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A measurement of the branching fraction of the exclusive decay B0 --> K*0gamma

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/0008055

Abstract

The b --> s gamma transition proceeds by a loop ``penguin'' diagram. It may be used to measure precisely the couplings of the top quark and to search for the effects of any new particles appearing in the loop. We present a preliminary measurement of the branching fraction of the exclusive decay, B0 --> K*0gamma. We use 8.6 x 106 B-anti-B decays to measure B(B0 --> K*0gamma) = (5.4+/-0.8+/-0.5) x 10-5.

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