory. The asymmetry between...

Limits on $D^0$-$\bar D^0$ mixing and $CP$ violation from the ratio of lifetimes for decay to $K^-\pi^+$, $K^-K^+$, and $\pi^-\pi^+$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of $D^0$-$\D0bar$ mixing parameters using the ratios of lifetimes extracted from samples of $D^0$ mesons decaying to $K^-\pi^+$, $K^-K^+$, and $\pi^-\pi^+$. Using 91 ${\rm...

Measurement of B $\to$ K$^{\star}\gamma$ branching fractions and charge asymmetries (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The branching fractions of the exclusive decays $B^0\to K^{*0}\gamma$ and $B^+ \to K^{*+}\gamma$ are measured from a sample of $(22.74\pm 0.36)\times 10^6$ $B\bar B$ decays collected with the BABAR...

Measurement of $D^+_s$ and $D^{*+}_s$ production in $B$ meson decays and from continuum $e^+^e-$ annihilation at $\sqrt{s}$=10.6 GeV (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

New measurements of Ds+ and Ds*+ meson production rates from B decays and from qqbar continuum events near the Y(4S) resonance are presented. Using 20.8 fb-1 of data on the Y(4S) resonance and 2.6...

Measurement of $B^0-\bar B^0$ flavor oscillations in hadronic $B^0$ Decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have studied the B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- and B^+/- --> J/psi K^+/- decays using a 20.7 fb-1 data set collected with the BABAR detector. We observe a signal of 51+/-10 B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- events...

Direct CP violation searches in charmless hadronic B meson decays (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We search for direct CP violation in charmless hadronic B decays observed in a sample of about 22.7 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$...

Measurement of branching fractions for exclusive B decays to charmonium final states (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report branching fraction measurements for exclusive decays of charged and neutral B mesons into two-body final states containing a charmonium meson. We use a sample of 22.72 +/- 0.36 million B...

Measurement of branching fractions and search for CP-violating charge asymmetries in charmless two-body B decays into pions and kaons (2006)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present measurements of the branching fractions and a search for CP-violating charge asymmetries in charmless hadronic decays of B mesons into two-body final states of kaons and pions. The results...

The BABAR detector (2006)

Aubert, B., Bazan, A., Boucham, A., Boutigny, D., De Bonis, I., Favier, J., ...

BABAR, the detector for the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e+e- B Factory operating at the upsilon 4S resonance, was designed to allow comprehensive studies of CP-violation in B-meson decays. Charged...

HERA and the LHC - A workshop on the implications of HERA for LHC physics: Proceedings - Part A (2006)

Alekhin, S., Altarelli, G., Amapane, N., Andersen, J., Andreev, V., Arneodo, M., ...

The HERA electron--proton collider has collected 100 pb$^{-1}$ of data since its start-up in 1992, and recently moved into a high-luminosity operation mode, with upgraded detectors, aiming to...

HERA and the LHC - A workshop on the implications of HERA for LHC physics: Proceedings - Part B (2006)

Alekhin, S., Altarelli, G., Amapane, N., Andersen, J., Andreev, V., Arneodo, M., ...

The HERA electron--proton collider has collected 100 pb$^{-1}$ of data since its start-up in 1992, and recently moved into a high-luminosity operation mode, with upgraded detectors, aiming to...

HERA and the LHC - A workshop on the implications of HERA for LHC physics: Proceedings - Part A (2006)

Alekhin, S., Altarelli, G., Amapane, N., Andersen, J., Andreev, V., Arneodo, M., ...

The HERA electron--proton collider has collected 100 pb$^{-1}$ of data since its start-up in 1992, and recently moved into a high-luminosity operation mode, with upgraded detectors, aiming to...

HERA and the LHC - A workshop on the implications of HERA for LHC physics: Proceedings - Part B (2006)

Alekhin, S., Altarelli, G., Amapane, N., Andersen, J., Andreev, V., Arneodo, M., ...

The HERA electron--proton collider has collected 100 pb$^{-1}$ of data since its start-up in 1992, and recently moved into a high-luminosity operation mode, with upgraded detectors, aiming to...

HERA and the LHC - A workshop on the implications of HERA for LHC physics: Proceedings - Part A (2006)

Alekhin, S., Altarelli, G., Amapane, N., Andersen, J., Andreev, V., Arneodo, M., ...

The HERA electron--proton collider has collected 100 pb$^{-1}$ of data since its start-up in 1992, and recently moved into a high-luminosity operation mode, with upgraded detectors, aiming to...

HERA and the LHC - A workshop on the implications of HERA for LHC physics: Proceedings - Part B (2006)

Alekhin, S., Altarelli, G., Amapane, N., Andersen, J., Andreev, V., Arneodo, M., ...

The HERA electron--proton collider has collected 100 pb$^{-1}$ of data since its start-up in 1992, and recently moved into a high-luminosity operation mode, with upgraded detectors, aiming to...

Implementation and performance of the third level muon trigger of the ATLAS experiment at LHC (2006)

Armstrong, S., A. Assamagan, K., P. Bee, C., Bellomo, M., Biglietti, M., ...

The trigger system of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC aims at a high selectivity in order to keep the full physics potential while reducing the 40 MHz initial event rate imposed by the LHC bunch...

Implementation and performance of the third level muon trigger of the ATLAS experiment at LHC (2006)

Armstrong, S., A. Assamagan, K., P. Bee, C., Bellomo, M., Biglietti, M., ...

The trigger system of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC aims at a high selectivity in order to keep the full physics potential while reducing the 40 MHz initial event rate imposed by the LHC bunch...

Implementation and performance of the third level muon trigger of the ATLAS experiment at LHC (2006)

Armstrong, S., A. Assamagan, K., P. Bee, C., Bellomo, M., Biglietti, M., ...

The trigger system of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC aims at a high selectivity in order to keep the full physics potential while reducing the 40 MHz initial event rate imposed by the LHC bunch...

Measurement of the Branching Fraction for $B^{\pm} \rightarrow \chi_{c0} K^{\pm}$ (2005)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results for the measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B+- -> chi_c0 K+- from a sample of 75 million BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II...

Implementation and Performance of the High Level Trigger Electron and Photon Selection for the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC (2005)

Schiavi, C, Armstrong, S, Dos Anjos, A, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, ...

The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will face the challenge of efficiently selecting interesting candidate events in pp collisions at 14 TeV center of mass energy, while rejecting...

Implementation and Performance of the High Level Trigger Electron and Photon Selection for the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC (2005)

Schiavi, C, Armstrong, S, Dos Anjos, A, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, ...

The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will face the challenge of efficiently selecting interesting candidate events in pp collisions at 14 TeV center of mass energy, while rejecting...

A Level-2 trigger algorithm for the identification of muons in the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer (2005)

Di Mattia, A, Armstrong, S, Dos Anjos, A, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, ...

The ATLAS Level-2 trigger provides a software-based event selection after the initial Level-1 hardware trigger. For the muon events, the selection is decomposed in a number of broad steps: first, the...

A Level-2 trigger algorithm for the identification of muons in the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer (2005)

Di Mattia, A, Armstrong, S, Dos Anjos, A, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, ...

The ATLAS Level-2 trigger provides a software-based event selection after the initial Level-1 hardware trigger. For the muon events, the selection is decomposed in a number of broad steps: first, the...

Radiation damage studies for the BABAR silicon vertex tracker (2005)

Re, V., Kirkby, D., Bruinsma, M., Berryhill, J., Burke, S., Callahan, D., ...

The Silicon Vertex Tracker of the BABAR experiment is a five-layer, double-sided AC-coupled silicon microstrip detector operating on the PEP-II storage ring at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center....

Radiation damage studies for the BABAR silicon vertex tracker (2005)

Re, V., Kirkby, D., Bruinsma, M., Berryhill, J., Burke, S., Callahan, D., ...

The Silicon Vertex Tracker of the BABAR experiment is a five-layer, double-sided AC-coupled silicon microstrip detector operating on the PEP-II storage ring at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center....

Design, deployment and functional tests of the online event filter for the ATLAS experiment at LHC (2005)

Armstrong, S., Dos Anjos, A., P. Bee, C., Biglietti, M., A. Bogaerts, J., ...

The Event Filter (EF) selection stage is a fundamental component of the ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition architecture. Its primary function is the reduction of data flow and rate to values...

Design, deployment and functional tests of the online event filter for the ATLAS experiment at LHC (2005)

Armstrong, S., Dos Anjos, A., P. Bee, C., Biglietti, M., A. Bogaerts, J., ...

The Event Filter (EF) selection stage is a fundamental component of the ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition architecture. Its primary function is the reduction of data flow and rate to values...

Design, deployment and functional tests of the online event filter for the ATLAS experiment at LHC (2005)

Armstrong, S., Dos Anjos, A., P. Bee, C., Biglietti, M., A. Bogaerts, J., ...

The Event Filter (EF) selection stage is a fundamental component of the ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition architecture. Its primary function is the reduction of data flow and rate to values...

Portable Gathering System for Monitoring and Online Calibration at ATLAS (2004)

Conde-Muíño, P, Armstrong, S, Dos Anjos, A, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, ...

During the runtime of any experiment, a central monitoring system that detects problems as soon as they appear has an essential role. In a large experiment, like ATLAS, the online data acquisition...

Measurement of the Branching Fraction for $B^{\pm} \rightarrow \chi_{c0} K^{\pm}$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results for the measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B+- -> chi_c0 K+- from a sample of 75 million BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II...

Measurement of the branching fractions and CP asymmetry of $B^- \to D^0_{(CP)} K^-$ decays with the BaBar detector (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a study of B- -> D^0_CP K^- decays, where D^0_CP is reconstructed in CP-even channels, based on a sample of 88.8 million Upsilon(4S)->BBbar decays collected with the BaBar detector at the...

Search for the radiative decays $B\to\rho\gamma$ and $B\to\omega\gamma$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

A search for the exclusive radiative decays B --> rho(770) gamma and B0 --> omega(782) gamma is performed on a sample of about 84\times 10^{6} B\bar B events collected by the BaBar detector at the...

Measurement of the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching ratio of B mesons and determination of |V_ub| (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We report a measurement of the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching fraction of B mesons in a sample of 89 million BBbar events recorded with the BABAR detector at the Y(4S) resonance. Events...

