Observation of B(0) decay to 2 charmless mesons

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1993-12Author
Ammar, Raymond G.
Ball, S.
Baringer, Philip S.
Coppage, Don
Copty, N.
Davis, Robin E. P.
Hancock, N.
Kelly, M.
Kwak, Nowhan
Lam, H.
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AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
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We report results from a search for the decays B0 --> pi+pi-, B0 --> K+pi-, and B0 --> K+K-. We find 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions, B(pipi) < 2.9 x 10(-5) , B(Kpi) < 2.6 x 10(-5), and B(KK) < 0.7 x 10(-5). While there is no statistically significant signal in the individual modes, the sum of B(pipi) and B(Kpi) exceeds zero with a significance of more than 4 standard deviations, indicating that we have observed charmless hadronic B decays.
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BATTLE, M, ERNST, J, et al. Observation of B(0) decay to 2 charmless mesons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. December 1993. 71(240 : 3922-3926
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