Study of B-Meson Decays to Η_{C}K^{(*)}, Η_{C}(2s)K^{(*)}, and Η_{C}Γk^{(*)}

Christopher Hawkes, B Aubert, Nitesh Soni, Alan Watson

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Abstract

We study two-body B-meson decays to a charmonium state (eta(c), eta(c)(2S) or h(c)) and a K+ or K-*0(892) meson using a sample of 349 fb(-1) of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. We measure B(B-0 -> eta K-c*(0)) = (5.7 +/- 0.6(stat) +/- 0.9(syst)) x 10(-4), B(B-0 -> eta(c)(2S)K*(0)) <3.9 x 10(-4), B(B+ -> h(c)K(+)) x B(h(c) -> eta(c)gamma) <4.8 x 10(-5) and B(B-0 -> h(c)K*(0)) x B(h(c) -> eta(c)gamma) <2.2 x 10(-4) at the 90% C.L., and B(eta(c)(2S) -> K (K) over bar pi) = (1.9 +/- 0.4(stat) +/- 1.1(syst))%. We also measure the mass and width of the eta(c) meson to be m(eta(c)) = (2985.8 +/- 1.5(stat) +/- 3.1(syst)) MeV/c(2) and Gamma(eta(c)) = (36.3(-3.6)(+3.7)(stat) +/- 4.4(syst)) MeV.
Original languageEnglish
Article number012006
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume78
Issue number1
Early online date1 Jul 2008
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2008

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