Search for neutral charmless B decays at LEP

A search for rare charmless decays of B<sup>0</sup><sub>d</sub> and B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub> mesons has been performed in the exclusive channels B<sup>0</sup><sub>d</sub>(s) →ηη<sup>0</sup>, B<sup>0</sup>...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Dova, María Teresa, L3 Collaboration
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1995
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/80889
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/80889
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Exactas
Física
L3 experiment
large electron positron collider
Higgs boson
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Sumario:A search for rare charmless decays of B<sup>0</sup><sub>d</sub> and B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub> mesons has been performed in the exclusive channels B<sup>0</sup><sub>d</sub>(s) →ηη<sup>0</sup>, B<sup>0</sup><sub>d</sub>(s) →ηπ<sup>0</sup> and B<sup>0</sup><sub>d</sub>(s) →π<sup>0</sup>π<sup>0</sup>. The data sample consisted of three million hadronic Z decays collected by the L3 experiment at LEP from 1991 through 1994. No candidate event has been observed and the following upper limits at 90% confidence level on the branching ratios have been set: Br(B<sup>0</sup><sub>d</sub>→ηη) <4.1 x 10<sup>−4</sup>, Br(B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub> →ηη) < 1.5 x 10<sup>−3</sup>, Br(B<sup>0</sup><sub>d</sub>→ηπ<sup>0</sup>) < 2.5 x 10<sup>−4</sup>, Br(B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub>→ηπ<sup>0</sup>) < 1.0 x 10<sup>−3</sup>, Br(B<sup>0</sup><sub>d</sub>→π<sup>0</sup>π<sup>0</sup>) < 6.0 x 10<sup>−5</sup>, Br(B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub>→π<sup>0</sup>π<sup>0</sup>) < 2.1 x 10<sup>−4</sup>. These are the first experimental limits on Bd0→ηη and on the Bs0 neutral charmless modes.