Determination of |Vcb| using B¯0→D*+ℓ−ν¯ℓ decays with Belle II

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2023-11, 2023-11-29

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American Physical Society

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We determine the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix-element magnitude |Vcb| using B0 → D∗+ν decays reconstructed in 189 fb−1 of collision data collected by the Belle II experiment, located at the SuperKEKB e+ e collider. Partial decay rates are reported as functions of the recoil parameter w and three decay angles separately for electron and muon final states. We obtain |Vcb| using the Boyd-Grinstein-Lebed and Caprini-Lellouch-Neubert parametrizations, and find |Vcb|BGL = (40.57±0.31±0.95±0.58)×10−3 and |Vcb|CLN = (40.13±0.27±0.93±0.58)× −3 with the uncertainties denoting statistical components, systematic components, and components from the lattice QCD input, respectively. The branching fraction is measured to be β(B0 → D∗+ ν) = (4.922 ± 0.023 ± 0.220)%. The ratio of branching fractions for electron and muon final states is found to be 0.998 ± 0.009 ± 0.020. In addition, we determine the forward-backward angular asymmetry and the D∗+ longitudinal polarization fractions. All results are compatible with lepton-flavor universality in the Standard Model.

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5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 4902 Mathematical Physics, 49 Mathematical Sciences, 51 Physical Sciences, 5101 Astronomical Sciences

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