2002/07/25 by The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert, Aubert, B.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0207084
20 pages, 7 postscript figues, submitted to ICHEP2002, fixed references
arxiv created 2002/07/25 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
A preliminary determination of the first moment of the hadronic mass distribution <(MX)2 - barmD2> in semileptonic B decays has been obtained as a function of the minimum lepton momentum, ranging from 0.9 to 1.6 GeV/c. The measurement is based on a new technique involving BBbar events in which one fully reconstructed B meson decays hadronically and the recoiling B decays semileptonically. The mass of the hadrons in the semileptonic decay is determined from a kinematic fit to the whole event. For different minimum lepton momenta, the mass distribution is decomposed into contributions from various charm resonant states and a non-resonant contribution, allowing for the determination of the first moment. From these moments the Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) parameters lambda1 and Lambdabar can be derived. For lepton momenta in the B rest frame above 1.5 GeV/c, we find a first moment that is compatible with existing measurements. However, if we extend the measurement to lower values of lepton momenta, the data can only be described by Operator Product Expansion calculations if we use significantly different values for Lambdabar and lambda1 than obtained from earlier measurements based on lepton momentum spectra and the photon spectrum in b --> s gamma transitions.