Observation of doubly-charmed B decays at LEP

R. Barate; D. Buskulic; D. Decamp; P. Ghez; C. Goy; J. P. Lees; A. Lucotte; E. Merle; M. N. Minard; J. Y. Nief; B. Pietrzyk; R. Alemany; G. Boix; M. P. Casado; M. Chmeissani; J. M. Crespo; M. Delfino; E. Fernandez; M. Fernandez-Bosman; L. Garrido; E. Graugès; A. Juste; M. Martinez; G. Merino; R. Miquel; L. M. Mir; I. C. Park; A. Pascual; J. A. Perlas; I. Riu; F. Sanchez; A. Colaleo; D. Creanza; M. de Palma; G. Gelao; G. Iaselli; G. Maggi; M. Maggi; S. Nuzzo; A. Ranieri; G. Raso; F. Ruggieri; G. Selvaggi; L. Silvestris; P. Tempesta; A. Tricomi; G. Zito; X. Huang; J. Lin; Q. Ouyang; T. Wang; Y. Xie; R. Xu; S. Xue; J. Zhang; L. Zhang; W. Zhao; D. Abbaneo; U. Becker; P. Bright-Thomas; D. Casper; M. Cattaneo; V. Ciulli; G. Dissertori; H. Drevermann; R. W. Forty; M. Frank; R. Hagelberg; J. B. Hansen; J. Harvey; P. Janot; B. Jost; I. Lehraus; P. Mato; A. Minten; L. Moneta; A. Pacheco; J. F. Pusztaszeri; F. Ranjard; L. Rolandi; D. Rousseau; D. Schlatter; W. Tejessy; F. Teubert; I. R. Tomalin; H. Wachsmuth; Z. Ajaltouni; F. Badaud; G. Chazelle; O. Deschamps; A. Falvard; C. Ferdi; P. Gay; C. Guicheney; P. Henrard; J. Jousset; B. Michel; S. Monteil; J. C. Montret; D. Pallin; P. Perret; F. Podlyski; J. Proriol; P. Rosnet; J. D. Hansen; J. R. Hansen; P. H. Hansen; B. S. Nilsson; B. Rensch; A. Wäänänen; G. Daskalakis; A. Kyriakis; C. Markou; E. Simopoulou; I. Siotis; A. Vayaki; A. Blondel; G. Bonneaud; J. C. Brient; P. Bourdon; A. Rouge; M. Rumpf; A. Valassi; M. Verderi; H. Videau; E. Focardi; G. Parrini; K. Zachariadou; M. Corden; C. Georgiopoulos; D. E. Jaffe; A. Antonelli; G. Bencivenni; G. Bologna; F. Bossi; P. Campana; G. Capon; F. Cerutti; V. Chiarella; G. Felici; P. Laurelli; G. Mannocchi; F. Murtas; G. P. Murtas; L. Passalacqua; M. Pepe-Altarelli; L. Curtis; A. W. Halley; J. G. Lynch; P. Negus; V. O'Shea; C. Raine; J. M. Scarr; K. Smith; P. Teixeira-Dias; A. S. Thompson; E. Thomson; O. Buchmäller; S. Dhamotharan; C. Geweniger; G. Graefe; P. Hanke; G. Hansper; V. Hepp; E. E. Kluge; A. Putzer; J. Sommer; K. Tittel; S. Werner; M. Wunsch; R. Beuselinck; D. M. Binnie; W. Cameron; P. J. Dornan; M. Girone; S. Goodsir; E. B. Martin; N. Marinelli; A. Moutoussi; J. Nash; J. K. Sedgbeer; P. Spagnolo; M. D. Williams; V. M. Ghete; P. Girtler; E. Kneringer; D. Kuhn; G. Rudolph; A. P. Betteridge; C. K. Bowdery; P. G. Buck; P. Colrain; G. Crawford; A. J. Finch; F. Foster; G. Hughes; R. W.L. Jones; M. I. Williams; I. Giehl; A. M. Greene; C. Hoffmann; K. Jakobs; K. Kleinknecht; G. Quast; B. Renk; E. Rohne; H. G. Sander; P. van