J. W. Gary

Based on the full BABAR data sample, we report improved measurements of the ratios R(D(*))=B(B[over ¯]→D(*)τ(-)ν[over ¯](τ))/B(B[over ¯]→D(*)ℓ(ℓ)(-)ν[over ¯](ℓ)), where ℓ is either e or μ. These ratios are sensitive to new physics contributions in the form of a charged Higgs boson. We measure R(D)=0.440±0.058±0.042 and R(D(*))=0.332±0.024±0.018, which exceed the standard model expectations by 2.0σ and 2.7σ, respectively. Taken together, our results disagree with these expectations at the 3.4σ level. This excess cannot be explained by a charged Higgs boson in the type II two-Higgs-doublet model.

Based on the full BaBar data sample, we report improved measurements of the ratios R(D(*)) = B(B -> D(*) Tau Nu)/B(B -> D(*) l Nu), where l is either e or mu. These ratios are sensitive to new physics contributions in the form of a charged Higgs boson. We measure R(D) = 0.440 +- 0.058 +- 0.042 and R(D*) = 0.332 +- 0.024 +- 0.018, which exceed the Standard Model expectations by 2.0 sigma and 2.7 sigma, respectively. Taken together, our results disagree with these expectations at the 3.4 sigma level. This excess cannot be explained by a charged Higgs boson in the type II two-Higgs-doublet model. Kinematic distributions presented here exclude large portions of the more general type III two-Higgs-doublet model, but there are solutions within this model compatible with the results.

Searches for lepton-flavor-violating decays of a tau lepton to a lighter mass lepton and a photon have been performed with the entire data set of (963+/-7)x10{6} tau decays collected by the BABAR detector near the Upsilon(4S), Upsilon(3S) and Upsilon(2S) resonances. The searches yield no evidence of signals and we set upper limits on the branching fractions of B(tau{+/-}-->e{+/-}gamma)<3.3x10{-8} and B(tau{+/-}-->mu{+/-}gamma)<4.4x10{-8} at 90% confidence level.

We study the decay ${B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ using $117\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $B\overline{B}$ events collected at the $Y(4S)$ resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ asymmetric-energy storage ring. We measure the branching fractions $\mathcal{B}$ $({B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}})=(116\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}7(\mathrm{stat}.)\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}9(\mathrm{syst}.))\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$ and $\mathcal{B}$ $({B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}X(3872){\mathrm{K}}^{\ensuremath{-}})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}$ $\mathcal{B}$ $(X(3872)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\mathrm{J}/\ensuremath{\psi}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}})=(1.28\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.41)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$ and find the mass of the $X(3872)$ to be $3873.4\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.4\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{\mathrm{c}}^{2}$. We search for the ${h}_{c}$ narrow state in the decay ${B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{h}_{c}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, ${h}_{c}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and for the decay ${B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{D}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, with ${D}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$. We set the $90%$ C.L. limits $\mathcal{B}({B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{h}_{c}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}\mathcal{B}({h}_{c}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}})&lt;3.4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}6}$ and $\mathcal{B}({B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{D}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}})&lt;5.2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$.

Dark sectors charged under a new Abelian force have recently received much attention in the context of dark matter models. These models introduce a light new mediator, the so-called dark photon (A'), connecting the dark sector to the Standard Model. We present a search for a dark photon in the reaction e+e- -> gamma A', A'-> e+e-, mu+mu- using 514 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector. We do not observe a significant signal and we set 90% confidence level upper limits on the mixing strength between the photon and dark photon at the level of 10^-4 - 10^-3 for dark photon masses in the range 0.02 - 10.2 GeV. We further constrain the range of the parameter space favored by interpretations of the discrepancy between the calculated and measured anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.

We study the reaction e+e- --> e+e-pi0 and measure the gamma gamma* --> pi0 transition form factor in the momentum transfer range from 4 to 40 GeV^2. The analysis is based on 442 fb^-1 of integrated luminosity collected at PEP-II with the BABAR detector at e+e- center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV.

We search for single-photon events in 53 fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} collision data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-Factory. We look for events with a single high-energy photon and a large missing momentum and energy, consistent with production of a spin-1 particle A^{'} through the process e^{+}e^{-}→γA^{'}; A^{'}→invisible. Such particles, referred to as "dark photons," are motivated by theories applying a U(1) gauge symmetry to dark matter. We find no evidence for such processes and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the coupling strength of A^{'} to e^{+}e^{-} in the mass range m_{A^{'}}≤8 GeV. In particular, our limits exclude the values of the A^{'} coupling suggested by the dark-photon interpretation of the muon (g-2)_{μ} anomaly, as well as a broad range of parameters for the dark-sector models.

A search is performed for Higgs bosons decaying into invisible final states, produced in association with a Z0 boson in e+e− collisions at energies between 183 and 209 GeV. The search is based on data samples collected by the OPAL detector at LEP corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 660 pb−1. The analysis aims to select events containing the hadronic decay products of the Z0 boson and large missing momentum, as expected from Higgs boson decay into a pair of stable weakly interacting neutral particles, such as the lightest neutralino in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. The same analysis is applied to a search for nearly invisible Higgs boson cascade decays into stable weakly interacting neutral particles. No excess over the expected background from Standard Model processes is observed. Limits on the production of invisibly decaying Higgs bosons produced in association with a Z0 boson are derived. Assuming a branching ratio BR(h0→invisible)=1, a lower limit of 108.2 GeV is placed on the Higgs boson mass at the 95% confidence level. Limits on the production of nearly invisibly decaying Higgs bosons are also obtained.

We present a measurement of the cross section of the process e(+)e(-)-->pi(+)pi(-)psi(2S) from threshold up to 8 GeV center-of-mass energy using events containing initial-state radiation, produced at the SLAC PEP-II e(+)e(-) storage rings. The study is based on 298 fb(-1) of data recorded with the BABAR detector. A structure is observed in the cross section not far above threshold, near 4.32 GeV. We also investigate the compatibility of this structure with the Y(4260) previously reported by this experiment.

We report an experimental determination of the cross section for e+e− → hadrons from a scan around the Z0 pole. On the basis of 4350 hadronic events collected over seven energy points between 89.26 GeV and 93.26 GeV we obtain a mass of mz=91.01±0.05±0.05 GeV, and a total decay width of Γz=2.60±0.13 GeV. In the context of the standard model t these results imply 3.1 ± 0.4 neutrino generations.

A precise measurement of the cross section of the process ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}(\ensuremath{\gamma})$ from threshold to an energy of 3 GeV is obtained with the initial state radiation (ISR) method using $232\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of data collected with the BABAR detector at ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV. The ISR luminosity is determined from a study of the leptonic process ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\gamma}(\ensuremath{\gamma})$. The leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly calculated using the $\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{\pi}$ cross section measured from threshold to 1.8 GeV is $\mathbf{(}514.1\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}2.2(\mathrm{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}3.1(\mathrm{syst})\mathbf{)}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}10}$.

We present evidence for D0-D(0) mixing in D(0)-->K(+)pi(-) decays from 384 fb(-1) of e(+)e(-) colliding-beam data recorded near square root s=10.6 GeV with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage rings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. We find the mixing parameters x('2)=[-0.22+/-0.30(stat)+/-0.21(syst)] x 10(-3) and y(')=[9.7+/-4.4(stat)+/-3.1(syst)] x 10(-3) and a correlation between them of -0.95. This result is inconsistent with the no-mixing hypothesis with a significance of 3.9 standard deviations. We measure R(D), the ratio of doubly Cabibbo-suppressed to Cabibbo-favored decay rates, to be [0.303+/-0.016(stat)+/-0.010(syst)]%. We find no evidence for CP violation.

This paper reports measurements of processes: e+e−→γKS0K±π∓, e+e−→γK+K−π0, e+e−→γϕη, and e+e−→γϕπ0. The initial-state radiated photon allows to cover the hadronic final state in the energy range from thresholds up to ≈4.6 GeV. The overall size of the data sample analyzed is 232 fb−1, collected by the BABAR detector running at the PEP-II e+e− storage ring. From the Dalitz plot analysis of the KS0K±π∓ final state, moduli, and relative phase of the isoscalar and the isovector components of the e+e−→KK*(892) cross section are determined. Parameters of ϕ and ρ recurrences are also measured, using a global fitting procedure which exploits the interconnection among amplitudes, moduli, and phases of the e+e−→KS0K±π∓, K+K−π0, ϕη final states. The cross section for the OZI-forbidden process e+e−→ϕπ0, and the J/ψ branching fractions to KK*(892) and K+K−η are also measured.33 MoreReceived 28 October 2007DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.092002©2008 American Physical Society

We search for evidence of a light scalar boson in the radiative decays of the Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) resonances: Upsilon(2S,3S)-->gammaA0, A0-->mu+mu-. Such a particle appears in extensions of the standard model, where a light CP-odd Higgs boson naturally couples strongly to b quarks. We find no evidence for such processes in the mass range 0.212 < or = mA0 < or = 9.3 GeV in the samples of 99 x 10(6) Upsilon(2S) and 122 x 10(6) Upsilon(3S) decays collected by the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II B factory and set stringent upper limits on the effective coupling of the b quark to the A0. We also limit the dimuon branching fraction of the etab meson: B(etab-->mu+mu-)<0.9% at 90% confidence level.

We present measurements of the flavor-changing neutral current decays B --> Kl+l- and B --> K*l+l-, where l+l- is either an e+e- or mu+mu- pair. The data sample comprises 229 x 10^6 Y(4s) -->to BBbar decays collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage ring. Flavor-changing neutral current decays are highly suppressed in the Standard Model and their predicted properties could be significantly modified by new physics at the electroweak scale. We measure the branching fractions B(B --> Kll) = (0.34 +- 0.07 +- 0.02) x 10^{-6}, B(B --> K*ll) = (0.78^{+0.19}_{-0.17} +- 0.11) x 10^{-6}, the direct CP asymmetries of these decays, and the relative abundances of decays to electrons and muons. For two regions in l+l- mass, above and below m(Jpsi), we measure partial branching fractions and the forward-backward angular asymmetry of the lepton pair. In these same regions we also measure the K* longitudinal polarization in B --> K*l+l- decays. Upper limits are obtained for the lepton flavor-violating decays B --> Kemu and B --> K*emu. All measurements are consistent with Standard Model expectations.

