In this analysis the decay B- {yields} D*{sup 0}e{sup -}{bar {nu}}{sub e} is measured. The underlying data sampel consists of about 226 million B{bar B}-pairs accumulated on the {Upsilon}(4S) resonance by the BABAR detector at the asymmetric e{sup +}e{sup -} collider PEP-II. The reconstruction of the decay uses the channels D*{sup 0}{yields}D{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}, D{sup 0} {yields} K{sup -}{pi}{sup +} and {pi}{sup 0} {yields} {gamma}{gamma}. The neutrino is not reconstructed. Since the rest frame of the B meson is unknown, the boost w of the D*{sup 0} meson in the B meson rest frame is estimated by {bar w}. The …
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In this analysis the decay B- {yields} D*{sup 0}e{sup -}{bar {nu}}{sub e} is measured. The underlying data sampel consists of about 226 million B{bar B}-pairs accumulated on the {Upsilon}(4S) resonance by the BABAR detector at the asymmetric e{sup +}e{sup -} collider PEP-II. The reconstruction of the decay uses the channels D*{sup 0}{yields}D{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}, D{sup 0} {yields} K{sup -}{pi}{sup +} and {pi}{sup 0} {yields} {gamma}{gamma}. The neutrino is not reconstructed. Since the rest frame of the B meson is unknown, the boost w of the D*{sup 0} meson in the B meson rest frame is estimated by {bar w}. The {bar w} spectrum of the data is described in terms of the partial decay width d{Gamma}/dw into an expectation of the measured {bar w} spectrum. d{Gamma}/dw depends on a form factor F(w) parameterizing the strong interaction in the decay process. To find the best descriptive d{Gamma}/dw a fit to the data determines the following two parameters of d{Gamma}/dw: (i) F(1)|V{sub cb}|, the product between F at zero D*{sup 0} recoil and the CKM matrix element |V{sub cb}|; (ii) {rho}{sup 2}{sub A1}, a parameter of the form factor F(w). The former parameter scales the height of d{Gamma}/dw and {rho}{sup 2}{sub A1} varies the shape of it.
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Schubert, Jens.Reconstruction of B- to D*0 e- anti_nu_e Decays and Determination of |Vcb|,
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[Menlo Park, California].
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