Limit on the B⁰ → ρ⁰ ρ⁰ Branching Fraction and Implications for the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa Angle α

B Aubert, Matthew Barrett, Kelly Ford, Theresa Harrison, Alistair Hart, Christopher Hawkes, Sian Morgan, Alan Watson

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Abstract

We search for the decay B0-->rho(0)rho(0) in a data sample of about 227x10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->BB decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider at SLAC. We find no significant signal and set an upper limit of 1.1x10(-6) at 90% C.L. on the branching fraction. As a result, the uncertainty due to penguin contributions on the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity angle alpha measured in B-->rhorho decays is decreased to 11 degrees at 68% C.L.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131801
Number of pages1
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume94
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2005

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