We measure the branching fraction for the flavor-changing neutral-current process B-->X(s)l(+)l(-) with a sample of 89x10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->BBmacr; events recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e(+)e(-) storage ring. The final state is reconstructed from e(+)e(-) or micro(+)micro(-) pairs and a hadronic system X(s) consisting of one K+/- or K(0)(S) and up to two pions, with at most one pi(0). We observe a signal of 40+/-10(stat)+/-2(syst) events and extract the inclusive branching fraction B(B-->X(s)l(+)l(-))=(5.6+/-1.5(stat)+/-0.6(exp syst)+/-1.1(model syst))x10(-6) for ml(+)(l(-))>0.2 GeV/c(2).

In a search for $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}c\overline{c}\ensuremath{\gamma}K$ decays with the BABAR detector, where $c\overline{c}$ includes $J/\ensuremath{\psi}$ and $\ensuremath{\psi}(2S)$, and $K$ includes ${K}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}$, ${K}_{S}^{0}$, and ${K}^{*}(892)$, we find evidence for $X(3872)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}\ensuremath{\gamma}$ and $X(3872)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\psi}(2S)\ensuremath{\gamma}$ with $3.6\ensuremath{\sigma}$ and $3.5\ensuremath{\sigma}$ significance, respectively. We measure the product of branching fractions $\mathcal{B}\mathbf{(}{B}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}X(3872){K}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}\mathbf{)}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}\mathcal{B}\mathbf{(}X(3872)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}\ensuremath{\gamma}\mathbf{)}=[2.8\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.8(\mathrm{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.1(\mathrm{syst})]\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}6}$ and $\mathcal{B}\mathbf{(}{B}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}X(3872){K}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}\mathbf{)}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}\mathcal{B}\mathbf{(}X(3872)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\psi}(2S)\ensuremath{\gamma}\mathbf{)}=[9.5\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}2.7(\mathrm{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.6(\mathrm{syst})]\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}6}$.

We present a measurement of the direct CP violating asymmetry in the decay B0-->K+pi(-) using a data sample of 227x10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->BB decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider at SLAC. We observe a total signal yield of nK-(pi(+))+nK+(pi(-))=1606+/-51 decays and measure the asymmetry (nK-(pi(+))-nK+(pi(-)))/(nK-(pi(+))+nK+(pi(-)))=-0.133+/-0.030(stat)+/-0.009(syst). The probability of observing such an asymmetry in the absence of direct CP violation is 1.3x10(-5), corresponding to 4.2 standard deviations.

We report the results of a search for the bottomonium ground state eta_b(1S) in the photon energy spectrum with a sample of (109 +/- 1) million of Upsilon(3S) recorded at the Upsilon(3S) energy with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B factory at SLAC. We observe a peak in the photon energy spectrum at E_gamma = 921.2 {+2.1} {-2.8} (stat) +/- 2.4(syst) MeV with a significance of 10 standard deviations. We interpret the observed peak as being due to monochromatic photons from the radiative transition Upsilon(3S) -> gamma eta_b(1S). This photon energy corresponds to an eta_b(1S) mass of $9388.9 {+3.1} {-2.3} (stat) +/- 2.7(syst) MeV/c2. The hyperfine Upsilon(1S)-eta_b(1S) mass splitting is 71.4 {+2.3} {-3.1} (stat) +/- 2.7(syst) MeV/c2. The branching fraction for this radiative Upsilon(3S) decay is estimated to be (4.8 +/- 0.5(stat) +/- 1.2 (syst)) x 10^(-4).

We present measurements of global event shape distributions in the hadronic decays of theZ 0. The data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 1.3 pb−1, was collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. Most of the experimental distributions we present are unfolded for the finite acceptance and resolution of the OPAL detector. Through comparison with our unfolded data, we tune the parameter values of several Monte Carlo computer programs which simulate perturbative QCD and the hadronization of partons. Jetset version 7.2, Herwig version 3.4 and Ariadne version 3.1 all provide good descriptions of the experimental distributions. They in addition describe lower energy data with the parameter values adjusted at theZ 0 energy. A complete second order matrix element Monte Carlo program with a modified perturbation scale is also compared to our 91 GeV data and its parameter values are adjusted. We obtained an unfolded value for the mean charged multiplicity of 21.28±0.04±0.84, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic.

We present a study of the decays B^{0,+} --> J/psi pi^+ pi^- pi^0 K^{0,+}, using 467 10^6 BBbar pairs recorded with the BABAR detector. We present evidence for the decay mode X(3872) --> J/psi omega, with product branching fractions B(B^+ --> X(3872)K^+) B(X(3872) --> J/psi omega) =[0.6\pm0.2\stat \pm 0.1\syst ] 10^{-5}, and B(B^0 --> X(3872)K^0) B(X(3872) --> J/psi omega) =[0.6\pm0.3\stat \pm 0.1\syst ] 10^{-5}. A detailed study of the pi^+ pi^- pi^0 mass distribution from X(3872) decay favors a negative-parity assignment.

In a sample of 471 million BB events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- collider we study the rare decays B -> K(*) l+ l-, where l+ l- is either e+e- or mu+mu-. We report results on partial branching fractions and isospin asymmetries in seven bins of di-lepton mass-squared. We further present CP and lepton-flavor asymmetries for di-lepton masses below and above the J/psi resonance. We find no evidence for CP or lepton-flavor violation. The partial branching fractions and isospin asymmetries are consistent with the Standard Model predictions and with results from other experiments.

We study the processes ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}2({\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}\ensuremath{\gamma}$, $2({\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}})\ensuremath{\eta}\ensuremath{\gamma}$, ${K}^{+}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}\ensuremath{\gamma}$ and ${K}^{+}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\eta}\ensuremath{\gamma}$ with the hard photon radiated from the initial state. About 20 000, 4300, 5500, and 375 fully reconstructed events, respectively, are selected from $232\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of BABAR data. The invariant mass of the hadronic final state defines the effective ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ center-of-mass energy, so that the obtained cross sections from the threshold to about 5 GeV can be compared with corresponding direct ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ measurements, currently available only for the $\ensuremath{\eta}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and $\ensuremath{\omega}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ submodes of the ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}2({\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$ channel. Studying the structure of these events, we find contributions from a number of intermediate states, and we extract their cross sections where possible. In particular, we isolate the contribution from ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\omega}(782){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and study the $\ensuremath{\omega}(1420)$ and $\ensuremath{\omega}(1650)$ resonances. In the charmonium region, we observe the $J/\ensuremath{\psi}$ in all these final states and several intermediate states, as well as the $\ensuremath{\psi}(2S)$ in some modes, and we measure the corresponding branching fractions.

We search for the production of doubly charmed baryons in e+e− annihilations at or near a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV, in a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 232 fb−1 recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. We search for Ξ+cc baryons in the final states Λ+cK−π+ and Ξ0cπ+, and Ξ++cc baryons in the final states Λ+cK−π+π+ and Ξ0cπ+π+. We find no evidence for the production of doubly charmed baryons.Received 18 May 2006DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.74.011103©2006 American Physical Society

We present a study of the decays B0,+→J/ψωK0,+ using 383×106 B¯¯¯B events obtained with the BABAR detector at PEP-II. We observe Y(3940)→J/ψω, with mass 3914.6+3.8−3.4(stat)±2.0(syst) MeV/c2, and width 34+12−8(stat)±5(syst) MeV. The ratio of B0 and B+ decay to YK is 0.27+0.28−0.23(stat)+0.04−0.01(syst), and the relevant B0 and B+ branching fractions are reported.Received 14 November 2007DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.082001©2008 American Physical Society

We report the results of a search for $Z(4430)^-$ decay to $J/\psi\pi^-$ or $\psi(2S)\pi^-$ in $B^{-,0}\to \jpsi\pi^- K^{0,+}$ and $B^{-,0}\to \psitwos \pi^- K^{0,+}$ decays. The data were collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider operating at center of mass energy 10.58 \gev, and the sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 413 fb$^{-1}$. Each $K\pi$ mass distribution exhibits clear $K^{\ast}(892)$ and $K^{\ast}_2(1430)$ signals, and the efficiency-corrected spectrum is well-described by a superposition of the associated Breit-Wigner intensity distributions, together with an $S$-wave contribution obtained from the LASS $I=1/2$ $K\pi$ scattering amplitude measurements. Each $K\pi$ angular distribution varies significantly in structure with $K\pi$ mass, and is represented in terms of low-order Legendre polynomial moments. We find that each $J/\psi\pi$ or $\psi(2S)\pi$ mass distribution is well-described by the reflection of the measured $K\pi$ mass and angular distribution structures. We see no significant evidence for a $Z(4430)^-$ signal for any of the processes investigated, neither in the total $J/\psi\pi$ or $\psi(2S)\pi$ mass distribution, nor in the corresponding distributions for the regions of $K\pi$ mass for which observation of the $Z(4430)^-$ signal was reported. We obtain branching fraction upper limits ${\cal{B}}(B^-\to Z^-\bar{K^0}, Z^-\to J/\psi\pi^-)<1.5\times 10^{-5}$, ${\cal{B}}(B^0\to Z^-K^+, Z^-\to J/\psi\pi^-)<0.4\times 10^{-5}$, ${\cal{B}}(B^-\to Z^-\bar{K^0}, Z^-\to \psi(2S)\pi^-)<4.7\times 10^{-5}$, and ${\cal{B}}(B^0\to Z^-K^+, Z^-\to \psi(2S)\pi^-)<3.1\times 10^{-5}$ at 95% confidence level, where the $Z(4430)^-$ mass and width have been fixed to the reported central values.

Although CP violation in the B meson system has been well established by the B factories, there has been no direct observation of time-reversal violation. The decays of entangled neutral B mesons into definite flavor states (B(0) or B(0)), and J/ψK(L)(0) or ccK(S)(0) final states (referred to as B(+) or B(-)), allow comparisons between the probabilities of four pairs of T-conjugated transitions, for example, B(0) → B(-) and B(-) → B(0), as a function of the time difference between the two B decays. Using 468 × 10(6) BB pairs produced in Υ(4S) decays collected by the BABAR detector at SLAC, we measure T-violating parameters in the time evolution of neutral B mesons, yielding ΔS(T)(+) = -1.37 ± 0.14(stat) ± 0.06(syst) and ΔS(T)(-) = 1.17 ± 0.18(stat) ± 0.11(syst). These nonzero results represent the first direct observation of T violation through the exchange of initial and final states in transitions that can only be connected by a T-symmetry transformation.