Measurement of the branching fraction and polarization for the decay $B^- \to D^{*0}K^{*-}$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a study of the decay B- -> D*0 K*- based on a sample of 86 million Upsilon(4S) -> BBbar decays collected between 1999 and 2002 with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy...

Measurements of the mass and width of the $\eta_c$ meson and of an $\eta_c(2S)$ candidate (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

The mass and total width of the eta_c meson have been measured in two-photon interactions at the SLAC asymmetric B-Factory with the BABAR detector. With a sample of approximately 2500 reconstructed...

Measurement of $sin^2\beta$ with hadronic and previously unused muonic $J/\psi$ decays (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We report a measurement of the CP-violation parameter sin2beta with B^0 -> J/psi K^0_S decays in which the J/psi decays to hadrons or to muons that do not satisfy our standard identification...

Measurements of branching fractions in $B \to \phi K$ and $B \to \phi\pi$ and search for direct CP violation in $B^{+/-} \to \phi K^{+/-}$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions in the b -> s s-bar s penguin-dominated decays B+ --> phi K+ and B0 --> phi K0 in a sample of approximately 89 million BBbar pairs collected by the...

$J/\psi$ production via initial state radiation in $e^+ e^- \to \mu^+ \mu^- \gamma$ at an $e^+e^-$ center-of-mass energy near 10.6 GeV (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We have used a study of the process e+e- --> mu+ mu- gamma at a center-of-mass energy near the Y(4S) resonance for a mu+ mu- invariant mass range near the J/psi mass to extract the cross section...

Measurement of branching fractions of color-suppressed decays of the $\bar{B^0} meson to $D^{(*)0} \pi^0, D^{(*)0} \eta, D^{(*)0} \omega$, and $D^0 \eta'$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

Using a sample of 88.8 10**6 BBbar events collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II storage rings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, we measure the branching fractions of seven...

Observation of a narrow meson decaying to $D^{+}_{s} \pi^0 \gamma$ at a mass of $2.458 GeV/c^2$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

A narrow state, which we label DsJ(2458)+, with mass 2458.0 +/- 1.0(stat.) +/- 1.0(syst.) MeV/c^2, is observed in the inclusive Ds+ pi0 \gamma$ mass distribution in 91 fb-1 of e^+e^- annihilation...

Measurement of the average $\phi$ multiplicity in $B$ meson decay (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a measurement of the average multiplicity of $\phi$ mesons in $B^0$, $\kern 0.18em\bar{\kern -0.18em B}{}^0$ and $B^\pm$ meson decays. Using $17.6 fb^{-1}$ of data taken at the...

Observation of $B^0 \to \omega K^0$, $B^+ \to \eta\pi^+$, and $B^+ \to \eta K^+$ and study of related decays (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for seven B-meson decays with an eta, eta' or omega meson in the final state. The data sample corresponds to 89 million BBbar...

Observation of the decay $B^0 \Rightarrow \rho^+ \rho^-$ and measurement of the branching fraction and polarization (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We have observed the rare decay B0 => rho+ rho- in a sample of 89 million BB pairs recorded with the BABAR detector. The number of observed events is 88 +23-21 +-9, with a significance of 5.1...

Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in the Decay $\tau^-\to\ell^-\ell^+\ell^-$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

A search for the lepton-flavor-violating decay of the tau into three charged leptons has been performed using $91.5 \mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of data collected at an $e^+e^-$ center-of-mass energy of 10.58...

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 $B^+/B^0$ production ratio from the Upsilon(4S) meson using $B^+ \to J/\psi K^+$ and $B^0 \to J/\psi K^{0}_{S}decays (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We report a measurement of the production ratio of charged and neutral B mesons from Upsilon(4S) decays based on the ratio of efficiency-corrected yields for the charmonium modes J/psi K^+ and J/psi...

Measurement of the Branching Fraction for $B^{\pm} \rightarrow \chi_{c0} K^{\pm}$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results for the measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B+- -> chi_c0 K+- from a sample of 75 million BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II...

Measurement of the branching fractions and CP asymmetry of $B^- \to D^0_{(CP)} K^-$ decays with the BaBar detector (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a study of B- -> D^0_CP K^- decays, where D^0_CP is reconstructed in CP-even channels, based on a sample of 88.8 million Upsilon(4S)->BBbar decays collected with the BaBar detector at the...

Search for the radiative decays $B\to\rho\gamma$ and $B\to\omega\gamma$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

A search for the exclusive radiative decays B --> rho(770) gamma and B0 --> omega(782) gamma is performed on a sample of about 84\times 10^{6} B\bar B events collected by the BaBar detector at the...

Measurement of the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching ratio of B mesons and determination of |V_ub| (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We report a measurement of the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching fraction of B mesons in a sample of 89 million BBbar events recorded with the BABAR detector at the Y(4S) resonance. Events...

Measurement of the branching fraction and polarization for the decay $B^- \to D^{*0}K^{*-}$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a study of the decay B- -> D*0 K*- based on a sample of 86 million Upsilon(4S) -> BBbar decays collected between 1999 and 2002 with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy...

Measurements of the mass and width of the $\eta_c$ meson and of an $\eta_c(2S)$ candidate (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

The mass and total width of the eta_c meson have been measured in two-photon interactions at the SLAC asymmetric B-Factory with the BABAR detector. With a sample of approximately 2500 reconstructed...

Measurement of $sin^2\beta$ with hadronic and previously unused muonic $J/\psi$ decays (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We report a measurement of the CP-violation parameter sin2beta with B^0 -> J/psi K^0_S decays in which the J/psi decays to hadrons or to muons that do not satisfy our standard identification...

Measurements of branching fractions in $B \to \phi K$ and $B \to \phi\pi$ and search for direct CP violation in $B^{+/-} \to \phi K^{+/-}$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions in the b -> s s-bar s penguin-dominated decays B+ --> phi K+ and B0 --> phi K0 in a sample of approximately 89 million BBbar pairs collected by the...

$J/\psi$ production via initial state radiation in $e^+ e^- \to \mu^+ \mu^- \gamma$ at an $e^+e^-$ center-of-mass energy near 10.6 GeV (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We have used a study of the process e+e- --> mu+ mu- gamma at a center-of-mass energy near the Y(4S) resonance for a mu+ mu- invariant mass range near the J/psi mass to extract the cross section...

Measurement of branching fractions of color-suppressed decays of the $\bar{B^0} meson to $D^{(*)0} \pi^0, D^{(*)0} \eta, D^{(*)0} \omega$, and $D^0 \eta'$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

Using a sample of 88.8 10**6 BBbar events collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II storage rings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, we measure the branching fractions of seven...

Observation of a narrow meson decaying to $D^{+}_{s} \pi^0 \gamma$ at a mass of $2.458 GeV/c^2$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

A narrow state, which we label DsJ(2458)+, with mass 2458.0 +/- 1.0(stat.) +/- 1.0(syst.) MeV/c^2, is observed in the inclusive Ds+ pi0 \gamma$ mass distribution in 91 fb-1 of e^+e^- annihilation...

Measurement of the average $\phi$ multiplicity in $B$ meson decay (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a measurement of the average multiplicity of $\phi$ mesons in $B^0$, $\kern 0.18em\bar{\kern -0.18em B}{}^0$ and $B^\pm$ meson decays. Using $17.6 fb^{-1}$ of data taken at the...

Observation of $B^0 \to \omega K^0$, $B^+ \to \eta\pi^+$, and $B^+ \to \eta K^+$ and study of related decays (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for seven B-meson decays with an eta, eta' or omega meson in the final state. The data sample corresponds to 89 million BBbar...

Observation of the decay $B^0 \Rightarrow \rho^+ \rho^-$ and measurement of the branching fraction and polarization (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We have observed the rare decay B0 => rho+ rho- in a sample of 89 million BB pairs recorded with the BABAR detector. The number of observed events is 88 +23-21 +-9, with a significance of 5.1...

Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in the Decay $\tau^-\to\ell^-\ell^+\ell^-$ (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

A search for the lepton-flavor-violating decay of the tau into three charged leptons has been performed using $91.5 \mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of data collected at an $e^+e^-$ center-of-mass energy of 10.58...

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 $B^+/B^0$ production ratio from the Upsilon(4S) meson using $B^+ \to J/\psi K^+$ and $B^0 \to J/\psi K^{0}_{S}decays (2004)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We report a measurement of the production ratio of charged and neutral B mesons from Upsilon(4S) decays based on the ratio of efficiency-corrected yields for the charmonium modes J/psi K^+ and J/psi...

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...

Algorithms for the ATLAS high-level trigger (2004)

Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., Bogaerts, A., Boisvert, V., ...

Following rigorous software design and analysis methods, an object-based architecture has been developed to derive the second- and third-level trigger decisions for the future ATLAS detector at the...

The second level trigger of the ATLAS experiment at CERN's LHC (2004)

Dos Anjos, A., Abolins, M., Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Barisonzi, M., P. Beck, H., ...

The ATLAS trigger reduces the rate of interesting events to be recorded for off-line analysis in three successive levels from 40 MHz to /spl sim/100 kHz, /spl sim/2 kHz and /spl sim/200 Hz. The high...

Studies for a common selection software environment in ATLAS: from the level-2 trigger to the offline reconstruction (2004)

Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., Bogaerts, A., Boisvert, V., ...

The ATLAS High Level Trigger's (HLT) primary function of event selection will be accomplished with a Level-2 trigger farm and an event filter (EF) farm, both running software components developed in...

Implementation and performance of the event filter muon selection for the ATLAS experiment at LHC (2004)

Ventura, A., Armstrong, S., Assamagan, A., Baines, J.T.M., Bee, C.P., Bellomo, M., ...

The ATLAS trigger system is composed of three levels: an initial hardware trigger level (LVL1) followed by two software-based stages (LVL2 trigger and event filter) included in the high level trigger...

Implementation and performance of the high level trigger electron and photon selection for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC (2004)

Armstrong, S., Anjos, A.D., Baines, J.T.M., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., Bogaerts, J.A., ...

The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will face the challenge of efficiently selecting interesting candidate events in pp collisions at 14 TeV center of mass energy, while rejecting...

