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Main C, Palmer S, Griffin S, Jones L, Orton V, Sculpher M, Henderson R, Sudlow C, Hawkins N, Riemsma R. Clopidogrel used in combination with aspirin compared with aspirin alone in the treatment of non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndromes: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technol Assess 2004; 8:iii-iv, xv-xvi, 1-141. [PMID: 15461878 DOI: 10.3310/hta8400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To review systematically the clinical effectiveness and the cost-effectiveness of clopidogrel used in combination with standard therapy including aspirin, compared with standard therapy alone for the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (ACS). DATA SOURCES Electronic databases. Manufacturers' submissions. REVIEW METHODS Studies were selected using rigorous criteria. The quality of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) was assessed according to criteria based on NHS CRD Report No. 4, and the quality of systematic reviews was assessed according to the guidelines for the Database of Reviews of Effect (DARE) criteria. The quality of economic evaluations was assessed according to a specifically tailored checklist. The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of clopidogrel in combination with standard therapy compared with standard therapy alone were synthesised through a narrative review with full tabulation of the results of the included studies. In the economic evaluations, a cost-effectiveness model was constructed using the best available evidence to determine cost-effectiveness in a UK setting. RESULTS One RCT (the CURE trial) was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of high quality and showed that clopidogrel in addition to aspirin was significantly more effective than placebo plus aspirin in patients with non-ST-segment elevation ACS for the composite outcome of death from cardiovascular causes, non-fatal myocardial infarction or stroke over the 9-month treatment period. However, clopidogrel was associated with a significantly higher number of episodes of both major and minor bleeding. The results from the five systematic reviews that assessed the adverse events associated with long-term aspirin use showed that aspirin was associated with a significantly higher incidence of haemorrhagic stroke, extracranial haemorrhage and gastrointestinal haemorrhage compared with placebo. Of the cost-effectiveness evidence reviewed, only the manufacturer's submission was considered relevant from the perspective of the NHS. The review of this evidence highlighted potential limitations within the submission in its use of data and in the model structure used. These limitations led to the development of a new model with the aim of providing a more reliable estimate of the cost-effectiveness from the perspective of the UK NHS. This model indicated that clopidogrel appears cost-effective compared with standard care alone in patients with non-ST-elevation ACS as long as the NHS is willing to pay GBP6078 per quality of life year (QALY). The results were most sensitive to the inclusion of additional strategies that assessed alternative treatment durations with clopidogrel. Although treatment with clopidogrel for 12 months remained cost-effective for the overall cohort, provisional findings indicate that the shorter treatment durations may be more cost-effective in patients at low risk. CONCLUSIONS The results of the CURE trial indicate that clopidogrel in combination with aspirin was significantly more effective than placebo combined with aspirin in a wide range of patients with ACS. This benefit was largely related to a reduction in Q-wave myocardial infarction. There was no statistically significant benefit in relation to mortality. The trial data suggested that a substantial part of the benefit derived from clopidogrel is achieved by 3 months, with a further small benefit over the remaining 9 months of chronic treatment. The results from the base-case model suggest that treatment with clopidogrel as an adjunct to standard therapy (including aspirin) for 12 months, compared with standard therapy alone, is cost-effective in non-ST elevation ACS patients as long as the health service is willing to pay GBP6078 per additional QALY. However, although treatment with clopidogrel for 12 months remained cost-effective for the overall cohort, provisional findings indicate that the shorter treatment durations may be more cost-effective in patients at low risk. To estimate the exact length of time that clopidogrel in addition to standard therapy should be prescribed for patients with non-ST-segment ACS would require a prospective trial that randomised patients to various durations of therapy. This would accurately assess whether a 'rebound' phenomenon occurs in patients if clopidogrel were stopped after 3 months of treatment.