We search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decays $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{(*)}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$, and the invisible decays $J/\ensuremath{\psi}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ and $\ensuremath{\psi}(2S)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ via $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{(*)}J/\ensuremath{\psi}$ and $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{(*)}\ensuremath{\psi}(2S)$, respectively, using a data sample of $471\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $B\overline{B}$ pairs collected by the BABAR experiment. We fully reconstruct the hadronic decay of one of the $B$ mesons in the $\ensuremath{\Upsilon}(4S)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}B\overline{B}$ decay, and search for the $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{(*)}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ decay in the rest of the event. We observe no significant excess of signal decays over background and report branching fraction upper limits of $\mathcal{B}({B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})&lt;3.7\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$, $\mathcal{B}({B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{0}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})&lt;8.1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$, $\mathcal{B}({B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{*+}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})&lt;11.6\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$, $\mathcal{B}({B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{*0}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})&lt;9.3\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$, and combined upper limits of $\mathcal{B}(B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}K\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})&lt;3.2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$ and $\mathcal{B}(B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{*}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})&lt;7.9\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$, all at the 90% confidence level. For the invisible quarkonium decays, we report branching fraction upper limits of $\mathcal{B}(J/\ensuremath{\psi}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})&lt;3.9\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$ and $\mathcal{B}(\ensuremath{\psi}(2S)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})&lt;15.5\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$ at the 90% confidence level. Using the improved kinematic resolution achieved from hadronic reconstruction, we also provide partial branching fraction limits for the $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{(*)}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ decays over the full kinematic spectrum.

Many models of physics beyond the standard model predict the existence of new Abelian forces with new gauge bosons mediating interactions between ``dark sectors'' and the standard model. We report a search for a dark boson ${Z}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ coupling only to the second and third generations of leptons in the reaction ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{Z}^{\ensuremath{'}},{Z}^{\ensuremath{'}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ using $514\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of data collected by the BABAR experiment. No significant signal is observed for ${Z}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ masses in the range 0.212--10 GeV. Limits on the coupling parameter ${g}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ as low as $7\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$ are derived, leading to improvements in the bounds compared to those previously derived from neutrino experiments.

We present a study of the ${D}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, ${D}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$, and ${D}^{*+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ systems in inclusive ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}c\overline{c}$ interactions in a search for new excited $D$ meson states. We use a data set, consisting of $\ensuremath{\sim}454\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$, collected at center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV by the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider. We observe, for the first time, candidates for the radial excitations of the ${D}^{0}$, ${D}^{*0}$, and ${D}^{*+}$, as well as the $L=2$ excited states of the ${D}^{0}$ and ${D}^{+}$, where $L$ is the orbital angular momentum of the quarks.

We present a study of resonances in exclusive decays of $B$ mesons to ${\overline{D}}^{(*)}{D}^{(*)}K$. We report the observation of the decays $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\overline{D}}^{(*)}{D}_{s1}^{+}(2536)$ where the ${D}_{s1}^{+}(2536)$ is reconstructed in the ${D}^{*0}{K}^{+}$ and ${D}^{*+}{K}_{S}^{0}$ decay channels. We report also the observation of the decays $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\psi}(3770)K$ where the $\ensuremath{\psi}(3770)$ decays to ${\overline{D}}^{0}{D}^{0}$ and ${D}^{\ensuremath{-}}{D}^{+}$. In addition, we present the observation of an enhancement for the ${\overline{D}}^{*0}{D}^{0}$ invariant mass in the decays $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\overline{D}}^{*0}{D}^{0}K$, at a mass of $({3875.1}_{\ensuremath{-}0.5}^{+0.7}\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.5)\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2}$ with a width of $({3.0}_{\ensuremath{-}1.4}^{+1.9}\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.9)\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}$ (the first errors are statistical and the second are systematic). Branching fractions and spin studies are shown for the three resonances. The results are based on $347\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II $B$ factory.

The process ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}p\overline{p}\ensuremath{\gamma}$ is studied using $469\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of integrated luminosity collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, at an ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ center-of-mass energy of 10.6 GeV. From the analysis of the $p\overline{p}$ invariant mass spectrum, the energy dependence of the cross section for ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}p\overline{p}$ is measured from threshold to 4.5 GeV. The energy dependence of the ratio of electric and magnetic form factors, $|{G}_{E}/{G}_{M}|$, and the asymmetry in the proton angular distribution are measured for $p\overline{p}$ masses below 3 GeV. The branching fractions for the decays $J/\ensuremath{\psi}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}p\overline{p}$ and $\ensuremath{\psi}(2S)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}p\overline{p}$ are also determined.

We present an analysis of exclusive charmless semileptonic $B$-meson decays based on $377\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $B\overline{B}$ pairs recorded with the BABAR detector at the $\mathit{\ensuremath{\Upsilon}}(4S)$ resonance. We select four event samples corresponding to the decay modes ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\rho}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, and ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\rho}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$ and find the measured branching fractions to be consistent with isospin symmetry. Assuming isospin symmetry, we combine the two $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{\ell}\ensuremath{\nu}$ samples, and similarly the two $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\rho}\ensuremath{\ell}\ensuremath{\nu}$ samples, and measure the branching fractions $\mathcal{B}({B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu})=(1.41\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.05\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.07)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$ and $\mathcal{B}({B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\rho}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu})=(1.75\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.15\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.27)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$, where the errors are statistical and systematic. We compare the measured distribution in ${q}^{2}$, the momentum transfer squared, with predictions for the form factors from QCD calculations and determine the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $|{V}_{ub}|$. Based on the measured partial branching fraction for $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{\ell}\ensuremath{\nu}$ in the range ${q}^{2}&lt;12\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{GeV}}^{2}$ and the most recent QCD light-cone sum-rule calculations, we obtain $|{V}_{ub}|=(3.78\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.13}_{\ensuremath{-}0.40}^{+0.55})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$, where the errors refer to the experimental and theoretical uncertainties. From a simultaneous fit to the data over the full ${q}^{2}$ range and the FNAL/MILC lattice QCD results, we obtain $|{V}_{ub}|=(2.95\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.31)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$ from $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{\ell}\ensuremath{\nu}$, where the error is the combined experimental and theoretical uncertainty.

We describe a measurement of the time-integrated luminosity of the data collected by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at the ϒ(4S), ϒ(3S), and ϒ(2S) resonances and in a continuum region below each resonance. We measure the time-integrated luminosity by counting e+e-→e+e- and (for the ϒ(4S) only) e+e-→μ+μ- candidate events, allowing additional photons in the final state. We use data-corrected simulation to determine the cross-sections and reconstruction efficiencies for these processes, as well as the major backgrounds. Due to the large cross-sections of e+e-→e+e- and e+e-→μ+μ-, the statistical uncertainties of the measurement are substantially smaller than the systematic uncertainties. The dominant systematic uncertainties are due to observed differences between data and simulation, as well as uncertainties on the cross-sections. For data collected on the ϒ(3S) and ϒ(2S) resonances, an additional uncertainty arises due to ϒ→e+e-X background. For data collected off the ϒ resonances, we estimate an additional uncertainty due to time dependent efficiency variations, which can affect the short off-resonance runs. The relative uncertainties on the luminosities of the on-resonance (off-resonance) samples are 0.43% (0.43%) for the ϒ(4S), 0.58% (0.72%) for the ϒ(3S), and 0.68% (0.88%) for the ϒ(2S).

We study the reactions e+e−→e+e−η(') in the single-tag mode and measure the γγ∗→η(') transition form factors in the momentum-transfer range from 4 to 40 GeV2. The analysis is based on 469 fb−1 of integrated luminosity collected at PEP-II with the BABAR detector at e+e− center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV.11 MoreReceived 5 January 2011DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.052001© 2011 American Physical Society

We present measurements of Collins asymmetries in the inclusive process e+e- -->pi pi X, where pi stands for charged pions, at a center-of-mass energy of 10.6 GeV. We use a data sample of 468 fb-1 collected by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II B factory at SLAC, and consider pairs of charged pions produced in opposite hemispheres of hadronic events. We observe clear asymmetries in the distributions of the azimuthal angles in two distinct reference frames. We study the dependence of the asymmetry on several kinematic variables, finding that it increases with increasing pion momentum and momentum transverse to the analysis axis, and with increasing angle between the thrust and beam axis.

We study the process ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\psi}(2S){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ with initial-state-radiation events produced at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider. The data were recorded with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies at and near the $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Upsilon}}(\mathrm{nS})$ ($n=2,3,4$) resonances and correspond to an integrated luminosity of $520\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. We investigate the $\ensuremath{\psi}(2S){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ mass distribution from 3.95 to $5.95\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}/{c}^{2}$, and measure the center-of-mass energy dependence of the associated ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\psi}(2S){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ cross section. The mass distribution exhibits evidence of two resonant structures. A fit to the $\ensuremath{\psi}(2S){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ mass distribution corresponding to the decay mode $\ensuremath{\psi}(2S)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ yields a mass value of $4340\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}16\text{ }(\text{stat})\text{ }\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}9\text{ }(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2}\text{ }$ and a width of $94\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}32\text{ }(\text{stat})\text{ }\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}13\text{ }(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}$ for the first resonance, and for the second a mass value of $4669\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}21\text{ }(\text{stat})\text{ }\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}3\text{ }(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2}\text{ }$ and a width of $104\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}48\text{ }(\text{stat})\text{ }\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}10\text{ }(\text{syst})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}$. In addition, we show the ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ mass distributions for these resonant regions.

