Bochum, Universiẗat, Diss., 2000.

This work presents measurements of the branching fractions for tau decays to 3-prong final states using a data set of 430 million tau lepton pairs, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $468 fb^-1, collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric energy e^+e^- storage rings. The tau^- -> 3pi^- eta nu_tau, tau^- ->pi^- 2pi^0 omega nu_tau and tau^- -> f_1(1285) pi^- nu_tau branching fractions are presented as well as a measurement of the non-resonant component of the tau^- -> 3pi^- 3pi^0 nu_tau decay. In addition this work sets a new limit on the branching fraction of the isospin-forbidden, second-class current decay tau^- -> pi^- eta'(958) nu_tau. / Graduate

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This thesis presents a search for the rare B meson decay B -> pi l⁺l⁻ (l=e or mu) using 428 fb⁻¹ of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric energy e⁺e⁻ storage rings located located at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. Four exclusive modes are studied: B⁺ -> pi+ e⁺e⁻, B⁺ -> pi⁺ mu⁺mu⁻, B0 -> pi⁰ e⁺e⁻, and B0 -> pi⁰ mu⁺mu⁻. Branching fraction upper limits at the 90% confidence level are presented for the exclusive modes B⁺ -> pi⁺ mu⁺mu⁻ and B0 -> pi0 mu⁺mu⁻, and the combined mode B -> pi mu⁺mu⁻. / text

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Dresden, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2004.

Techn. University, Diss., 2005--Dresden.

This work presents a precision determination of the mass difference of neutral and charged B mesons, m(B0) - m(B+). The measurement is based on a data sample of about 232 million B-meson pairs recorded with the BABAR detector at the e+e- storage-ring system PEP-II. In events of e+e- --> Upsilon(4S) --> B Bbar, B0 and B+ mesons are fully reconstructed in decays B+ --> J/psi K+ and B0 --> J/psi K*0 using the subsequent decays J/psi --> l+ l- and K*0 --> K+ pi- for the reconstruction of J/psi mesons and K*0 resonances, respectively. The determination of the mass difference from the measurement of the invariant B-meson masses suffers from detector-resolution effects. To reach the desired sensitivity, the B-meson momenta are measured in the center-of-mass system, the Upsilon(4S) rest frame. Since their energy is also known in the center-of-mass system, this method leads to the mass difference using the relativistic energy-momentum relation. For this purpose, three different fit methods are performed to the spectra of the B momenta. The obtained result is m(B0) - m(B+) = (+0.33 +- 0.05 +- 0.03) MeV/c^2, where the first error is statistical and the second estimates the systematic uncertainty of this measurement, which agrees well with the current world average. However, the combined error of this measurement is substantially smaller than that in the current world average, and the significance of m(B0) - m(B+) being non-zero has exceeded the 5 sigma level.

Die hier vorgestellte Untersuchung des radiativen elektroschwachen "Pinguin"-Zerfalls B->K*(892)Gamma, der durch den "Schleifen"-Übergang b->sGamma stattfindet, stellt einen wichtigen Test des Standardmodells und einen Kandidaten für die Suche nach Neuer Physik dar. Der benutzte Datensatz wurde auf der Y(4S)-Resonanz mit dem BABAR-Detektor am asymmetrischen Elektron-Positron-Speicherring PEP-II des Stanford Linear Accelerator Centers (SLAC) aufgezeichnet. Die B->K*Gamma Verzweigungsverhältnisse wurden in vier K*-Zerfallskanälen gemessen. Eine Suche nach direkter CP-Verletzung im B->K*Gamma Kanal wurde ebenfalls durchgeführt. / The presented study of the radiative electroweak "penguin"-decay B->K*(892)gamma, proceeding by the b->sgamma "loop"-transition, provides an important test of the Standard Model and a candidate of the search for New Physics. The used data sample has been recorded at the Y(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the asymmetric electron-positron- collider PEP-II of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in California. The B->K*gamma branching fractions are measured in four K*-decay modes. A search for direct CP-violation in the B->K*gamma mode has also been carried out.

In this thesis methods of calibration of the electromagnetic calorimeter of the BABAR experiment will be introduced. Additionally a method was developed to take into account the different energy losses between the edges and centres of the crystals. An improvement of the energy resolution of photons was achieved by 15%, depending on the energy. For Y(4S) and continuum events a momentum spectrum of inclusively produced neutral pions (Y(4S) -> pi0 X and e+e- -> q anti-q -> pi0 X, respectively) was determined. For continuum events also a momentum depending angle distribution was determined. From these distributions the average number of produced pi0 per event was calculated. The results for B decays and continuum events are n(B) =2,268+-0,008+-0,115 and n(Continuum)=3,388+-0,005+-0,172, respectively. These values were compared with Monte Carlo simulations and with other analyses. / In dieser Arbeit werden die Kalibrierungsmethoden des elektromagnetischen Kalorimeters des BABAR-Experiments vorgestellt. Entwickelt wurde dabei eine Methode, die die unterschiedlichen Energieverluste zwischen Kristallrändern und Kristallmitten berücksichtigt. Es wurde dabei eine Verbesserung der Energieauflösung von Photonen, abhängig von der Energie, von bis zu 15% erreicht. Für Y(4S)- und Kontinuumsereignisse wurden die Impulsspektren und für letztere die impulsabhängigen Richtungsverteilungen inklusiv produzierter neutraler Pionen (Y(4S) -> pi0 X bzw. e+e- -> q anti-q -> pi0 X) bestimmt. Aus diesen Verteilungen wurde die mittleren Anzahl erzeugter pi0 pro Ereignis ermittelt. Für B-Zerfälle bzw. Kontinuumsereignisse ergaben sich n(B) =2,268+-0,008+-0,115 bzw. n(Kontinuum)=3,388+-0,005+-0,172. Diese Werte wurden mit Monte-Carlo-Simulationen und mit anderen Analysen verglichen.