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Rare B  baryon decays

Rare B  baryon decays. Motivation Baryon production in B decays Semileptonic B decays to ep final states B  pe - n e X (Abstract: 121) Baryon-containing radiative penguin decays: B  X s (baryons) g (Abstract: 141) B -  L p g B -  S 0 p g Conclusions. Jana Thayer

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Rare B  baryon decays

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  1. Rare B  baryon decays • Motivation Baryon production in B decays • Semileptonic B decays to ep final states B  pe-neX (Abstract: 121) • Baryon-containing radiative penguin decays: B  Xs(baryons) g (Abstract: 141) • B-  Lpg • B- S0pg • Conclusions Jana Thayer University of Rochester CLEO Collaboration EPS 2003 July 19, 2003

  2. c c baryon baryon anti-baryon anti-baryon External W Emission Internal W Emission If mechanism is External W Emission then b  s and b  cln final states MAY contain baryons. If mechanism is Internal W Emission then b  s and b  cln final states will NOT contain baryons. Baryon production in B decay Mechanism for baryon production in B decay not completely understood:

  3. Semileptonic B decays distinguish between internal and external W emission • There is no positive evidence for baryons in semileptonic B decays: • B- Lce-anything < 3.2  10-3 [1] • B-Lc+pe-ne < 1.7  10-3 [2] • B-pe-neX< 1.6  10-3 [3] • BUT, kinematic argument against baryon production in b  cl Why B pe-neX ? [1] = PDG 2000 [2] = CLEO II, limit using full reconstruction on Lc pK-p+ [3] = ARGUS

  4. Search for exclusive modes: B- Lp with some sensitivity to B– S0 (S0) p • Clean; easiest of baryon modes to reconstruct • Largest fraction above threshold NOTE: Only interested in photons with Eg > 2.0 GeV  2.05 < Msq < 2.6 GeV Why B  Xs(baryon) ? • Relevance for b  sg • Previous b  sg measurement less sensitive to B  baryon  • Could shift E down by as much as 56 MeV (1.7s)

  5. Partially reconstruct the decay B  pe-neX: • Identify hadronic events with an e- (0.6 GeV/c < pe < 1.5 GeV/c) and p (0.2 GeV/c < pp < 1.5 GeV/c) emerging promptly from the B • Examine angular distributions between e- and p  = the angle between the electron and the antiproton • Use the difference between the signal and background shapes in cos(q) to fit for the amount of signal Experimental technique: B- pe-neX Technique: Study angular distribution between electrons and antiprotons to search for semileptonic baryon decays from B mesons.

  6. Signal events: cos(q) ~ -1 Sources of background: Uncorrelated background • e/p combinations where e and p are from opposite B’s • Flat distribution B-Lc+pe-nesignal MC Uncorrelated background (MC) Correlated background • Non-prompt e/p combinations from the same B but not from signal, i.e. B+  Lc-X, Lc-  Le-X, L  pX • Peaked near cos(q)  -1, but less sharply than signal. Correlated background (MC) Continuum background (data) Continuum background • Background due to non-BB sources, (e+e-  qq, where q = u, d, s, c) Fake e/p background • Misidentified e- or p e-/p angular distributions

  7. Partially reconstruct the decay B  pe-nX b  c signal • Obtain cos(q) distribution for sample 9.1 fb-1 On-(4s) 4.6 fb-1 Off-(4s) • Subtract fake e- and p backgrounds using data distributions Continuum and fakes have been subtracted from data Nsignal =834  634 (stat.)  380 (syst.) e = (17.1  0.1)% Upper limit: BF(B-  pe-neX) < 5.910-4 Yield: B- pe-neX • Subtract continuum background using Off-(4s) data • Using MC generated shapes for uncorrelated and correlated backgrounds, fit to a sum of these components to get signal yield

  8. CLEO B  Xen measurement: • BF(B  Xen) = (10.49 ± 0.17± 0.43)% [1] • Limit on B  pe-neX: • BF(B-  pe-neX) < 5.910-4 • BF(B  baryon): • BF(B± p/p anything) = (8.0 ± 0.4)% [2] [1] CLEO (1996) [2] PDG 2000 Limit on B  pe-neX is a limit on ep final states ONLY. • (B  baryon)external W < 1% ofB  X • External W emission* does not contribute significantly to baryonic decays of B mesons *Baryon production via external W emission at lower vertex Implications for B  Xen Want limit on B  baryon en - factor of 2 for neutrons:  Upper limit on BF(B  baryon en): (2 (5.910-4)) ~ 10-3 BF(B  baryon en) < 1% of BF(B  Xen)

  9. Fully reconstruct events: B- L (L  pp-)p Background sources: • BB - negligible (smaller than continuum by a factor of 60!) • Continuum (e+e- qq, qq = uu, dd, ss, cc) After shape variable cuts are applied to remove continuum: ISR* 34.2% Real g 94.7% p0 32.2% Real L 95.5% h 19.6% Real p 80.5% Other 8.8% *ISR = Initial State Radiation Experimental technique: B- Lp For remaining events, feed shape variables into neural net, cut on net output Obtain signal and background yields in DE, MB signal box • |DE|  0.084 GeV • 5.272 ≤ MB ≤ 5.288 GeV/c2