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Henderson R, Prince H. Correction. Stat Med 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/sim.1811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Henderson R, Oates K, MacDonald H, Smith WCS, Selvaraj S. Factors influencing the uptake of childhood immunisation in rural areas. Br J Gen Pract 2004; 54:114-8. [PMID: 14965390 PMCID: PMC1314804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Childhood vaccination has been vigorously debated in recent years. Professional and parental confidence in the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in particular has been shaken, as reflected by its decreased uptake. AIM To investigate the influence of practice type and the method of vaccination call/recall on childhood immunisation coverage. DESIGN Analysis of childhood immunisation uptake rates. SETTING General practices in the Highland NHS Health Board area in Scotland. METHOD Data on the immunisation uptake of individual practices in the region were obtained from the Information and Statistics Division of NHS Scotland. RESULTS Uptake of all vaccines in children reaching the age of 2 years was lower in practices using their own call/recall system than those engaged with the national system. Inducement practices achieved lower uptake than non-inducement practices for every immunisation studied, with the differences ranging from 4.7% to 7.8%. Compared with group practices, uptake of all vaccines was less for single-handed practices, with the differences ranging from 2.4% to 11.4%. A logistic regression analysis found that high uptake of the diphtheria and meningococcus group C vaccines by the age of 24 months was significantly associated with use of the national call/recall system. Only inducement practice status was significantly associated with reduced uptake in children aged 12 months. CONCLUSIONS Engagement with the national call/recall system was associated with higher immunisation coverage for children reaching the age of 2 years. Inducement status was associated with low uptake of vaccinations in children reaching the age of 1 year.
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Cohen M, Sartin EA, Whitley EM, Whitley RD, Smith AN, Brawner WR, Henderson R, Behrend EN. Ocular metastasis of a vaccine-associated fibrosarcoma in a cat. Vet Comp Oncol 2003; 1:232-40. [PMID: 19379185 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5810.2003.00031.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A 6-year-old, neutered male domestic shorthair cat was evaluated for a recurrent vaccine-associated fibrosarcoma. The cat had three excisions of the tumour prior to presentation and was referred for radiation therapy. Ten months following treatment with radiation therapy, the cat was presented again for a cloudy appearance to the eye. An exenteration was performed, and biopsy revealed fibrosarcoma. At the same time, two discrete pulmonary nodules were identified on thoracic radiographs. Two doses of doxorubicin (20 mg/m(2)) and cyclophosphamide (100 mg/m(2)) were administered intravenously 3 weeks apart. Despite treatment, the pulmonary nodule doubled in size. This case represents the first antemortem report of ocular metastasis of a vaccine-associated sarcoma and supports the highly aggressive nature of these tumours.
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Arisaka K, Buchanan C, Chun S, MacFarlane DB, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Blouw J, Harton JL, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Grenier GJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, Mugge M, van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Taylor GP, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Iwasaki M, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Leonardi E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges E, Haas T, Hadig T, Halyo V, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee SW, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mohapatra A, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Rare B decays into states containing a J/psi meson and a meson with s(-)s quark content. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 91:071801. [PMID: 12935005 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.071801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report a study of the B meson decays, B+ --> J/psiphiK+, B0 --> J/psiphiK(0)(S), B0 --> J/psiphi, B0 --> J/psieta, and B0 --> J/psieta' using 56 x 10(6) B(-)B events collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e(+)e(-) asymmetric-energy storage ring. We measure the branching fractions B(B+ --> J/psiphiK+)=(4.4+/-1.4(stat)+/-0.5(syst))x 10(-5) and B(B0 --> J/psiphiK(0)(S))=(5.1+/-1.9(stat)+/-0.5(syst))x 10(-5), and set upper limits at 90% confidence level for the branching fractions B(B0 --> J/psiphi)<9.2 x 10(-6), B(B0 --> J/psieta)<2.7 x 10(-5), and B(B0 --> J/psieta')<6.3 x 10(-5).
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Mommsen RK, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Schwanke U, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Grenier GJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Taylor GP, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Hart PA, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao H, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau B, Brau J, Frey R, Iwasaki M, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Leonardi E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Tehrani FS, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Abe K, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges-Pous E, Hadig T, Halyo V, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Henderson R, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element V(ub) with B-->rhoenu decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 90:181801. [PMID: 12785997 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.181801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the rare decays B-->rhoenu and extract a value for the magnitude of V(ub), one of the smallest elements of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark-mixing matrix. The results are given for five different calculations of form factors used to para-metrize the hadronic current in semileptonic decays. Using a sample of 55 x 10(6) BB meson pairs recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e(+)e(-) storage ring, we obtain B(B0-->rho(-)e(+)nu)=(3.29+/-0.42+/-0.47+/-0.55) x 10(-4) and |V(ub)|=(3.64+/-0.22+/-0.25(+0.39)(-0.56)) x 10(-3), where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and theoretical, respectively.
