This Thesis presents measurements of the decays \Bm\to\Xi_c^0\bar{\Lambda}_c^-, \Bzb\to\Xi_c^+\bar{\Lambda}_c^- , \Bm\to\Lambda_c^+\bar{\Lambda}_c^-\Km, and \Bzb\to\Lambda_c^+\bar{\Lambda}_c^-\Kzb based on 228 million \upsbb decays collected with the \babar\ detector at the SLAC \pep2\ asymmetric-energy \B factory. The branching fraction of \Bm\to\Lambda_c^+\bar{\Lambda}_c^-\Km is measured to be $(1.22\pm0.16\pm 0.14\pm0.63)\times 10^{-3}$, and the branching fraction of $\Bz\to\Lambda_c^+\bar{\Lambda_c^-\Kzb$ is $(0.40\pm 0.33\pm 0.05 \pm 0.21)\times 10^{-3}$. The product $\BR(\Bm\to\Xi_c^0\bar{Lambda}_c^-)\times \BR(\Xi_c^0\to\Xi^-\pi^+)$ is measured to be $(2.04\pm0.59\pm0.26\pm0.53)\times 10^{-5}$, and $\BR(\Bzb\to\Xi_c^+\bar{\Lambda}_c^-)\times\BR(\Xi_c^+\to\Xi^-\pi^+\pi^+)$ is $(1.50\pm 1.07\pm 0.19 \pm 0.39)\times 10^{-5}$, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and the uncertainty from the branching fraction $\BR(\Lambda_c^+\to\proton K^-\pi^+)$, respectively.
Dissertation
Exclusive B decays into final states with two charmed baryons
University of Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
Autumn 2007
DOI: 10.17077/etd.99kjh069
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Abstract
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- Title: Subtitle
- Exclusive B decays into final states with two charmed baryons
- Creators
- Xuedong Chai - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Usha Mallik (Advisor)Dong Su (Committee Member)Paul Kleiber (Committee Member)Vincent Rodgers (Committee Member)William Daughton (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Physics
- Date degree season
- Autumn 2007
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.99kjh069
- Number of pages
- xvii, 170 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2007 Xuedong Chai
- Language
- English
- Date copyrighted
- 2007
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170).
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9983776737902771
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