Gemmeren; C. Zeitnitz; J. J. Aubert; C. Benchouk; A. Bonissent; G. Bujosa; J. Carr; P. Coyle; F. Etienne; O. Leroy; F. Motsch; P. Payre; M. Talby; A. Sadouki; M. Thulasidas; K. Trabelsi; M. Aleppo; M. Antonelli; F. Ragusa; R. Berlich; W. Blum; V. Büscher; H. Dietl; G. Ganis; H. Kroha; G. Lütjens; C. Mannert; W. Männer; H. G. Moser; S. Schael; R. Settles; H. Seywerd; H. Stenzel; W. Wiedenmann; G. Wolf; J. Boucrot; O. Callot; S. Chen; A. Cordier; M. Davier; L. Duflot; J. F. Grivaz; Ph Heusse; A. Hücker; A. Jacholkowska; D. W. Kim; F. Le Diberder; J. Lefrançois; A. M. Lutz; M. H. Schune; E. Tournefier; J. J. Veillet; I. Videau; D. Zerwas; P. Azzurri; G. Bagliesi; G. Batignani; S. Bettarini; T. Boccali; C. Bozzi; G. Calderini; M. Carpinelli; M. A. Ciocci; R. Dell'Orso; R. Fantechi; I. Ferrante; L. Foà; F. Forti; A. Giassi; M. A. Giorgi; A. Gregorio; F. Ligabue; A. Lusiani; P. S. Marrocchesi; A. Messineo; F. Palla; G. Rizzo; G. Sanguinetti; A. Sciabà; R. Tenchini; G. Tonelli; C. Vannini; A. Venturi; P. G. Verdini; G. A. Blair; L. M. Bryant; J. T. Chambers; M. G. Green; T. Medcalf; P. Perrodo; J. A. Strong; J. H. von Wimmersperg-Toeller; D. R. Botterill; R. W. Clifft; T. R. Edgecock; S. Haywood; P. R. Norton; J. C. Thompson; A. E. Wright; B. Bloch-Devaux; P. Colas; S. Emery; W. Kozanecki; E. Lançon; M. C. Lemaire; E. Locci; P. Perez; J. Rander; J. F. Renardy; A. Roussarie; J. P. Schuller; J. Schwindling; A. Trabelsi; B. Vallage; S. N. Black; J. H. Dann; R. P. Johnson; H. Y. Kim; N. Konstantinidis; A. M. Litke; M. A. McNeil; G. Taylor; C. N. Booth; C. A.J. Brew; S. Cartwright; F. Combley; M. S. Kelly; M. Lehto; J. Reeve; L. F. Thompson; K. Affholderbach; A. Boührer; S. Brandt; G. Cowan; C. Grupen; P. Saraiva; L. Smolik; F. Stephan; M. Apollonio; L. Bosisio; R. della Marina; G. Giannini; B. Gobbo; G. Musolino; J. Rothberg; S. Wasserbaech; S. R. Armstrong; E. Charles; P. Elmer; D. P.S. Ferguson; Y. Gao; S. González; T. C. Greening; O. J. Hayes; H. Hu; S. Jin; P. A. McNamara; J. M. Nachtman; J. Nielsen; W. Orejudos; Y. B. Pan; Y. Saadi; I. J. Scott; J. Walsh; S. L. Wu; X. Wu; G. Zobernig