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Chun S, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar H, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Schwanke U, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Grenier GJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Taylor GP, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Iwasaki M, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Leonardi E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Tehrani FS, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges E, Haas T, Hadig T, Halyo V, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Quinn H, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mohapatra A, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Study of the rare decays B0-->D((*)+)(s)pi(-) and B0-->D((*)-)(s)K+. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 90:181803. [PMID: 12785999 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.181803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report evidence for the decays B0-->D(+)(s)pi(-) and B0-->D(-)(s)K+ and the results of a search for B0-->D(*+)(s)pi(-) and B0-->D(*-)(s)K+ in a sample of 84 x 10(6) upsilon(4S) decays into BB pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) storage ring. We measure the branching fractions B(B0-->D(+)(s)pi(-))=[3.2+/-0.9(stat)+/-1.0(syst)] x 10(-5) and B(B0-->D(-)(s)K+)=[3.2+/-1.0(stat)+/-1.0(syst)] x 10(-5). We also set 90% C.L. limits B(B0-->D(*+)(s)pi(-))<4.1 x 10(-5) and B(B0-->D(*-)(s)K+)<2.5 x 10(-5).
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Chuah T, Tan K, Flanagan S, Hyland V, Sullivan A, Henderson R, MacMillan J, Lander C. Erratum to “CADASIL (Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leucoencephalapathy): an Australian perspective” Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2001; 8: 404–406. J Clin Neurosci 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0967-5868(03)00084-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Faruqi AR, Cattermole DM, Henderson R, Mikulec B, Raeburn C. Evaluation of a hybrid pixel detector for electron microscopy. Ultramicroscopy 2003; 94:263-76. [PMID: 12524196 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3991(02)00336-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We describe the application of a silicon hybrid pixel detector, containing 64 by 64 pixels, each 170 microm(2), in electron microscopy. The device offers improved resolution compared to CCDs along with faster and noiseless readout. Evaluation of the detector, carried out on a 120 kV electron microscope, demonstrates the potential of the device.
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Arisaka K, Buchanan C, Chun S, MacFarlane DB, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Blouw J, Harton JL, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Grenier GJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, Mugge M, van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Taylor GP, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Iwasaki M, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Leonardi E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges E, Haas T, Hadig T, Halyo V, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee SW, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mohapatra A, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Measurement of the B0-->J/psipi+pi- branching fraction. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 90:091801. [PMID: 12689213 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.091801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay of the neutral B meson into the final state J/psipi(+)pi(-). The data set contains approximately 56 x 10(6) BB pairs produced at the Upsilon(4S) resonance and recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) storage ring. The result of this analysis is B(B0-->J/psipi(+)pi(-))=(4.6+/-0.7+/-0.6) x 10(-5), where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. In addition, we measure B(B0-->J/psirho(0))=(1.6+/-0.6+/-0.4) x 10(-5).
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Henderson R. Percutaneous lung biopsies. Br J Radiol 2003. [DOI: 10.1259/bjr.76.903.760213a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Henderson R. Percutaneous lung biopsies. Br J Radiol 2003; 76:213; author reply 213. [PMID: 12684240 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.76.903.760213b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Chun S, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar H, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Schwanke U, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Grenier GJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Taylor GP, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Iwasaki M, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Leonardi E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges E, Haas T, Hadig T, Halyo V, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Quinn H, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee SW, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mohapatra A, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in B0-->pi+pi-, K+pi-, K+K- decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 89:281802. [PMID: 12513134 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.281802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for two-body neutral B meson decays to charged pions and kaons based on a sample of about 88x10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->BB decays. From a time-independent fit we measure the charge-averaged branching fractions B(B0-->pi+pi-)=(4.7+/-0.6+/-0.2)x10(-6), B(B0-->K+pi-)=(17.9+/-0.9+/-0.7)x10(-6), and the direct CP-violating charge asymmetry A(Kpi)=-0.102+/-0.050+/-0.016 [-0.188,-0.016], where the ranges in square brackets indicate the 90% confidence intervals. From a time-dependent fit we measure the B0-->pi+pi- CP-violating parameters S(pipi)=0.02+/-0.34+/-0.05 [-0.54,+0.58] and C(pipi)=-0.30+/-0.25+/-0.04 [-0.72,+0.12].
