Experimental Limits on Weak Annihilation Contributions to b{yields}ul{nu} Decays

We present the first experimental limits on high-q{sup 2} contributions to charmless semileptonic B decays of the form expected from the weak annihilation (WA) decay mechanism. Such contributions could bias determinations of vertical bar V{sub ub} vertical bar from inclusive measurements of B{yields...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2006-03, Vol.96 (12)
Hauptverfasser: Rosner, J.L., Adam, N.E., Alexander, J.P., Berkelman, K., Cassel, D.G., Duboscq, J.E., Ecklund, K.M., Ehrlich, R., Fields, L., Gibbons, L., Gray, R., Gray, S.W., Hartill, D.L., Heltsley, B.K., Hertz, D., Jones, C.D., Kandaswamy, J., Kreinick, D.L., Kuznetsov, V.E., Mahlke-Krueger, H.
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Zusammenfassung:We present the first experimental limits on high-q{sup 2} contributions to charmless semileptonic B decays of the form expected from the weak annihilation (WA) decay mechanism. Such contributions could bias determinations of vertical bar V{sub ub} vertical bar from inclusive measurements of B{yields}X{sub u}l{nu}. Using a wide range of models based on available theoretical input we set a limit of {gamma}{sub WA}/{gamma}{sub b{yields}}{sub u}
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.121801