The process e+e- --&gt; pi+ pi- pi0 gamma has been studied at a center-of-mass energy near the Y(4S) resonance using a 89.3 fb-1 data sample collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II collider. From the measured 3pi mass spectrum we have obtained the products of branching fractions for the omega and phi mesons, B(omega --&gt; e+e-)B(omega --&gt; 3pi)=(6.70 +/- 0.06 +/- 0.27)10-5 and B(phi --&gt; e+e-)B(phi --&gt; 3pi)=(4.30 +/- 0.08 +/- 0.21)10-5, and evaluated the e+e- --&gt; pi+ pi- pi0 cross section for the e+e- center-of-mass energy range 1.05 to 3.00 GeV. About 900 e+e- --&gt; J/psi gamma --&gt; pi+ pi- pi0 gamma events have been selected and the branching fraction B(J/psi --&gt; pi+ pi- pi0)=(2.18 +/- 0.19)% has been measured.

We observe a new Ds meson with mass (2856.6±1.5stat±5.0syst) MeV/c2 and width (48±7stat±10syst) MeV/c2 decaying into D0K+ and D+K0S. In the same mass distributions, we also observe a broad structure with mass (2688±4stat±3syst) MeV/c2 and width (112±7stat±36syst) MeV/c2. To obtain this result, we use 240 fb−1 of data recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e− storage rings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center running at center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV.Received 27 July 2006DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.222001©2006 American Physical Society

We review results on hadron multiplicities in high energy particle collisions. Both theory and experiment are discussed. The general procedures used to describe particle multiplicity in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) are summarized. The QCD equations for the generating functions of the multiplicity distributions are presented both for fixed and running coupling strengths. The mean multiplicities of gluon and quark jets, their ratio, higher moments, and the slopes of multiplicities as a function of energy scale, are among the main global features of multiplicity for which QCD results exist. Recent data from high energy e+e- experiments, including results for separated quark and gluon jets, allow rather direct tests of these results. The theoretical predictions are generally quite successful when confronted with data. Jet and subjet multiplicities are described. Multiplicity in limited regions of phase space is discussed in the context of intermittency and fractality. The problem of singularities in the generating functions is formulated. Some special features of average multiplicities in heavy quark jets are described.

We study the inclusive momentum distribution of charged particles in multihadronic events produced in e+e− annihilations at ECM∼M(Z0). We find agreement with the analytical formulae for gluon production that include the phenomena of soft gluon interference. Using data from CM energies between 14 and 91 GeV, we study the dependence of the inclusive momentum distribution on the centre of momentum energy. We find that the analytical formulae describe the data over the entire energy range. Both the momentum distribution at a fixed energy and the change with energy are described by QCD shower Monte Carlo's which include either coherent gluon branchings or string fragmentation. Simple incoherent models with independent fragmentation fail to reproduce the energy dependence and momentum spectra.

We study the initial-state-radiation processes e+e−→K+K−π+π−γ and e+e−→K+K−π0π0γ using an integrated luminosity of 232 fb−1 collected at the Υ(4S) mass with the BABAR detector at SLAC. Even though these reactions are dominated by intermediate states with excited kaons, we are able to study for the first time the cross section for e+e−→ϕ(1020)f0(980) as a function of center-of-mass energy. We observe a structure near threshold consistent with a 1−− resonance with mass m=2.175±0.010±0.015 GeV/c2 and width Γ=58±16±20 MeV. We observe no Y(4260) signal and set a limit of BY→ϕπ+π−⋅ΓYee<0.4 eV (90% confidence level), which excludes some models.Received 10 October 2006DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.74.091103©2006 American Physical Society

In a study of B+→J/ψγK+ decays, we find evidence for the radiative decay X(3872)→J/ψγ with a statistical significance of 3.4σ. We measure the product of branching fractions B(B+→X(3872)K+)⋅B(X(3872)→J/ψγ)=(3.3±1.0±0.3)×10−6, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. We also measure the branching fraction B(B+→χc1K+)=(4.9±0.2±0.4)×10−4. These results are obtained from (287±3) million B¯¯¯B decays collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B Factory at SLAC.Received 25 July 2006DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.74.071101©2006 American Physical Society

We study the e+e−→Λ¯¯¯Λγ, Λ¯¯¯Σ0γ, Σ0¯¯¯Σ0γ processes using 230 fb−1 of integrated luminosity collected by the BABAR detector at e+e− center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV. From the analysis of the baryon-antibaryon mass spectra the cross sections for e+e−→Λ¯¯¯Λ, Λ¯¯¯Σ0, Σ0¯¯¯Σ0 are measured in the dibaryon mass range from threshold up to 3 GeV/c2. The ratio of electric and magnetic form factors, |GE/GM|, is measured for e+e−→Λ¯¯¯Λ, and limits on the relative phase between Λ form factors are obtained. We also measure the J/ψ→Λ¯¯¯Λ, Σ0¯¯¯Σ0, and ψ(2S)→Λ¯¯¯Λ branching fractions.24 MoreReceived 12 September 2007DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.092006©2007 American Physical Society

A search for charmed baryons decaying to $D^0 p$ reveals two states: the $Λ_c(2880)^+$ baryon and a previously unobserved state at a mass of [$2939.8\pm 1.3 \text{(stat.)}\pm 1.0 \text{(syst.)}$]~\mevcc and with an intrinsic width of [$17.5\pm 5.2 \text{(stat.)}\pm 5.9 \text{(syst.)}$]~\mev. Consistent and significant signals are observed for the $K^-π^+$ and $K^-π^+π^-π^+$ decay modes of the $D^0$ in 287 ${\rm fb}^{-1}$ annihilation data recorded by the BaBar detector at a center-of-mass energy of 10.58~${\rm GeV}/c^2$. There is no evidence in the $D^+ p$ spectrum of doubly-charged partners. The mass and intrinsic width of the $Λ_c(2880)^+$ baryon and relative yield of the two baryons are also measured.

An event sample enriched in semileptonic decays of b hadrons is selected using an inclusive lepton selection from approximately 3.0 million hadronic Z0 decays collected with the OPAL detector. This sample is used to investigate B meson oscillations by reconstructing a proper decay time for the parent of each lepton, using a jet charge method to estimate the production flavour of this parent, and using the lepton charge to tag the decay flavour. We measure the mass difference between the two B0 d mass eigenstates

We present updated measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries in fully reconstructed neutral B decays containing a charmonium meson. The measurements reported here use a data sample of (465±5)×106 Υ(4S)→B¯¯¯B decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric energy e+e− storage rings operating at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The time-dependent CP asymmetry parameters measured from JψK0S, JψK0L, ψ(2S)K0S, ηcK0S, χc1K0S, and J/ψK∗(892)0 decays are: Cf=0.024±0.020(stat)±0.016(syst) and −ηfSf=0.687±0.028(stat)±0.012(syst).Received 10 February 2009DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.79.072009©2009 American Physical Society

We study the processes $e^+ e^-\to K^+ K^- \pi^+\pi^-\gamma$, $K^+K^-\pi^0\pi^0\gamma$ and $K^+ K^- K^+ K^-\gamma$, where the photon is radiated from the initial state. About 34600, 4400 and 2300 fully reconstructed events, respectively, are selected from 232 \invfb of \babar data. The invariant mass of the hadronic final state defines the effective \epem center-of-mass energy, so that the $K^+ K^- \pi^+\pi^-\gamma$ data can be compared with direct measurements of the $e^+ e^-\to K^+K^- \pipi$ reaction; no direct measurements exist for the $e^+ e^-\to K^+ K^- \pi^0\pi^0$ or $\epem\to K^+ K^- K^+ K^-$ reactions. Studying the structure of these events, we find contributions from a number of intermediate states, and we extract their cross sections where possible. In particular, we isolate the contribution from $e^+ e^-\to\phi(1020) f_{0}(980)$ and study its structure near threshold. In the charmonium region, we observe the $J/\psi$ in all three final states and several intermediate states, as well as the $\psi(2S)$ in some modes, and measure the corresponding branching fractions. We see no signal for the Y(4260) and obtain an upper limit of $\BR_{Y(4260)\to\phi\pi^+\pi^-}\cdot\Gamma^{Y}_{ee}<0.4 \ev$ at 90% C.L.

We report the first observation of an excited singly-charm baryon OmegaC* (css) in the radiative decay OmegaC0 Gamma, where the OmegaC0 baryon is reconstructed in the decays to the final states Omega-pi+, Omega-pi+pi0, Omega-pi+pi-pi+, and Cascade-K-pi+pi+. This analysis is performed using a dataset of 230.7 fb$-1} collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. The mass difference between the OmegaC* and the OmegaC0 baryons is measured to be 70.8 +/- 1.0 (stat) +/- 1.1 (syst) MeV/c2. We also measure the ratio of inclusive production cross sections of OmegaC* and OmegaC0 in e+e- annihilation.

We observe the decays ${D}_{s1}^{*}(2710{)}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{*}K$ and ${D}_{sJ}^{*}(2860{)}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{*}K$ and measure their branching fractions relative to the $DK$ final state. We also observe, in the ${D}^{*}K$ mass spectrum, a new broad structure at a mass of $(3044\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{8}_{\mathrm{stat}}(\genfrac{}{}{0}{}{+30}{\ensuremath{-}5}{)}_{\mathrm{syst}})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}/{c}^{2}$ having a width $\ensuremath{\Gamma}=(239\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{35}_{\mathrm{stat}}(\genfrac{}{}{0}{}{+46}{\ensuremath{-}42}{)}_{\mathrm{syst}})\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}$. To obtain this result we use $470\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ of data recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ storage rings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center running at center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV.

We report a direct measurement of D0−D¯0 mixing parameters through a time-dependent amplitude analysis of the Dalitz plots of D0→KS0π+π− and, for the first time, D0→KS0K+K− decays. The low-momentum pion πs+ in the decay D*+→D0πs+ identifies the flavor of the neutral D meson at its production. Using 468.5 fb−1 of e+e− colliding-beam data recorded near s=10.6 GeV by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider at SLAC, we measure the mixing parameters x=[1.6±2.3(stat)±1.2(syst)±0.8(model)]×10−3, and y=[5.7±2.0(stat)±1.3(syst)±0.7(model)]×10−3. These results provide the best measurement to date of x and y. The knowledge of the value of x, in particular, is crucial for understanding the origin of mixing.Received 28 April 2010DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.081803© 2010 The American Physical Society

We present measurements of the decays B+ -> X(3872) K+ and B0 -> X(3872) K0 with X(3872) -> Jpsi pi+ pi-. The data sample used, collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- asymmetric-energy storage ring, corresponds to 455 x 10^6 BBbar pairs. Branching fraction measurements of BF(B+ -> X(3872) K+) x BF(X(3872) -> Jpsi pi+ pi-) = (8.4 +/- 1.5 +/- 0.7) x 10^{-6} and BF(B0 -> X(3872) K0) x BF(X(3872) -> Jpsi pi+ pi- = (3.5 +/- 1.9 +/- 0.4) x 10^{-6} are obtained. We set an upper limit on the natural width of the X(3872) of Gamma < 3.3 MeV/c^2 at the 90% confidence level.