doi:10.1007/s100529800924

Observation of doubly-charmed B decays at LEP

R. Barate, D. Buskulic, D. Decamp, P. Ghez, C. Goy, J. P. Lees, A. Lucotte, E. Merle, M. N. Minard, J. Y. Nief, B. Pietrzyk, R. Alemany, G. Boix, M. P. Casado, M. Chmeissani, J. M. Crespo, M. Delfino, E. Fernandez, M. Fernandez-Bosman, L. GarridoE. Graugès, A. Juste, M. Martinez, G. Merino, R. Miquel, L. M. Mir, I. C. Park, A. Pascual, J. A. Perlas, I. Riu, F. Sanchez, A. Colaleo, D. Creanza, M. de Palma, G. Gelao, G. Iaselli, G. Maggi, M. Maggi, S. Nuzzo, A. Ranieri, G. Raso, F. Ruggieri, G. Selvaggi, L. Silvestris, P. Tempesta, A. Tricomi, G. Zito, X. Huang, J. Lin, Q. Ouyang, T. Wang, Y. Xie, R. Xu, S. Xue, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. Zhao, D. Abbaneo, U. Becker, P. Bright-Thomas, D. Casper, M. Cattaneo, V. Ciulli, G. Dissertori, H. Drevermann, R. W. Forty, M. Frank, R. Hagelberg, J. B. Hansen, J. Harvey, P. Janot, B. Jost, I. Lehraus, P. Mato, A. Minten, L. Moneta, A. Pacheco, J. F. Pusztaszeri, F. Ranjard, L. Rolandi, D. Rousseau, D. Schlatter, W. Tejessy, F. Teubert, I. R. Tomalin, H. Wachsmuth, Z. Ajaltouni, F. Badaud, G. Chazelle, O. Deschamps, A. Falvard, C. Ferdi, P. Gay, C. Guicheney, P. Henrard, J. Jousset, B. Michel, S. Monteil, J. C. Montret, D. Pallin, P. Perret, F. Podlyski, J. Proriol, P. Rosnet, J. D. Hansen, J. R. Hansen, P. H. Hansen, B. S. Nilsson, B. Rensch, A. Wäänänen, G. Daskalakis, A. Kyriakis, C. Markou, E. Simopoulou, I. Siotis, A. Vayaki, A. Blondel, G. Bonneaud, J. C. Brient, P. Bourdon, A. Rouge, M. Rumpf, A. Valassi, M. Verderi, H. Videau, E. Focardi, G. Parrini, K. Zachariadou, M. Corden, C. Georgiopoulos, D. E. Jaffe, A. Antonelli, G. Bencivenni, G. Bologna, F. Bossi, P. Campana, G. Capon, F. Cerutti, V. Chiarella, G. Felici, P. Laurelli, G. Mannocchi, F. Murtas, G. P. Murtas, L. Passalacqua, M. Pepe-Altarelli, L. Curtis, A. W. Halley, J. G. Lynch, P. Negus, V. O'Shea, C. Raine, J. M. Scarr, K. Smith, P. Teixeira-Dias, A. S. Thompson, E. Thomson, O. Buchmäller, S. Dhamotharan, C. Geweniger, G. Graefe, P. Hanke, G. Hansper, V. Hepp, E. E. Kluge, A. Putzer, J. Sommer, K. Tittel, S. Werner, M. Wunsch, R. Beuselinck, D. M. Binnie, W. Cameron, P. J. Dornan, M. Girone, S. Goodsir, E. B. Martin, N. Marinelli, A. Moutoussi, J. Nash, J. K. Sedgbeer, P. Spagnolo, M. D. Williams, V. M. Ghete, P. Girtler, E. Kneringer, D. Kuhn, G. Rudolph, A. P. Betteridge, C. K. Bowdery, P. G. Buck, P. Colrain, G. Crawford, A. J. Finch, F. Foster, G. Hughes, R. W.L. Jones, M. I. Williams, I. Giehl, A. M. Greene, C. Hoffmann, K. Jakobs, K. Kleinknecht, G. Quast, B. Renk, E. Rohne, H. G. Sander, P. van Gemmeren, C. Zeitnitz, J. J. Aubert, C. Benchouk, A. Bonissent, G. Bujosa, J. Carr, P. Coyle, F. Etienne, O. Leroy, F. Motsch, P. Payre, M. Talby, A. Sadouki, M. Thulasidas, K. Trabelsi, M. Aleppo, M. Antonelli, F. Ragusa, R. Berlich, W. Blum, V. Büscher, H. Dietl, G. Ganis, H. Kroha, G. Lütjens, C. Mannert, W. Männer, H. G. Moser, S. Schael, R. Settles, H. Seywerd, H. Stenzel, W. Wiedenmann, G. Wolf, J. Boucrot, O. Callot, S. Chen, A. Cordier, M. Davier, L. Duflot, J. F. Grivaz, Ph Heusse, A. Hücker, A. Jacholkowska, D. W. Kim, F. Le Diberder, J. Lefrançois, A. M. Lutz, M. H. Schune, E. Tournefier, J. J. Veillet, I. Videau, D. Zerwas, P. Azzurri, G. Bagliesi, G. Batignani, S. Bettarini, T. Boccali, C. Bozzi, G. Calderini, M. Carpinelli, M. A. Ciocci, R. Dell'Orso, R. Fantechi, I. Ferrante, L. Foà, F. Forti, A. Giassi, M. A. Giorgi, A. Gregorio, F. Ligabue, A. Lusiani, P. S. Marrocchesi, A. Messineo, F. Palla, G. Rizzo, G. Sanguinetti, A. Sciabà, R. Tenchini, G. Tonelli, C. Vannini, A. Venturi, P. G. Verdini, G. A. Blair, L. M. Bryant, J. T. Chambers, M. G. Green, T. Medcalf, P. Perrodo, J. A. Strong, J. H. von Wimmersperg-Toeller, D. R. Botterill, R. W. Clifft, T. R. Edgecock, S. Haywood, P. R. Norton, J. C. Thompson, A. E. Wright, B. Bloch-Devaux, P. Colas, S. Emery, W. Kozanecki, E. Lançon, M. C. Lemaire, E. Locci, P. Perez, J. Rander, J. F. Renardy, A. Roussarie, J. P. Schuller, J. Schwindling, A. Trabelsi, B. Vallage, S. N. Black, J. H. Dann, R. P. Johnson, H. Y. Kim, N. Konstantinidis, A. M. Litke, M. A. McNeil, G. Taylor, C. N. Booth, C. A.J. Brew, S. Cartwright, F. Combley, M. S. Kelly, M. Lehto, J. Reeve, L. F. Thompson, K. Affholderbach, A. Boührer, S. Brandt, G. Cowan, C. Grupen, P. Saraiva, L. Smolik, F. Stephan, M. Apollonio, L. Bosisio, R. della Marina, G. Giannini, B. Gobbo, G. Musolino, J. Rothberg, S. Wasserbaech, S. R. Armstrong, E. Charles, P. Elmer, D. P.S. Ferguson, Y. Gao, S. González, T. C. Greening, O. J. Hayes, H. Hu, S. Jin, P. A. McNamara, J. M. Nachtman, J. Nielsen, W. Orejudos, Y. B. Pan, Y. Saadi, I. J. Scott, J. Walsh, S. L. Wu, X. Wu, G. Zobernig