Implementation and performance of the high level trigger electron and photon selection for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC (2004)

Armstrong, S., Anjos, A.D., Baines, J.T.M., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., Bogaerts, J.A., ...

The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will face the challenge of efficiently selecting interesting candidate events in pp collisions at 14 TeV center of mass energy, while rejecting...

Implementation and performance of the event filter muon selection for the ATLAS experiment at LHC (2004)

Ventura, A., Armstrong, S., Assamagan, A., Baines, J.T.M., Bee, C.P., Bellomo, M., ...

The ATLAS trigger system is composed of three levels: an initial hardware trigger level (LVL1) followed by two software-based stages (LVL2 trigger and event filter) included in the high level trigger...

The second level trigger of the ATLAS experiment at CERN's LHC (2004)

Dos Anjos, A., Abolins, M., Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Barisonzi, M., P. Beck, H., ...

The ATLAS trigger reduces the rate of interesting events to be recorded for off-line analysis in three successive levels from 40 MHz to /spl sim/100 kHz, /spl sim/2 kHz and /spl sim/200 Hz. The high...

Studies for a common selection software environment in ATLAS: from the level-2 trigger to the offline reconstruction (2004)

Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., Bogaerts, A., Boisvert, V., ...

The ATLAS High Level Trigger's (HLT) primary function of event selection will be accomplished with a Level-2 trigger farm and an event filter (EF) farm, both running software components developed in...

Algorithms for the ATLAS high-level trigger (2004)

Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., Bogaerts, A., Boisvert, V., ...

Following rigorous software design and analysis methods, an object-based architecture has been developed to derive the second- and third-level trigger decisions for the future ATLAS detector at 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...

Implementation and performance of the high level trigger electron and photon selection for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC (2004)

Armstrong, S., Anjos, A.D., Baines, J.T.M., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., Bogaerts, J.A., ...

The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will face the challenge of efficiently selecting interesting candidate events in pp collisions at 14 TeV center of mass energy, while rejecting...

Implementation and performance of the event filter muon selection for the ATLAS experiment at LHC (2004)

Ventura, A., Armstrong, S., Assamagan, A., Baines, J.T.M., Bee, C.P., Bellomo, M., ...

The ATLAS trigger system is composed of three levels: an initial hardware trigger level (LVL1) followed by two software-based stages (LVL2 trigger and event filter) included in the high level trigger...

The second level trigger of the ATLAS experiment at CERN's LHC (2004)

Dos Anjos, A., Abolins, M., Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Barisonzi, M., P. Beck, H., ...

The ATLAS trigger reduces the rate of interesting events to be recorded for off-line analysis in three successive levels from 40 MHz to /spl sim/100 kHz, /spl sim/2 kHz and /spl sim/200 Hz. The high...

Studies for a common selection software environment in ATLAS: from the level-2 trigger to the offline reconstruction (2004)

Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., Bogaerts, A., Boisvert, V., ...

The ATLAS High Level Trigger's (HLT) primary function of event selection will be accomplished with a Level-2 trigger farm and an event filter (EF) farm, both running software components developed in...

Algorithms for the ATLAS high-level trigger (2004)

Armstrong, S., T. Baines, J., Bee, C.P., Biglietti, M., Bogaerts, A., Boisvert, V., ...

Following rigorous software design and analysis methods, an object-based architecture has been developed to derive the second- and third-level trigger decisions for the future ATLAS detector at 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...

An Overview of the ATLAS High Level Trigger Dataflow and Supervision (2003)

Wheeler, S, Armstrong, S, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, Bogaerts, A, ...

The ATLAS High Level Trigger (HLT) system provides software-based event selection after the initial LVL1 hardware trigger. It is composed of two stages, the LVL2 trigger and the Event Filter (EF)....

An Overview of Algorithms for the ATLAS High Level Trigger (2003)

Armstrong, S, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, Bogaerts, A, Boisvert, V, ...

Following rigorous software design and analysis methods, an object-based architecture has been developed to derive the second- and third-level trigger decisions for the future ATLAS detector at the...

Studies for a common selection software environment in ATLAS: from the Level-2 Trigger to the offline reconstruction (2003)

Wiedenmann, W, Armstrong, S R, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, Bogaerts, A, ...

The Atlas High Level Trigger's primary function of event selection will be accomplished with a Level-2 trigger farm and an Event Filter farm, both running software components developed in the Atlas...

Architecture of the ATLAS High Level Trigger Event Selection Software (2003)

Grothe, M, Armstrong, S, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, Bogaerts, A, ...

The ATLAS High Level Trigger (HLT) consists of two selection steps: the second level trigger and the event filter. Both will be implemented in software, running on mostly commodity hardware. Both...

Architecture of the ATLAS High Level Trigger Event Selection Software (2003)

Grothe, M, Armstrong, S, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, Bogaerts, A, ...

The ATLAS High Level Trigger (HLT) consists of two selection steps: the second level trigger and the event filter. Both will be implemented in software, running on mostly commodity hardware. Both...

The Algorithm Steering and Trigger Decision mechanism of the ATLAS High Level Trigger (2003)

Comune, G, Armstrong, S, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, Bogaerts, A, ...

Given the extremely high output rate foreseen at LHC and the general-purpose nature of ATLAS experiment, an efficient and flexible way to select events in the High Level Trigger is needed. An...

The Algorithm Steering and Trigger Decision mechanism of the ATLAS High Level Trigger (2003)

Comune, G, Armstrong, S, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, Bogaerts, A, ...

Given the extremely high output rate foreseen at LHC and the general-purpose nature of ATLAS experiment, an efficient and flexible way to select events in the High Level Trigger is needed. An...

The Algorithm Steering and Trigger Decision mechanism of the ATLAS High Level Trigger (2003)

Comune, G., Corso-Radu, A., Elsing, M., Grothe, M., Schoerner-Sadenius, T., Wicke, D., ...

Given the extremely high output rate foreseen at LHC and the general-purpose nature of ATLAS experiment, an efficient and flexible way to select events in the High Level Trigger is needed. An...

Supervision of the ATLAS High Level Trigger System (2003)

Wheeler, S, Armstrong, S, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, Bogaerts, A, ...

The ATLAS High Level Trigger (HLT) system provides software-based event selection after the initial LVL1 hardware trigger. It is composed of two stages, the LVL2 trigger and the Event Filter. The HLT...

Supervision of the ATLAS High Level Trigger System (2003)

Wheeler, S, Armstrong, S, Baines, J T M, Bee, C P, Biglietti, M, Bogaerts, A, ...

The ATLAS High Level Trigger (HLT) system provides software-based event selection after the initial LVL1 hardware trigger. It is composed of two stages, the LVL2 trigger and the Event Filter. The HLT...

Measurements of Branching Fractions and $CP$-Violating Asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-, K^+\pi^-, K^+K^-$ Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present updated measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B meson decays to two-body final states of charged pions and kaons. The results are obtained from a...

Measurements of the branching fractions of charmless three-body charged B decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of searches for charged B mesons decaying into the charmless three-body final states hhh, where h = pi or K, using 51.5 fb^-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S)...

Measurements of Charmless Two-Body Charged B Decays with Neutral Pions and Kaons (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of the analyses of B into h pi0 and B into hK0 decays (with h = pi+/-, K+/-) from a sample of approximately 60 million BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the...

A Study of The Rare Decays $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+}\pi^-$ and $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)-}K^+$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report on the evidence for the decays B0 -> Ds+ pi- and B0 -> Ds- K+ and the results of a search for the decays B0 -> Ds*+ pi- and B0 -> Ds*-K+ from a sample of 84 million Upsilon(4S) decays into...

A Study of Time-Dependent $CP$ Asymmetry in $B^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^0$ Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present our first study of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in B0 --> J/psi pi0 decays using e^+e^- annihilation data collected with the BABAR detector at the Y(4S) resonance during the...

A Search for the Decay $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^0\pi^0$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a search for the decay B^0 --> pi^0 pi^0 by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B-factory at SLAC. Using approximately 88 million B bar{B} pairs collected between 1999 and...

Measurements of Branching Fractions and Direct $CP$ Asymmetries in $\pi^+\pi^0, K^+\pi^0$ and $K^0\pi^0 B$ Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of the analyses of B^+ --> h^+ pi^0 (with h^+ = pi^+, K^+) and B^0 --> K^0 pi^0 decays from a sample of approximately 88 million B bar{B} pairs collected by the BABAR...

Search for $CP$ Violation in $B^0/\bar B^0$ Decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ and $K^{\pm}\pi^{\mp}\pi^0$ in Regions Dominated by the $\rho^{\pm}$ Resonance (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary measurements of direct and indirect CP-violating asymmetries in the decays of neutral B mesons to pi+pi-pi0 and K+-pi-+pi0 final states dominated by the rho+- resonance, using...

A Search for $B^+ \rightarrow K^+\nu\bar \nu$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary search for the flavor-changing neutral current decay B^+ -> K^+ nunubar using 56 million Y(4S) decays recorded with the BABAR detector at the SLAC B factory. Identification...

Measurement of sin2$\beta$ in $B^0 \to \phi K^0_S$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in the neutral B decay B0 --> phi K0S, with phi --> K+K- and K0S --> pi+pi-. The measurement uses a data sample of...

Simultaneous Measurement of the $B^0$ Meson Lifetime and Mixing Frequency with $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\ell^+\nu_\ell$ Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We measure the B0 lifetime tau_B0 and the B-Bbar oscillation frequency Deltam_d with a sample of approximately 14,000 exclusively reconstructed B0 -> D*- l+ nu_l signal events, selected from 23...

Measurement of Time-Dependent $CP$ Asymmetries and the $CP$-odd Fraction in the Decay $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and an updated determination of the CP-odd fraction in the decay B^0 --> D^{*+}D^{*-}. The measurements are derived from a data sample of 88...

Search for the Exclusive Radiative Decays $B \rightarrow \rho\gamma$ and $B^0 \rightarrow \omega\gamma$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A search for the exclusive radiative decays B->rho(770) gamma and B^0->omega(782) gamma is performed on a sample of 84 million BB-bar events collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric...

$b \rightarrow s\gamma$ using a sum of exclusive modes (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

This paper describes preliminary results on the inclusive process b --> s gamma obtained from 20.7 fb^-1 of data recorded with the BaBar detector during 1999-2000. Signal event yields are found from...

