Measurement of the Ratio of Partial Branching Fractions of Inclusive B Xu to B Xc and the Ratio of their Spectra with Hadronic Tagging
Abstract
We present a measurement of the ratio of partial branching fractions of the semi-leptonic inclusive decays, B Xu to B Xc , where = (e, μ), using the full Belle sample of 772 × 106 B 0.18em -0.18em B pairs collected at the (4S) resonance. The ratio is measured via a two-dimensional fit to the squared four-momentum transfer to the lepton pair, and the charged lepton energy in the B meson rest frame, where the latter must be larger than 1 Ge -0.1em V, covering approximately 86\% and 78\% of the B Xu and B Xc phase space, respectively. We find B(B Xu )/ B(B Xc ) = (1.99 0.17 stat 0.16 syst) × 10-2 where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. In addition, we report the partial branching fractions separately for charged and neutral B meson decays, and for electron and muon decay channels. We place a limit on isospin breaking in B Xu decays, and find no indication of lepton flavor universality violation in either the charmed or charmless mode. Furthermore, we unfold the B Xu and B Xc yields and report the differential ratio in lepton energy and four-momentum transfer squared.
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