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Henderson R, Carlin D, Kohlhase K, Leader S. Multicenter US study of hospital resource utilization associated with cytomegalovirus-related readmission of renal and heart transplant patients. Transpl Infect Dis 2002; 3 Suppl 2:57-9. [PMID: 11926752 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2001.00011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related rehospitalization and associated resource use were captured by the Transplant Infection Cost Analysis (TICA) program, which examined patient records and hospital billing data in multiple solid organ transplant centers in the US. The experiences of two adult heart and three adult renal transplant centers were each pooled for analysis. Financial data were standardized to 1998 US dollars using the Medical Care component of the US Consumer Price Index. CMV-related readmissions among renal transplant patients averaged 10.5 days (range 1-56) with average charges of $22,598. Heart transplant patients readmitted for CMV incurred an average charge of $42,111 and average hospital stay of 10.9 days (range 2-95). CMV-related hospital resource use represented a significant portion of the average cost of the original transplant and associated length of stay.
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Chun S, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar H, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Schwanke U, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Grenier GJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Taylor GP, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Iwasaki M, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Leonardi E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges E, Haas T, Hadig T, Halyo V, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Quinn H, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mohapatra A, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Measurement of the CP asymmetry amplitude sin2beta with B0 mesons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 89:201802. [PMID: 12443469 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.201802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2002] [Revised: 09/06/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present results on time-dependent CP asymmetries in neutral B decays to several CP eigenstates. The measurements use a data sample of about 88 x 10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->B(-)B decays collected between 1999 and 2002 with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory at SLAC. We study events in which one neutral B meson is fully reconstructed in a final state containing a charmonium meson and the other B meson is determined to be either a B(0) or B(-0) from its decay products. The amplitude of the CP asymmetry, which in the standard model is proportional to sin2beta, is derived from the decay-time distributions in such events. We measure sin2beta=0.741+/-0.067(stat)+/-0.034(syst) and |lambda|=0.948+/-0.051(stat)+/-0.030(syst). The magnitude of lambda is consistent with unity, in agreement with the standard model expectation of no direct CP violation in these modes.
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen GP, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Oddone PJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Kunze M, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Foster B, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Bukin DA, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Telnov VI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Arisaka K, Buchanan C, Chun S, MacFarlane DB, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Sharma V, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Metzler S, Oyang J, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Zhu RY, Devmal S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, Van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Blouw J, Harton JL, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Piemontese L, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, De Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Xie Y, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Hamilton R, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Fischer PA, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, Mugge M, Van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Boyd JT, Forti AC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Olsen J, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Hast C, Nief JY, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Grauges E, Iwasaki M, Sinev NB, Strom D, Colecchia F, Dal Corso F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Michelon G, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Torassa E, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, De Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Frank ED, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Simi G, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Lu C, Miftakov V, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Cavoto G, Del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yèche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Singh H, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Calderini G, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Haas T, Halyo V, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Quinn H, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Brown CM, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Charles E, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, Von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu SL, Yu Z, Kordich TMB, Neal H. Measurement of the branching fraction and CP content for the decay B0-->D(*+)D(*-). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 89:061801. [PMID: 12190575 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.061801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report a measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B0-->D(*+)D(*-) and of the CP-odd component of its final state using the BABAR detector. With data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.4 fb (-1) collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance during 1999-2000, we have reconstructed 38 candidate signal events in the mode B0-->D(*+)D(*-) with an estimated background of 6.2+/-0.5 events. From these events, we determine the branching fraction to be B(B0-->D(*+)D(*-))=[8.3+/-1.6(stat)+/-1.2(syst)]x10(-4). The measured CP-odd fraction of the final state is 0.22+/-0.18(stat)+/-0.03(syst).
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Sculpher M, Smith D, Clayton T, Henderson R, Buxton M, Pocock S, Chamberlain D. Coronary angioplasty versus medical therapy for angina. Health service costs based on the second Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina (RITA-2) trial. Eur Heart J 2002; 23:1291-1300. [PMID: 12175666 DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.3075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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AIMS The second Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina (RITA-2) trial compares an initial strategy of PTCA with continued medical management in patients with arteriographically proven coronary artery disease. This paper employs resource use data collected in the trial to compare the health service costs of the two strategies over 3 years follow-up. METHODS AND RESULTS 1018 patients were randomized, 504 to PTCA and 514 to continued medical management. Health service resource use data were collected prospectively on all patients. Hospital unit costs were estimated in collaboration with five U.K. centres. PTCA patients underwent more subsequent coronary arteriograms, but subsequent (non-randomized) PTCAs were more common in patients randomized to medical management (118 procedures in 102 patients) compared to those randomized to PTCA (73 procedures in 62 patients). The likelihood of undergoing CABG was similar in the two groups. The use of antianginal medications was higher in patients randomized to an initial strategy of medical management. There was an overall mean additional cost per patient over 3 years in patients randomized to PTCA of pound 2685 (95% CI pound 2074- pound 3322). CONCLUSIONS In RITA-2, the cost of an initial strategy of PTCA exceeded the cost of an initial strategy of medical management by 74% over 3 years.
