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July 17, 2003EPS Conference D. Waller/Carleton U.3 Semileptonic decay of b hadrons to orbitally excited D mesons Measure D **0 are L=1 orbitally excited charm mesons. –Measure narrow J q = 3/2 states (D 1 0, D 2 *0 ). –Wide J q = 1/2 states not visible with statistics. Reconcile difference between measured inclusive and exclusive semileptonic branching ratios. Reduce uncertainty in |V cb |. Test HQET predictions. Object Motivation
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Recent b physics results from OPAL
David Waller, Carleton University for the OPAL Collaboration
EPS Conference HEP2003 Heavy Flavour Physics Session
Aachen, Germany 17 July 2003
July 17, 2003 EPS Conference D. Waller/Carleton U. 2
Outline•
– Object, motivation– Method– Results
• Charm counting in beauty decays– Object, motivation– Method– Results
• Conclusions
X)D b( *0*Br
Analyses of Z0 data!
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Semileptonic decay of b hadrons to orbitally excited D mesons
• Measure • D**0 are L=1 orbitally excited
charm mesons.– Measure narrow Jq= 3/2
states (D10, D2
*0).
– Wide Jq= 1/2 states not visible with statistics.
• Reconcile difference between measured inclusive and exclusive semileptonic branching ratios.
• Reduce uncertainty in |Vcb|.• Test HQET predictions.
X)D b( *0*Br
Object Motivation
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Semi-leptonic decay of b hadrons to orbitally excited D mesons: Method
• Identify high p lepton (,e)– high efficiency and purity for
p> 3 GeV/c, pe> 2 GeV/c• Exclusively reconstruct D**0
D**0 D*+ **- D0 +
slow
K-+(+ -)• Background cuts to remove
fake **- ( from fragmentation)– main background from
decays plus fake **-
– ANN (p, pT, d0/σd0) to select **-
XD b *0
3 mm
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D**0 – D*+ mass difference
Combine D0→ K and K3 channels to reduce uncertainty due to background.
Unbinned ML fit to determine number ofD1 and D2
* events (B.-W. Gaussian).
Number of wrong sign and right sign background events fit simultaneously.
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Results for X)D b( *0*
Br
3-
-*01
-01
10syst))(39.00.79(stat)(2.64
)πDD(X) DB()B(b
BrBrBr
C.L.) %95(101.4
)πDD(X) DB()B(b3-
-**02
-*02
BrBrBr
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Charm counting in b decays: Object and Motivation
• Object:(1) measure with inclusive method. (2) use to calculate average
number of c plus anti-c quarks per b quark decay, nc.
• Motivation: compare experimental value of nc to theoretical prediction:
nc = 1.20 ± 0.06 (Neubert & Sachrajda)
X)DD b( BrX)DD b( Br
charm) no b( - X))( b( X)DDb(1 BrccBrBrnc
Use PDG values
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Charm counting in b decays: Inclusive method
• Differentiate b→1 charm from b→2 charm using topology.
• Impact parameter significance, S (=d0/σd0), of tracks from D decay greater than S of tracks from b decay.
• In b→2 charm most tracks from D decay.
• Combine S of tracks in jet into single joint probability variable: PJ
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Charm counting in b decays:Probability Density Functions and Fits
1 and 2 charm PDFs for –ln(PJ)for different track multiplicities (TM)
Hatched = 2 charmGreen = 1 charmRed = 0 charm, charmonium, bckgd
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Charm Counting in b decays: Results
• measured for each year separately.• Results for each year combined → consistent.
• Two dominant systematics from physics modelling: – charged particle multiplicity in fragmentation (±6.2%)– neutral K and multiplicities in D decays ( %)
• combined with and to yield nc. 11.0
10.012.1 cn
X)DD b( Br
X)DD b( Br)X)cc( b( Br
charm) no b( Br
)phys((det)3.2(stat) 10.0 X)DD b( 4.100.9
2.42.9-
Br
+7.2- 4.6
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Conclusion• Results of these recent OPAL charm counting and
analyses consistent with previous measurements and theoretical predictions.
this result:pink band
X)D b( *0*Br
01D
Semileptonic B decays to narrow L=1 D mesons
This result: 3-
-*01
-01
10syst))(39.00.79(stat)(2.64
)πDD(X) DB()B(b
BrBrBr
ALEPH (1997):
3-
-*01
-01
-
10syst))(52.00.85(stat)(3.73
)πDD() DB(
BrBr
3-
-*01
-01
10syst))(29.00.38(stat)(1.68
)πDD(X) DB(
BrBr
CLEO (1998):
*02D
This result:CL) (95% 104.1
)πDD(X) DB()B(b3-
-**02
-*02
BrBrBr
ALEPH (1997):
CL) (90% 106.1
)πDD() DB(3-
-**02
-*02
-
BrBr
CL) %95( 1029.1
)πDD(X) DB(3-
-**02
-*02
BrBr
CLEO (1998):
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Key variables
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Cross check of results
angle between **- and slow
in rest frame of D*+.
Signal peaks at higher |cos()|while background is flat.
peak sidebands
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Extra slide: charm counting