Determination of the Branching Fraction for Inclusive Decays $B \rightarrow X_{s}\gamma$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary determination of the inclusive branching fraction for the rare radiative penguin transition B -> X_{s} gamma. The measurement is based on a data sample of 60 million BB pairs...

Measurement of $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+}D^{*-}$ branching fractions and polarization in the decay $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+}D^{*-}$ with a partial reconstruction technique (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present measurements of the decays B0->Ds(*)+D*-, using data recorded by the BABAR detector in 1999 and 2000, consisting of 20.8 fb^-1. The analysis is conducted with a partial reconstruction...

Measurement of the Inclusive Electron Spectrum in Charmless Semileptonic B Decays near the Kinematic Endpoint (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A preliminary result on the study of the inclusive electron spectrum in B -> X_u e nu decays above the kinematic limit for the dominant B -> X_c e nu transitions is presented. This study is performed...

Evidence for the Flavor Changing Neutral Current Decays $B \to K\ell6+\ell^-$ and $B \to K*\ell^+\ell^-$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the rare, flavor-changing neutral current decays B to K l+ l- and B to K* l+ l-, where l+ l- is either an e+ e- or mu+ mu- pair. The data sample...

Search for Decays of $B^0$ mesons into pairs of leptons (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a search for the decays B0->e+e-, B0->mu+mu-, and B0->emu in data collected at the Upsilon(4S) with the BABAR detector at the SLAC B Factory. Using a data set of 54.4 fb-1, we find no...

Measurement of the First Hadronic Spectral Moment from Semileptonic B Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A preliminary determination of the first moment of the hadronic mass distribution in semileptonic B decays has been obtained as a function of the minimum lepton momentum, ranging from 0.9 to 1.6...

Measurement of the $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}a_1^+$ Branching Fraction with Partially Reconstructed $D^*$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B^0 -> D^*-a_1^+ branching fraction has been measured with data collected by the BABAR experiment in 1999 and 2000 corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 20.6 fb^-1. Signal events have...

Measurement of Branching Ratios and $CP$ Asymmetries in $B^- \rightarrow D^0_{(CP)}K^-$ Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of the analysis of B -> D0 h decays, with h = pi, K and the D0 reconstructed in the channels K- pi+, K- pi+ pi+ pi-, K- pi+ pi0 and in the CP eigenstate K-K+, using...

Measurement of Branching Fractions of Color-Suppressed Decays of the $\bar B^0$ Meson to $D^0\pi^0, D^0\eta$, and $D^0\omega$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report preliminary results of an experimental investigation of the color-suppressed decays bar{B^0} --> D^0 pi^0, D^0 eta, and D^0 omega. We measure the branching fractions B (bar{B^0} --> D^0...

Dalitz Plot Analysis of $D^0$ Hadronic Decays $D^0 \rightarrow K^0K^-\pi^+$, $D^0 \rightarrow \bar K^0K^+\pi^-$ and $D^0 \rightarrow \bar K^0K^+K^-$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A Dalitz plot analysis of the D0 hadronic decays D0 -> K0 K- pi+, D0 -> K0bar K+ pi- and D0 -> K0bar K+ K- is presented. This analysis is based on a data sample of 22 fb-1 collected with the BABAR...

Mixing in the $D^0$ system: Results from collider experiments (2003)

Grothe, M

Mixing in the $D^0$ system may provide a sensitive probe for new physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) but has so far eluded experimental observation. The SM predictions are typically small ($<...

Measurements of CP-Violating Asymmetries and branching fractions in B meson decays to eta'K$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of the branching fractions of the decays B+ -> eta' K+ and B0 -> eta' K0. For B0 -> eta' K0s we also measure the time dependent CP-violation parameters S and C, and for B+...

Measurements of Branching Fractions and CP-Violating Asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow \rho^{+-}\h^{-+}$ Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in B0 -> rho+- pi-+ and B0 -> rho- K+ decays. The results are obtained from a data sample of 88.9 10^6 Upsilon(4S) -> B...

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...

Evidence for the rare decay B -> K*l+l- and measurement of the B -> Kl+l- branching fraction (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present evidence for the flavor-changing neutral current decay $B\to K^*\ell^+\ell^-$ and a measurement of the branching fraction for the related process $B\to K\ell^+\ell^-$, where $\ell^+\ell^-$...

Measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and the CP-Odd fraction in the decay $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and an updated determination of the CP-odd fraction in the decay B0 --> D*+D*- using a data sample of 88 x 10^6 BBbar pairs collected by the...

Search for $D^0-\bar D^0$ mixing and a measurement of the doubly cabibbo-suppressed decay rate in $D^0 \to k^{+}\pi^{-}$ decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present results of a search for $D^0$-$\kern 0.2em\bar{\kern -0.2em D}{}^0$~mixing and a measurement of $R_{\rm D}$, the ratio of doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays to Cabibbo-favored decays, based...

Rates, polarizations, and asymmetries in charmless vector-vector $B$ meson decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

With a sample of approximately 89 million BBbar pairs collected with the BABAR detector, we perform a search for B meson decays into pairs of charmless vector mesons (phi, rho, and K*). We measure...

Limits on $D^0$-$\bar D^0$ mixing and $CP$ violation from the ratio of lifetimes for decay to $K^-\pi^+$, $K^-K^+$, and $\pi^-\pi^+$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of $D^0$-$\D0bar$ mixing parameters using the ratios of lifetimes extracted from samples of $D^0$ mesons decaying to $K^-\pi^+$, $K^-K^+$, and $\pi^-\pi^+$. Using 91 ${\rm...

Study of Time-Dependent $CP$ Asymmetry in Neutral $B$ Decays to $J/\psi\pi^0$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

e present the first study of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in B0 -> J/psi pi0 decays using e+e- annihilation data collected with the BaBar detector at the Upsilon(4S) resonance during the...

Measurements of the branching fractions and bounds on the charge asymmetries of charmless three-body charged B decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for charmless B-meson decays to three-body final states of charged pions and kaons. The analysis uses 81.8 fb^-1 of data...

Simultaneous Measurement of the $B^0$ Meson Lifetime and Mixing Frequency with $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\ell^+\nu_\ell$ Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We measure the B0 lifetime \tau_{B0} and the B0-B0bar oscillation frequency \Delta m_d with a sample of approximately 14,000 exclusively reconstructed B0 --> D*- l+ nu signal events, selected from 23...

Measurement of the $B^0$ meson lifetime with partial reconstruction of $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\pi^+$ and $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\rho^+$ decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The neutral $B$ meson lifetime is measured with the data collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II storage ring during the years 1999 and 2000, with a total integrated luminosity of 20.7 ${\rm...

Observation of a narrow meson decaying to $D^+_s\pi^0$ at a mass of 2.32 GeV/c$^2$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have observed a narrow state near 2.32 GeV/c^2 in the inclusive Ds+ pi0 invariant mass distributionfrom e+e- annihilation data at energies near 10.6 GeV. The observed width is consistent with the...

Measurement of the $B^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$ branching fraction (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay of the neutral $B$ meson into the final state $J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$. The data set contains approximately 56 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs...

Measurement of the Branching Fraction for Inclusive Semileptonic B Meson Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A largely model-independent measurement of the inclusive electron momentum spectrum and branching fraction for semileptonic decays of B mesons is presented based on data recorded at the Upsilon(4S)...

Study of Inclusive Production of Charmonium Mesons in B Decay (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The inclusive production of charmonium mesons in B meson decay has been studied in a 20.3 fb$^{-1}$ data set collected by the BaBar experiment operating at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance. Branching...

Measurements of CP-Violating Asymmetries and branching fractions in B meson decays to eta'K$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of the branching fractions of the decays B+ -> eta' K+ and B0 -> eta' K0. For B0 -> eta' K0s we also measure the time dependent CP-violation parameters S and C, and for B+...

Measurements of Branching Fractions and CP-Violating Asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow \rho^{+-}\h^{-+}$ Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in B0 -> rho+- pi-+ and B0 -> rho- K+ decays. The results are obtained from a data sample of 88.9 10^6 Upsilon(4S) -> B...

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...

Evidence for the rare decay B -> K*l+l- and measurement of the B -> Kl+l- branching fraction (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present evidence for the flavor-changing neutral current decay $B\to K^*\ell^+\ell^-$ and a measurement of the branching fraction for the related process $B\to K\ell^+\ell^-$, where $\ell^+\ell^-$...

Measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and the CP-Odd fraction in the decay $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present a measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and an updated determination of the CP-odd fraction in the decay B0 --> D*+D*- using a data sample of 88 x 10^6 BBbar pairs collected by the...

Search for $D^0-\bar D^0$ mixing and a measurement of the doubly cabibbo-suppressed decay rate in $D^0 \to k^{+}\pi^{-}$ decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present results of a search for $D^0$-$\kern 0.2em\bar{\kern -0.2em D}{}^0$~mixing and a measurement of $R_{\rm D}$, the ratio of doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays to Cabibbo-favored decays, based...

Rates, polarizations, and asymmetries in charmless vector-vector $B$ meson decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

With a sample of approximately 89 million BBbar pairs collected with the BABAR detector, we perform a search for B meson decays into pairs of charmless vector mesons (phi, rho, and K*). We measure...

Limits on $D^0$-$\bar D^0$ mixing and $CP$ violation from the ratio of lifetimes for decay to $K^-\pi^+$, $K^-K^+$, and $\pi^-\pi^+$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of $D^0$-$\D0bar$ mixing parameters using the ratios of lifetimes extracted from samples of $D^0$ mesons decaying to $K^-\pi^+$, $K^-K^+$, and $\pi^-\pi^+$. Using 91 ${\rm...

Study of Time-Dependent $CP$ Asymmetry in Neutral $B$ Decays to $J/\psi\pi^0$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

e present the first study of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in B0 -> J/psi pi0 decays using e+e- annihilation data collected with the BaBar detector at the Upsilon(4S) resonance during the...

Measurements of the branching fractions and bounds on the charge asymmetries of charmless three-body charged B decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for charmless B-meson decays to three-body final states of charged pions and kaons. The analysis uses 81.8 fb^-1 of data...

