Evidence of the purely leptonic decay B-→τ-ν̄τ

K. Ikado, K. Abe, K. Abe, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, K. Akai, M. Akemoto, D. Anipko, K. Arinstein, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, T. Aziz, A. M. Bakich, V. Balagura, M. Barbero, A. Bay, I. Bedny, K. Belous, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak & 164 others A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T. E. Browder, P. Chang, A. Chen, W. T. Chen, Y. Choi, S. Cole, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, S. Eidelman, D. Epifanov, J. Flanagan, S. Fratina, K. Furukawa, N. Gabyshev, T. Gershon, A. Go, G. Gokhroo, B. Golob, A. Gorišek, H. Ha, J. Haba, K. Hara, T. Hara, N. C. Hastings, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, L. Hinz, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, W. S. Hou, N. Iida, T. Iijima, A. Imoto, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, H. Ishino, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, T. Kamitani, Ju Hwan Kang, S. U. Kataoka, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H. Kichimi, E. Kikutani, H. J. Kim, H. O. Kim, K. Kinoshita, H. Koiso, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, R. Kulasiri, R. Kumar, C. C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Youngjoon Kwon, J. S. Lange, G. Leder, J. Lee, T. Lesiak, A. Limosani, S. W. Lin, D. Liventsev, D. Marlow, T. Matsumoto, A. Matyja, S. McOnie, S. Michizono, T. Mimashi, W. Mitaroff, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyata, Y. Miyazaki, R. Mizuk, T. Nagamine, I. Nakamura, T. T. Nakamura, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Noguchi, T. Nozaki, S. Ogawa, Y. Ogawa, K. Ohmi, T. Ohshima, N. Ohuchi, K. Oide, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S. L. Olsen, Y. Onuki, W. Ostrowicz, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, C. W. Park, H. Park, R. Pestotnik, L. E. Piilonen, A. Poluektov, M. Rozanska, Y. Sakai, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, C. Schwanda, K. Senyo, M. E. Sevior, M. Shapkin, H. Shibuya, T. Shidara, B. Shwartz, V. Sidorov, A. Sokolov, A. Somov, S. Stanič, M. Starič, H. Stoeck, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Suzuki, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, M. Tawada, G. N. Taylor, Y. Teramoto, X. C. Tian, K. Trabelsi, T. Tsuboyama, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, T. Uglov, K. Ueno, Y. Unno, S. Uno, Y. Usov, G. Varner, S. Villa, C. C. Wang, C. H. Wang, Y. Watanabe, E. Won, B. D. Yabsley, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, M. Yoshida, Y. Yusa, L. M. Zhang, Z. P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, D. Zürcher

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Abstract

We present the first evidence of the decay B-→τ-ν̄τ, using 414fb-1 of data collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. Events are tagged by fully reconstructing one of the B mesons in hadronic modes. We detect the signal with a significance of 3.5 standard deviations including systematics and measure the branching fraction to be B(B-→τ-ν̄τ)=(1.79-0.49+0.56(stat) -0.51+0.46(syst))×10-4. This implies that fB=0.229-0.031+0.036(stat)-0. 037+0.034(syst)GeV and is the first direct measurement of this quantity.

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Article number251802
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume97
Issue number25
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Publication statusPublished - 2006 Dec 1

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Ikado, K., Abe, K., Abe, K., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Akai, K., ... Zürcher, D. (2006). Evidence of the purely leptonic decay B-→τ-ν̄τ. Physical Review Letters, 97(25), [251802]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.251802
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In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 97, No. 25, 251802, 01.12.2006.

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T1 - Evidence of the purely leptonic decay B-→τ-ν̄τ

AU - Ikado, K.

AU - Abe, K.

AU - Abe, K.

AU - Adachi, I.

AU - Aihara, H.

AU - Akai, K.

AU - Akemoto, M.

AU - Anipko, D.

AU - Arinstein, K.

AU - Aulchenko, V.

AU - Aushev, T.

AU - Aziz, T.

AU - Bakich, A. M.

AU - Balagura, V.

AU - Barbero, M.

AU - Bay, A.

AU - Bedny, I.

AU - Belous, K.

AU - Bitenc, U.

AU - Bizjak, I.

AU - Bondar, A.

AU - Bozek, A.

AU - Bračko, M.

AU - Browder, T. E.

AU - Chang, P.

AU - Chen, A.

AU - Chen, W. T.

AU - Choi, Y.

AU - Cole, S.

AU - Dalseno, J.

AU - Danilov, M.

AU - Dash, M.

AU - Eidelman, S.

AU - Epifanov, D.

AU - Flanagan, J.

AU - Fratina, S.

AU - Furukawa, K.

AU - Gabyshev, N.

AU - Gershon, T.

AU - Go, A.

AU - Gokhroo, G.

AU - Golob, B.

AU - Gorišek, A.

AU - Ha, H.

AU - Haba, J.

AU - Hara, K.

AU - Hara, T.

AU - Hastings, N. C.

AU - Hayasaka, K.

AU - Hayashii, H.

AU - Hazumi, M.

AU - Hinz, L.

AU - Hokuue, T.

AU - Hoshi, Y.

AU - Hou, S.

AU - Hou, W. S.

AU - Iida, N.

AU - Iijima, T.