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Abstract

A search for doubly-charmed B decays with both charmed mesons reconstructed is performed, using about 3.8 million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP. A clear signal is observed in the channels B → D_sD̄(X) and B → DD̄(X) (where D can be either a D⁰, a D⁺ or a D*⁺), providing the first direct evidence for doubly-charmed B decays involving no D_s production. Evidence for associated K_S⁰ and K± production in the decays B → DD̄(X) is also presented some candidates for completely reconstructed decays B → D_sD̄(nπ), B→ DD̄K_S⁰ and B → DD̄K± are observed. Furthermore, candidates for the two-body Cabibbo suppressed decays B⁰ → D*^-D*⁺ and B^- → D⁽*⁾⁰D⁽* ^)- are also observed. Measurements of the corresponding branching fractions are extracted.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	387-407
Number of pages	21
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s100529800924
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J. P., Lucotte, A., Merle, E., Minard, M. N., Nief, J. Y., Pietrzyk, B., Alemany, R., Boix, G., Casado, M. P., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J. M., Delfino, M., Fernandez, E., Fernandez-Bosman, M., ... Zobernig, G. (1998). Observation of doubly-charmed B decays at LEP. European Physical Journal C, 4(3), 387-407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100529800924

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abstract = "A search for doubly-charmed B decays with both charmed mesons reconstructed is performed, using about 3.8 million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP. A clear signal is observed in the channels B → Ds{\=D}(X) and B → D{\=D}(X) (where D can be either a D0, a D+ or a D*+), providing the first direct evidence for doubly-charmed B decays involving no Ds production. Evidence for associated KS0 and K± production in the decays B → D{\=D}(X) is also presented some candidates for completely reconstructed decays B → Ds{\=D}(nπ), B→ D{\=D}KS0 and B → D{\=D}K± are observed. Furthermore, candidates for the two-body Cabibbo suppressed decays B0 → D*-D*+ and B- → D(*)0D(* )- are also observed. Measurements of the corresponding branching fractions are extracted.",

