A Search for Charmless Dihadron Decays of Neutral B-hadrons


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A search for charmless dihadron decays of neutral b-hadrons was performed using data obtained from 800 GeV/c proton-gold interactions. The following upper limits on the b-hadron branching ratios (including charge conjugates) were obtained at the 90% confidence limit: Br(Bs 2!K+K- ) + rs x Br(Bd 2![pi]+[pi]- )







Measurements of Charmless B-hadron Decays at CDF; First Evidence for the Annihilation $B^0_s \to \pi^+ \pi^-$ Decay Mode


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This work of thesis will investigate the heavy flavor sector, involving decays of particles containing the most massive quarks. In particular, we will study the bhadrons, that means particles containing b-quarks. The topic of this work is the measurements of B and CP asymmetries of two-body charmless decays of neutral b-hadrons, (B0 (s) → h+h' - and [Lambda]0 b →and ph -, where the h can be a pion or a kaon) collectively called B → h+h' -. Next sections describe the theoretical framework in which the b-hadrons are included. Firstly, it is necessary to introduce the CKM matrix describing the electroweak interactions between quarks and how the phenomenon of the CP violation manifests itself.




Charmless B-hadrons Decays at CDF.


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We present CDF results on the branching fractions and time-integrated direct CP asymmetries for Bd, Bs and Lb decay modes into pairs of charmless charged hadrons (pions, kaons and protons). The data-set for these measurements amounts to 1fb−1 of p{bar p} collisions at a center of mass energy 1.96TeV. We report on the first observation of the Bs->Kpi, Lb-ppi and Lb->pK decay modes and on the measurement of their branching fractions and direct CP asymmetries.







Charmless Hadronic B Decays at Belle and BaBar


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I report on recent measurements from the Belle and BABAR collaborations on the decay of the B meson to hadronic final states without a charm quark. The study of the branching fractions and angular distributions of B meson decays to hadronic final states without a charm quark probes the dynamics of both the weak and strong interactions, and plays an important role in understanding CP Violation (CPV) in the quark sector. CP Violation at the B factories is described graphically by a triangle with sides formed from the CKM matrix elements V{sub qd}V*{sub qb} (q = u, c, t) and internal angles [alpha], [beta] [gamma] (or [phi]2, [phi]1, [phi]3). Discrepancies in the measured values of the sides and angles could be an indication of New Physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) due to enhanced branching fractions or modified CP asymmetries. The experimental measurements of branching fractions, CP asymmetries, polarization and phases (both weak and strong) can be compared to theoretical models based on, for example, QCD factorization, SU(3) symmetry and Lattice QCD.




Gluonic Hadrons and Charmless B Decays


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Hybrid charmonium with mass (approximately) 4 GeV could be produced via a c{anti c} color-octet component in b --> c{anti c}s. These states could be narrow and could have a significant branching ratio to light hadrons, perhaps enhanced by glueballs. Decays to gluonic hadrons could make a sizable contribution to B --> no charm decays. Experimental signatures and search strategies are discussed.




Charmless Hadronic B Decays at BABAR.


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We present several searches for charmless hadronic two-body and three-body decays of B mesons from electron-positron annihilation data collected by the BABAR detector near the[Upsilon](4S) resonance. We report the preliminary branching fractions[Beta](B[sup 0][yields][pi][sup+][pi][sup -])= (4.1[+-] 1.0[+-] 0.7) x 10[sup -6], [Beta](B[sup 0][yields] K[sup+][pi][sup -])= (16.7[+-] 1.6[+-] 1.3) x 10[sup -6], [Beta](B[sup 0][yields][rho][sup -+][pi][sup -+])= (49[+-] 13[sub -5][sup+6]) x 10[sup -6], [Beta](B[sup+][yields][eta]' K[sup+])= (62[+-] 18[+-] 8) x 10[sup -6], and present upper limits for nine other decays.