We report measurements of the inclusive electron momentum spectra in decays of charged and neutral B mesons, and of the ratio of semileptonic branching fractions B(B+-> X e nu) and B(B0 -> X e nu). These were performed on a sample of 231x10^6 B Bbar events recorded with the BABAR detector at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. Events are selected by fully reconstructing a hadronic decay of one B meson and identifying an electron among the decay products of the recoiling Bbar meson. We obtain B(B+->X e nu)/B(B0 -> X e nu)=1.074 +/- 0.041((stat))+/- 0.026((syst)).

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Measurement of the ratio B(B+->X e nu)/B(B0 -> X e nu)

A. LAZZARO;V. LOMBARDO;F. PALOMBO;N. NERI;
2006

Abstract

We report measurements of the inclusive electron momentum spectra in decays of charged and neutral B mesons, and of the ratio of semileptonic branching fractions B(B+-> X e nu) and B(B0 -> X e nu). These were performed on a sample of 231x10^6 B Bbar events recorded with the BABAR detector at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. Events are selected by fully reconstructing a hadronic decay of one B meson and identifying an electron among the decay products of the recoiling Bbar meson. We obtain B(B+->X e nu)/B(B0 -> X e nu)=1.074 +/- 0.041((stat))+/- 0.026((syst)).
B mesons ; meson hadronic decay ; semileptonic decays
Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
2006
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