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Barate, R, Buskulic, D, Decamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, JP, Lucotte, A, Merle, E, Minard, MN, Nief, JY, Pietrzyk, B, Alemany, R, Boix, G, Casado, MP, Chmeissani, M, Crespo, JM, Delfino, M, Fernandez, E, Fernandez-Bosman, M, Garrido, L, Graugès, E, Juste, A, Martinez, M, Merino, G, Miquel, R, Mir, LM, Park, IC, Pascual, A, Perlas, JA, Riu, I, Sanchez, F, Colaleo, A, Creanza, D, de Palma, M, Gelao, G, Iaselli, G, Maggi, G, Maggi, M, Nuzzo, S, Ranieri, A, Raso, G, Ruggieri, F, Selvaggi, G, Silvestris, L, Tempesta, P, Tricomi, A, Zito, G, Huang, X, Lin, J, Ouyang, Q, Wang, T, Xie, Y, Xu, R, Xue, S, Zhang, J, Zhang, L, Zhao, W, Abbaneo, D, Becker, U, Bright-Thomas, P, Casper, D, Cattaneo, M, Ciulli, V, Dissertori, G, Drevermann, H, Forty, RW, Frank, M, Hagelberg, R, Hansen, JB, Harvey, J, Janot, P, Jost, B, Lehraus, I, Mato, P, Minten, A, Moneta, L, Pacheco, A, Pusztaszeri, JF, Ranjard, F, Rolandi, L, Rousseau, D, Schlatter, D, Tejessy, W, Teubert, F, Tomalin, IR, Wachsmuth, H, Ajaltouni, Z, Badaud, F, Chazelle, G, Deschamps, O, Falvard, A, Ferdi, C, Gay, P, Guicheney, C, Henrard, P, Jousset, J, Michel, B, Monteil, S, Montret, JC, Pallin, D, Perret, P, Podlyski, F, Proriol, J, Rosnet, P, Hansen, JD, Hansen, JR, Hansen, PH, Nilsson, BS, Rensch, B, Wäänänen, A, Daskalakis, G, Kyriakis, A, Markou, C, Simopoulou, E, Siotis, I, Vayaki, A, Blondel, A, Bonneaud, G, Brient, JC, Bourdon, P, Rouge, A, Rumpf, M, Valassi, A, Verderi, M, Videau, H, Focardi, E, Parrini, G, Zachariadou, K, Corden, M, Georgiopoulos, C, Jaffe, DE, Antonelli, A, Bencivenni, G, Bologna, G, Bossi, F, Campana, P, Capon, G, Cerutti, F, Chiarella, V, Felici, G, Laurelli, P, Mannocchi, G, Murtas, F, Murtas, GP, Passalacqua, L, Pepe-Altarelli, M, Curtis, L, Halley, AW, Lynch, JG, Negus, P, O'Shea, V, Raine, C, Scarr, JM, Smith, K, Teixeira-Dias, P, Thompson, AS, Thomson, E, Buchmäller, O, Dhamotharan, S, Geweniger, C, Graefe, G, Hanke, P, Hansper, G, Hepp, V, Kluge, EE, Putzer, A, Sommer, J, Tittel, K, Werner, S, Wunsch, M, Beuselinck, R, Binnie, DM, Cameron, W, Dornan, PJ, Girone, M, Goodsir, S, Martin, EB, Marinelli, N, Moutoussi, A, Nash, J, Sedgbeer, JK, Spagnolo, P, Williams, MD, Ghete, VM, Girtler, P, Kneringer, E, Kuhn, D, Rudolph, G, Betteridge, AP, Bowdery, CK, Buck, PG, Colrain, P, Crawford, G, Finch, AJ, Foster, F, Hughes, G, Jones, RWL, Williams, MI, Giehl, I, Greene, AM, Hoffmann, C, Jakobs, K, Kleinknecht, K, Quast, G, Renk, B, Rohne, E, Sander, HG, van Gemmeren, P, Zeitnitz, C, Aubert, JJ, Benchouk, C, Bonissent, A, Bujosa, G, Carr, J, Coyle, P, Etienne, F, Leroy, O, Motsch, F, Payre, P, Talby, M, Sadouki, A, Thulasidas, M, Trabelsi, K, Aleppo, M, Antonelli, M, Ragusa, F, Berlich, R, Blum, W, Büscher, V, Dietl, H, Ganis, G, Kroha, H, Lütjens, G, Mannert, C, Männer, W, Moser, HG, Schael, S, Settles, R, Seywerd, H, Stenzel, H, Wiedenmann, W, Wolf, G, Boucrot, J, Callot, O, Chen, S, Cordier, A, Davier, M, Duflot, L, Grivaz, JF, Heusse, P, Hücker, A, Jacholkowska, A, Kim, DW, Le Diberder, F, Lefrançois, J, Lutz, AM, Schune, MH, Tournefier, E, Veillet, JJ, Videau, I, Zerwas, D, Azzurri, P, Bagliesi, G, Batignani, G, Bettarini, S, Boccali, T, Bozzi, C, Calderini, G, Carpinelli, M, Ciocci, MA, Dell'Orso, R, Fantechi, R, Ferrante, I, Foà, L, Forti, F, Giassi, A, Giorgi, MA, Gregorio, A, Ligabue, F, Lusiani, A, Marrocchesi, PS, Messineo, A, Palla, F, Rizzo, G, Sanguinetti, G, Sciabà, A, Tenchini, R, Tonelli, G, Vannini, C, Venturi, A, Verdini, PG, Blair, GA, Bryant, LM, Chambers, JT, Green, MG, Medcalf, T, Perrodo, P, Strong, JA, von Wimmersperg-Toeller, JH, Botterill, DR, Clifft, RW, Edgecock, TR, Haywood, S, Norton, PR, Thompson, JC, Wright, AE, Bloch-Devaux, B, Colas, P, Emery, S, Kozanecki, W, Lançon, E, Lemaire, MC, Locci, E, Perez, P, Rander, J, Renardy, JF, Roussarie, A, Schuller, JP, Schwindling, J, Trabelsi, A, Vallage, B, Black, SN, Dann, JH, Johnson, RP, Kim, HY, Konstantinidis, N, Litke, AM, McNeil, MA, Taylor, G, Booth, CN, Brew, CAJ, Cartwright, S, Combley, F, Kelly, MS, Lehto, M, Reeve, J, Thompson, LF, Affholderbach, K, Boührer, A, Brandt, S, Cowan, G, Grupen, C, Saraiva, P, Smolik, L, Stephan, F, Apollonio, M, Bosisio, L, della Marina, R, Giannini, G, Gobbo, B, Musolino, G, Rothberg, J, Wasserbaech, S, Armstrong, SR, Charles, E, Elmer, P, Ferguson, DPS, Gao, Y, González, S, Greening, TC, Hayes, OJ, Hu, H, Jin, S, McNamara, PA, Nachtman, JM, Nielsen, J, Orejudos, W, Pan, YB, Saadi, Y, Scott, IJ, Walsh, J, Wu, SL, Wu, X & Zobernig, G 1998, 'Observation of doubly-charmed B decays at LEP', European Physical Journal C, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 387-407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100529800924