We present measurements of the semileptonic decays B--->D0tau-nutau, B--->D*0tau-nutau, B0-->D+tau-nutau, and B0-->D*+tau-nutau, which are potentially sensitive to non-standard model amplitudes. The data sample comprises 232x10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->BB decays collected with the BABAR detector. From a combined fit to B- and B0 channels, we obtain the branching fractions B(B-->Dtau-nutau)=(0.86+/-0.24+/-0.11+/-0.06)% and B(B-->D*tau-nutau)=(1.62+/-0.31+/-0.10+/-0.05)% (normalized for the B0), where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and normalization-mode-related.

We report the results of a study of the exclusive charmless semileptonic decays, ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\omega}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\eta}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, and ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\eta}}^{\ensuremath{'}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$ ($\ensuremath{\ell}=e$ or $\ensuremath{\mu}$) undertaken with approximately $462\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $B\overline{B}$ pairs collected at the $\ensuremath{\Upsilon}(4S)$ resonance with the BABAR detector. The analysis uses events in which the signal $B$ decays are reconstructed with a loose neutrino reconstruction technique. We obtain partial branching fractions in several bins of ${q}^{2}$, the square of the momentum transferred to the lepton-neutrino pair, for ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\omega}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$, and ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\eta}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$. From these distributions, we extract the form-factor shapes ${f}_{+}({q}^{2})$ and the total branching fractions $\mathcal{B}({B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu})=(1.45\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.04}_{\mathrm{stat}}\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.06}_{\mathrm{syst}})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$ (combined ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$ decay channels assuming isospin symmetry), $\mathcal{B}({B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\omega}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu})=(1.19\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.16}_{\mathrm{stat}}\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.09}_{\mathrm{syst}})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$ and $\mathcal{B}({B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\eta}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu})=(0.38\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.05}_{\mathrm{stat}}\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.05}_{\mathrm{syst}})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$. We also measure $\mathcal{B}({B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\eta}}^{\ensuremath{'}}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu})=(0.24\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.08}_{\mathrm{stat}}\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.03}_{\mathrm{syst}})\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$. We obtain values for the magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element $|{V}_{ub}|$ by direct comparison with three different QCD calculations in restricted ${q}^{2}$ ranges of $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\pi}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$ decays. From a simultaneous fit to the experimental data over the full ${q}^{2}$ range and the FNAL/MILC lattice QCD predictions, we obtain $|{V}_{ub}|=(3.25\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.31)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$, where the error is the combined experimental and theoretical uncertainty.

We perform a study of the exclusive production of $D \bar D$, $D \bar D^*$, and $D^* \bar D^*$ in initial-state-radiation events, from $e^+ e^-$ annihilations at a center-of-mass energy near 10.58 GeV, to search for charmonium and possible new resonances. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 384 $fb^{-1}$ and was recorded by the BaBar experiment at the PEP-II storage rings. The $D \bar D$, $D \bar D^*$, and $D^* \bar D^*$ mass spectra show clear evidence of several $\psi$ resonances. However, there is no evidence for $Y(4260) \to D \bar D^*$ or $Y(4260)\to D^* \bar D^*$.

We use a sample of 384 million BBbar events collected with the Babar detector at the PEP-II e+e- collider to study angular distributions in the rare decays B -> K* l+l-, where l+l- is either e+e- or mu+mu-. For low dilepton invariant masses, m(l+l-)<2.5 GeV/c^2, we measure a lepton forward-backward asymmetry AFB=0.24 (+0.18,-0.23) +/- 0.05 and K* longitudinal polarization FL=0.35 +/- 0.16 +/- 0.04$. For m(l+l-)>3.2$ GeV/c^2, we measure AFB=0.76 (+0.52,-0.32) +/- 0.07 FL=0.71 (+0.20,-0.22) +/- 0.04.

We perform amplitude analyses of the decays $B^0 \to K^+K^-K^0_S$, $B^+ \rightarrow K^+K^-K^+$, and $B^+ \to K^0_S K^0_S K^+$, and measure CP-violating parameters and partial branching fractions. The results are based on a data sample of approximately $470\times 10^6$ $B\bar{B}$ decays, collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ factory at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. For $B^+ \to K^+K^-K^+$, we find a direct CP asymmetry in $B^+ \to \phi(1020)K^+$ of $A_{CP}= (12.8\pm 4.4 \pm 1.3)%$, which differs from zero by $2.8 \sigma$. For $B^0 \to K^+K^-K^0_S$, we measure the CP-violating phase $\beta_{\rm eff} (\phi(1020)K^0_S) = (21\pm 6 \pm 2)^\circ$. For $B^+ \to K^0_S K^0_S K^+$, we measure an overall direct CP asymmetry of $A_{CP} = (4 ^{+4}_{-5} \pm 2)%$. We also perform an angular-moment analysis of the three channels, and determine that the $f_X(1500)$ state can be described well by the sum of the resonances $f_0(1500)$, $f_2^{\prime}(1525)$, and $f_0(1710)$.

We study the process $e^+e^-\to J/\psi\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ with initial-state-radiation events produced at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider. The data were recorded with the BaBar detector at center-of-mass energies 10.58 and 10.54 GeV, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 454 $\mathrm{fb^{-1}}$. We investigate the $J/\psi \pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ mass distribution in the region from 3.5 to 5.5 $\mathrm{GeV/c^{2}}$. Below 3.7 $\mathrm{GeV/c^{2}}$ the $\psi(2S)$ signal dominates, and above 4 $\mathrm{GeV/c^{2}}$ there is a significant peak due to the Y(4260). A fit to the data in the range 3.74 -- 5.50 $\mathrm{GeV/c^{2}}$ yields a mass value $4244 \pm 5$ (stat) $ \pm 4$ (syst)$\mathrm{MeV/c^{2}}$ and a width value $114 ^{+16}_{-15}$ (stat)$ \pm 7$(syst)$\mathrm{MeV}$ for this state. We do not confirm the report from the Belle collaboration of a broad structure at 4.01 $\mathrm{GeV/c^{2}}$. In addition, we investigate the $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ system which results from Y(4260) decay.

We report on an improved measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa {\it CP}-violating phase $\gamma$ through a Dalitz plot analysis of neutral $D$ meson decays to $K_S^0 \pi^+ \pi^-$ and $K_S^0 K^+ K^-$ in the processes $B^\mp \to D K^\mp$, $B^\mp \to D^* K^\mp$ with $D^* \to D\pi^0,D\gamma$, and $B^\mp \to D K^{*\mp}$ with $K^{*\mp} \to K_S^0 \pi^\mp$. Using a sample of 383 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected by the BABAR detector, we measure $\gamma=(76 \pm 22 \pm 5 \pm 5)^\circ$ (mod $180^\circ$), where the first error is statistical, the second is the experimental systematic uncertainty and the third reflects the uncertainty on the description of the Dalitz plot distributions. The corresponding two standard deviation region is $29^\circ < \gamma < 122^\circ$. This result has a significance of direct {\it CP} violation ($\gamma \ne 0$) of 3.0 standard deviations.

We present a search for the decay ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$ using $467.8\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $B\overline{B}$ pairs collected at the $\ensuremath{\Upsilon}(4S)$ resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II $B$-Factory. We select a sample of events with one completely reconstructed ${B}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ in the hadronic decay mode (${B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{(*)0}{X}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and ${B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}J/\ensuremath{\psi}{X}^{\ensuremath{-}}$). We examine the rest of the event to search for a ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$ decay. We identify the ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}$ lepton in the following modes: ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{e}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$, ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$, ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ and ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\rho}}^{+}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$. We find an excess of events with respect to the expected background, which excludes the null signal hypothesis at the level of $3.8\ensuremath{\sigma}$ (including systematic uncertainties) and corresponds to a branching fraction value of $\mathcal{B}({B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu})=({1.83}_{\ensuremath{-}0.49}^{+0.53}(\mathrm{stat})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.24(\mathrm{syst}))\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$.

We present a measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $|{V}_{\mathrm{cb}}|$ and the form-factor slope ${\ensuremath{\rho}}^{2}$ in $\overline{B}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}D{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{\ensuremath{\ell}}$ decays based on $460\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $B\overline{B}$ events recorded at the $\ensuremath{\Upsilon}(4S)$ resonance with the BABAR detector. $\overline{B}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}D{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{\ensuremath{\ell}}$ decays are selected in events in which a hadronic decay of the second $B$ meson is fully reconstructed. We measure $\mathcal{B}({B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{0}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{\ensuremath{\ell}})/\mathcal{B}({B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}X{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{\ensuremath{\ell}})=(0.255\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.009\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.009)$ and $\mathcal{B}({\overline{B}}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{+}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{\ensuremath{\ell}})/\mathcal{B}({\overline{B}}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}X{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{\ensuremath{\ell}})=(0.230\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.011\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.011)$, along with the differential decay distribution in $\overline{B}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}D{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{\ensuremath{\ell}}$ decays. We then determine $\mathcal{G}(1)|{V}_{\mathrm{cb}}|=(42.3\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.9\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.4)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$ and ${\ensuremath{\rho}}^{2}=1.20\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.09\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.04$, where $\mathcal{G}(1)$ is the hadronic form factor at the point of zero recoil.

