We measure the total branching fraction of the flavor-changing neutral-current process B→Xsℓ+ℓ−, along with partial branching fractions in bins of dilepton and hadronic system (Xs) mass, using a sample of 471×106 ϒ(4S)→BB¯ events recorded with the BABAR detector. The admixture of charged and neutral B mesons produced at PEP-II2 are reconstructed by combining a dilepton pair with 10 different Xs final states. Extrapolating from a sum over these exclusive modes, we measure a lepton-flavor-averaged inclusive branching fraction ℬ(B→Xsℓ+ℓ−)=[6.73+0.70−0.64(stat)+0.34−0.25(exp syst)±0.50(model syst)]×10−6 for m2ℓ+ℓ−>0.1  GeV2/c4. Restricting our analysis exclusively to final states from which a decaying B meson’s flavor can be inferred, we additionally report measurements of the direct CP asymmetry ACP in bins of dilepton mass; over the full dilepton mass range, we find ACP=0.04±0.11±0.01 for a lepton-flavor-averaged sample.

Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., et al. (2014). Measurement of the B -> X(s)l(+)l(-) Branching Fraction and Search for Direct CP Violation from a Sum of Exclusive Final States. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 112(21), 1-7 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.211802].

Measurement of the B -> X(s)l(+)l(-) Branching Fraction and Search for Direct CP Violation from a Sum of Exclusive Final States

PATRIGNANI, CLAUDIA;
2014

Abstract

We measure the total branching fraction of the flavor-changing neutral-current process B→Xsℓ+ℓ−, along with partial branching fractions in bins of dilepton and hadronic system (Xs) mass, using a sample of 471×106 ϒ(4S)→BB¯ events recorded with the BABAR detector. The admixture of charged and neutral B mesons produced at PEP-II2 are reconstructed by combining a dilepton pair with 10 different Xs final states. Extrapolating from a sum over these exclusive modes, we measure a lepton-flavor-averaged inclusive branching fraction ℬ(B→Xsℓ+ℓ−)=[6.73+0.70−0.64(stat)+0.34−0.25(exp syst)±0.50(model syst)]×10−6 for m2ℓ+ℓ−>0.1  GeV2/c4. Restricting our analysis exclusively to final states from which a decaying B meson’s flavor can be inferred, we additionally report measurements of the direct CP asymmetry ACP in bins of dilepton mass; over the full dilepton mass range, we find ACP=0.04±0.11±0.01 for a lepton-flavor-averaged sample.
2014
Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., et al. (2014). Measurement of the B -> X(s)l(+)l(-) Branching Fraction and Search for Direct CP Violation from a Sum of Exclusive Final States. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 112(21), 1-7 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.211802].
Lees, J. P.; Poireau, V.; Tisserand, V.; Grauges, E.; Palano, A.; Eigen, G.; Stugu, B.; Brown, D. N.; Kerth, L. T.; Kolomensky, Yu. G.; Lee, M. J.; Ly...espandi
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