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Exclusive production of Ds+Ds-,D-s*D-+(s)-, and D-s*D-+(s)*(-) via e(+)e(-) annihilation with initial-state radiation
No full textWe perform a study of exclusive production of Ds+Ds-,D-s*(+),D-s(-), and D-s*D-+(s)*- final states in initial-state radiation events from e(+)e(-) annihilations at a center-of-mass energy near 10.58 GeV, to search for charmonium 1(--) states. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 525 fb(-1) and was recorded by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II storage ring. Ds+Ds-,D-s*(+),D-s(-) and ,D-s*(+),D-s*(-) mass spectra show evidence of the known psi resonances. Limits are extracted for the branching ratios of the decays X(4260) -> D-s(()*()+) D-s(()*()-
Measurement of D-s(+) and D-s(*+) production in B meson decays and from continuum e(+)e(-) annihilation at root s=10.6 GeV
No full textNew measurements of D-s(+) and D-s(*+) meson production rates from B decays and from q(q) over bar continuum events near the Y(4S) resonance are presented. Using 20.8 fb(-1) of data on the Y(4S) resonance and 2.6 fb(-1) off-resonance, we find the inclusive branching fractions B(B-->Ds+X) = (10.93+/-0.19+/-0.58+/-2.73)% and B(B-->Ds*+X) = (7.9+/-0.8+/-0.7+/-2.0)%, where the first error is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the D-s(+)-->phipi(+) branching fraction uncertainty. The production cross sections sigma(e(+)e(-)-->Ds+X)xB(D-s(+)-->phipi(+)) = 7.55+/-0.20+/-0.34 pb and sigma(e(+)e(-)-->Ds*+/-X)xB(D-s(+)-->phipi(+)) = 5.8+/-0.7+/-0.5 pb are measured at center-of-mass energies about 40 MeV below the Y(4S) mass. The branching fractions SigmaB(B-->D-s((*)+)(D) over bar ((*))) = (5.07+/-0.14+/-0.30+/-1.27)% and SigmaB(B-->D-s(*+)(D) over bar ((*))) = (4.1+/-0.2+/-0.4+/-1.0)% are determined from the D-s((*)+) momentum spectra. The mass difference m(D-s(+)) -m(D+) = 98.4+/-0.1+/-0.3 MeV/c(2) is also measured
Measurement of the branching ratios Gamma(D-s(*+)-> D-s(+)pi(0))/Gamma(D-s(*+)-> D-s(+)gamma) and Gamma(D-*0 -> D-0 pi(0))/Gamma(D-*0 -> D-0 gamma)
No full textData samples corresponding to the isospin-violating decay D-s(*+)-> D(s)(+)pi(0) and the decays D-s(*+)-> D(s)(+)gamma, D-*0-> D(0)pi(0) and D-*0-> D(0)gamma are reconstructed using 90.4 fb(-1) of data recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. The following branching ratios are extracted: Gamma(D-s(*+)-> D(s)(+)pi(0))/Gamma(D-s(*+)-> D(s)(+)gamma)=0.062 +/- 0.005(stat.)+/- 0.006(syst.) and Gamma(D-*0-> D(0)pi(0))/Gamma(D-*0-> D(0)gamma)=1.74 +/- 0.02(stat.)+/- 0.13(syst.). Both measurements represent significant improvements over present world averages
Dalitz plot analyses of B-0 -> (D-DK+)-K-0 and B+-> (D)over-bar(-)D(0)K(+) decays
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Absorbing new subjects: holography as an analog of photography
No full textI discuss the early history of holography and explore how perceptions, applications, and forecasts of the subject were shaped by prior experience. I focus on the work of Dennis Gabor (1900–1979) in England,Yury N. Denisyuk (b. 1924) in the Soviet Union, and Emmett N. Leith (1927–2005) and Juris Upatnieks (b. 1936) in the United States. I show that the evolution of holography was simultaneously promoted and constrained by its identification as an analog of photography, an association that influenced its assessment by successive audiences of practitioners, entrepreneurs, and consumers. One consequence is that holography can be seen as an example of a modern technical subject that has been shaped by cultural influences more powerfully than generally appreciated.
