M. Iwasaki

Publication List Details

Period

1989 - 2008

Number

629

Co-Authors

An Improved Limit on the Muon Electric Dipole Moment (2008)

Bennett, G. W., Bousquet, B., Brown, H. N., Bunce, G., Carey, R. M., Cushman, P., ...

Three independent searches for an electric dipole moment (EDM) of the positive and negative muons have been performed, using spin precession data from the muon g-2 storage ring at Brookhaven National...

Observation of a Resonancelike Structure in the π^+-Ψ' Mass Distribution in Exclusive B → Kπ^+-Ψ' Decays (2008)

Olsen, S. L., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., ...

A distinct peak is observed in the π^±Ψ'invariant mass distribution near 4.43 GeV in B→ Kπ^±Ψ' decays. A fit using a Breit-Wigner resonance shape yields a peak mass and width of M = 4433±...

Search for \bar{B}^0 →Λ_c^+\bar{Λ}_c^- decay at Belle (2008)

Uchida, Y., Ozaki, H., Kichimi, H., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Arinstein, K., ...

We search for the doubly charmed baryonic decay \bar{B}^0 →Λ_c^+\bar{Λ}_c^-, in a data sample of 520×106 B\bar{B} events accumulated at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB...

Observation of D_s1(2536)^+ → D^+π^-K^+ and angular decomposition of D_s1(2536)^+ →D^*+K_S^0 (2008)

Balagura, V., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Arinstein, K., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., ...

Using 462 fb^{-1} of e^+e^- annihilation data recorded by the Belle detector, we report the first observation of the decay D_s1(2536)^+ → D+π^-K^+. The ratio of branching fractions...

Observation of the Ψ(4415)→ D\bar{D}_2^* (2460) Decay Using Initial-State Radiation (2008)

Pakhlova, G., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Arinstein, K., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., ...

We report measurements of the exclusive cross section for e^+e^- →D^0D^-π^+ over the center-of-mass energy range 4.0 GeV to 5.0 GeV with initial-state radiation and the first observation of the...

Detectors and flux instrumentation for future neutrino facilities (2007)

Abe, T., Aihara, H., Andreopoulos, C., Ankowski, A., Badertscher, A., Battistoni, G., ...

This report summarises the conclusions from the detector group of the International Scoping Study of a future Neutrino Factory and Super-Beam neutrino facility. The baseline detector options for each...

Ultrasonography and color Doppler investigation of transicional cell carcinoma of the bladder in dogs (2007)

Froes,T.R., Iwasaki,M., Campos,A.G., Torres,L.N., Dagli,M.L.Z.

The aims of this study were to evaluate the ultrasonographic findings in dogs with suggestive transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) lesion, to investigate the use of the color Doppler for the diagnosis...

$\Lambda N$ correlations from the stopped $K^-$ reaction on ${}^4$He (2007)

Suzuki, T., Bhang, H., Chiba, J., Choi, S., Fukuda, Y., Hanaki, T., ...

We have investigated correlations of coincident $\Lambda N$ pairs from the stopped $K^-$ reaction on ${}^4$He, and clearly observed $\Lambda p$ and $\Lambda n$ branches of the two-nucleon absorption...

EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH CERN--PPE/94-213 7 December 1994 (2007)

Phase And Density, E. Widmann, I. Sugai, T. Yamazaki, R. S. Hayano, M. Iwasaki, ...

Systematic studies of the phase and density dependence of the delayed annihilation time spectra of antiprotons (DATS) in gaseous, liquid and solid helium have been performed using the Low Energy...

location of (2007)

K. Hatanaka, N. Nakasato, K. Nagamatsu, M. Iwasaki, A. Kanno, H. Ikeda, ...

of the pattern-evoked magnetic fields associated with the

Interictal spike dipole estimation by MEG: Comparison with direct cortical recording by implanted grid electrodes (2007)

M. Iwasaki, N. Nakasato, H. Shamoto, K. Nagamatsu, A. Kanno, K. Hatanaka, ...

Interictal MEG dipoles associated with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) can be classified according to localization and orientation into anterior temporal horizontal (ATH), anterior temporal vertical and

Measurement of branching fraction and time-dependent CP asymmetry parameters in B^0 → D^*+D^*-K^{0}_{S}decays (2007)

Dalseno, J., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Aushev, T., Bakich, A. M., Balagura, V., ...

