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Comprehensive analysis of beta decays within and beyond the Standard Model

Precision measurements in allowed nuclear beta decays and neutron decay are reviewed and analyzed both within the Standard Model and looking for new physics. The analysis incorporates the most recent experimental and theoretical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-07-06 Adam Falkowski , Martín González-Alonso , Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic

$|V_{us}|$ from $K_{\ell 3}$ decay and four-flavor lattice QCD

Using HISQ $N_f=2+1+1$ MILC ensembles with five different values of the lattice spacing, including four ensembles with physical quark masses, we have performed the most precise computation to date of the $K\to\pi\ell\nu$ vector form factor…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-07-03 A. Bazavov , C. Bernard , C. DeTar , Daping Du , A. X. El-Khadra , E. D. Freeland , E. Gámiz , Steven Gottlieb , U. M. Heller , J. Komijani , A. S. Kronfeld , J. Laiho , P. B. Mackenzie , E. T. Neil , T. Primer , J. N. Simone , R. Sugar , D. Toussaint , R. S. Van de Water , Ran Zhou

A New Quark Model Approach to Hyperon Semi-Leptonic Decays

A new analysis of hyperon semi-leptonic decay data is presented, based on simple and general arguments for an SU(3)-breaking structure of the couplings involved. The results obtained are compatible with those of earlier investigations and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Philip G. Ratcliffe

Experimental review of Inclusive Semileptonic B Decays

The present status of the measurement of the semileptonic B decays is reviewed. Emphasis is given on the factors affecting experimental errors of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Masawa matrix element |Vcb | and |Vub |.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Elisabetta Barberio

Determination of $|V_{ub}|$ from exclusive baryonic $B$ decays

We use the exclusive baryonic $B$ decays to determine the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element $V_{ub}$. From the relation $|V_{ub}|^2/|V_{cb}|^2=({\cal B}_\pi/{\cal B}_D){\cal R}_{ff}$ based on $B^-\to p\bar p \pi^-$ and $\bar…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-03-23 Y. K. Hsiao , C. Q. Geng

Determination of |Vub| from Measurements of the Electron and Neutrino Momenta in Inclusive Semileptonic B Decays

We present a determination of the CKM matrix element |Vub| based on the analysis of semileptonic B decays from a sample of 88 million Upsilon(4S) decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage ring. Charmless…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-03-19 B. Aubert , BABAR Collaboration

Parameterization of the statistical rate function for select superallowed transitions

We present a parameterization of the statistical rate function, f, for 20 superallowed 0+-to-0+ nuclear beta transitions between T=1 analog states, and for 18 superallowed "mirror" transitions between analog T=1/2 states. All these…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 I. S. Towner , J. C. Hardy

Vud from Nuclear Mirror Transitions

We review the determination of Vud from nuclear mirror transitions and describe current experimental and theoretical efforts aimed at improving its precision.

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-01-18 Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic

A new method of measuring the half-life of ^{10}C

A new measurement of the half-life of the positron emitter 10C has been made. The 10C decay belongs to the set of superallowed 0+ -> 0+ beta-decays whose Ft values offer stringent tests of the Conserved Vector Current (CVC) hypothesis and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-30 K. K. H. Leung

Measurement of |Vcb| using B0 to D*l nu decays

The magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element Vcb has been measured using B0 to D*l nu decays recorded on the Z0 peak using the OPAL detector at LEP. The D* to D0 pi+ decays were reconstructed both in the particular decay…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 The OPAL collaboration , G. Abbiendi

(beta beta)_{0 nu}-decay: a possible test of the nuclear matrix element calculations

The existing calculations of the nuclear matrix elements of the neutrinoless double beta-decay differ by about a factor three. This uncertainty prevents quantative interpretation of the results of experiments searching for this process. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. M. Bilenky , J. A. Grifols

Determination of V_cb from exclusive decays in a relativistic quark model

In the framework of a relativistic covariant Bethe-Salpeter model for the quark-antiquark system we present a renewed determination of the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $|V_{cb}|$. Complementing an earlier analysis applied to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 M. Beyer

Precision half-life measurement of the \boldmath$\beta^+$ decay of \tsups{37}K

The half-life of \tsups{37}K has been measured to be $1.23651(94)~\mathrm{s}$, a value nearly an order of magnitude more precise than the best previously reported. The $\beta^+$ decay of \tsups{37}K occurs mainly via a superallowed branch…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-22 P. D. Shidling , D. Melconian , S. Behling , B. Fenker , J. C. Hardy , V. E. Iacob , E. McCleskey , M. McCleskey , M. Mehlman , H. I. Park , B. T. Roeder

Ab-initio electroweak corrections to superallowed $\beta$ decays and their impact on $V_{ud}$

Radiative corrections are essential for an accurate determination of $V_{ud}$ from superallowed $\beta$ decays. In view of recent progress in the single-nucleon sector, the uncertainty is dominated by the theoretical description of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-20 Vincenzo Cirigliano , Wouter Dekens , Jordy de Vries , Stefano Gandolfi , Martin Hoferichter , Emanuele Mereghetti