Conversely, the understanding of this new science and technology in terms of an older one helps
to explain why the cultural effects of holography have been more muted than anticipated by forecasters
between the 1960s and 1990s
Erratum: Measurement of the absolute branching fractions for D-S(-) -> l(-)(nu)over-bar(l) and extraction of the decay constant f(Ds) (vol 82, 091103, 2010)
No full textThe absolute branching fractions for the decays D s ! ‘ ‘(‘ 1⁄4 e, , or ) are measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 521 fb 1 collected at center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e þe collider at SLAC. The number of D s mesons is determined by reconstructing the recoiling system DKX in events of the type e þe ! DKXD s , where D s ! D s and X represents additional pions from fragmentation. The D s ! ‘ ‘ events are detected by full or partial reconstruction of the recoiling system DKX ‘. The branching fraction measurements are combined to determine the D
s decay constant fDs 1⁄4 ð258:6 6:4 7:5Þ MeV, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic
A Study of the rare decays B0 ---> D(*)+(s) pi- and B0 ---> D(*)-(s) K+
No full textWe report evidence for the decays B-0-->D(s)(+)pi(-) and B-0-->Ds-K+ and the results of a search for B-0-->D*(+)(s)pi(-) and B-0-->D*K--(s)+ in a sample of 84x10(6) Y(4S) decays into B (B) over bar pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) storage ring. We measure the branching fractions B(B-0-->D(s)(+)pi(-))=[3.2+/-0.9(stat)+/-1.0(syst)]x10(-5) and B(B-0-->Ds-K+)=[3.2+/-1.0(stat)+/-1.0(syst)]x10(-5). We also set 90% C.L. limits B(B-0-->D*(+)(s)pi(-))D*K--(s)+)<2.5x10(-5)
Dalitz plot analysis of D-s(+)->pi(+)pi(-)pi(+)
No full textA Dalitz plot analysis of approximately 13 000 D-s(+) decays to pi(+)pi(-)pi(+) has been performed. The analysis uses a 384 fb(-1) data sample recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) storage ring running at center of mass energies near 10.6 GeV. Amplitudes and phases of the intermediate resonances which contribute to this final state are measured. A high precision measurement of the ratio of branching fractions is performed: B(D-s(+)->pi(+)pi(-)pi(+))/B(D-s(+)-> K+K-pi(+))=0.199 +/- 0.004 +/- 0.009. Using a model-independent partial wave analysis, the amplitude and phase of the S wave have been measured
Study of B ->(DDs(J)(*))-D-(*) decays and measurement of D-s(-) and D-sJ(2460)(-) branching fractions
No full textWe present branching fraction measurements of 12 B meson decays of the form B ->(DDs(J)(*))-D-(*). The results are based on Upsilon(4S) decays in B (B) over bar pairs. One of the B mesons is fully reconstructed and the other decays to two charm mesons, of which one is reconstructed, and the mass and momentum of the other is inferred by kinematics. Combining these results with previous exclusive branching fraction measurements, we determine B(D-s(-)->phi pi(-))=(4.62 +/- 0.36(stat.)+/- 0.51(syst.))%, B(D-sJ(2460)(-)-> D-s(*-)pi(0))=(56 +/- 13(stat.)+/- 9(syst.))% and B(D-sJ(2460)(-)-> D-s(-)gamma)=(16 +/- 4(stat.)+/- 3(syst.))%
Measurement of the branching fractions of the rare decays B-0 -> D-s((*)+)pi(-), B-0 -> D-s((*)+)rho(-), and B-0 -> Ds(*)-K(*)+
No full textWe report the measurement of the branching fractions of the rare decays B-0 -> D-s((*)+)pi(-), B-0 -> D-s((*)+)rho(-), and B-0 -> Ds(*)-K(*)+ in a sample of 381x10(6)Upsilon(4S) decays into B (B) over bar pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) storage ring. We present evidence for the decay B-0 -> Ds-K*+ and the vector-vector decays B-0 -> D-s(*+)rho(-) and B-0 -> Ds*-K*+, as well as the first measurement of the vector meson polarization in these decays. We also determine the ratios of the CKM-suppressed to CKM-favored amplitudes r(D-(*)pi) and r(D-(*)rho) in decays B-0 -> D-(*)+/-pi(-/+) and B-0 -> D-(*)+/-rho(-/+), and comment on the prospects for measuring the CP observable sin(2 beta+gamma)
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