Rates, polarizations, and asymmetries in charmless vector-vector B meson decays.

Journal article

With a sample of approximately 89 x 10(6) B(-)B pairs collected with the BABAR detector, we perform a search for B meson decays into pairs of charmless vector mesons (phi, rho, and K*). We measure the branching fractions, determine the degree of longitudinal polarization, and search for CP violation asymmetries in the processes B+-->phiK(*+), B0-->phiK(*0), B+-->rho(0)K(*+), and B+-->rho(0)rho(+). We also set an upper limit on the branching fraction for the decay B0-->rho(0)rho(0).

Authors: Aubert, B; Barate, R; Boutigny, D; Gaillard, J; Hicheur, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Volume: 91
• Issue: 17
• Pages: 171802
• Publication date: 2003-10-23
• DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.171802
• EISSN: 1079-7114
• ISSN: 0031-9007
• Language: English
• Keywords: BABAR Collaboration