  10. Beam-constrained mass, MB Resolution: sM ~ 2-4 MeV ~ 10 better than the resolution obtained without the constraint Energy Difference, DE Resolution: sE ~ 20-60 MeV To find BB events, look at MB distributions for events with DE ~ 0 DE and MB (beam-constrained mass) (4s) ~ 20 MeV above BB threshold. • Energy of each candidate B (Ecand) is same as beam energy (Ebeam) Reconstruct B meson candidate, impose the constraint Ecand = Ebeam to form the following standard reconstruction variables:

  11. Reconstructing B- S0 (S0 Lg)p not feasible because of low efficiency and high fake rate B-Lpg B-S0pg • Instead, preserve all features of B-Lpg analysis and slide the DE-MB signal box to -DE • The soft g is not included in Lpg, so DE will be shifted by the energy of the g for S0pg DE = 0 DE (GeV) DE = -114 MeV MB DE = -114 MeV e(B- S0pg)max = 0.42  e(B- Lpg)max Experimental technique: B- S0p

  12. B-  Lp On (4s): 0 events Off (4s): 1 event (Expect 0.6 events) B-  S0p On (4s): 1 events Off (4s): 0 event (Expect 0.2 events) DE vs. MB signal box: 5.272 < MB < 5.288 GeV |DE| < 0.084 GeV DE shifted by -114 MeV forS0pg Yield: B- Lp and B- S0p CLEO II + II.V: (9.7  106 BB events) On (4s): 9.1 fb-1 Off (4s): 4.4 fb-1

  13. Efficiency: Use efficiencies calculated from a signal sample of unpolarized L’s and using a P3/M phase space factor (p-wave system) for the Lp (S0p) mass distribution: Conservative 90% CL upper limits (including syst. error): [Br(B–Lpg) + 0.3 Br(B–S0pg)]1.5 GeV < 3.9 x 10-6 [Br(B–Lpg) + 0.3 Br(B–S0pg)]2.0 GeV < 3.3 x 10-6 [Br(B–S0pg) + 0.4 Br(B–Lpg)]1.5 GeV< 7.9 x 10-6 [Br(B–S0pg) + 0.4 Br(B–Lpg)]2.0 GeV< 6.4 x 10-6 Upper Limit: B- L(S0)p e1.5 GeV = 10.5% e2.0 GeV = 12.4% Systematic errors: Combined systematic error on the efficiency: s = 8.4% Increase upper limit on BF by 1.28s

  14. What we HAVE is a limit on BF(B- S0p + B- Lp) • What we WANT is limit on BF(B  Xsg, Xs containing baryons) • Extrapolate from our measured exclusive baryon modes • We can use either B- Lp or B- S0p to get this limit, but using B- S0p relies on fewer theoretical assumptions. • To obtain upper limit on B  Xs(baryon)g, need to know For Eg> 1.5 GeV: RSpg= 12; For Eg > 2.0 GeV: RSpg= 6 Upper Limit on B  Xs(baryon)g • Limits on b  sg decays to baryons: BF(B  Xsg, Xs containing baryons)1.5 GeV < 9.5 x 10-5 BF(B  Xsg, Xs containing baryons)2.0 GeV < 3.8 x 10-5

  15. Limit on b  sg from baryons (obtained from the S0pg search): • BF(B Xsg, Xs containing baryons) < 3.8  10-5 Implications for b  sg • Recent CLEO b  sg measurements: • BF(b  sg)2.0 GeV = (2.94 ± 0.41± 0.26) x 10-4 • Eg2.0 GeV = 2.346 ± 0.032± 0.011 GeV • Eg2 - Eg22.0 GeV = 0.0226 ± 0.0066 ± 0.0020 GeV2 • (13%) Efficiency for b  sg decays to baryons ≈ 1/2 that for b  sg to mesons only 43% Branching Fraction  Upper limit on correction to BF(b  sg): (1/2 13%) = 6.5% Mean Photon Energy Egbaryons≈ 2.10 GeV (250 MeV lower than our published number)  Upper limit on correction to Eg: (1/2 13%  250 MeV) = 16 MeV 47% Variance in Photon Energy Estimate the effect of photons missed due to baryons by placing them at 2.1 GeV  Upper limit on correction to Eg2 - Eg22.0 GeV: 0.0025 GeV2 36%

  16. B  Xsg (Xs containing baryons) All upper limits at 90% C.L. using 9.7  106 BB’s: [BF(B-  Lpg) + 0.3 BF(B-  S0pg)]Eg>2.0 < 3.3  10-6 [BF(B-  S0pg) + 0.4 BF(B-  Lpg)]Eg>2.0 < 6.4  10-6 BF(B  Xsg, Xs containing baryons)Eg>2.0 < 3.8  10-5 To be published in PRD To be published in PRD B  pe-neX Upper limits at 90% C.L. using 9.7  106 BB’s: BF(B  pe-neX) < 5.9  10-4 Conclusions • Corrections to (b  sg) BF, Eg2.0 GeV, and Eg2 - Eg22.0 GeV are less than half the combined statistical and systematic errors quoted. External W emission is NOT the dominant mechanism for baryon production in B decays.

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