We present a measurement of the branching fraction and time-dependent CP violation parameters for B^0 → D^*+D^*-K^{0}_{S} decays. These results are obtained from a 414 fb^{-1} data sample that...

$\Lambda d$ correlations from the $^4$He(stopped-$K^-$,$d$) reaction (2007)

Suzuki, T., Bhang, H., Chiba, J., Choi, S., Fukuda, Y., Hanaki, T., ...

We have observed an intense high-energy component in an inclusive $^4$He(stopped $K^-$, $d$) spectrum. For back-to-back $\Lambda d$ pairs a prominent event cluster has been found just below the...

Search for strange tribaryon states in the inclusive ^4He(K^{-}_{stopped}, p) reaction (2007)

Sato, M., Bhang, H., Chiba, J., Choi, Seonho, Fukuda, Y., Hanaki, T., ...

A search for tribaryon states was performed at KEK-PS. We adopted the $^4$He($K^-_{stopped}, p)$ reaction to populate the states with strangeness -1, charge 0 and isospin 1. No significant narrow...

Precision measurement of the $3d \to 2p$ x-ray energy in kaonic $^4$He (2007)

Okada, S., Beer, G., Bhang, H., Cargnelli, M., Chiba, J., Choi, Seonho, ...

We have measured the Balmer-series x-rays of kaonic $^4$He atoms using novel large-area silicon drift x-ray detectors in order to study the low-energy $\bar{K}$-nucleus strong interaction. The energy...

Measurements of exclusive B^{0}_{s} decays at the γ(5S) resonance (2007)

Drutskoy, A., Abe, K., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Anipko, D., Bakich, A. M., ...

Several exclusive B^{O}_{s} decays are studied using a 1.86 fb^{-1} data sample collected at the Υ(5S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy e^+e^- collider. In the...

Search for a kaonic nuclear state via $^4$He$(K^-, N)$ (2007)

Iwasaki, M., Bhang, H., Chiba, J., Choi, S., Fukuda, Y., Hanaki, T., ...

Very recently, we have performed a couple of experiments, {\it{KEK PS-E549/E570}}, for the detailed study of the strange tribaryon $S^0(3115)$ obtained in {\it{KEK PS-E471}}. These experiments were...

Search for B decays into η'p, η'K^*, η'φ, η'ω and η'η^(') (2007)

Schümann, J., Wang, C. H., Abe, K., Aihara, H., Anipko, D., Arinstein, K., ...

We report on a search for the exclusive two-body charmless hadronic B meson decays B → η'ρ, B → η'K^*, B^0 → ηφ, B^0 → η'ω, and B0 →η'η^('). The results are obtained from a data...

Search for Invisible Decay of the Υ(1S) (2007)

Tajima, O., Hayashii, H., Hazumi, M., Inami, K., Iwasaki, Y., Uehara, S., ...

We report results of a search for the invisible decay of the Υ(1S) via the Υ(3S)→π+π-Υ(1S) transition using a data sample of 2.9 fb^{-1} at the Υ(3S) resonance. The data were collected with...

Measurement of the Branching Fractions for the Exclusive Decays of $B^0$ and $B^+ \to \bar{D}^{*}D^{*}K$ (2006)

Aubert, B., Abe, T., Abrams, G. S., Adye, T., Ahmed, S., Alam, M. S., ...

We report the observation of 823+/-57 B^0 and 970+/-65 B^+ decays to doubly charmed final states Dbar^(*)D^(*)K, where Dbar^(*) and D^(*) are fully reconstructed and K is either a K+/- or a K^0. We...

Observation of B^+ → Λ^+_c Λ^-_c K^+ and B^0 → Λ^+_c Λ^-_c K^0 Decays (2006)

Gabyshev, N., Abe, K., Abe, K., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Asano, Y., ...

We report the first measurements of the doubly charmed baryonic B decays B → Λ^+_c Λ^-_c K. The B+ → Λ^+_c Λ^-_c K+ decay is observed with a branching fraction of (6.5^{+1.0}_{-0.9}...

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...

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 $D^+_s$ 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 $e^+e^-$...

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...

Precision Electroweak Measurements on the Z Resonance (2006)

Schael, S, Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, ...

We report on the final electroweak measurements performed with data taken at the Z resonance by the experiments operating at the electron-positron colliders SLC and LEP. The data consist of 17...