Simultaneous Measurement of the $B^0$ Meson Lifetime and Mixing Frequency with $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\ell^+\nu_\ell$ Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We measure the B0 lifetime \tau_{B0} and the B0-B0bar oscillation frequency \Delta m_d with a sample of approximately 14,000 exclusively reconstructed B0 --> D*- l+ nu signal events, selected from 23...

Measurement of the $B^0$ meson lifetime with partial reconstruction of $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\pi^+$ and $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\rho^+$ decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The neutral $B$ meson lifetime is measured with the data collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II storage ring during the years 1999 and 2000, with a total integrated luminosity of 20.7 ${\rm...

Observation of a narrow meson decaying to $D^+_s\pi^0$ at a mass of 2.32 GeV/c$^2$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have observed a narrow state near 2.32 GeV/c^2 in the inclusive Ds+ pi0 invariant mass distributionfrom e+e- annihilation data at energies near 10.6 GeV. The observed width is consistent with the...

Measurement of the $B^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$ branching fraction (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay of the neutral $B$ meson into the final state $J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$. The data set contains approximately 56 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs...

Measurement of the Branching Fraction for Inclusive Semileptonic B Meson Decays (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A largely model-independent measurement of the inclusive electron momentum spectrum and branching fraction for semileptonic decays of B mesons is presented based on data recorded at the Upsilon(4S)...

Study of Inclusive Production of Charmonium Mesons in B Decay (2003)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The inclusive production of charmonium mesons in B meson decay has been studied in a 20.3 fb$^{-1}$ data set collected by the BaBar experiment operating at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance. Branching...

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...

Measurement of the CKM matrix element $\mid V_{ub}\mid$ with charmless exclusive semileptonic $B$ meson decays at BABAR (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the branching fraction for B to rho e nu and of the CKM matrix element |Vub| using approximately 55 million B Bbar meson pairs collected with the BABAR...

A measurement of the $B^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$ branching fraction (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the branching fraction for the decay of the neutral $B$ meson into the final state J/$\psi\pi^+\pi^-$. The data set contains approximately 56 million...

Rare $B$ decays to states containing a $J/\psi$ meson (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report preliminary measurements of the branching fractions for B+ -> J/psi phi K+, B0 -> J/psi phi K0S, B0 -> J/psi phi, B0 -> J/psi eta and B -> J/psi eta' using 56 million BBbar events collected...

Measurement of the $B^0$ Lifetime with Partial Reconstruction of $\bar B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}\rho^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A sample of about 5500 $\bar B^0 \to D^{*+} \rho^-$ and 700 $\bar B^0 \to D^{*+} a_1^-$ events is identified, using the technique of partial reconstruction, among 22.7 $B\bar B$ pairs collected by...

A Measurement of the neutral $B$ meson lifetime using partially reconstructed $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\pi^+$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The neutral B meson lifetime has been measured with the data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring during the year 2000 for a total integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1. The B0 -->...

Branching Fraction Measurements of the Decays $B \rightarrow \eta_c K$, where $\eta_c \rightarrow K\bar K\pi$ and $\eta_c \rightarrow 4K$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

In this report, we present the observation of the exclusive decays B0 -> EtaC K0 and B+ -> EtaC K+, and the measurement of the related branching fractions. Using a sample of 22.7x10^6 Upsilon(4S) ->...

Search for the rare decays $B \rightarrow K\ell^+\ell^-$ and $B \rightarrow K^*(892)\ell^+ell^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl^+l^- and B-->K^*(892)l^+l^- using a sample of 22.7 x 10^6 Upsilon(4S)-->B anti-B decays collected...

Measurement of the $B^0\bar B^0$ oscillation frequency in hadronic $B^0$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl^+l^- and B-->K^*(892)l^+l^- using a sample of 22.7 x 10^6 Upsilon(4S)-->B anti-B decays collected...

Measurement of the exclusive branching fractions $B^0 \rightarrow \eta K^{*0}$ and $B^+ \rightarrow \eta K^{*+}$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl^+l^- and B-->K^*(892)l^+l^- using a sample of 22.7 x 10^6 Upsilon(4S)-->B anti-B decays collected...

Measurement of $D_s^+$ and $D_s^{*+}$ production in $B$ meson decays and from continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations at $\sqrt{s}$ = 10.6 GeV (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

New precise measurements of $D_s^+$ and $D_s^{*+}$ meson production from $B$ mesons and $q\overline q$ continuum events near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance are presented in this paper. Using the BABAR...

Study of $T$ and $CP$ violation in $B^0\bar B^0$ mixing with inclusive dilepton events (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report a study of T and CP violation in $B^0$-$\overline B^0$ mixing using an inclusive dilepton sample collected by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II $B$ Factory. The asymmetry between...

Measurement of $B^0$ decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of searches for exclusive $B^0$ decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ among 22.7 million $b\overline{b}$ pairs collected by the BABAR experiment from electron-positron collisions...

Search for $B^0 \rightarrow a_0^+(980)\pi^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of a search for the decay B^0 --> a_0^+(980)pi^- among 22.7 million Upsilon(4S)-->B-anti-B pairs collected by the BABAR detector at PEP-II. Using improved background...

Study of $CP$-violating asymmetries in $B \rightarrow \pi^{\pm}\pi^{\pm}, K^{\pm}\pi^{\pm}$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry parameters S_pipi and C_pipi in neutral B decays to the pi^+/-pi^-/+ CP eigenstate, and an updated preliminary...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

Decays of the type B --> D^{(*)} anti-D^{(*)} can be used to provide a measurement of the parameter sin2beta of the Unitarity Triangle that is complementary to the measurement derived from the mode...

Investigation of $B \rightarrow D^{(*)}\bar D^{(*)}K$ decays with the BABAR detector (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

Using about 23M $B \overline B$ events collected in 1999-2000 with the BABAR detector, we report the observation of several hundred $B \to D^{(*)}\overline D^{(*)}K$ decays with two completely...

Search for a lifetime difference in D0 decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The D^0 mixing parameter y = Delta Gamma/2 Gamma was determined by measuring the D^0 lifetime separately for the K^-pi^+ decay mode and the K^-K^+ decay mode with 12.4 fb^{-1} of data collected by...

Search for B Decays into K0-anti-K0 (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of a search for B0-->K0-anti-K0 decays in the K0SK0S final state using a sample of approximately 23 million B-anti-B pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II...

Study of semi-inclusive production of eta' mesons in B decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report a measurement of the rate for $B \to \eta' X_s$ transitions where the $\eta'$ meson has center-of-mass momentum in the range 2.0 to 2.7\gevc and $X_s$ represents a system comprising a kaon...

Search for direct CP violation in quasi-two-body charmless B decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have searched for direct CP violation in quasi-two-body charmless B decays observed in a sample of about 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. We measure...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^{+}\to K^{*0}\pi^{+}$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary result of the branching fraction for the B meson decay to the final state K^+pi^-pi^+ via an intermediate K^{*0} resonance using the sample of approximately 23 million...

Study of D(*)-anti-D(*) decays with the BABAR detector (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

Decays of the type B-->D(*)anti-D(*) can be used to provide a measurement of the parameter sin2beta of the Unitarity Triangle that is complementary to that derived from the mode \bpsiks. Here we...

Measurements of branching fractions and $CP$-violating asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-, K^+\pi^-, K^+K^-$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B meson decays to two-body final states of charged pions and kaons based on a sample of about 88 million...

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...

Measurements of Branching Fractions and $CP$-Violating Asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-, K^+\pi^-, K^+K^-$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present updated measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B meson decays to two-body final states of charged pions and kaons. The results are obtained from a...

Measurements of the branching fractions of charmless three-body charged B decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of searches for charged B mesons decaying into the charmless three-body final states hhh, where h = pi or K, using 51.5 fb^-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S)...

Measurements of Charmless Two-Body Charged B Decays with Neutral Pions and Kaons (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of the analyses of B into h pi0 and B into hK0 decays (with h = pi+/-, K+/-) from a sample of approximately 60 million BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the...

A Study of The Rare Decays $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+}\pi^-$ and $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)-}K^+$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report on the evidence for the decays B0 -> Ds+ pi- and B0 -> Ds- K+ and the results of a search for the decays B0 -> Ds*+ pi- and B0 -> Ds*-K+ from a sample of 84 million Upsilon(4S) decays into...

A Study of Time-Dependent $CP$ Asymmetry in $B^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^0$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present our first study of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in B0 --> J/psi pi0 decays using e^+e^- annihilation data collected with the BABAR detector at the Y(4S) resonance during the...

A Search for the Decay $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^0\pi^0$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a search for the decay B^0 --> pi^0 pi^0 by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B-factory at SLAC. Using approximately 88 million B bar{B} pairs collected between 1999 and...

Measurements of Branching Fractions and Direct $CP$ Asymmetries in $\pi^+\pi^0, K^+\pi^0$ and $K^0\pi^0 B$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of the analyses of B^+ --> h^+ pi^0 (with h^+ = pi^+, K^+) and B^0 --> K^0 pi^0 decays from a sample of approximately 88 million B bar{B} pairs collected by the BABAR...

Search for $CP$ Violation in $B^0/\bar B^0$ Decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ and $K^{\pm}\pi^{\mp}\pi^0$ in Regions Dominated by the $\rho^{\pm}$ Resonance (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary measurements of direct and indirect CP-violating asymmetries in the decays of neutral B mesons to pi+pi-pi0 and K+-pi-+pi0 final states dominated by the rho+- resonance, using...

A Search for $B^+ \rightarrow K^+\nu\bar \nu$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary search for the flavor-changing neutral current decay B^+ -> K^+ nunubar using 56 million Y(4S) decays recorded with the BABAR detector at the SLAC B factory. Identification...

Measurement of sin2$\beta$ in $B^0 \to \phi K^0_S$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in the neutral B decay B0 --> phi K0S, with phi --> K+K- and K0S --> pi+pi-. The measurement uses a data sample of...

Simultaneous Measurement of the $B^0$ Meson Lifetime and Mixing Frequency with $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\ell^+\nu_\ell$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We measure the B0 lifetime tau_B0 and the B-Bbar oscillation frequency Deltam_d with a sample of approximately 14,000 exclusively reconstructed B0 -> D*- l+ nu_l signal events, selected from 23...