TY - JOUR

T1 - Observation of doubly-charmed B decays at LEP

AU - Barate, R.

AU - Buskulic, D.

AU - Decamp, D.

AU - Ghez, P.

AU - Goy, C.

AU - Lees, J. P.

AU - Lucotte, A.

AU - Merle, E.

AU - Minard, M. N.

AU - Nief, J. Y.

AU - Pietrzyk, B.

AU - Alemany, R.

AU - Boix, G.

AU - Casado, M. P.

AU - Chmeissani, M.

AU - Crespo, J. M.

AU - Delfino, M.

AU - Fernandez, E.

AU - Fernandez-Bosman, M.

AU - Garrido, L.

AU - Graugès, E.

AU - Juste, A.

AU - Martinez, M.

AU - Merino, G.

AU - Miquel, R.

AU - Mir, L. M.

AU - Park, I. C.

AU - Pascual, A.

AU - Perlas, J. A.

AU - Riu, I.

AU - Sanchez, F.

AU - Colaleo, A.

AU - Creanza, D.

AU - de Palma, M.

AU - Gelao, G.

AU - Iaselli, G.

AU - Maggi, G.

AU - Maggi, M.

AU - Nuzzo, S.

AU - Ranieri, A.

AU - Raso, G.

AU - Ruggieri, F.

AU - Selvaggi, G.

AU - Silvestris, L.

AU - Tempesta, P.

AU - Tricomi, A.

AU - Zito, G.

AU - Huang, X.

AU - Lin, J.

AU - Ouyang, Q.

AU - Wang, T.

AU - Xie, Y.

AU - Xu, R.

AU - Xue, S.

AU - Zhang, J.

AU - Zhang, L.

AU - Zhao, W.

AU - Abbaneo, D.

AU - Becker, U.

AU - Bright-Thomas, P.

AU - Casper, D.

AU - Cattaneo, M.

AU - Ciulli, V.

AU - Dissertori, G.

AU - Drevermann, H.

AU - Forty, R. W.

AU - Frank, M.

AU - Hagelberg, R.

AU - Hansen, J. B.

AU - Harvey, J.

AU - Janot, P.

AU - Jost, B.

AU - Lehraus, I.

AU - Mato, P.

AU - Minten, A.

AU - Moneta, L.

AU - Pacheco, A.

AU - Pusztaszeri, J. F.

AU - Ranjard, F.

AU - Rolandi, L.

AU - Rousseau, D.

AU - Schlatter, D.

AU - Tejessy, W.

AU - Teubert, F.

AU - Tomalin, I. R.

AU - Wachsmuth, H.

AU - Ajaltouni, Z.

AU - Badaud, F.

AU - Chazelle, G.

AU - Deschamps, O.

AU - Falvard, A.

AU - Ferdi, C.

AU - Gay, P.

AU - Guicheney, C.

AU - Henrard, P.

AU - Jousset, J.

AU - Michel, B.

AU - Monteil, S.

AU - Montret, J. C.

AU - Pallin, D.

AU - Perret, P.

AU - Podlyski, F.

AU - Proriol, J.

AU - Rosnet, P.

AU - Hansen, J. D.

AU - Hansen, J. R.

AU - Hansen, P. H.

AU - Nilsson, B. S.

AU - Rensch, B.

AU - Wäänänen, A.

AU - Daskalakis, G.

AU - Kyriakis, A.

AU - Markou, C.

AU - Simopoulou, E.

AU - Siotis, I.

AU - Vayaki, A.

AU - Blondel, A.

AU - Bonneaud, G.

AU - Brient, J. C.

AU - Bourdon, P.

AU - Rouge, A.

AU - Rumpf, M.

AU - Valassi, A.

