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Measurement of the Relative Branching Fraction of Υ(4S) to Charged and Neutral B-Meson Pairs

J. P. Alexander, CLEO Collaboration

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/0006002

Abstract

We analyze 9.7 x 106 BB$ pairs recorded with the CLEO detector to determine the production ratio of charged to neutral B-meson pairs produced at the Y(4S) resonance. We measure the rates for B0 -> J/psi K(*)0 and B+ -> J/psi K(*)+ decays and use the world-average B-meson lifetime ratio to extract the relative widths f+-/f00 = Gamma(Y(4S) -> B+B-)/Gamma(Y(4S) -> B0B0) = = 1.04 +/- 0.07(stat) +/- 0.04(syst). With the assumption that f+- + f00 = 1, we obtain f00 = 0.49 +/- 0.02(stat) +/- 0.01(syst) and f+- = 0.51 +/- 0.02(stat) +/- 0.01(syst). This production ratio and its uncertainty apply to all exclusive B-meson branching fractions measured at the Y(4S) resonance.

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