Measurement of Time-Dependent $CP$ Asymmetries and the $CP$-odd Fraction in the Decay $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and an updated determination of the CP-odd fraction in the decay B^0 --> D^{*+}D^{*-}. The measurements are derived from a data sample of 88...

Search for the Exclusive Radiative Decays $B \rightarrow \rho\gamma$ and $B^0 \rightarrow \omega\gamma$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A search for the exclusive radiative decays B->rho(770) gamma and B^0->omega(782) gamma is performed on a sample of 84 million BB-bar events collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric...

$b \rightarrow s\gamma$ using a sum of exclusive modes (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

This paper describes preliminary results on the inclusive process b --> s gamma obtained from 20.7 fb^-1 of data recorded with the BaBar detector during 1999-2000. Signal event yields are found from...

Determination of the Branching Fraction for Inclusive Decays $B \rightarrow X_{s}\gamma$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary determination of the inclusive branching fraction for the rare radiative penguin transition B -> X_{s} gamma. The measurement is based on a data sample of 60 million BB pairs...

Measurement of $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+}D^{*-}$ branching fractions and polarization in the decay $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+}D^{*-}$ with a partial reconstruction technique (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present measurements of the decays B0->Ds(*)+D*-, using data recorded by the BABAR detector in 1999 and 2000, consisting of 20.8 fb^-1. The analysis is conducted with a partial reconstruction...

Measurement of the Inclusive Electron Spectrum in Charmless Semileptonic B Decays near the Kinematic Endpoint (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A preliminary result on the study of the inclusive electron spectrum in B -> X_u e nu decays above the kinematic limit for the dominant B -> X_c e nu transitions is presented. This study is performed...

Evidence for the Flavor Changing Neutral Current Decays $B \to K\ell6+\ell^-$ and $B \to K*\ell^+\ell^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the rare, flavor-changing neutral current decays B to K l+ l- and B to K* l+ l-, where l+ l- is either an e+ e- or mu+ mu- pair. The data sample...

Search for Decays of $B^0$ mesons into pairs of leptons (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a search for the decays B0->e+e-, B0->mu+mu-, and B0->emu in data collected at the Upsilon(4S) with the BABAR detector at the SLAC B Factory. Using a data set of 54.4 fb-1, we find no...

Measurement of the First Hadronic Spectral Moment from Semileptonic B Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A preliminary determination of the first moment of the hadronic mass distribution in semileptonic B decays has been obtained as a function of the minimum lepton momentum, ranging from 0.9 to 1.6...

Measurement of the $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}a_1^+$ Branching Fraction with Partially Reconstructed $D^*$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B^0 -> D^*-a_1^+ branching fraction has been measured with data collected by the BABAR experiment in 1999 and 2000 corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 20.6 fb^-1. Signal events have...

Measurement of Branching Ratios and $CP$ Asymmetries in $B^- \rightarrow D^0_{(CP)}K^-$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of the analysis of B -> D0 h decays, with h = pi, K and the D0 reconstructed in the channels K- pi+, K- pi+ pi+ pi-, K- pi+ pi0 and in the CP eigenstate K-K+, using...

Measurement of Branching Fractions of Color-Suppressed Decays of the $\bar B^0$ Meson to $D^0\pi^0, D^0\eta$, and $D^0\omega$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report preliminary results of an experimental investigation of the color-suppressed decays bar{B^0} --> D^0 pi^0, D^0 eta, and D^0 omega. We measure the branching fractions B (bar{B^0} --> D^0...

Dalitz Plot Analysis of $D^0$ Hadronic Decays $D^0 \rightarrow K^0K^-\pi^+$, $D^0 \rightarrow \bar K^0K^+\pi^-$ and $D^0 \rightarrow \bar K^0K^+K^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A Dalitz plot analysis of the D0 hadronic decays D0 -> K0 K- pi+, D0 -> K0bar K+ pi- and D0 -> K0bar K+ K- is presented. This analysis is based on a data sample of 22 fb-1 collected with the BABAR...

A study of time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries and flavor oscillations in neutral B decays at the Upsilon(4S) (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B meson decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at the Stanford Linear...

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...

Measurement of the Branching Fraction and CP Content for the Decay $B^0 \to D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report a measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B^0 --> D^{*+} D^{*-} and of the CP-odd component of its final state using the BaBar detector. With data corresponding to an integrated...

Measurement of the CKM matrix element $\mid V_{ub}\mid$ with charmless exclusive semileptonic $B$ meson decays at BABAR (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the branching fraction for B to rho e nu and of the CKM matrix element |Vub| using approximately 55 million B Bbar meson pairs collected with the BABAR...

Measurement of $D^+_s$ and $D^{*+}_s$ production in $B$ meson decays and from continuum $e^+^e-$ annihilation at $\sqrt{s}$=10.6 GeV (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

New measurements of Ds+ and Ds*+ meson production rates from B decays and from qqbar continuum events near the Y(4S) resonance are presented. Using 20.8 fb-1 of data on the Y(4S) resonance and 2.6...

A study of $B^{\pm} \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^{\pm}$ and B^{\pm} \rightarrow J/\psiK^{\pm}$ decays: measurement of the ratio of branching fractions and search for direct $CP$-violating charge asymmetries (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have studied the B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- and B^+/- --> J/psi K^+/- decays using a 20.7 fb-1 data set collected with the BABAR detector. We observe a signal of 51+/-10 B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- events...

Measurement of the $B^0$ lifetime with partially reconstructed $B^0 \to D^{*-}l^+\nu_l$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B0 lifetime has been measured with a sample of 23 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage ring during 1999 and 2000. Events from the semileptonic decay B0...

Search for the rare decays $B \to Kl^+l^-$ and $B \to K^*l^+l^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays $B\to K\ell^+\ell^-$ and $B\to K^*\ell^+\ell^-$, where $\ell^+\ell^-$ is either an $e^+e^-$ or $\mu^+\mu^-$ pair. The...

Search for T and CP violation in $B^0-\bar B^0$ mixing with inclusive dilepton events (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report the results of a search for T and CP violation in B0-anti-B0 mixing using an inclusive dilepton sample collected by the BaBar experiment at the PEP-II B Factory. The asymmetry between...

Measurement of the $B^0-\bar B^0$ oscillation frequency with inclusive dilepton events (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have studied the B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- and B^+/- --> J/psi K^+/- decays using a 20.7 fb-1 data set collected with the BABAR detector. We observe a signal of 51+/-10 B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- events...

Measurement of $B^0-\bar B^0$ flavor oscillations in hadronic $B^0$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have studied the B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- and B^+/- --> J/psi K^+/- decays using a 20.7 fb-1 data set collected with the BABAR detector. We observe a signal of 51+/-10 B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- events...

A measurement of the $B^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$ branching fraction (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the branching fraction for the decay of the neutral $B$ meson into the final state J/$\psi\pi^+\pi^-$. The data set contains approximately 56 million...

Rare $B$ decays to states containing a $J/\psi$ meson (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report preliminary measurements of the branching fractions for B+ -> J/psi phi K+, B0 -> J/psi phi K0S, B0 -> J/psi phi, B0 -> J/psi eta and B -> J/psi eta' using 56 million BBbar events collected...

Measurement of the $B^0$ Lifetime with Partial Reconstruction of $\bar B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}\rho^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A sample of about 5500 $\bar B^0 \to D^{*+} \rho^-$ and 700 $\bar B^0 \to D^{*+} a_1^-$ events is identified, using the technique of partial reconstruction, among 22.7 $B\bar B$ pairs collected by...

A Measurement of the neutral $B$ meson lifetime using partially reconstructed $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\pi^+$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The neutral B meson lifetime has been measured with the data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring during the year 2000 for a total integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1. The B0 -->...

Branching Fraction Measurements of the Decays $B \rightarrow \eta_c K$, where $\eta_c \rightarrow K\bar K\pi$ and $\eta_c \rightarrow 4K$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

In this report, we present the observation of the exclusive decays B0 -> EtaC K0 and B+ -> EtaC K+, and the measurement of the related branching fractions. Using a sample of 22.7x10^6 Upsilon(4S) ->...

The BABAR detector (2002)

Aubert, B., Bazan, A., Boucham, A., Boutigny, D., De Bonis, I., Favier, J., ...

BABAR, the detector for the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e+e- B Factory operating at the upsilon 4S resonance, was designed to allow comprehensive studies of CP-violation in B-meson decays. Charged...

Study of CP-violating asymmetries in $B^0 \to \pi^+\pi^-, K^+\pi^-$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to the $\pi^+\pi^-$ CP eigenstate, and an updated measurement of the charge asymmetry in $B^0\to K^+\pi^-$...

Direct CP violation searches in charmless hadronic B meson decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We search for direct CP violation in charmless hadronic B decays observed in a sample of about 22.7 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$...

Measurement of the branching fractions for $\psi(2S) \rightarrow e^+e^-$ and $\psi(2S) \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We measure the branching fractions of the psi(2S) meson to the leptonic final states e+e- and mu+mu- relative to that for psi(2S)-->J/psi pi+pi-. The method uses psi(2S) mesons produced in the decay...

Measurement of branching fractions for exclusive B decays to charmonium final states (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report branching fraction measurements for exclusive decays of charged and neutral B mesons into two-body final states containing a charmonium meson. We use a sample of 22.72 +/- 0.36 million B...

Measurement of B $\to$ K$^{\star}\gamma$ branching fractions and charge asymmetries (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The branching fractions of the exclusive decays $B^0\to K^{*0}\gamma$ and $B^+ \to K^{*+}\gamma$ are measured from a sample of $(22.74\pm 0.36)\times 10^6$ $B\bar B$ decays collected with the BABAR...

Measurements of branching fractions and $CP$-violating asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-, K^+\pi^-, K^+K^-$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B meson decays to two-body final states of charged pions and kaons based on a sample of about 88 million...

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...

Measurements of Branching Fractions and $CP$-Violating Asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-, K^+\pi^-, K^+K^-$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present updated measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B meson decays to two-body final states of charged pions and kaons. The results are obtained from a...

Measurements of the branching fractions of charmless three-body charged B decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of searches for charged B mesons decaying into the charmless three-body final states hhh, where h = pi or K, using 51.5 fb^-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S)...