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen GP, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Clark AR, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Oddone PJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Kunze M, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Foster B, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Bukin DA, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Telnov VI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Arisaka K, Buchanan C, Chun S, MacFarlane DB, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Sharma V, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Metzler S, Oyang J, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Weaver M, Yang S, Zhu RY, Devmal S, Geld TL, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Dima MO, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Blouw J, Harton JL, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Dittongo S, Piemontese L, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Xie Y, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Pia MG, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Hamilton R, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Fischer PA, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Grosdidier G, Hast C, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, Mugge M, van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gunawardane NJW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Azzopardi DE, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McGrath P, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Boyd JT, Forti AC, Fullwood J, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Olsen J, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Nief JY, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Grauges E, Iwasaki M, Sinev NB, Strom D, Colecchia F, Dal Corso F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Michelon G, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Torassa E, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Le Diberder F, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Frank ED, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Simi G, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Cavoto G, Del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Lamanna E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yèche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Singh H, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Calderini G, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Haas T, Halyo V, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Quinn H, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Brown CM, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Charles E, Dasu S, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu SL, Yu Z, Kordich TMB, Neal H. Measurement of the B(0) lifetime with partially reconstructed B(0)-->D(-)l(+)nu(l) decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 89:011802. [PMID: 12097031 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.011802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The B(0) lifetime was measured with a sample of 23 million BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e(+)e(-) storage ring during 1999 and 2000. Events from the semileptonic decay B(0)-->D(*-)l(+)nu(l) have been selected with a partial reconstruction method in which only the charged lepton and the slow pi from the D*--->D(0)pi(-) decay are reconstructed. The result is tau(B(0)) = 1.529+/-0.012(stat)+/-0.029(syst) ps.
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen GP, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Clark AR, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Oddone PJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Kunze M, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Foster B, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Bukin DA, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Telnov VI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Arisaka K, Buchanan C, Chun S, MacFarlane DB, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Sharma V, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Metzler S, Oyang J, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Weaver M, Yang S, Zhu RY, Devmal S, Geld TL, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Dima MO, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Blouw J, Harton JL, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Dittongo S, Piemontese L, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Xie Y, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Pia MG, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Hamilton R, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Fischer PA, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Grosdidier G, Hast C, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, Mugge M, van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gunawardane NJW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Azzopardi DE, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McGrath P, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Boyd JT, Forti AC, Fullwood J, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Olsen J, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Nief JY, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Grauges E, Iwasaki M, Sinev NB, Strom D, Colecchia F, Dal Corso F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Michelon G, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Torassa E, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Le Diberder F, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Frank ED, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Simi G, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Cavoto G, del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Lamanna E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yèche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Singh H, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Calderini G, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Haas T, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Quinn H, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Brown CM, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Charles E, Dasu S, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu SL, Yu Z, Kordich TMB, Neal H. Search for the rare decays B-->Kl(+)l(-) and B-->K(*)l(+)l(-). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:241801. [PMID: 12059291 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.241801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl(+)l(-) and B-->K(*)l(+)l(-), where l(+)l(-) is either an e(+)e(-) or mu(+)mu(-) pair. The data sample comprises 22.7 x 10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->B(-)B decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B Factory. We obtain the 90% C.L. upper limits B(B-->Kl(+)l(-))<0.51 x 10(-6) and B(B-->K(*)l(+)l(-))<3.1 x 10(-6), close to standard model predictions for these branching fractions. We have also obtained limits on the lepton-family-violating decays B-->Ke+/-mu(-/+) and B-->K(*)e(+/-)mu(-/+).
