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A Search for $B\to \tau\nu$

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2010-04-08 v1

Abstract

We report results of a search for BτνB\to\tau\nu in a sample of 9.7 million charged BB meson decays. The search uses both πν\pi\nu and ννˉ\ell\nu\bar\nu decay modes of the τ\tau, and demands exclusive reconstruction of the companion Bˉ\bar B decay to suppress background. We set an upper limit on the branching fraction B(Bτν)<8.4×104{\cal B}(B\to \tau\nu) < 8.4\times 10^{-4} at 90% confidence level. With slight modification to the analysis we also establish B(B±K±ννˉ)<2.4×104{\cal B}(B^\pm\to K^\pm\nu\bar\nu) < 2.4\times 10^{-4} at 90% confidence level.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0007057,
  title  = {A Search for $B\to \tau\nu$},
  author = {T. E. Browder and CLEO Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0007057},
  year   = {2010}
}

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