Semileptonic branching fractions of charged and neutral B mesons

An examination of leptons in (4S) events tagged by reconstructed B meson decays yields semileptonic branching fractions of b-=(10.1±1.8±1. 5)% for charged and b0=(10.9±0.7±1.1)% for neutral B mesons. This is the first measurement for charged B mesons. Assuming equality of the charged and neutral semileptonic widths, the ratio b-b0=0.93±0.18±0.12 is equivalent to the ratio of lifetimes. © 1994 The American Physical Society.

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Creator: M. Athanas; W. Brower; G. Masek; H. P. Paar; J., Gronberg; R. Kutschke; S. Menary; R. J. Morrison; S. Nakanishi; H. N. Nelson; T. K. Nelson; C. Qiao; J. D. Richman; A. Ryd; H. Tajima; D. Sperka; M. S. Witherell; R. Balest; K. Cho; W. T. Ford; D. R. Johnson; K. Lingel; M. Lohner; P. Rankin; J. G. Smith; J. P. Alexander; C. Bebek; K. Berkelman; K. Bloom; T. E. Browder; D. G. Cassel

Date: 1994-01-01

Bowdoin Department or Program: Physics and Astronomy

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