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen GP, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Oddone PJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Kunze M, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Foster B, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Bukin DA, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Telnov VI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Arisaka K, Buchanan C, Chun S, MacFarlane DB, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Sharma V, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Metzler S, Oyang J, Porter FC, Ryd A, Yang S, Zhu RY, Devmal S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, Van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Blouw J, Harton JL, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Piemontese L, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, De Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Xie Y, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Hamilton R, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Fischer PA, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, Mugge M, Van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Boyd JT, Forti AC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Olsen J, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Hast C, Nief JY, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Grauges E, Iwasaki M, Sinev NB, Strom D, Colecchia F, Dal Corso F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Michelon G, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Torassa E, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, De La Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Frank ED, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Simi G, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Lu C, Miftakov V, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Cavoto G, Del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, De Monchenault GH, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yèche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Singh H, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Calderini G, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Haas T, Halyo V, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Quinn H, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Brown CM, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Charles E, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, Von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu SL, Yu Z, Kordich TMB, Neal H. Search for T and CP violation in B0-B-0 mixing with inclusive dilepton events. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:231801. [PMID: 12059351 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.231801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report the results of a search for T and CP violation in B0-B-0 mixing using an inclusive dilepton sample collected by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II B Factory. The asymmetry between l+l+ and l-l- events allows us to compare the probabilities for B-0-->B0 and B0-->B-0 oscillations and thus probe T and CP invariance. Using a sample of 23 x 10(6) BB- pairs, we measure a same-sign dilepton asymmetry of A(T/CP) = [0.5+/-1.2(stat)+/-1.4(syst)]%. For the modulus of the ratio of complex mixing parameters p and q, we obtain q/p = 0.998+/-0.006(stat)+/-0.007(syst).
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen GP, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Clark AR, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Oddone PJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Kunze M, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Foster B, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Bukin DA, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Telnov VI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Arisaka K, Buchanan C, Chun S, MacFarlane DB, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Sharma V, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Metzler S, Oyang J, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Weaver M, Yang S, Zhu RY, Devmal S, Geld TL, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Dima MO, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, Van Hoek WC, Blouw J, Harton JL, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Dittongo S, Piemontese L, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, De Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Xie Y, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Pia MG, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Hamilton R, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Fischer PA, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Grosdidier G, Hast C, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, Mugge M, Van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gunawardane NJW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Azzopardi DE, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McGrath P, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Boyd JT, Forti AC, Fullwood J, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Olsen J, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Nief JY, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Grauges E, Iwasaki M, Sinev NB, Strom D, Colecchia F, Dal Corso F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Michelon G, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Torassa E, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, De Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Le Diberder F, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Frank ED, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Simi G, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Cavoto G, Del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Lamanna E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yèche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Singh H, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Calderini G, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Haas T, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Quinn H, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Brown CM, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Charles E, Dasu S, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, Von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu SL, Yu Z, Kordich TMB, Neal H. Measurement of B0-B-0 flavor oscillations in hadronic B0 decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:221802. [PMID: 12059414 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.221802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Flavor oscillations of neutral B mesons have been studied in e+e- annihilation data collected with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near the upsilon(4S) resonance. The data sample used for this purpose consists of events in which one B0 meson is reconstructed in a hadronic decay mode, while the flavor of the recoiling B0 is determined with a tagging algorithm that exploits the correlation between the flavor of the heavy quark and the charges of its decay products. From the time development of the observed mixed and unmixed final states, we determine the B0-B-0 oscillation frequency deltamd to be 0.516+/-0.016(stat)+/-0.010(syst) ps-1.
