Searches for the decays B0 -> l+ tau- and B+ -> l+ nu (l=e,mu) using hadronic tag reconstruction

The BaBar Collaboration, Philip Clark

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Abstract

We present searches for the leptonic decays B+ -> l+ nu and the lepton flavor violating decays B0 -> l+ tau-, where l=e,mu, with data collected by the BaBar experiment at SLAC. This search demonstrates a novel technique in which we fully reconstruct the accompanying Bbar in Upsilon(4S)->BBbar events, and look for a monoenergetic lepton from the signal B decay. The signal yield is extracted from a fit to the signal lepton candidate momentum distribution in the signal B rest frame. Using a data sample of approximately 378 million BBbar pairs (342fb-1), we find no evidence of signal in any of the decay modes. Branching fraction upper limits of B(B+ -> e+ nu) mu+ nu) e+ tau-) mu+ tau-)
Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review D, particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
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Publication statusPublished - 4 Jan 2008

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