Comprehensive Review of 2$\beta$ Decay Half-Lives

The double-beta (2$\beta$)-decay is the rarest nuclear physics process, and its experimental half-lives (T$_{1/2}$) exceed the age of the Universe from nine to fourteen orders of magnitude. Double-beta decay was observed, and its half-life…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-03-26 B. Pritychenko , V. I. Tretyak

Measurement of the form factors of the decay B0 -> D*- ell+ nu and determination of the CKM matrix element |Vcb|

This article describes a determination of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $|V_{cb}|$ from the decay $B^0\to D^{*-}\ell^+\nu_\ell$ using 711 fb$^{-1}$ of Belle data collected near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance. We simultaneously…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-02-02 W. ~Dungel , C. ~Schwanda , I. ~Adachi , H. ~Aihara , T. ~Aushev , T. ~Aziz , A. ~M. ~Bakich , V. ~Balagura , E. ~Barberio , M. ~Bischofberger , A. ~Bozek , M. ~Bračko , T. ~E. ~Browder , P. ~Chang , Y. ~Chao , A. ~Chen , P. ~Chen , B. ~G. ~Cheon , R. ~Chistov , I. -S. ~Cho , K. ~Cho , K. -S. ~Choi , Y. ~Choi , J. ~Dalseno , A. ~Drutskoy , S. ~Eidelman , H. ~Ha , J. ~Haba , H. ~Hayashii , Y. ~Horii , Y. ~Hoshi , W. -S. ~Hou , T. ~Iijima , K. ~Inami , M. ~Iwabuchi , Y. ~Iwasaki , N. ~J. ~Joshi , T. ~Julius , J. ~H. ~Kang , T. ~Kawasaki , H. ~J. ~Kim , H. ~O. ~Kim , J. ~H. ~Kim , M. ~J. ~Kim , Y. ~J. ~Kim , K. ~Kinoshita , B. ~R. ~Ko , P. ~Krokovny , T. ~Kuhr , T. ~Kumita , A. ~Kuzmin , Y. -J. ~Kwon , S. -H. ~Kyeong , M. ~J. ~Lee , S. -H. ~Lee , J. ~Li , A. ~Limosani , C. ~Liu , Y. ~Liu , D. ~Liventsev , R. ~Louvot , A. ~Matyja , S. ~McOnie , H. ~Miyata , R. ~Mizuk , G. ~B. ~Mohanty , T. ~Mori , E. ~Nakano , M. ~Nakao , Z. ~Natkaniec , S. ~Neubauer , S. ~Nishida , O. ~Nitoh , T. ~Nozaki , T. ~Ohshima , S. ~Okuno , S. ~L. ~Olsen , G. ~Pakhlova , C. ~W. ~Park , H. ~Park , H. ~K. ~Park , M. ~Petrič , L. ~E. ~Piilonen , M. ~Prim , M. ~Röhrken , M. ~Rozanska , S. ~Ryu , H. ~Sahoo , K. ~Sakai , Y. ~Sakai , O. ~Schneider , A. ~J. ~Schwartz , K. ~Senyo , M. ~E. ~Sevior , J. -G. ~Shiu , J. ~B. ~Singh , P. ~Smerkol , A. ~Sokolov , S. ~Stanič , M. ~Starič , T. ~Sumiyoshi , S. ~Suzuki , S. ~Tanaka , G. ~N. ~Taylor , Y. ~Teramoto , K. ~Trabelsi , S. ~Uehara , T. ~Uglov , Y. ~Unno , S. ~Uno , P. ~Urquijo , G. ~Varner , K. ~E. ~Varvell , K. ~Vervink , C. ~H. ~Wang , P. ~Wang , M. ~Watanabe , Y. ~Watanabe , R. ~Wedd , K. ~M. ~Williams , E. ~Won , Y. ~Yamashita , D. ~Zander , Z. ~P. ~Zhang , P. ~Zhou , V. ~Zhulanov , T. ~Zivko

Measuring |V_{td} / V_{ub}| through B -> M \nu \bar\nu (M=\pi,K,\rho,K^*) decays

We propose a new method for precise determination of |V_{td} / V_{ub}| from the ratios of branching ratios BR(B -> \rho \nu \bar \nu ) / BR(B ->\rho l \nu ) and BR(B -> \pi \nu \bar \nu ) / BR(B -> \pi l \nu ). These ratios depend only on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 T. M. Aliev , C. S. Kim

Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix moduli, decay constants and form factors determination from experimental data

The aim of the paper is to propose another tool for phenomenological analyses of experimental data from superallowed nuclear and neutron $\beta$ decays, and from leptonic and semileptonic decays, that allows the finding of the most probable…

General Physics · Physics 2010-10-20 Petre Dita

Measurement of the B0bar --> D*+ l- nubar_l Decay Rate and |Vcb|

We present a measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |Vcb| based on a sample of about 53,700 B0bar --> D*+ l- nubar_l decays observed by the BaBar detector. We obtain the branching fraction averaged over l = e, mu,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Aubert , BABAR Collaboration

Towards Reliable Nuclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless $\beta\beta$ Decay

The calculated nuclear matrix elements for the neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay suffer from several limitations. Predicted matrix-element values depend on the many-body method used to calculate them and, in addition, they…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 Javier Menéndez