Measurements of Charmless Two-Body Charged B Decays with Neutral Pions and Kaons (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of the analyses of B into h pi0 and B into hK0 decays (with h = pi+/-, K+/-) from a sample of approximately 60 million BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the...

A Study of The Rare Decays $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+}\pi^-$ and $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)-}K^+$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report on the evidence for the decays B0 -> Ds+ pi- and B0 -> Ds- K+ and the results of a search for the decays B0 -> Ds*+ pi- and B0 -> Ds*-K+ from a sample of 84 million Upsilon(4S) decays into...

A Study of Time-Dependent $CP$ Asymmetry in $B^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^0$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present our first study of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in B0 --> J/psi pi0 decays using e^+e^- annihilation data collected with the BABAR detector at the Y(4S) resonance during the...

A Search for the Decay $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^0\pi^0$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a search for the decay B^0 --> pi^0 pi^0 by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B-factory at SLAC. Using approximately 88 million B bar{B} pairs collected between 1999 and...

Measurements of Branching Fractions and Direct $CP$ Asymmetries in $\pi^+\pi^0, K^+\pi^0$ and $K^0\pi^0 B$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of the analyses of B^+ --> h^+ pi^0 (with h^+ = pi^+, K^+) and B^0 --> K^0 pi^0 decays from a sample of approximately 88 million B bar{B} pairs collected by the BABAR...

Search for $CP$ Violation in $B^0/\bar B^0$ Decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ and $K^{\pm}\pi^{\mp}\pi^0$ in Regions Dominated by the $\rho^{\pm}$ Resonance (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary measurements of direct and indirect CP-violating asymmetries in the decays of neutral B mesons to pi+pi-pi0 and K+-pi-+pi0 final states dominated by the rho+- resonance, using...

A Search for $B^+ \rightarrow K^+\nu\bar \nu$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary search for the flavor-changing neutral current decay B^+ -> K^+ nunubar using 56 million Y(4S) decays recorded with the BABAR detector at the SLAC B factory. Identification...

Measurement of sin2$\beta$ in $B^0 \to \phi K^0_S$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry in the neutral B decay B0 --> phi K0S, with phi --> K+K- and K0S --> pi+pi-. The measurement uses a data sample of...

Simultaneous Measurement of the $B^0$ Meson Lifetime and Mixing Frequency with $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\ell^+\nu_\ell$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We measure the B0 lifetime tau_B0 and the B-Bbar oscillation frequency Deltam_d with a sample of approximately 14,000 exclusively reconstructed B0 -> D*- l+ nu_l signal events, selected from 23...

Measurement of Time-Dependent $CP$ Asymmetries and the $CP$-odd Fraction in the Decay $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of time-dependent CP asymmetries and an updated determination of the CP-odd fraction in the decay B^0 --> D^{*+}D^{*-}. The measurements are derived from a data sample of 88...

Search for the Exclusive Radiative Decays $B \rightarrow \rho\gamma$ and $B^0 \rightarrow \omega\gamma$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A search for the exclusive radiative decays B->rho(770) gamma and B^0->omega(782) gamma is performed on a sample of 84 million BB-bar events collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric...

$b \rightarrow s\gamma$ using a sum of exclusive modes (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

This paper describes preliminary results on the inclusive process b --> s gamma obtained from 20.7 fb^-1 of data recorded with the BaBar detector during 1999-2000. Signal event yields are found from...

Determination of the Branching Fraction for Inclusive Decays $B \rightarrow X_{s}\gamma$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary determination of the inclusive branching fraction for the rare radiative penguin transition B -> X_{s} gamma. The measurement is based on a data sample of 60 million BB pairs...

Measurement of $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+}D^{*-}$ branching fractions and polarization in the decay $B^0 \rightarrow D_s^{(*)+}D^{*-}$ with a partial reconstruction technique (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present measurements of the decays B0->Ds(*)+D*-, using data recorded by the BABAR detector in 1999 and 2000, consisting of 20.8 fb^-1. The analysis is conducted with a partial reconstruction...

Measurement of the Inclusive Electron Spectrum in Charmless Semileptonic B Decays near the Kinematic Endpoint (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A preliminary result on the study of the inclusive electron spectrum in B -> X_u e nu decays above the kinematic limit for the dominant B -> X_c e nu transitions is presented. This study is performed...

Evidence for the Flavor Changing Neutral Current Decays $B \to K\ell6+\ell^-$ and $B \to K*\ell^+\ell^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the rare, flavor-changing neutral current decays B to K l+ l- and B to K* l+ l-, where l+ l- is either an e+ e- or mu+ mu- pair. The data sample...

Search for Decays of $B^0$ mesons into pairs of leptons (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a search for the decays B0->e+e-, B0->mu+mu-, and B0->emu in data collected at the Upsilon(4S) with the BABAR detector at the SLAC B Factory. Using a data set of 54.4 fb-1, we find no...

Measurement of the First Hadronic Spectral Moment from Semileptonic B Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A preliminary determination of the first moment of the hadronic mass distribution in semileptonic B decays has been obtained as a function of the minimum lepton momentum, ranging from 0.9 to 1.6...

Measurement of the $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}a_1^+$ Branching Fraction with Partially Reconstructed $D^*$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B^0 -> D^*-a_1^+ branching fraction has been measured with data collected by the BABAR experiment in 1999 and 2000 corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 20.6 fb^-1. Signal events have...

Measurement of Branching Ratios and $CP$ Asymmetries in $B^- \rightarrow D^0_{(CP)}K^-$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of the analysis of B -> D0 h decays, with h = pi, K and the D0 reconstructed in the channels K- pi+, K- pi+ pi+ pi-, K- pi+ pi0 and in the CP eigenstate K-K+, using...

Measurement of Branching Fractions of Color-Suppressed Decays of the $\bar B^0$ Meson to $D^0\pi^0, D^0\eta$, and $D^0\omega$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report preliminary results of an experimental investigation of the color-suppressed decays bar{B^0} --> D^0 pi^0, D^0 eta, and D^0 omega. We measure the branching fractions B (bar{B^0} --> D^0...

Dalitz Plot Analysis of $D^0$ Hadronic Decays $D^0 \rightarrow K^0K^-\pi^+$, $D^0 \rightarrow \bar K^0K^+\pi^-$ and $D^0 \rightarrow \bar K^0K^+K^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A Dalitz plot analysis of the D0 hadronic decays D0 -> K0 K- pi+, D0 -> K0bar K+ pi- and D0 -> K0bar K+ K- is presented. This analysis is based on a data sample of 22 fb-1 collected with the BABAR...

A study of time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries and flavor oscillations in neutral B decays at the Upsilon(4S) (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B meson decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at the Stanford Linear...

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...

Measurement of the Branching Fraction and CP Content for the Decay $B^0 \to D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report a measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B^0 --> D^{*+} D^{*-} and of the CP-odd component of its final state using the BaBar detector. With data corresponding to an integrated...

Measurement of the CKM matrix element $\mid V_{ub}\mid$ with charmless exclusive semileptonic $B$ meson decays at BABAR (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the branching fraction for B to rho e nu and of the CKM matrix element |Vub| using approximately 55 million B Bbar meson pairs collected with the BABAR...

Measurement of $D^+_s$ and $D^{*+}_s$ production in $B$ meson decays and from continuum $e^+^e-$ annihilation at $\sqrt{s}$=10.6 GeV (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

New measurements of Ds+ and Ds*+ meson production rates from B decays and from qqbar continuum events near the Y(4S) resonance are presented. Using 20.8 fb-1 of data on the Y(4S) resonance and 2.6...

A study of $B^{\pm} \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^{\pm}$ and B^{\pm} \rightarrow J/\psiK^{\pm}$ decays: measurement of the ratio of branching fractions and search for direct $CP$-violating charge asymmetries (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have studied the B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- and B^+/- --> J/psi K^+/- decays using a 20.7 fb-1 data set collected with the BABAR detector. We observe a signal of 51+/-10 B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- events...

Measurement of the $B^0$ lifetime with partially reconstructed $B^0 \to D^{*-}l^+\nu_l$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B0 lifetime has been measured with a sample of 23 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage ring during 1999 and 2000. Events from the semileptonic decay B0...

Search for the rare decays $B \to Kl^+l^-$ and $B \to K^*l^+l^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays $B\to K\ell^+\ell^-$ and $B\to K^*\ell^+\ell^-$, where $\ell^+\ell^-$ is either an $e^+e^-$ or $\mu^+\mu^-$ pair. The...

Search for T and CP violation in $B^0-\bar B^0$ mixing with inclusive dilepton events (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report the results of a search for T and CP violation in B0-anti-B0 mixing using an inclusive dilepton sample collected by the BaBar experiment at the PEP-II B Factory. The asymmetry between...

Measurement of the $B^0-\bar B^0$ oscillation frequency with inclusive dilepton events (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have studied the B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- and B^+/- --> J/psi K^+/- decays using a 20.7 fb-1 data set collected with the BABAR detector. We observe a signal of 51+/-10 B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- events...

Measurement of $B^0-\bar B^0$ flavor oscillations in hadronic $B^0$ Decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have studied the B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- and B^+/- --> J/psi K^+/- decays using a 20.7 fb-1 data set collected with the BABAR detector. We observe a signal of 51+/-10 B^+/- --> J/psi pi^+/- events...

A measurement of the $B^0 \rightarrow J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$ branching fraction (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the branching fraction for the decay of the neutral $B$ meson into the final state J/$\psi\pi^+\pi^-$. The data set contains approximately 56 million...

Rare $B$ decays to states containing a $J/\psi$ meson (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report preliminary measurements of the branching fractions for B+ -> J/psi phi K+, B0 -> J/psi phi K0S, B0 -> J/psi phi, B0 -> J/psi eta and B -> J/psi eta' using 56 million BBbar events collected...

Measurement of the $B^0$ Lifetime with Partial Reconstruction of $\bar B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}\rho^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

A sample of about 5500 $\bar B^0 \to D^{*+} \rho^-$ and 700 $\bar B^0 \to D^{*+} a_1^-$ events is identified, using the technique of partial reconstruction, among 22.7 $B\bar B$ pairs collected by...