AU - Verderi, M.

AU - Videau, H.

AU - Focardi, E.

AU - Parrini, G.

AU - Zachariadou, K.

AU - Corden, M.

AU - Georgiopoulos, C.

AU - Jaffe, D. E.

AU - Antonelli, A.

AU - Bencivenni, G.

AU - Bologna, G.

AU - Bossi, F.

AU - Campana, P.

AU - Capon, G.

AU - Cerutti, F.

AU - Chiarella, V.

AU - Felici, G.

AU - Laurelli, P.

AU - Mannocchi, G.

AU - Murtas, F.

AU - Murtas, G. P.

AU - Passalacqua, L.

AU - Pepe-Altarelli, M.

AU - Curtis, L.

AU - Halley, A. W.

AU - Lynch, J. G.

AU - Negus, P.

AU - O'Shea, V.

AU - Raine, C.

AU - Scarr, J. M.

AU - Smith, K.

AU - Teixeira-Dias, P.

AU - Thompson, A. S.

AU - Thomson, E.

AU - Buchmäller, O.

AU - Dhamotharan, S.

AU - Geweniger, C.

AU - Graefe, G.

AU - Hanke, P.

AU - Hansper, G.

AU - Hepp, V.

AU - Kluge, E. E.

AU - Putzer, A.

AU - Sommer, J.

AU - Tittel, K.

AU - Werner, S.

AU - Wunsch, M.

AU - Beuselinck, R.

AU - Binnie, D. M.

AU - Cameron, W.

AU - Dornan, P. J.

AU - Girone, M.

AU - Goodsir, S.

AU - Martin, E. B.

AU - Marinelli, N.

AU - Moutoussi, A.

AU - Nash, J.

AU - Sedgbeer, J. K.

AU - Spagnolo, P.

AU - Williams, M. D.

AU - Ghete, V. M.

AU - Girtler, P.

AU - Kneringer, E.

AU - Kuhn, D.

AU - Rudolph, G.

AU - Betteridge, A. P.

AU - Bowdery, C. K.

AU - Buck, P. G.

AU - Colrain, P.

AU - Crawford, G.

AU - Finch, A. J.

AU - Foster, F.

AU - Hughes, G.

AU - Jones, R. W.L.

AU - Williams, M. I.

AU - Giehl, I.

AU - Greene, A. M.

AU - Hoffmann, C.

AU - Jakobs, K.

AU - Kleinknecht, K.

AU - Quast, G.

AU - Renk, B.

AU - Rohne, E.

AU - Sander, H. G.

AU - van Gemmeren, P.

AU - Zeitnitz, C.

AU - Aubert, J. J.

AU - Benchouk, C.

AU - Bonissent, A.

AU - Bujosa, G.

AU - Carr, J.

AU - Coyle, P.

AU - Etienne, F.

AU - Leroy, O.

AU - Motsch, F.

AU - Payre, P.

AU - Talby, M.

AU - Sadouki, A.

AU - Thulasidas, M.

AU - Trabelsi, K.

AU - Aleppo, M.

AU - Antonelli, M.

AU - Ragusa, F.

AU - Berlich, R.

AU - Blum, W.

AU - Büscher, V.

AU - Dietl, H.

AU - Ganis, G.

AU - Kroha, H.

AU - Lütjens, G.

AU - Mannert, C.

AU - Männer, W.

AU - Moser, H. G.

AU - Schael, S.

AU - Settles, R.

AU - Seywerd, H.

AU - Stenzel, H.

AU - Wiedenmann, W.

AU - Wolf, G.

AU - Boucrot, J.

AU - Callot, O.

AU - Chen, S.

AU - Cordier, A.

AU - Davier, M.

AU - Duflot, L.

AU - Grivaz, J. F.

AU - Heusse, Ph

AU - Hücker, A.

AU - Jacholkowska, A.

AU - Kim, D. W.

AU - Le Diberder, F.

AU - Lefrançois, J.

AU - Lutz, A. M.

AU - Schune, M. H.

AU - Tournefier, E.

AU - Veillet, J. J.

AU - Videau, I.

AU - Zerwas, D.

AU - Azzurri, P.

AU - Bagliesi, G.

AU - Batignani, G.

AU - Bettarini, S.

AU - Boccali, T.

AU - Bozzi, C.

AU - Calderini, G.

AU - Carpinelli, M.

AU - Ciocci, M. A.

AU - Dell'Orso, R.

AU - Fantechi, R.

AU - Ferrante, I.

AU - Foà, L.

AU - Forti, F.

AU - Giassi, A.

AU - Giorgi, M. A.

AU - Gregorio, A.

AU - Ligabue, F.

