Related papers: Prospects for measuring gamma at BaBar
Electromagnetic radiative penguin decays of the B meson were studied with the BaBar detector at SLAC's PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory. Branching fractions and isospin asymmetry of the decay B -> K* gamma, branching fractions of B ->…
We present a review on the measurements of the CKM angle gamma (phi_3) as performed by the BABAR and Belle experiments at the asymmetric-energy e+e- B factories colliders PEP-II and KEKB.
In this proceeding, we report the recent measurements of the CKM angle \phi_1(\beta) using large data samples collected by the Belle and BaBar experiments. The experiments have collected more than 1 billion B anti-B pairs of data sample at…
We present an analysis of the decays B0 -> K*0 gamma and B+ -> K*+ gamma using a sample of 383 million BBbar events collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP2 asymmetric energy B factory. We measure the branching fractions BF[B0 -> K*0…
We present a search for the decay B^0 --> pi^0 pi^0 by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B-factory at SLAC. Using approximately 88 million B bar{B} pairs collected between 1999 and 2002, we place a 90% confidence level…
We present recent results on charmonium and charmonium-like states from the BaBar B-factory located at the PEP-II asymmetric energy $e^{+}e^{-}$ storage ring at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
The BaBar experiment at SLAC is designed to measure CP violation in the B meson system, however the very high statistics combined with the different electron and positron beam energies, the detector design and the open trigger allow a wide…
We present preliminary measurements of the branching fractions for charmless hadronic decays of B mesons into two-body final states with kaons, pions and a phi resonance. The measurements are based on a data sample of approximately 23…
We report measurements of the CKM angles beta/phi_1 and alpha/phi_2 done by the BABAR and Belle experiments. Both experiments have collected large data samples, corresponding to a total of more than 1 billion of BBbar pairs, at the e^+e^-…
We present measurements related to the CKM angle beta from BABAR based on 82 or ~115 fb-1 data samples collected at the PEP-II e+e- asymmetric B Factory collider. A new method allowing to measure the sign of cos(2.beta) with B0->J/Psi"K*0"…
We present recent measurements of the CKM angle alpha using data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e^+e^- collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, operating at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We present…
We review recent time-dependent measurements in the B meson sector based on data collected between 1999 and 2002 by the BABAR detector, which correspond to approximately 88 million BB pairs.
We report on the measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle gamma through a Dalitz analysis of neutral D decays to K0s pi- pi+ in the processes B-+ -> D^(*) K-+ and B-+ -> D K^*-+, D^* -> D pi0, D gamma, with the Babar detector at…
We report on new measurements of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix elements |V_{cb}| and |V_{ub}| with inclusive and exclusive semileptonic B decays, highlighting the recent precision measurements with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II…
Current experiments at the B factories, designed to perform precision measurements of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the B meson system, have a much broader physics reach especially in the sector of quarkonium spectroscopy. Here we present…
We present a preliminary analysis of the decays B0 -> K*0 gamma and B+ -> K*+ gamma using a sample of 383 x 10^6 BBbar events collected with the BABAR dector at the PEP-II asymmetric energy B factory. We measure the branching fractions…
The measurement of sin2beta by the BABAR experiment, where beta is one of the angles of the Unitarity Triangle, is described. Some prospects for the future of the measurement are also discussed.
We present a study of the decays B+ -> rho+ gamma, B0 -> rho0 gamma, and B0 -> omega gamma. The analysis is based on data containing 347 million BBbar events recorded with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric B factory. We measure…
We report on a search for the rare decay B0bar --> D*0 gamma, which in the standard model is dominated by W-exchange. The analysis is based on a data sample comprising 87.8 x 10^6 BBbar pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II…
This work is on the Physics of the B Factories. Part A of this book contains a brief description of the SLAC and KEK B Factories as well as their detectors, BaBar and Belle, and data taking related issues. Part B discusses tools and methods…