Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 4111 - 4115 (1993)

Measurement of charmless semileptonic decays of B mesons

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J. Bartelt et al.
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Received 7 September 1993

Using the CLEO II detector and a sample of 955 000 Υ(4S) decays we have confirmed charmless semileptonic decays of B mesons. In the momentum interval 2.3–2.6 GeV/c we observe an excess of 107±15±11 leptons, which we attribute to bulν. This result yields a model-dependent range of values for ‖Vub/Vcb‖ that is lower than has been obtained in previous studies. For the inclusive spectator model of Altarelli et al. we find ‖Vub/Vcb‖=0.076±0.008. Models that describe bulν with a limited set of exclusive final states give ‖Vub/Vcb‖=0.06-0.10.


©1993 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.4111
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.4111
PACS: 13.20.Jf, 12.15.Ff, 14.40.Jz

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