Search for B^0 --> a_0^+(980)pi^-

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2001-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0107075v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

19 pages, 6 figures (9 postscript files), contributed to LP01

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We present preliminary results of a search for the decay B^0 --> a_0^+(980)pi^- among 22.7 million Upsilon(4S)-->B-anti-B pairs collected by the BABAR detector at PEP-II. Using improved background suppression techniques and optimal signal extraction for rare decay searches, an excess of events over expected background is observed at the level of 3.7 standard deviations. This corresponds to the branching fraction BR(B^0 --> a_0^+ (a_0^+ --> eta pi^+) pi^-) =(6.2_{-2.5}^{+3.0}+/-1.1) x 10^{-6}, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. The 90% confidence level upper limit is 11.5 x 10^{-6}.

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