Precision Electroweak Measurements on the Z Resonance (2006)

Schael, S, Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, ...

We report on the final electroweak measurements performed with data taken at the Z resonance by the experiments operating at the electron-positron colliders SLC and LEP. The data consist of 17...

New analysis method for CCD X-ray data (2006)

Ishiwatari, T., Beer, G., Bragadireanu, A.M., Cargnelli, M., Curceanu (Petrascu), C., ...

The analysis method developed for kaonic nitrogen X-ray data obtained at the DAΦNE electron–positron collider of Frascati National Laboratories using Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) in the DEAR...

New analysis method for CCD X-ray data (2006)

Ishiwatari, T., Beer, G., Bragadireanu, A.M., Cargnelli, M., Curceanu (Petrascu), C., ...

The analysis method developed for kaonic nitrogen X-ray data obtained at the DAΦNE electron–positron collider of Frascati National Laboratories using Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) in the DEAR...

Limited VH gene usage in B-cell clones established with nurse-like cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2006)

Nakamura-Kikuoka, S., Takahi, K., Tsuboi, H., Toyosaki-Maeda, T., Maeda-Tanimura, M., Wakasa, C., ...

Objectives. Nurse-like stromal cells (NLC) in synovia and bone marrow of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can support pseudoemperipolesis, protect from apoptosis and enhance immunoglobulin...

Measurement of the kaonic Hydrogen X-ray spectrum (2005)

Beer, G., Bragadireanu, A. M., Cargnelli, M., Curceanu-Petrascu, C., Fuhrmann, H., ...

The DEAR (DAΦNE exotic atom research) experiment measured the energy of x rays emitted in the transitions to the ground state of kaonic hydrogen. The measured values for the shift ε and the width...

Measurement of the kaonic Hydrogen X-ray spectrum (2005)

Beer, G., Bragadireanu, A. M., Cargnelli, M., Curceanu-Petrascu, C., Fuhrmann, H., ...

The DEAR (DAΦNE exotic atom research) experiment measured the energy of x rays emitted in the transitions to the ground state of kaonic hydrogen. The measured values for the shift ε and the width...

The DEAR experiment—first results on kaonic hydrogen (2005)

Zmeskal, J., Beer, G., Bragadirean, A.M., Cargnelli, M., Curceanu (Petrascu), C., ...

The goal of the DEAR (DAΦNE exotic atom research) experiment is the precise determination of the isospin dependent antikaon–nucleon scattering lengths. The experiment accurately measures the Kα...

The DEAR experiment—first results on kaonic hydrogen (2005)

Zmeskal, J., Beer, G., Bragadirean, A.M., Cargnelli, M., Curceanu (Petrascu), C., ...

The goal of the DEAR (DAΦNE exotic atom research) experiment is the precise determination of the isospin dependent antikaon–nucleon scattering lengths. The experiment accurately measures the Kα...

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...

Kaonic nitrogen X-ray transition yields in a gaseous target (2005)

Ishiwatari, T., Beer, G., Bragadireanu, A. M., Cargnelli, M., Curceanu-Petrascu, C., ...

The first measurement of the yields of three kaonic nitrogen X-ray transitions, using the DEAR (DAΦNE Exotic Atom Research) setup at the DAΦNE collider of Frascati, is reported. The yields are...

Kaonic nitrogen X-ray transition yields in a gaseous target (2005)

Ishiwatari, T., Beer, G., Bragadireanu, A. M., Cargnelli, M., Curceanu-Petrascu, C., ...

The first measurement of the yields of three kaonic nitrogen X-ray transitions, using the DEAR (DAΦNE Exotic Atom Research) setup at the DAΦNE collider of Frascati, is reported. The yields are...

A search for deeply bound kaonic nuclear states (2005)

Suzuki, T., Bhang, H., Franklin, G., Gomikawa, K., Hayano, R. S., Hayashi, T., ...

We have measured proton and neutron energy spectra by stopping negative kaons on liquid helium4. Two distinct peak structures were found on both spectra, which were assigned to the formation of new...

Limited VH gene usage in B-cell clones established with nurse-like cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2005)

Nakamura-Kikuoka, S., Takahi, K., Tsuboi, H., Toyosaki-Maeda, T., Maeda-Tanimura, M., Wakasa, C., ...

Objectives. Nurse-like stromal cells (NLC) in synovia and bone marrow of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can support pseudoemperipolesis, protect from apoptosis and enhance immunoglobulin...