AU - Imoto, A.

AU - Inami, K.

AU - Ishikawa, A.

AU - Ishino, H.

AU - Itoh, R.

AU - Iwasaki, M.

AU - Iwasaki, Y.

AU - Kamitani, T.

AU - Kang, Ju Hwan

AU - Kataoka, S. U.

AU - Katayama, N.

AU - Kawai, H.

AU - Kawasaki, T.

AU - Kichimi, H.

AU - Kikutani, E.

AU - Kim, H. J.

AU - Kim, H. O.

AU - Kinoshita, K.

AU - Koiso, H.

AU - Korpar, S.

AU - Križan, P.

AU - Krokovny, P.

AU - Kulasiri, R.

AU - Kumar, R.

AU - Kuo, C. C.

AU - Kuzmin, A.

AU - Kwon, Youngjoon

AU - Lange, J. S.

AU - Leder, G.

AU - Lee, J.

AU - Lesiak, T.

AU - Limosani, A.

AU - Lin, S. W.

AU - Liventsev, D.

AU - Marlow, D.

AU - Matsumoto, T.

AU - Matyja, A.

AU - McOnie, S.

AU - Michizono, S.

AU - Mimashi, T.

AU - Mitaroff, W.

AU - Miyabayashi, K.

AU - Miyata, H.

AU - Miyazaki, Y.

AU - Mizuk, R.

AU - Nagamine, T.

AU - Nakamura, I.

AU - Nakamura, T. T.

AU - Nakano, E.

AU - Nakao, M.

AU - Nishida, S.

AU - Nitoh, O.

AU - Noguchi, S.

AU - Nozaki, T.

AU - Ogawa, S.

AU - Ogawa, Y.

AU - Ohmi, K.

AU - Ohshima, T.

AU - Ohuchi, N.

AU - Oide, K.

AU - Okabe, T.

AU - Okuno, S.

AU - Olsen, S. L.

AU - Onuki, Y.

AU - Ostrowicz, W.

AU - Ozaki, H.

AU - Pakhlov, P.

AU - Park, C. W.

AU - Park, H.

AU - Pestotnik, R.

AU - Piilonen, L. E.

AU - Poluektov, A.

AU - Rozanska, M.

AU - Sakai, Y.

AU - Schietinger, T.

AU - Schneider, O.

AU - Schwanda, C.

AU - Senyo, K.

AU - Sevior, M. E.

AU - Shapkin, M.

AU - Shibuya, H.

AU - Shidara, T.

AU - Shwartz, B.

AU - Sidorov, V.

AU - Sokolov, A.

AU - Somov, A.

AU - Stanič, S.

AU - Starič, M.

AU - Stoeck, H.

AU - Sumisawa, K.

AU - Sumiyoshi, T.

AU - Suzuki, S.

AU - Tajima, O.

AU - Takasaki, F.

AU - Tamai, K.

AU - Tamura, N.

AU - Tanaka, M.

AU - Tawada, M.

AU - Taylor, G. N.

AU - Teramoto, Y.

AU - Tian, X. C.

AU - Trabelsi, K.

AU - Tsuboyama, T.

AU - Tsukamoto, T.

AU - Uehara, S.

AU - Uglov, T.

AU - Ueno, K.

AU - Unno, Y.

AU - Uno, S.

AU - Usov, Y.

AU - Varner, G.

AU - Villa, S.

AU - Wang, C. C.

AU - Wang, C. H.

AU - Watanabe, Y.

AU - Won, E.

AU - Yabsley, B. D.

AU - Yamaguchi, A.

AU - Yamashita, Y.

AU - Yamauchi, M.

AU - Yoshida, M.

AU - Yusa, Y.

AU - Zhang, L. M.

AU - Zhang, Z. P.

AU - Zhilich, V.

AU - Zürcher, D.

PY - 2006/12/1

Y1 - 2006/12/1

N2 - We present the first evidence of the decay B-→τ-ν̄τ, using 414fb-1 of data collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. Events are tagged by fully reconstructing one of the B mesons in hadronic modes. We detect the signal with a significance of 3.5 standard deviations including systematics and measure the branching fraction to be B(B-→τ-ν̄τ)=(1.79-0.49+0.56(stat) -0.51+0.46(syst))×10-4. This implies that fB=0.229-0.031+0.036(stat)-0. 037+0.034(syst)GeV and is the first direct measurement of this quantity.

AB - We present the first evidence of the decay B-→τ-ν̄τ, using 414fb-1 of data collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. Events are tagged by fully reconstructing one of the B mesons in hadronic modes. We detect the signal with a significance of 3.5 standard deviations including systematics and measure the branching fraction to be B(B-→τ-ν̄τ)=(1.79-0.49+0.56(stat) -0.51+0.46(syst))×10-4. This implies that fB=0.229-0.031+0.036(stat)-0. 037+0.034(syst)GeV and is the first direct measurement of this quantity.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.251802

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.251802

M3 - Article

VL - 97

JO - Physical Review Letters

JF - Physical Review Letters

SN - 0031-9007

IS - 25

M1 - 251802

ER -

Ikado K, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Akai K et al. Evidence of the purely leptonic decay B-→τ-ν̄τ. Physical Review Letters. 2006 Dec 1;97(25). 251802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.251802

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