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Aubert B, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen GP, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Clark AR, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Oddone PJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Bright-Thomas PG, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, O'Neale SW, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Kunze M, Lewandowski B, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Bhimji W, Chevalier N, Clark PJ, Cottingham WN, Foster B, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Jolly S, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Bukin DA, Buzykaev AR, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Korol AA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Telnov VI, Yushkov AN, Best D, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, McMahon S, Stoker DP, Arisaka K, Buchanan C, Chun S, MacFarlane DB, Prell S, Rahatlou S, Raven G, Sharma V, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Hart PA, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Grothe M, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Pulliam T, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Metzler S, Oyang J, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Weaver M, Yang S, Zhu RY, Devmal S, Geld TL, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Barillari T, Bloom P, Dima MO, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, Van Hoek WC, Blouw J, Harton JL, Krishnamurthy M, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Otto S, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Ferrag S, T'Jampens S, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Anjomshoaa A, Bernet R, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Falbo M, Borean C, Bozzi C, Dittongo S, Piemontese L, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, De Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Xie Y, Zallo A, Bagnasco S, Buzzo A, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Pastore FC, Patrignani C, Pia MG, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Morii M, Bartoldus R, Hamilton R, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Fischer PA, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Rosenberg EI, Grosdidier G, Hast C, Höcker A, Lacker HM, Laplace S, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Trincaz-Duvoid S, Wormser G, Bionta RM, Brigljević V, Lange DJ, Mugge M, Van Bibber K, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, George M, Kay M, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Aspinwall ML, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gunawardane NJW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Smith D, Azzopardi DE, Back JJ, Bellodi G, Dixon P, Harrison PF, Potter RJL, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Cowan G, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McGrath P, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Boyd JT, Forti AC, Fullwood J, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Savvas N, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Lillard V, Olsen J, Roberts DA, Schieck JR, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Staengle H, Willocq S, Brau B, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Milek M, Patel PM, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Nief JY, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, LoSecco JM, Alsmiller JRG, Gabriel TA, Brau J, Frey R, Grauges E, Iwasaki M, Sinev NB, Strom D, Colecchia F, Dal Corso F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Michelon G, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Torassa E, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, De Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, Le Diberder F, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Roos L, Stark J, Manfredi PF, Re V, Speziali V, Frank ED, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Campagna E, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Simi G, Triggiani G, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Turnbull L, Wagoner DE, Albert J, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Schaffner SF, Smith AJS, Tumanov A, Varnes EW, Cavoto G, Del Re D, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Lamanna E, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Serra M, Voena C, Christ S, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, London GW, Mayer B, Serfass B, Vasseur G, Yèche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Singh H, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Adam I, Aston D, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Calderini G, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Haas T, Himel T, Hryn'ova T, Huffer ME, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Menke S, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Quinn H, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schietinger T, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Snyder A, Soha A, Spanier SM, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Tanaka HA, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Cheng CH, Meyer TI, Roat C, Henderson R, Bugg W, Cohn H, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gamba D, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Brown CM, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Charles E, Dasu S, Eichenbaum AM, Hu H, Johnson JR, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Pan Y, Prepost R, Scott IJ, Sekula SJ, Von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu SL, Yu Z, Kordich TMB, Neal H. Measurement of the B0-B-0 oscillation frequency with inclusive dilepton events. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:221803. [PMID: 12059415 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.221803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The B0-B-0 oscillation frequency has been measured with a sample of 23 x 10(6) BB- pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric B Factory at SLAC. In this sample, we select events in which both B mesons decay semileptonically and use the charge of the leptons to identify the flavor of each B meson. A simultaneous fit to the decay time difference distributions for opposite- and same-sign dilepton events gives deltamd = 0.493+/-0.012(stat)+/-0.009(syst) ps-1.
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Tittor J, Paula S, Subramaniam S, Heberle J, Henderson R, Oesterhelt D. Proton translocation by bacteriorhodopsin in the absence of substantial conformational changes. J Mol Biol 2002; 319:555-65. [PMID: 12051928 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00307-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Unlike wild-type bacteriorhodopsin (BR), the BR triple mutant D96G/F171C/F219L has been shown to undergo only minor structural rearrangements during its photocycle. Nonetheless, the mutant is capable of transporting protons at a rate of 125(+/-40) H+/BR per minute under light-saturating conditions. Light adaptation of the triple mutant's retinal proceeds in a pH-dependent manner up to a maximum of 63% all-trans. These two findings imply that the transport activity of the triple mutant comprises 66% of the wild-type activity. Time-resolved spectroscopy reveals that the identity and sequence of intermediates in the photocycle of the triple mutant in the all-trans configuration correspond to that of wild-type BR. The only differences relate to a slower rise and decay of the M and O intermediates, and a significant spectral contribution from a 13-cis component. No indication for accumulation of the N intermediate is found under a variety of conditions that normally favor the formation of this species in wild-type BR. The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum of the M intermediate in the triple mutant resembles that of wild type. Minor changes in the amide I region during the photocycle suggest that only small movements of the protein backbone occur. Electron microscopy reveals large differences in conformation between the unilluminated state of the mutant protein and wild-type but no light-induced changes in time-resolved measurements. Evidently, proton transport by the triple mutant does not require the major conformational rearrangements that occur on the same time-scale with wild-type. Thus, we conclude that large conformational changes observed in the photocycle of the wild-type and many BR mutants are not a prerequisite for the change in accessibility of the Schiff base nitrogen atom that must occur during vectorial catalysis to allow proton transport.
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