Measurement of B-->X gamma Decays and Determination of |V[subscript td]/V[subscript ts]|

Using a sample of 383×106 B[bar-over B] events collected by the BABAR experiment, we measure sums of seven exclusive final states B→X[subscript d(s)]gamma, where X[subscript d](X[subscript s]) is a nonstrange (strange) charmless hadronic system in the mass range 0.6-1.8  GeV/c[superscript 2]. After...

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Main Authors: Zhao, M. (Contributor), Yamamoto, R. K. (Contributor), Taylor, Frank E. (Contributor), Spitznagel, M. (Contributor), Sciolla, Gabriella (Contributor), Dujmic, Denis (Contributor), Cowan, Ray Franklin (Contributor), Fisher, Peter H. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2010-05-07T19:52:02Z.
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100 1 0 |a Cowan, Ray Franklin  |e contributor 
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700 1 0 |a Dujmic, Denis  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Cowan, Ray Franklin  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Fisher, Peter H.  |e author 
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520 |a Using a sample of 383×106 B[bar-over B] events collected by the BABAR experiment, we measure sums of seven exclusive final states B→X[subscript d(s)]gamma, where X[subscript d](X[subscript s]) is a nonstrange (strange) charmless hadronic system in the mass range 0.6-1.8  GeV/c[superscript 2]. After correcting for unmeasured decay modes in this mass range, we obtain a branching fraction for b-->d gamma of (7.2±2.7(stat)±2.3(syst))×10[superscript -6]. Taking the ratio of X[subscript d] to X[subscript s] we find Gamma(b→dγ)/Gamma(b→sγ)=0.033±0.013(stat)±0.009(syst), from which we determine |V[subscript td]/V[subscript ts]|=0.177±0.043. 
520 |a Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom 
520 |a MEC (Spain) 
520 |a Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation 
520 |a Norges forskningsråd 
520 |a FOM of the Netherlands 
520 |a Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy 
520 |a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 
520 |a Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany 
520 |a Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et Physique des Particules/CNRS 
520 |a Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique 
520 |a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
520 |a National Science Foundation 
520 |a United States Department of Energy 
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773 |t Physical Review Letters