We have performed a search for the eta_b(1S) meson in the radiative decay of the Upsilon(2S) resonance using a sample of 91.6 million Upsilon(2S) events recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B factory at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We observe a peak in the photon energy spectrum at E_gamma = 609.3 {+4.6} {-4.5} (stat) +/- 1.9 (syst) MeV, corresponding to an eta_b(1S) mass of 9394.2 {+4.8} {-4.9} (stat) +/- 2.0 (syst) MeV/c^2. The branching fraction for the decay Upsilon(2S) --> gamma eta_b(1S) is determined to be [3.9 +/-1.1 (stat) {+1.1} {-0.9} (syst)] x 10^(-4). We find the ratio of branching fractions B[Upsilon(2S) --> gamma eta_b(1S)]/B[Upsilon(3S) --> gamma eta_b(1S)] = 0.82 +/- 0.24 (stat) {+0.20}{-0.19} (syst).

A precise measurement of the cross section for the process e+e- --> K+K-(gamma) from threshold to an energy of 5 GeV is obtained with the initial-state radiation (ISR) method using 232 fb^{-1} of data collected with the BaBar detector at e+e- center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV. The measurement uses the effective ISR luminosity determined from the e+e- --> mu+mu-(gamma)gamma_ISR process with the same data set. The corresponding lowest-order contribution to the hadronic vacuum polarization term in the muon magnetic anomaly is found to be a_mu^{KK, LO}=(22.93 +- 0.18_{stat} +- 0.22_{syst}) * 10^{-10}. The charged kaon form factor is extracted and compared to previous results. Its magnitude at large energy significantly exceeds the asymptotic QCD prediction, while the measured slope is consistent with the prediction.

We study the process $\gamma \gamma \to J/\psi \omega$ using a data sample of 519.2 $fb^{-1}$ recorded by the BaBar detector at SLAC at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $e^+ e^-$ collider at center-of-mass energies near the $\Upsilon(nS)$ ($n = 2,3,4$) resonances. We confirm the existence of the charmonium-like resonance X(3915) decaying to $J/\psi \omega$ with a significance of 7.6 standard deviations, including systematic uncertainties, and measure its mass $(3919.4 \pm 2.2 \pm 1.6) MeV/c^2$ and width $(13 \pm 6 \pm 3) MeV$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. A spin-parity analysis supports the assignment $J^P=0^+$ and therefore the identification of the signal as due to the $\chi_{c0}(2P)$ resonance. In this hypothesis we determine the product between the two-photon width and the final state branching fraction to be $(52 \pm 10 \pm 3) eV$

The photon spectrum in the inclusive electromagnetic radiative decays of the B meson, B → X(s)γ plus B → X(d)γ, is studied using a data sample of (382.8 ± 4.2) × 10(6)Υ(4S) → BB decays collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. The spectrum is used to extract the branching fraction B(B → X(s)γ) = (3.21 ± 0.33) × 10(-4) for E(γ) >1.8 GeV and the direct CP asymmetry A(CP) (B → X(s+d)γ) = 0.057 ± 0.063. The effects of detector resolution and Doppler smearing are unfolded to measure the photon energy spectrum in the B meson rest frame.

Cross sections for the reactions e(+)e(-) -> K+K-pi(+)pi(-), K+K-pi(0)pi(0), and

Recent astrophysical and terrestrial experiments have motivated the proposal of a dark sector with GeV-scale gauge boson force carriers and new Higgs bosons. We present a search for a dark Higgs boson using 516 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector. We do not observe a significant signal and we set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product of the Standard Model-dark sector mixing angle and the dark sector coupling constant.

.Approximately 438 pb-1 of e + e- data from the OPAL detector, taken with the LEP collider running at centre-of-mass energies of 192-209 GeV, are analyzed to search for evidence of chargino pair production, \({\mathrm{e}}^ + {\mathrm{e}}^-\to\tilde\chi^ + _1\tilde\chi^-_1\), or neutralino associated production, \({\mathrm{e}}^ + {\mathrm{e}}^-\to\tilde\chi^0_2\tilde\chi^0_1\). Limits are set at the 95% confidence level on the product of the cross-section for the process \({\mathrm{e}}^ + {\mathrm{e}}^-\to\tilde\chi^ + _1\tilde\chi^-_1\) and its branching ratios to topologies containing jets and missing energy, or jets with a lepton and missing energy, and on the product of the cross-section for \({\mathrm{e}}^ + {\mathrm{e}}^-\to\tilde\chi^0_2\tilde\chi^0_1\) and its branching ratio to jets. R-parity conservation is assumed throughout this paper. When these results are interpreted in the context of the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, limits are also set on the masses of the \(\tilde\chi^{\pm}_1, \tilde\chi^0_1\) and \(\tilde\chi^0_2\), and regions of the parameter space of the model are ruled out. Nearly model-independent limits are also set at the 95% confidence level on \(\sigma({\mathrm{e}}^ + {\mathrm{e}}^-\to\tilde\chi^ + _1\tilde\chi^-_1)\) with the assumption that each chargino decays via a W boson, and on \(\sigma({\mathrm{e}}^ + {\mathrm{e}}^-\to\tilde\chi^0_2\tilde\chi^0_1)\) with the \(\tilde\chi^0_2\) assumed to decay via a Z0.

We present results on time-dependent CP asymmetries in neutral B decays to several CP eigenstates. The measurements use a data sample of about 227 x 10(6) upsilon(4S) --> BB decays collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. The amplitude of the CPasymmetry, sin2beta in the standard model, is derived from decay-time distributions from events in which one neutral B meson is fully reconstructed in a final state containing a charmonium meson and the other B meson is determined to be either a B0 or B0 from its decay products. We measure sin2beta = 0.722 +/- 0.040(stat) +/- 0.023(syst) in agreement with the standard model expectation.

The inclusive production rates of π±,K ± andp $$\bar p$$ inZ 0 decays have been measured with the OPAL detector at LEP. Using the energy loss measurement in the jet chamber, the momentum range up to the beam energy (45.6 GeV/c) has been covered. Differential cross sections and total particle yields are given. Comparisons of the inclusive momentum spectra and the total rates with predictions of the JETSET and the HERWIG Monte Carlo model are presented. The total single rates are found to be 17.05±0.43 π±, 2.42±0.13K ± and 0.92±0.11p $$\bar p$$ per hadronic event. Predictions of JETSET for cross sections and total rates agree very well for π±; however, for momenta greater than 4 GeV/c,K ± rates are underestimated and $$\bar p$$ rates are overestimated. Combined with data of other particle species there is evidence that the peak positions in the ξ=ln(1/x p ) distributions show a different mass dependence for mesons and baryons. However, both JETSET and HERWIG Monte Carlo predictions agree with the observed data.

The longitudinal polarization, the transverse polarization, and the forward-backward asymmetry of $\Lambda$ baryons, have been measured using a sample of 4.34 million hadronic $\mathrm{Z}^0$ decays collected with the OPAL detector at LEP between 1990 and 1995. These results are important as an aid to the understanding of hadronization mechanisms. Significant longitudinal polarization has been observed at intermediate and high momentum. For $x_E$ ( $\equiv 2 E_{\Lambda}/\sqrt{s}) >$ 0.3, the longitudinal polarization has been measured to be $-32.9 \pm 5.5 $ (stat) $\pm$ 5.2 (syst)%. We have observed no transverse polarization. A significant forward-backward asymmetry has been measured and can be described by a JETSET model.

A search for the minimal standard model Higgs boson (H0) has been performed with data from e+e− collisions in the OPAL detector at LEP. The analysis is based on approximately 8 pb−1 of data taken at centre-of-mass energies between 88.2 and 95.0 GeV. The search concentrated on the reaction e+e−→(e+e−, μ+μ−, vv or τ+τ−)H0, H0→(qq or τ+τ−) for Higgs boson masses above 25 GeV/c2. No Higgs boson candidates have been observed. The present study, combined with previous OPAL publications, excludes the existence of a standard model Higgs boson with mass in the range 3<mH0<44GeV/c2 at the 95% confidence level.

Relative production rates of multijet hadronic final states of Z0 boson decays, observed in e+e− annihilation around 91 GeV centre of mass energy, are presented. The data can be well described by analytic O(αs2) QCD calculations and by QCD shower model calaculations with parameters as determined at lower energies. A first judgement of ΛMS and of the renormalization scale μ2 in O(αs2) QCD results in values similar to those obtained in the continuum of e+e− annihilations. Significant scaling violations are observed when the 3-jet fractions are compared to the corresponding results from smaller centre of mass energies. They can be interpreted as being entirely due tot the energy dependence of αs, as proposed by the nonabelian nature of QCD, The possibility of an energy independent coupling constant can be excluded with a significance of 5.7 standard deviations.

We report measurements of the two-photon processes ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}{K}^{+}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, at an ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ center-of-mass energy of 29 GeV. In the ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ data a high-statistics analysis of the $f(1270)$ results in a $\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\gamma}$ width $\ensuremath{\Gamma}(\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}f)=3.2\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.4$ keV. The ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ continuum below the $f$ mass is well described by a QED Born approximation, whereas above the $f$ mass it is consistent with a QCD-model calculation if a large contribution from the $f$ is assumed. For the ${K}^{+}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ data we find agreement of the high-mass continuum with the QCD prediction; limits on ${f}^{\ensuremath{'}}(1520)$ and $\ensuremath{\theta}(1720)$ formation are presented.

A study of b quark hadronisation is presented using inclusively reconstructed B hadrons in about four million hadronic Z decays recorded in 1992-2000 with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data are compared to different theoretical models, and fragmentation function parameters of these models are fitted. The average scaled energy of weakly decaying B hadrons is determined to be <xe>=0.7193+-0.0016(stat)+0.0036-0.0031(syst)

A search for charmonium and other new states is performed in a study of exclusive initial-state-radiation production of D¯¯¯D events from electron-positron annihilations at a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 384 fb−1 and was recorded by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II storage ring. The D¯¯¯D mass spectrum shows clear evidence of the ψ(3770) plus other structures near 3.9, 4.1, and 4.4 GeV/c2. No evidence for Y(4260)→D¯¯¯D is observed, leading to an upper limit of B(Y(4260)→D¯¯¯D)/B(Y(4260)→J/ψπ+π−)<1.0 at 90% confidence level.Received 6 October 2007DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.111105©2007 American Physical Society

We report a Dalitz-plot analysis of the charmless hadronic decays of charged B mesons to the final state K+/- pi+/- pi-/+. Using a sample of 383.2 +/- 4.2 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector, we measure CP-averaged branching fractions and direct CP asymmetries for intermediate resonant and nonresonant contributions. We find evidence for direct CP violation in the decay B+ -> rho0(770) K+, with a CP violation parameter A_CP = (+44 +/- 10 +/- 4 +5,-13)%.

