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Observation of the decay B0→J/ψη

  • M. C. Chang
  • , K. Abe
  • , K. Abe
  • , I. Adachi
  • , H. Aihara
  • , D. Anipko
  • , K. Arinstein
  • , T. Aushev
  • , A. M. Bakich
  • , E. Barberio
  • , A. Bay
  • , I. Bedny
  • , K. Belous
  • , U. Bitenc
  • , I. Bizjak
  • , S. Blyth
  • , A. Bondar
  • , A. Bozek
  • , T. E. Browder
  • , P. Chang
  • Y. Chao, A. Chen, K. F. Chen, W. T. Chen, B. G. Cheon, R. Chistov, S. K. Choi, Y. Choi, Y. K. Choi, S. Cole, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, T. Gershon, A. Go, G. Gokhroo, H. Ha, J. Haba, T. Hara, K. Hayasaka, M. Hazumi, D. Heffernan, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, W. S. Hou, Y. B. Hsiung, T. Iijima, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, H. Ishino, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, H. Kaji, J. H. Kang, S. U. Kataoka, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H. R. Khan, H. Kichimi, S. K. Kim, Y. J. Kim, K. Kinoshita, S. Korpar, P. Krian, P. Krokovny, R. Kulasiri, R. Kumar, C. C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y. J. Kwon, G. Leder, M. J. Lee, S. E. Lee, T. Lesiak, A. Limosani, S. W. Lin, G. Majumder, F. Mandl, T. Matsumoto, A. Matyja, S. McOnie, W. Mitaroff, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, Y. Miyazaki, R. Mizuk, T. Mori, T. Nagamine, I. Nakamura, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Noguchi, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, S. Okuno, S. L. Olsen, Y. Onuki, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, H. Palka, H. Park, K. S. Park, L. S. Peak, R. Pestotnik, L. E. Piilonen, Y. Sakai, N. Satoyama, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, J. Schümann, A. J. Schwartz, R. Seidl, K. Senyo, M. Shapkin, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, J. B. Singh, A. Somov, N. Soni, S. Stanič, M. Starič, H. Stoeck, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Suzuki, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, G. N. Taylor, Y. Teramoto, X. C. Tian, I. Tikhomirov, K. Trabelsi, T. Tsuboyama, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, T. Uglov, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, Y. Usov, G. Varner, K. E. Varvell, S. Villa, C. C. Wang, C. H. Wang, M. Z. Wang, Y. Watanabe, R. Wedd, E. Won, Q. L. Xie, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, Y. Yusa, C. C. Zhang, L. M. Zhang, Z. P. Zhang, A. Zupanc
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Abstract

We report the first observation of B0→J/ψη decay. These results are obtained from a data sample that contains 449×106 BB̄ pairs accumulated at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We observe a signal with a significance of 8.1σ and obtain a branching fraction of (9.5±1.7(stat)±0. 8(syst))×10-6.

Original languageEnglish
Article number131803
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume98
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Mar 2007
Externally publishedYes

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