Related papers: Measuring $|V_{ub}|$ at future B-Factories
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We present two inclusive measurements of Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element Vub: one uses the lepton energy spectrum (E_l) and the other uses the invariant mass of the hadronic system (m_X) to discriminate signal (B -> X_u lnu)…
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The Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element $\vert V_{ub}\vert$ is obtained from exclusive semileptonic $B \to \pi \ell \nu_\ell$ and $B_s \to K \ell \nu_\ell$ decays adopting the unitarity-based dispersion matrix approach for the…
In a standard interferometry experiment, one measures the phase difference between two paths by recombining the two wave packets on a beam-splitter. However, it has been recently recognized that the phase can also be estimated via local…
We reanalyze the $B\to M$ tensor form factors in a covariant light-front quark model, where $M$ represents a vector meson $V$, an axial-vector meson $A$, or a tensor meson $T$. The treatment of masses and mixing angles in the $K_{1A,1B}$…
We report measurements of the first and second moments of the hadronic invariant mass squared distribution, <M^2_X> and <(M^2_X-<M^2_X>)^2>, in B -> X_c l nu decays for minimum lepton momenta ranging from 0.7 to 1.5 GeV/c in the B meson…
We suggest a method to determine V_ub / V_ts through a comparison of B -> X_u l nu_l and B -> X_s gamma. The relevant quantity is the spectrum of the light-cone component of the final state hadronic momentum, which in B -> X_s gamma is the…
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An explicit model is presented which gives the momentum transfer-dependent ratios of form factors of hadronic currents. For the unknown Isgur-Wise function and its generalization for transitions to light particles a simple phenomenological…
The ratio of the CKM quark-mixing matrix elements |Vub|/|Vcb| has been measured using B hadron semileptonic decays. The analysis uses the reconstructed mass M_X of the secondary hadronic system produced in association with an identified…
Recent measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating partial-rate asymmetries for rare hadronic B-meson decays by the asymmetric-energy B-factory experiments, Belle and BaBar, are reviewed.
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