We present results on $B\to J/ψ\xspace Kπ$ decays using $e^+e^-$ annihilation data collected with the BABAR detector at the $Υ(4S)$ resonance. The detector is located at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy storage ring facility at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Using approximately 88 million $B\bar{B}$ pairs, we measure the decay amplitudes for the flavor eigenmodes and observe strong-phase differences indicative of final-state interactions with a significance of 7.6 standard deviations. We use the interference between the $Kπ$ $S$-wave and $P$-wave amplitudes in the region of the $K^*(892)$ to resolve the ambiguity in the determination of these strong phases. We then perform an ambiguity-free measurement of $\cos2β$ using the angular and time-dependent asymmetry in $B\to J/ψ\xspace K^{*0}(K_S^0π^0$) dec With $\sin 2 β$ fixed at its measured value and $\cos 2 β$ treated as an in we find $\cos 2β=2.72_{-0.79}^{+0.50}\mathrm{(stat)} \pm 0.27\mathrm{(syst)}$, de sign of $\cos 2β$ to be positive at 86% CL.

We present a measurement of the branching fraction and photon-energy spectrum for the decay B→Xsγ using data from the BABAR experiment. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 210 fb−1, from which approximately 680 000 B¯¯¯B events are tagged by a fully reconstructed hadronic decay of one of the B mesons. In the decay of the second B meson, an isolated high-energy photon is identified. We measure B(B→Xsγ)=(3.66±0.85stat±0.60syst)×10−4 for photon energies Eγ above 1.9 GeV in the B rest frame. From the measured spectrum we calculate the first and second moments for different minimum photon energies, which are used to extract the heavy-quark parameters mb and μ2π. In addition, measurements of the direct CP asymmetry and isospin asymmetry are presented.Received 29 November 2007DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.051103©2008 American Physical Society

We present a study of excited charm-strange baryon states produced in $e^+e^-$ annihilations at or near a center-of-mass energy of $10.58\mathrm{Ge\kern -0.1em V}$, in a data sample with an integrated luminosity of $384 fb^{-1}$ recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II $e^+e^-$ storage rings at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. We study strong decays of charm-strange baryons to $\Lambda_c^+K^0_{\scriptscriptstyle S}$, $\Lambda_c^+K^-$, $\Lambda_c^+K^-\pi^+$, $\Lambda_c^+K^0_{\scriptscriptstyle S}\pi^-$, $\Lambda_c^+K^0_{\scriptscriptstyle S}\pi^-\pi^+$, and $\Lambda_c^+K^-\pi^+\pi^-$. This study confirms the existence of the states $\Xi_c(2980)^+$, $\Xi_c(3077)^+$, and $\Xi_c(3077)^0$, with a more accurate determination of the $\Xi_c(2980)^+$ mass and width. We also present evidence for two new states, $\Xi_c(3055)^+$ and $\Xi_c(3123)^+$, decaying through the intermediate resonant modes $\Sigma_c(2455)^{++}K^-$ and $\Sigma_c(2520)^{++}K^-$, respectively. For each of these baryons, we measure the yield in each final state, determine the statistical significance, and calculate the product of the production cross-section and branching fractions. We also measure the masses and widths of these excited charm-strange baryons.

We report e+e−→b¯b cross section measurements by the BABAR experiment performed during an energy scan in the range of 10.54 to 11.20 GeV at the SLAC PEP-II e+e− collider. A total relative error of about 5% is reached in more than 300 center-of-mass energy steps, separated by about 5 MeV. These measurements can be used to derive precise information on the parameters of the Υ(10860) and Υ(11020) resonances. In particular we show that their widths may be smaller than previously measured.Received 26 September 2008DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.012001©2009 American Physical Society

We have searched for Z0 decays into acoplanar pairs of leptons or jets. The data were recorded with the OPAL detector during an energy scan around the Z0 peak and correspond to about 17000 produced Z0,s. We have determined model independent limits on branching ratios for the Z0 to decay into pairs of heavy particles with subsequent decays leading to the above topologies. In the context of supersymmetric models, mass bounds close to the kinematic limit were obtained for the scalar leptons, ẽ, g̃m, g̃t, and for the chargino, X̃±.

The inclusive production cross sections and mean multiplicities of π±, K±, p, and p¯ in e+e− annihilation at a c.m. energy of 29 GeV have been measured with the time-projection chamber at PEP, using ionization energy loss to separate particle types. On average, 10.7±0.6 π±, 1.35±0.13 K±, and 0.60±0.08 p,p¯ are contained in an annihilation event. The fraction of pions among final-state particles decreases from over 95% at 0.3 GeV/c momentum to about 60% at high momentum; the kaon and proton fractions rise correspondingly.Received 28 December 1983DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.577©1984 American Physical Society

We measure branching fractions and integrated rate asymmetries for the rare decays B→K(*)l+l−, where l+l− is either e+e− or μ+μ−, using a sample of 384×106 B¯¯¯B events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e− collider. We find no evidence for direct CP or lepton-flavor asymmetries. However, for dilepton masses below the J/ψ resonance, we find evidence for unexpectedly large isospin asymmetries in both B→Kl+l− and B→K∗l+l− which differ, respectively, by 3.2σ and 2.7σ, including systematic uncertainties, from the standard model expectations.Received 25 July 2008DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.091803©2009 American Physical Society

Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 342 fb−1 collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II electron-positron storage ring operating at a center-of-mass energy near 10.58 GeV, we measure B(τ−→π−π−π+ντ(ex.KS0))=(8.83±0.01±0.13)%, B(τ−→K−π−π+ντ(ex.KS0))=(0.273±0.002±0.009)%, B(τ−→K−π−K+ντ)=(0.1346±0.0010±0.0036)%, and B(τ−→K−K−K+ντ)=(1.58±0.13±0.12)×10−5, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. These include significant improvements over previous measurements and a first measurement of B(τ−→K−K−K+ντ) in which no resonance structure is assumed. We also report a first measurement of B(τ−→ϕπ−ντ)=(3.42±0.55±0.25)×10−5, a new measurement of B(τ−→ϕK−ντ)=(3.39±0.20±0.28)×10−5 and a first upper limit on B(τ−→K−K−K+ντ(ex.ϕ)).Received 19 July 2007DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.011801©2008 American Physical Society

A search for the Z(3930) resonance in gamma gamma production of the DDbar system has been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 384 fb^-1 recorded by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy electron-positron collider. The DDbar invariant mass distribution shows clear evidence of the Z(3930) state with a significance of 5.8 sigma. We determine mass and width values of (3926.7 +- 2.7 +- 1.1) MeV/c^2 and (21.3 +- 6.8 +- 3.6) MeV, respectively. A decay angular analysis provides evidence that the Z(3930) is a tensor state with positive parity and C-parity (J^PC = 2^++); therefore we identify the Z(3930) state as the chi_c2(2P) meson. The value of the partial width Gamma_(gamma gamma)xB(Z(3930)-> DDbar) is found to be (0.24 +- 0.05 +- 0.04) keV.

We measure CP-violating asymmetries of neutral charmed mesons in the modes D0 --> K- K+ and D0 --> pi- pi+ with the highest precision to date by using D0 --> K- pi+ decays to correct detector asymmetries. An analysis of 385.8 fb-1 of data collected with the BaBar detector yields values of aCP(KK) = (0.00 +/- 0.34 (stat.) +/- 0.13 (syst.))% and aCP(pipi) = (-0.24 +/- 0.52 (stat.) +/- 0.22 (syst.))%, which agree with Standard Model predictions.

We present a search for the decay $\B^+ \to \ell^+ \nu_{\ell} (\ell = \tau, \mu, \mathrm{or} e)$ in $(458.9 \pm 5.1) \times 10^{6}$ $\Upsilon(4S)$ decays recorded with the Babar detector at the SLAC PEP-II $B$-Factory. A sample of events with one reconstructed exclusive semi-leptonic B decay ($B^{-}\to D^{0} \ell^{-}\bar{\nu} X$) is selected, and in the recoil a search for $\B^+ \to \ell^+ \nu_{\ell}$ signal is performed. The $\tau$ is identified in the following channels: $\tau^+ \to e^+ \nu_e \overline{\nu}_\tau$, $\tau^+ \to \mu^+ \nu_{\mu} \overline{\nu}_{\tau}$, $\tau^+ \to \pi^+ \overline{\nu}_{\tau}$, and $\tau^+ \to \pi^+ \pi^{0} \overline{\nu}_{\tau}$. The analysis strategy and the statistical procedure is set up for the branching fraction extraction or upper limit determination. We determine from the dataset a preliminary measurement of $\mathcal{B}(\B^+ \to \tau^+ \nu_{\tau}) = (1.8 \pm 0.8 \pm 0.1) \times 10^{-4}$, which excludes zero at $2.4 \sigma$, and $f_{B} = 230 \pm 57 \mev $. Combination with the hadronically tagged measurement yields $\mathcal{B}(\B^+ \to \tau^+ \nu_{\tau}) = (1.8 \pm 0.6) \times 10^{-4}$. We also set preliminary limits on the branching fractions at $\mathcal{B}(\B^+ \to e^+ \nu_{e}) < 7.7 \times 10^{-6} (\textrm{90% C.L.})$, $\mathcal{B}(\B^+ \to \mu^+ \nu_{\mu}) < 11 \times 10^{-6} (\textrm{90% C.L.})$, and $\mathcal{B}(\B^+ \to \tau^+ \nu_{\tau}) < 3.2 \times 10^{-4} (\textrm{90% C.L.})$.