Measurements of Electroweak Penguin Processes b->d,s gamma and b->sl+l- at Belle (2004)

Iwasaki, M., Collaboration, For The Belle

We report the measurements of electroweak penguin processes b->d,s gamma and b->sl+l- at the Belle experiment. The analyses are based on 152 million BB-bar events collected at the Upsilon(4S)...

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...

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

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

We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B- --> D0 K*- using a sample of approximately 86 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector from e+e- collisions near the...

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

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

We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B- --> D0 K*- using a sample of approximately 86 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector from e+e- collisions near the...

Indication of a strange tribaryon S^+ from the ^4He(stopped K^-,n) reaction (2003)

Iwasaki, M., Suzuki, T., Bhang, H., Franklin, G., Gomikawa, K., Hayano, R. S., ...

We measured the neutron time-of-flight spectrum in the ^4He(stopped K^-, n) reaction by stopping negative kaons in a superfluid helium target. A clear enhancement was observed in the neutron...

A New Method For A Sensitive Deuteron EDM Experiment (2003)

Semertzidis, Y. K., Aoki, M., Auzinsh, M., Balakin, V., Bazhan, A., Bennett, G. W., ...

In this paper a new method is presented for particles in storage rings which could reach a statistical sensitivity of 10**(-27) e cm for the deuteron EDM. This implies an improvement of two orders of...

Study of Backgrounds at JLC IR (2003)

Aihara, H., Iwasaki, M., Tanabe, K.

A full simulation program based on GEANT4 has been developed to study beam-induced backgrounds in the JLC beam delivery system. We report some results obtained using this program.

Full Simulation Studies of the Silicon Tracker for the Linear Collider Detector (2003)

Iwasaki, M.

A central tracker based on silicon microstrip sensors has been envisaged for the e+e- linear collider experiments. A full simulation program based on GEANT4 has been developed to study performance of...

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...

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...

Measurement of the Branching Fractions for the Exclusive Decays of $B^0$ and $B^+ \to \bar{D}^{*}D^{*}K$ (2003)

Aubert, B., Abe, T., Abrams, G. S., Adye, T., Ahmed, S., Alam, M. S., ...

We report the observation of 823+/-57 B^0 and 970+/-65 B^+ decays to doubly charmed final states Dbar^(*)D^(*)K, where Dbar^(*) and D^(*) are fully reconstructed and K is either a K+/- or a K^0. We...

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...

Analysis of absorbed dose to tooth enamel against external photon exposure (2003)

Takahashi, F., Yamaguchi, Y., Iwasaki, M., Miyazawa, C., Hamada, T., Funabiki, J., ...

Absorbed dose to tooth enamel was examined against external photon exposure by measurements with thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLDs) and Monte Carlo calculations. TLDs were placed in a realistic...

Precision spectroscopy of pionic 1s states of Sn nuclei and evidence for partial restoration of chiral symmetry in the nuclear medium (2002)

Suzuki, K., Fujita, M., Geissel, H., Gilg, H., Gillitzer, A., Hayano, R. S., ...

Deeply bound 1s states of $\pi^-$ in $^{115,119,123}$Sn were preferentially observed using the Sn($d$,$^3$He) pion-transfer reaction under the recoil-free condition. The 1s binding energies and...

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...

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 $e^+e^-$...

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...

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 $e^+e^-$...

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...

Fluctuation modes in color-superconductors (2001)

Iwasaki, M., Yamaguchi, K., Miyamura, O.

We investigate fluctuation effects of a gap parameter in color-superconductors. The fluctuation modes in the super phase are described by two scalar fields of diquarks. One of them is a...

Phase transition of color-superconductivity and cooling behavior of quark stars (2001)

Yamaguchi, K., Iwasaki, M., Miyamura, O.

We discuss the color-superconductivity and its effect on the cooling behavior of strange quark stars. The neutrino emissivity and specific heat of quark matter are calculated within the BCS theory....

A Combination of Preliminary Electroweak Measurements and Constraints on the Standard Model, 2001. Prepared for the 2000 summer conferences (2001)

Abbaneo, D, Alcaraz, J, Antilogus, P, Arcelli, S, Bambade, P, Barberio, E, ...

This note presents a combination of published and preliminary electroweak results from the four LEP collaborations and the SLD collaboration which were prepared for the 2000 summer conferences....

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...

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...