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Observation of radiative B^0 -> \phi K^0 \gamma decays

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2019-08-13 v2

Abstract

We report the first observation of radiative decay B^0 -> \phi K^0 \gamma using a data sample of 772x10^6 BBar pairs collected at the Y(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We observe a signal of 35+/-8 events with a significance of 5.4 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties. The measured branching fraction is B(B0>ϕK0γ)=(2.66±0.60±0.32)×106{\cal B}(B^0 -> \phi K^0 \gamma) = (2.66\pm 0.60 \pm 0.32) \times 10^{-6}. We also precisely measure B(B+>ϕK+γ)=(2.34±0.29±0.23)×106{\cal B}(B^+ -> \phi K^+ \gamma) = (2.34\pm 0.29 \pm 0.23) \times 10^{-6}. The uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. The observed M_{\phi K} mass spectrum differs significantly from that expected in a three-body phase-space decay.

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@article{arxiv.0911.1779,
  title  = {Observation of radiative B^0 -> \phi K^0 \gamma decays},
  author = {I. Adachi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.1779},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

10 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. Contributed to DPF 09 and Lepton-Photon 09. The results of this conference paper have been superseded. The final branching fraction results along with time-dependent measurements are given in arXiv:1104.5590 and is published in Phys. Rev. D 84, 071101 (2011)