We present a search for the decay ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$ using $383\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $B\overline{B}$ pairs collected at the $\ensuremath{\Upsilon}(4S)$ resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II $B$ Factory. We select a sample of events with one completely reconstructed tag $B$ in a hadronic decay mode (${B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{(*)0}{X}^{\ensuremath{-}}$), and examine the rest of the event to search for a ${B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}$ decay. We identify the $\ensuremath{\tau}$ lepton in the following modes: ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{e}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$, ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$, ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$, and ${\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$. We find a $2.2\ensuremath{\sigma}$ excess in data and measure a branching fraction of $\mathcal{B}({B}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\tau}}^{+}\ensuremath{\nu})=({1.8}_{\ensuremath{-}0.8}^{+0.9}(\mathrm{stat}.)\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.4(\mathrm{bkg}.\text{ }\mathrm{syst}.)\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.2(\mathrm{other}\text{ }\mathrm{syst}.))\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$. We calculate the product of the $B$ meson decay constant ${f}_{B}$ and $|{V}_{ub}|$ to be ${f}_{B}\ifmmode\cdot\else\textperiodcentered\fi{}|{V}_{ub}|=({10.1}_{\ensuremath{-}2.5}^{+2.3}(\mathrm{stat}.{)}_{\ensuremath{-}1.5}^{+1.2}(\mathrm{syst}.))\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$.

Semileptonic $\overline{B}$ decays to $DX\ensuremath{\ell}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ ($\ensuremath{\ell}=e$ or $\ensuremath{\mu}$) are selected by reconstructing ${D}^{0}\ensuremath{\ell}$ and ${D}^{+}\ensuremath{\ell}$ combinations from a sample of $230\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $\ensuremath{\Upsilon}(4S)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}B\overline{B}$ decays recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ collider at SLAC. A global fit to these samples in a three-dimensional space of kinematic variables is used to determine the branching fractions $\mathcal{B}({B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{0}\ensuremath{\ell}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})=(2.34\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.03\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.13)%$ and $\mathcal{B}({B}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{*0}\ensuremath{\ell}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}})=(5.40\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.02\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.21)%$ where the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively. The fit also determines form-factor parameters in a parametrization based on heavy quark effective theory, resulting in ${\ensuremath{\rho}}_{D}^{2}=1.20\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.04\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.07$ for $\overline{B}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}D\ensuremath{\ell}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ and ${\ensuremath{\rho}}_{{D}^{*}}^{2}=1.22\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.02\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.07$ for $\overline{B}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{*}\ensuremath{\ell}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$. These values are used to obtain the product of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $|{V}_{cb}|$ times the form factor at the zero recoil point for both $\overline{B}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}D\ensuremath{\ell}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ decays, $\mathcal{G}(1)|{V}_{cb}|=(43.1\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.8\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}2.3)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$, and for $\overline{B}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{*}\ensuremath{\ell}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$ decays, $\mathcal{F}(1)|{V}_{cb}|=(35.9\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.2\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.2)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$.

We use 429 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collision data collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the BABAR detector to measure the radiative transition rate of $b\rightarrow s\gamma$ with a sum of 38 exclusive final states. The inclusive branching fraction with a minimum photon energy of 1.9 GeV is found to be $\mathcal{B}(\bar B \rightarrow X_{s}\gamma)=(3.29\pm 0.19\pm 0.48)\times 10^{-4}$ where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. We also measure the first and second moments of the photon energy spectrum and extract the best fit values for the heavy-quark parameters, $m_{b}$ and $\mu_{\pi}^{2}$, in the kinetic and shape function models.

We report the measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa $CP$-violating angle $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ through a Dalitz plot analysis of neutral $D$-meson decays to ${K}_{S}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and ${K}_{S}^{0}{K}^{+}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ produced in the processes ${B}^{\ensuremath{\mp}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}D{K}^{\ensuremath{\mp}}$, ${B}^{\ensuremath{\mp}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{*}{K}^{\ensuremath{\mp}}$ with ${D}^{*}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}D{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$, $D\ensuremath{\gamma}$, and ${B}^{\ensuremath{\mp}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}D{K}^{*\ensuremath{\mp}}$ with ${K}^{*\ensuremath{\mp}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}_{S}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{\mp}}$, using 468 million $B\overline{B}$ pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ collider at SLAC. We measure $\ensuremath{\gamma}=(68\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}14\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}4\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}3)\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}$ (modulo 180\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}), where the first error is statistical, the second is the experimental systematic uncertainty, and the third reflects the uncertainty in the description of the neutral $D$ decay amplitudes. This result is inconsistent with $\ensuremath{\gamma}=0$ (no direct $CP$ violation) with a significance of 3.5 standard deviations.

The e+ e- --> p anti-p cross section and the proton magnetic form factor have been measured in the center-of-mass energy range from 3.0 to 6.5 GeV using the initial-state-radiation technique with an undetected photon. This is the first measurement of the form factor at energies higher than 4.5 GeV. The analysis is based on 469 fb-1 of integrated luminosity collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider at e+e- center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV. The branching fractions for the decays J/psi --> p anti-p and psi(2S) --> p anti-p have also been measured.

A search for the neutrinoless, lepton-flavor violating decay of the τ lepton into three charged leptons has been performed using an integrated luminosity of 468 fb−1 collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. In all six decay modes considered, the numbers of events found in data are compatible with the background expectations. Upper limits on the branching fractions are set in the range (1.8–3.3)×10−8 at 90% confidence level.Received 24 February 2010DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.111101©2010 American Physical Society

We search for single-photon decays of the Υ(1S) resonance, Υ → γ + invisible, where the invisible state is either a particle of definite mass, such as a light Higgs boson A⁰, or a pair of dark matter particles, χχ. Both A⁰ and χ are assumed to have zero spin. We tag Υ(1S) decays with a dipion transition Υ(2S) → π⁺π⁻Υ(1S) and look for events with a single energetic photon and significant missing energy. We find no evidence for such processes in the mass range m(A⁰) ≤ 9.2 GeV and m(χ) ≤ 4.5 GeV in the sample of 98 × 10⁶ Υ(2S) decays collected with the BABAR detector and set stringent limits on new physics models that contain light dark matter states.

Inclusive production cross sections of $\pi^\pm$, $K^\pm$ and $p\bar{p}$ per hadronic $e^+e^-$ annihilation event in $e^+e^-$ are measured at a center-of-mass energy of 10.54 GeV, using a relatively small sample of very high quality data from the BaBar experiment at the PEP-II $B$-factory at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The drift chamber and Cherenkov detector provide clean samples of identified $\pi^\pm$, $K^\pm$ and $p\bar{p}$ over a wide range of momenta. Since the center-of-mass energy is below the threshold to produce a $B\bar{B}$ pair, with $B$ a bottom-quark meson, these data represent a pure $e^+e^- \rightarrow q\bar{q}$ sample with four quark flavors, and are used to test QCD predictions and hadronization models. Combined with measurements at other energies, in particular at the $Z^0$ resonance, they also provide precise constraints on the scaling properties of the hadronization process over a wide energy range.

We present improved measurements of $CP$-violation parameters in the decays ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, and ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$, and of the branching fractions for ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$ and ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$. The results are obtained with the full data set collected at the $\ensuremath{\Upsilon}(4S)$ resonance by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ factory at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, corresponding to $(467\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}5)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $B\overline{B}$ pairs. We find the $CP$-violation parameter values and branching fractions: ${S}_{{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}}=\ensuremath{-}0.68\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.10\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.03$, ${C}_{{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}}=\ensuremath{-}0.25\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.08\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.02$, ${\mathcal{A}}_{{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}}=\ensuremath{-}0.107\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.016}_{\ensuremath{-}0.004}^{+0.006}$, ${C}_{{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}}=\ensuremath{-}0.43\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.26\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.05$, $\mathcal{B}({B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0})=(1.83\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.21\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.13)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}6}$, $\text{ }\mathcal{B}({B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0})=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}(10.1\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.6\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.4)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}6}$, where in each case, the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. We observe $CP$ violation with a significance of 6.7 standard deviations for ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and 6.1 standard deviations for ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, including systematic uncertainties. Constraints on the unitarity triangle angle $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ are determined from the isospin relations among the $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{\pi}$ rates and asymmetries. Considering only the solution preferred by the Standard Model, we find $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ to be in the range [71\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{},109\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}] at the 68% confidence level.

We search for di-muon decays of a low-mass Higgs boson (A^0) produced in radiative \Upsilon(1S) decays. The \Upsilon(1S) sample is selected by tagging the pion pair in the \Upsilon(2S, 3S) \to \pi^+ \pi^- \Upsilon(1S) transitions, using a data sample of 92.8 \times 10^6 \Upsilon(2S) and 116.8 \times 10^6 \Upsilon(3S) events collected by the \babar\ detector. We find no evidence for A^0 production and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product branching fraction \mathcal{B} (\Upsilon(1S) \to \gamma A^0) \times \mathcal{B} (A^0 \to \mumu) in the range of (0.28 - 9.7) \times 10^{-6} for 0.212 \le m_{A^0} \le 9.20 GeV/c^2. The results are combined with our previous measurements of \Upsilon(2S,3S) \to \gamma A^0, A^0 \to \mumu to set limits on the effective coupling of the \b-quark to the A^0.

We study the processes $e^+ e^-\to K_S^0 K_L^0 \gamma$, $K_S^0 K_L^0 \pi^+\pi^-\gamma$, $K_S^0 K_S^0 \pi^+\pi^-\gamma$, and $K_S^0 K_S^0 K^+K^-\gamma$, where the photon is radiated from the initial state, providing cross section measurements for the hadronic states over a continuum of center-of-mass energies. The results are based on 469 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected with the BaBar detector at SLAC. We observe the $\phi(1020)$ resonance in the $K_S^0 K_L^0$ final state and measure the product of its electronic width and branching fraction with about 3% uncertainty. We present a measurement of the $e^+ e^-\to K_S^0 K_L^0 $ cross section in the energy range from 1.06 to 2.2 GeV and observe the production of a resonance at 1.67 GeV. We present the first measurements of the $e^+ e^-\to K_S^0 K_L^0 \pi^+\pi^-$, $K_S^0 K_S^0 \pi^+\pi^-$, and $K_S^0 K_S^0 K^+K^-$ cross sections, and study the intermediate resonance structures. We obtain the first observations of \jpsi decay to the $K_S^0 K_L^0 \pi^+\pi^-$, $K_S^0 K_S^0 \pi^+\pi^-$, and $K_S^0 K_S^0 K^+K^-$ final states.