Study of B meson decays to three-body charmless hadronic final states
Garmash, A.; Abe, K.; Abe, T.; Adachi, I.; Aihara, H.; Akatsu, M.; Asano, Y.; Aushev, T.; Bakich, A.M.; Ban, Y.; Bedny, I.; Behera, P.K.; Bizjak, I.; Bondar, A.; Bozek, A.; Bračko, M.; Browder, T.E.; Casey, B.C.K.; Chang, P.; Chao, Y.; Chen, K.-F.; Cheon, B.G.; Chistov, R.; Choi, S.-K.; Choi, Y.; Chuvikov, A.; Danilov, M.; Dash, M.; Dong, L.Y.; Drutskoy, A.; Eidelman, S.; Eiges, V.; Fukunaga, C.; Gabyshev, N.; Gershon, T.; Golob, B.; Gordon, A.; Guo, R.; Haba, J.; Hagner, C.; Hara, T.; Hastings, N.C.; Hayashii, H.; Hazumi, M.; Higuchi, I.; Hinz, L.; Hokuue, T.; Hoshi, Y.; Hou, W.-S.; Huang, H.-C.; Igarashi, Y.; Iijima, T.; Inami, K.; Itoh, R.; Iwasaki, H.; Iwasaki, M.; Iwasaki, Y.; Jang, H.K.; Kang, J.H.; Kang, J.S.; Katayama, N.; Kawai, H.; Kawasaki, T.; Kichimi, H.; Kim, D.W.; Kim, H.J.; Kim, H.; Kim, S.K.; Kinoshita, K.; Korpar, S.; Križan, P.; Krokovny, P.; Kuzmin, A.; Kwon, Y.-J.; Leder, G.; Lee, S.H.; Li, J.; Lin, S.-W.; MacNaughton, J.; Majumder, G.; Mandl, F.; Matsumoto, H.; Matyja, A.; Mitaroff, W.; Miyata, H.; Moloney, G.R.; Mori, T.; Nagasaka, Y.; Nakadaira, T.; Nakano, E.; Nakao, M.; Nam, J.W.; Natkaniec, Z.; Nishida, S.; Nitoh, O.; Ohshima, T.; Okabe, T.; Okuno, S.
2004
Abstract
We report results of a study of charmless B meson decays to three-body Kππ, KKπ and KKK final states. Measurements of branching fractions for B decays to K=+(0)π+π-, K +K+K-, K0K+K-, K+Ks 0Ks 0 and K s 0Ks 0Ks 0 final states are presented. The decays B0→K0K +K-, B+→K+Ks 0Ks 0 and B0→Ks 0Ks 0Ks 0 are observed for the first time. We also report evidence for B+→K +K-π+ decay. For the three-body final states K0K+π-, Ks 0K s 0π+, K+K+π - and K-π+π+, 90% confidence level upper limits are reported. Finally, we discuss the possibility of using the three-body B0→Ks 0K+K - decay for CP violation studies. The results are obtained with a 78 fb-1 data sample collected at the Y(4S) resonance by the Belle detector operating at the KEKB asymmetric energy e+e- collider. © 2004 The American Physical Society.
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Study of B meson decays to three-body charmless hadronic final states
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Garmash, A. ; Abe, K. ; Abe, T. ; Adachi, I. ; Aihara, H. ; Akatsu, M. ; Asano, Y. ; Aushev, T. ; Bakich, A.M. ; Ban, Y. ; Bedny, I. ; Behera, P.K. ; Bizjak, I. ; Bondar, A. ; Bozek, A. ; Bračko, M. ; Browder, T.E. ; Casey, B.C.K. ; Chang, P. ; Chao, Y. ; Chen, K.-F. ; Cheon, B.G. ; Chistov, R. ; Choi, S.-K. ; Choi, Y. ; Chuvikov, A. ; Danilov, M. ; Dash, M. ; Dong, L.Y. ; Drutskoy, A. ; Eidelman, S. ; Eiges, V. ; Fukunaga, C. ; Gabyshev, N. ; Gershon, T. ; Golob, B. ; Gordon, A. ; Guo, R. ; Haba, J. ; Hagner, C. ; Hara, T. ; Hastings, N.C. ; Hayashii, H. ; Hazumi, M. ; Higuchi, I. ; Hinz, L. ; Hokuue, T. ; Hoshi, Y. ; Hou, W.-S. ; Huang, H.-C. ; Igarashi, Y. ; Iijima, T. ; Inami, K. ; Itoh, R. ; Iwasaki, H. ; Iwasaki, M. ; Iwasaki, Y. ; Jang, H.K. ; Kang, J.H. ; Kang, J.S. ; Katayama, N. ; Kawai, H. ; Kawasaki, T. ; Kichimi, H. ; Kim, D.W. ; Kim, H.J. ; Kim, H. ; Kim, S.K. ; Kinoshita, K. ; Korpar, S. ; Križan, P. ; Krokovny, P. ; Kuzmin, A. ; Kwon, Y.-J. ; Leder, G. ; Lee, S.H. ; Li, J. ; Lin, S.-W. ; MacNaughton, J. ; Majumder, G. ; Mandl, F. ; Matsumoto, H. ; Matyja, A. ; Mitaroff, W. ; Miyata, H. ; Moloney, G.R. ; Mori, T. ; Nagasaka, Y. ; Nakadaira, T. ; Nakano, E. ; Nakao, M. ; Nam, J.W. ; Natkaniec, Z. ; Nishida, S. ; Nitoh, O. ; Ohshima, T. ; Okabe, T. ; Okuno, S.
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Physical Review D
Volume
69
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1
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012001
Date
2004
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05562821
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