Hadronic B decays to charmless VT final states

Charmless hadronic decays of B mesons to a vector meson (V) and a tensor meson (T) are analyzed in the frameworks of both flavor SU(3) symmetry and generalized factorization. We also make comments on B decays to two tensor mesons in the final states. Certain ways to test the validity of the generalized factorization are proposed, using decays. We calculate the branching ratios and CP asymmetries using the full effective Hamiltonian including all the penguin operators and the form factors obtained in the non-relativistic quark model of Isgur, Scora, Grinstein and Wise. Received: 6 July 2001 / Revised version: 8 October 2001 / Published online: 7 December 2001     

Study of charmless hadronic B meson decays to pseudoscalar-vector final states

We report results of searches for charmless hadronic B meson decays to pseudoscalar( pi(+/-), K+/-, pi(0), or K(0)(S))-vector( rho, K(*), or omega) final states. By using 9.7x10(6) BB pairs collected with the CLEO detector, we report the first observation of B(-)--->pi(-)rho(0), B(0)-->pi(+/-)rho(-/+), and B(-)-->pi(-)omega, which are expected to be dominated by hadronic b-->u transitions. The measured branching fractions are (10.4(+3.3)(-3.4)+/-2.1)x10(-6), (27.6(+8.4)(-7.4)+/-4.2)x10(-6), and (11.3(+3.3)(-2.9)+/-1. 4)x10(-6), respectively. Branching fraction upper limits are set for all of the other decay modes investigated.     

Radiative B meson decays into kpigamma and kpipigamma final states

We report observations of radiative B meson decays into the K+pi(-)gamma and K+pi(-)pi(+)gamma final states. In the B0-->K+pi(-)gamma channel, we present evidence for decays via an intermediate tensor meson state with a branching fraction of B(B0-->K(*)(2)(1430)(0)gamma)=[1.3+/-0.5(stat)+/-0.1(syst)]x10(-5). We measure the branching fraction B(B+-->K+pi(-)pi(+)gamma)=[2.4+/-0.5(stat) +0.4-0.2(syst)]x10(-5), in which the B+-->K(*0)pi(+)gamma and B+-->K+rho(0)gamma channels dominate. The analysis is based on a data set of 29.4 fb(-1) recorded by the Belle experiment at the KEKB collider.     

Radiative and semileptonic B decays involving higher K-resonances in the final states

We study the radiative and semileptonic B decays involving a spin-J resonant $K_{J}^{(*)}$ with parity (?1) ^J for $K_{J}^{*}$ and (?1) ^J+1 for K _J in the final state. Using large energy effective theory (LEET) techniques, we formulate $B\to K_{J}^{(*)}$ transition form factors in the large recoil region in terms of two independent LEET functions $\zeta_{\perp}^{K_{J}^{(*)}}$ and $\zeta_{\parallel}^{K_{J}^{(*)}}$ , the values of which at zero momentum transfer are estimated in the BSW model. According to the QCD counting rules, $\zeta_{\perp,\parallel}^{K_{J}^{(*)}}$ exhibit a dipole dependence in q ². We predict the decay rates for $B\to K_{J}^{(*)}\gamma$ , $B\to K_{J}^{(*)}\ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ and $B\to K_{J}^{(*)}\nu \bar{\nu}$ . The branching fractions for these decays with higher K-resonances in the final state are suppressed due to the smaller phase spaces and the smaller values of $\zeta^{K_{J}^{(*)}}_{\perp,\parallel}$ . Furthermore, if the spin of $K_{J}^{(*)}$ becomes larger, the branching fractions will be further suppressed due to the smaller Clebsch–Gordan coefficients defined by the polarization tensors of the $K_{J}^{(*)}$ . We also calculate the forward–backward asymmetry of the $B\to K_{J}^{(*)}\ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ decay, for which the zero is highly insensitive to the K-resonances in the LEET parametrization.     

Properties of multihadron final states inB-meson decays

The general approach to calculation of inclusive spectra of particles produced in multihadron decays ofB mesons is developed. This approach is based on concept of theq -string production and fragmentation combined with standard electroweak theory. Parameters of fragmentation functions are inferred from the theory of hadroproduction in high energy hadronic collisions. Numerical results for spectra of pions produced inB-meson nonleptonic and semileptonic decays, induced by eitherbc orbu transitions, are presented.Laboratoire associé au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique     

Search for the radiative decays B-->rhogamma and B0-->omegagamma

A search of the exclusive radiative decays B-->rho(770)gamma and B0-->omega(782)gamma is performed on a sample of about 84x10(6) BBmacr; events collected by the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- storage ring. No significant signal is seen in any of the channels. We set upper limits on the branching fractions B of B(B0-->rho(0)gamma)<1.2 x 10(-6), B(B+-->rho+gamma)<2.1 x 10(-6), and B(B0-->omegagamma)<1.0 x 10(-6) at 90% confidence level (C.L.). Using the assumption that Gamma(B-->rhogamma)=Gamma(B+-->rho(+)gamma)=2 x Gamma(B0-->rho(0)gamma), we find the combined limit B(B-->rhogamma)<1.9 x 10(-6), corresponding to B(B-->rhogamma)/B(B-->K*gamma)<0.047 at 90% C.L.     

Search for invisible decays of the Higgs boson produced at the CEPC

The Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC), proposed as a future Higgs boson factory, will operate at a center-of-mass energy of 240 GeV and will accumulate 5.6 ab^?1 of integrated luminosity in 7 years. In this study, we estimate the upper limit of BR(begin{document}$H rightarrow$end{document} inv) for three independent channels, including two leptonic channels and one hadronic channel, at the CEPC. Based on the full simulation analysis, the upper limit of BR(begin{document}$H rightarrow$end{document} inv) could reach 0.26% at the 95% confidence level. In the Stand Model (SM), the Higgs boson can only decay invisibly via begin{document}$Hrightarrow ZZ^astrightarrownuoverline{nu}nuoverline{nu}$end{document}, so any evidence of invisible Higgs decays that exceed BR(begin{document}$H rightarrow$end{document} inv) of the SM will indicate a phenomenon that is beyond the SM (BSM). The invariant mass resolution of the visible hadronic decay system begin{document}$ZH(Z rightarrow qq$end{document}, begin{document}$ H rightarrow$end{document} inv) is simulated, and the physics requirement at the CEPC detector for reaching this is given.     

Search for Randall-Sundrum gravitons in dilepton and diphoton final states

We report the first direct search for the Kaluza-Klein (KK) modes of Randall-Sundrum gravitons using dielectron, dimuon, and diphoton events observed with the D0 detector operating at the Fermilab Tevatron pp(-) Collider at sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV. No evidence for resonant production of gravitons has been found in the data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately equal to 260 pb(-1). Lower limits on the mass of the first KK mode at the 95% C.L. have been set between 250 and 785 GeV, depending on its coupling to standard model particles.     

Search for lepton flavour number violating Z0- decays

A search for lepton flavour number violating Z⁰ decays in the channels Z ⁰ → μτ, Z ⁰ → eτ, Z ⁰ → eμ, using the DELPHI detector with data collected during the 1991–94 LEP runs, is described. No signal was found. Upper limits at 95% confidence level for the respective branching fractions of 1.2 × 10^?5, 2.2 × 10^?5, and 0.25 × 10^?5, were obtained.