AU - Lusiani, A.

AU - Marrocchesi, P. S.

AU - Messineo, A.

AU - Palla, F.

AU - Rizzo, G.

AU - Sanguinetti, G.

AU - Sciabà, A.

AU - Tenchini, R.

AU - Tonelli, G.

AU - Vannini, C.

AU - Venturi, A.

AU - Verdini, P. G.

AU - Blair, G. A.

AU - Bryant, L. M.

AU - Chambers, J. T.

AU - Green, M. G.

AU - Medcalf, T.

AU - Perrodo, P.

AU - Strong, J. A.

AU - von Wimmersperg-Toeller, J. H.

AU - Botterill, D. R.

AU - Clifft, R. W.

AU - Edgecock, T. R.

AU - Haywood, S.

AU - Norton, P. R.

AU - Thompson, J. C.

AU - Wright, A. E.

AU - Bloch-Devaux, B.

AU - Colas, P.

AU - Emery, S.

AU - Kozanecki, W.

AU - Lançon, E.

AU - Lemaire, M. C.

AU - Locci, E.

AU - Perez, P.

AU - Rander, J.

AU - Renardy, J. F.

AU - Roussarie, A.

AU - Schuller, J. P.

AU - Schwindling, J.

AU - Trabelsi, A.

AU - Vallage, B.

AU - Black, S. N.

AU - Dann, J. H.

AU - Johnson, R. P.

AU - Kim, H. Y.

AU - Konstantinidis, N.

AU - Litke, A. M.

AU - McNeil, M. A.

AU - Taylor, G.

AU - Booth, C. N.

AU - Brew, C. A.J.

AU - Cartwright, S.

AU - Combley, F.

AU - Kelly, M. S.

AU - Lehto, M.

AU - Reeve, J.

AU - Thompson, L. F.

AU - Affholderbach, K.

AU - Boührer, A.

AU - Brandt, S.

AU - Cowan, G.

AU - Grupen, C.

AU - Saraiva, P.

AU - Smolik, L.

AU - Stephan, F.

AU - Apollonio, M.

AU - Bosisio, L.

AU - della Marina, R.

AU - Giannini, G.

AU - Gobbo, B.

AU - Musolino, G.

AU - Rothberg, J.

AU - Wasserbaech, S.

AU - Armstrong, S. R.

AU - Charles, E.

AU - Elmer, P.

AU - Ferguson, D. P.S.

AU - Gao, Y.

AU - González, S.

AU - Greening, T. C.

AU - Hayes, O. J.

AU - Hu, H.

AU - Jin, S.

AU - McNamara, P. A.

AU - Nachtman, J. M.

AU - Nielsen, J.

AU - Orejudos, W.

AU - Pan, Y. B.

AU - Saadi, Y.

AU - Scott, I. J.

AU - Walsh, J.

AU - Wu, S. L.

AU - Wu, X.

AU - Zobernig, G.

PY - 1998

Y1 - 1998

N2 - A search for doubly-charmed B decays with both charmed mesons reconstructed is performed, using about 3.8 million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP. A clear signal is observed in the channels B → DsD̄(X) and B → DD̄(X) (where D can be either a D0, a D+ or a D*+), providing the first direct evidence for doubly-charmed B decays involving no Ds production. Evidence for associated KS0 and K± production in the decays B → DD̄(X) is also presented some candidates for completely reconstructed decays B → DsD̄(nπ), B→ DD̄KS0 and B → DD̄K± are observed. Furthermore, candidates for the two-body Cabibbo suppressed decays B0 → D*-D*+ and B- → D(*)0D(* )- are also observed. Measurements of the corresponding branching fractions are extracted.

AB - A search for doubly-charmed B decays with both charmed mesons reconstructed is performed, using about 3.8 million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP. A clear signal is observed in the channels B → DsD̄(X) and B → DD̄(X) (where D can be either a D0, a D+ or a D*+), providing the first direct evidence for doubly-charmed B decays involving no Ds production. Evidence for associated KS0 and K± production in the decays B → DD̄(X) is also presented some candidates for completely reconstructed decays B → DsD̄(nπ), B→ DD̄KS0 and B → DD̄K± are observed. Furthermore, candidates for the two-body Cabibbo suppressed decays B0 → D*-D*+ and B- → D(*)0D(* )- are also observed. Measurements of the corresponding branching fractions are extracted.

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U2 - 10.1007/s100529800924

DO - 10.1007/s100529800924

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SN - 1434-6044

VL - 4

SP - 387

EP - 407

JO - European Physical Journal C

JF - European Physical Journal C

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Observation of doubly-charmed B decays at LEP

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