Search for the rare leptonic decay B-→τ-ν̄τ

B. Aubert; R. Barate; D. Boutigny; F. Couderc; J. M. Gaillard; A. Hicheur; Y. Karyotakis; J. P. Lees; V. Tisserand; A. Zghiche; A. Palano; A. Pompili; J. C. Chen; N. D. Qi; G. Rong; P. Wang; Y. S. Zhu; G. Eigen; I. Ofte; B. Stugu; G. S. Abrams; A. W. Borgland; A. B. Breon; D. N. Brown; J. Button-Shafer; R. N. Cahn; E. Charles; C. T. Day; M. S. Gill; A. V. Gritsan; Y. Groysman; R. G. Jacobsen; R. W. Kadel; J. Kadyk; L. T. Kerth; Yu G. Kolomensky; G. Kukartsev; G. Lynch; L. M. Mir; P. J. Oddone; T. J. Orimoto; M. Pripstein; N. A. Roe; M. T. Ronan; V. G. Shelkov; W. A. Wenzel; M. Barrett; K. E. Ford; T. J. Harrison; A. J. Hart; C. M. Hawkes; S. E. Morgan; A. T. Watson; M. Fritsch; K. Goetzen; T. Held; H. Koch; B. Lewandowski; M. Pelizaeus; M. Steinke; J. T. Boyd; N. Chevalier; W. N. Cottingham; M. P. Kelly; T. E. Latham; F. F. Wilson; T. Cuhadar-Donszelmann; C. Hearty; N. S. Knecht; T. S. Mattison; J. A. McKenna; D. Thiessen; A. Khan; P. Kyberd; L. Teodorescu; A. E. Blinov; V. E. Blinov; V. P. Druzhinin; V. B. Golubev; V. N. Ivanchenko; E. A. Kravchenko; A. P. Onuchin; S. I. Serednyakov; Yu I. Skovpen; E. P. Solodov; A. N. Yushkov; D. Best; M. Bruinsma; M. Chao; I. Eschrich; D. Kirkby; A. J. Lankford; M. Mandelkern; R. K. Mommsen; W. Roethel; D. P. Stoker; C. Buchanan; B. L. Hartfiel; S. D. Foulkes

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.041804

Search for the rare leptonic decay B-→τ-ν̄τ

B. Aubert
, R. Barate
, D. Boutigny
, F. Couderc
, J. M. Gaillard
, A. Hicheur
, Y. Karyotakis
, J. P. Lees
, V. Tisserand
, A. Zghiche
, A. Palano
, A. Pompili
, J. C. Chen
, N. D. Qi
, G. Rong
, P. Wang
, Y. S. Zhu
, G. Eigen
, I. Ofte
, B. Stugu

G. S. Abrams, A. W. Borgland, A. B. Breon, D. N. Brown, J. Button-Shafer, R. N. Cahn, E. Charles, C. T. Day, M. S. Gill, A. V. Gritsan, Y. Groysman, R. G. Jacobsen, R. W. Kadel, J. Kadyk, L. T. Kerth, Yu G. Kolomensky, G. Kukartsev, G. Lynch, L. M. Mir, P. J. Oddone, T. J. Orimoto, M. Pripstein, N. A. Roe, M. T. Ronan, V. G. Shelkov, W. A. Wenzel, M. Barrett, K. E. Ford, T. J. Harrison, A. J. Hart, C. M. Hawkes, S. E. Morgan, A. T. Watson, M. Fritsch, K. Goetzen, T. Held, H. Koch, B. Lewandowski, M. Pelizaeus, M. Steinke, J. T. Boyd, N. Chevalier, W. N. Cottingham, M. P. Kelly, T. E. Latham, F. F. Wilson, T. Cuhadar-Donszelmann, C. Hearty, N. S. Knecht, T. S. Mattison, J. A. McKenna, D. Thiessen, A. Khan, P. Kyberd, L. Teodorescu, A. E. Blinov, V. E. Blinov, V. P. Druzhinin, V. B. Golubev, V. N. Ivanchenko, E. A. Kravchenko, A. P. Onuchin, S. I. Serednyakov, Yu I. Skovpen, E. P. Solodov, A. N. Yushkov, D. Best, M. Bruinsma, M. Chao, I. Eschrich, D. Kirkby, A. J. Lankford, M. Mandelkern, R. K. Mommsen, W. Roethel, D. P. Stoker, C. Buchanan, B. L. Hartfiel, S. D. Foulkes

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We present a search for the decay B-→τ-ντ̄ in a sample of 88.9×106 BB̄ pairs recorded with the BABAR detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center B factory. One of the two B mesons from the Υ(4S) is reconstructed in a hadronic or a semileptonic final state, and the decay products of the other B in the event are analyzed for consistency with a B-→τ-ν̄τ decay. We find no evidence of a signal and set an upper limit on the branching fraction of B(B-→τ-ν̄τ)<4. 2×10-4 at the 90% confidence level.

Original language	English
Article number	041804
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	95
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.041804
Publication status	Published - 22 Jul 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Couderc, F., Gaillard, J. M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Tisserand, V., Zghiche, A., Palano, A., Pompili, A., Chen, J. C., Qi, N. D., Rong, G., Wang, P., Zhu, Y. S., Eigen, G., Ofte, I., ... Foulkes, S. D. (2005). Search for the rare leptonic decay B-→τ-ν̄τ. Physical Review Letters, 95(4), Article 041804. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.041804

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Search for the rare leptonic decay B-→τ-ν̄τ

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