A Measurement of the neutral $B$ meson lifetime using partially reconstructed $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*-}\pi^+$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The neutral B meson lifetime has been measured with the data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring during the year 2000 for a total integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb-1. The B0 -->...

Branching Fraction Measurements of the Decays $B \rightarrow \eta_c K$, where $\eta_c \rightarrow K\bar K\pi$ and $\eta_c \rightarrow 4K$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

In this report, we present the observation of the exclusive decays B0 -> EtaC K0 and B+ -> EtaC K+, and the measurement of the related branching fractions. Using a sample of 22.7x10^6 Upsilon(4S) ->...

The BABAR detector (2002)

Aubert, B., Bazan, A., Boucham, A., Boutigny, D., De Bonis, I., Favier, J., ...

BABAR, the detector for the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e+e- B Factory operating at the upsilon 4S resonance, was designed to allow comprehensive studies of CP-violation in B-meson decays. Charged...

Study of CP-violating asymmetries in $B^0 \to \pi^+\pi^-, K^+\pi^-$ decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in neutral B decays to the $\pi^+\pi^-$ CP eigenstate, and an updated measurement of the charge asymmetry in $B^0\to K^+\pi^-$...

Direct CP violation searches in charmless hadronic B meson decays (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We search for direct CP violation in charmless hadronic B decays observed in a sample of about 22.7 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$...

Measurement of the branching fractions for $\psi(2S) \rightarrow e^+e^-$ and $\psi(2S) \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-$ (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We measure the branching fractions of the psi(2S) meson to the leptonic final states e+e- and mu+mu- relative to that for psi(2S)-->J/psi pi+pi-. The method uses psi(2S) mesons produced in the decay...

Measurement of branching fractions for exclusive B decays to charmonium final states (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report branching fraction measurements for exclusive decays of charged and neutral B mesons into two-body final states containing a charmonium meson. We use a sample of 22.72 +/- 0.36 million B...

Measurement of B $\to$ K$^{\star}\gamma$ branching fractions and charge asymmetries (2002)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The branching fractions of the exclusive decays $B^0\to K^{*0}\gamma$ and $B^+ \to K^{*+}\gamma$ are measured from a sample of $(22.74\pm 0.36)\times 10^6$ $B\bar B$ decays collected with the BABAR...

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...

The first year of the BABAR experiment at PEP-II (2001)

Aubert, B., Boucham, A., Boutigny, D., De Bonis, I., Favier, J., Gaillard, J.M., ...

The BABAR detector, situated at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e^+e^- collider, has been recording data at energies on and around the Upsilon(4S) resonance since May 1999. In this paper, we briefly...

Search for the rare decays $B \rightarrow K\ell^+\ell^-$ and $B \rightarrow K^*(892)\ell^+ell^-$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl^+l^- and B-->K^*(892)l^+l^- using a sample of 22.7 x 10^6 Upsilon(4S)-->B anti-B decays collected...

Measurement of the $B^0\bar B^0$ oscillation frequency in hadronic $B^0$ decays (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl^+l^- and B-->K^*(892)l^+l^- using a sample of 22.7 x 10^6 Upsilon(4S)-->B anti-B decays collected...

Measurement of the exclusive branching fractions $B^0 \rightarrow \eta K^{*0}$ and $B^+ \rightarrow \eta K^{*+}$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl^+l^- and B-->K^*(892)l^+l^- using a sample of 22.7 x 10^6 Upsilon(4S)-->B anti-B decays collected...

Measurement of $D_s^+$ and $D_s^{*+}$ production in $B$ meson decays and from continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations at $\sqrt{s}$ = 10.6 GeV (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

New precise measurements of $D_s^+$ and $D_s^{*+}$ meson production from $B$ mesons and $q\overline q$ continuum events near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance are presented in this paper. Using the BABAR...

Study of $T$ and $CP$ violation in $B^0\bar B^0$ mixing with inclusive dilepton events (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report a study of T and CP violation in $B^0$-$\overline B^0$ mixing using an inclusive dilepton sample collected by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II $B$ Factory. The asymmetry between...

Measurement of $B^0$ decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of searches for exclusive $B^0$ decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ among 22.7 million $b\overline{b}$ pairs collected by the BABAR experiment from electron-positron collisions...

Search for $B^0 \rightarrow a_0^+(980)\pi^-$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of a search for the decay B^0 --> a_0^+(980)pi^- among 22.7 million Upsilon(4S)-->B-anti-B pairs collected by the BABAR detector at PEP-II. Using improved background...

Study of $CP$-violating asymmetries in $B \rightarrow \pi^{\pm}\pi^{\pm}, K^{\pm}\pi^{\pm}$ decays (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry parameters S_pipi and C_pipi in neutral B decays to the pi^+/-pi^-/+ CP eigenstate, and an updated preliminary...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^0 \rightarrow D^{*+}D^{*-}$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

Decays of the type B --> D^{(*)} anti-D^{(*)} can be used to provide a measurement of the parameter sin2beta of the Unitarity Triangle that is complementary to the measurement derived from the mode...

Investigation of $B \rightarrow D^{(*)}\bar D^{(*)}K$ decays with the BABAR detector (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

Using about 23M $B \overline B$ events collected in 1999-2000 with the BABAR detector, we report the observation of several hundred $B \to D^{(*)}\overline D^{(*)}K$ decays with two completely...

Search for a lifetime difference in D0 decays (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The D^0 mixing parameter y = Delta Gamma/2 Gamma was determined by measuring the D^0 lifetime separately for the K^-pi^+ decay mode and the K^-K^+ decay mode with 12.4 fb^{-1} of data collected by...

Search for B Decays into K0-anti-K0 (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of a search for B0-->K0-anti-K0 decays in the K0SK0S final state using a sample of approximately 23 million B-anti-B pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II...

Study of semi-inclusive production of eta' mesons in B decays (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report a measurement of the rate for $B \to \eta' X_s$ transitions where the $\eta'$ meson has center-of-mass momentum in the range 2.0 to 2.7\gevc and $X_s$ represents a system comprising a kaon...

Search for direct CP violation in quasi-two-body charmless B decays (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have searched for direct CP violation in quasi-two-body charmless B decays observed in a sample of about 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. We measure...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $B^{+}\to K^{*0}\pi^{+}$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary result of the branching fraction for the B meson decay to the final state K^+pi^-pi^+ via an intermediate K^{*0} resonance using the sample of approximately 23 million...

Study of D(*)-anti-D(*) decays with the BABAR detector (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

Decays of the type B-->D(*)anti-D(*) can be used to provide a measurement of the parameter sin2beta of the Unitarity Triangle that is complementary to that derived from the mode \bpsiks. Here we...

Measurements of the branching fractions of exclusive charmless B meson decays with $\eta'$ or $\omega$ mesons (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present the results of searches for B decays to charmless two-body final states containing $\eta^\prime$ or $\omega$ mesons, based on 20.7 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected with the BABAR detector. We...

Measurement of the $B \rightarrow J/\psi K^*(892)$ decay amplitudes (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a measurement of the decay amplitudes in B-->J/psi K^*(892) channels using 20.7 fb-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at PEP-II. We measure a P-wave...

Measurement of the B$^0$ and B$^+$ meson lifetimes with fully reconstructed hadronic final states (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The B0 and B+ meson lifetimes have been measured in e+e- annihilation data collected in 1999 and 2000 with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. Events are...

Measurement of the decays $B\to\phi K$ and $B\to\phi K*$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We have observed the decays B-->phi K and phi K^* in a sample of over 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. The measured branching fractions are BF(B^+ --> phi...

Measurement of $J/\psi$ production in continuum $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilations near $\sqrt{s}=10.6-GeV$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

The production of $J/\psi$ mesons in continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations has been studied with the BABAR detector at energies near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, approximately 10.6 GeV. The mesons are...

Measurement of branching fractions and search for CP-violating charge asymmetries in charmless two-body B decays into pions and kaons (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present measurements of the branching fractions and a search for CP-violating charge asymmetries in charmless hadronic decays of B mesons into two-body final states of kaons and pions. The results...

Search for the rare decays $B \rightarrow K\ell^+\ell^-$ and $B \rightarrow K^*(892)\ell^+ell^-$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl^+l^- and B-->K^*(892)l^+l^- using a sample of 22.7 x 10^6 Upsilon(4S)-->B anti-B decays collected...

Measurement of the $B^0\bar B^0$ oscillation frequency in hadronic $B^0$ decays (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl^+l^- and B-->K^*(892)l^+l^- using a sample of 22.7 x 10^6 Upsilon(4S)-->B anti-B decays collected...

Measurement of the exclusive branching fractions $B^0 \rightarrow \eta K^{*0}$ and $B^+ \rightarrow \eta K^{*+}$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl^+l^- and B-->K^*(892)l^+l^- using a sample of 22.7 x 10^6 Upsilon(4S)-->B anti-B decays collected...

Measurement of $D_s^+$ and $D_s^{*+}$ production in $B$ meson decays and from continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations at $\sqrt{s}$ = 10.6 GeV (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

New precise measurements of $D_s^+$ and $D_s^{*+}$ meson production from $B$ mesons and $q\overline q$ continuum events near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance are presented in this paper. Using the BABAR...

Study of $T$ and $CP$ violation in $B^0\bar B^0$ mixing with inclusive dilepton events (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We report a study of T and CP violation in $B^0$-$\overline B^0$ mixing using an inclusive dilepton sample collected by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II $B$ Factory. The asymmetry between...

Measurement of $B^0$ decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of searches for exclusive $B^0$ decays to $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ among 22.7 million $b\overline{b}$ pairs collected by the BABAR experiment from electron-positron collisions...

Search for $B^0 \rightarrow a_0^+(980)\pi^-$ (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present preliminary results of a search for the decay B^0 --> a_0^+(980)pi^- among 22.7 million Upsilon(4S)-->B-anti-B pairs collected by the BABAR detector at PEP-II. Using improved background...

Study of $CP$-violating asymmetries in $B \rightarrow \pi^{\pm}\pi^{\pm}, K^{\pm}\pi^{\pm}$ decays (2001)

Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...

We present a preliminary measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry parameters S_pipi and C_pipi in neutral B decays to the pi^+/-pi^-/+ CP eigenstate, and an updated preliminary...