Investigation of the decay of orbitally-excited B mesons and first measurement of the branching ratio BR(BJ*→B*π(X))

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 437-454

  Abbiendi, G ^b   Ackerstaff, K ^g   Ainsley, C ^e   Akesson P F ^c   Alexander, G ^u   Allison, J ^o   Anderson, K J ^h   Arcelli, S ^p   Asai, S ^v,w   Ashby, S F ^a   Axen, D ^aa   Azuelos, G ^q,ag   Bailey, I ^z   Ball, A H ^g   Barberio, E ^g   Barlow, R J ^o   Baumann, S ^c   Behnke, T ^y   Bell, K W ^s   Bella, G ^u   Bellerive, A ^h   Benelli, G ^b   Bentvelsen, S ^g   Bethke, S ^af   Biebel, O ^af   Bloodworth, I J ^a   Boeriu, O ⁱ   Bock, P ^j   Bohme J ^m,ak   Bonacorsi, D ^b   Boutemeur, M ^ae   Braibant, S ^g   Bright Thomas, P ^a   Brigliadori, L ^b   Brown, R M ^s   Burckhart, H J ^g   Cammin, J ^c   Capiluppi, P ^b   Carnegie, R K ^f   Carter, A A ^l   Carter, J R ^e   Chang, C Y ^p   Charlton, D G ^a   Clarke, P E L ⁿ   Clay, E ⁿ   Cohen, I ^u   Cooke, O C ^g   Couchman, J ⁿ   Couyoumtzelis, C ^l   Coxe, R L ^h   Csilling, A ^n,ac   Cuffiani, M ^b   Dado, S ^t   Dallavalle, G M ^b   Dallison, S ^o   de Roeck, A ^g   de Wolf, E ^g   Dervan, P ⁿ   Desch, K ^y   Dienes, B ^ad,ak   Dixit, M S ^f   Donkers, M ^f   Dubbert, J ^ae   Duchovni, E ^x   Duckeck, G ^ae   Duerdoth, I P ^o   Estabrooks, P G ^f   Etzion, E ^u   Fabbri, F ^b   Fanti, M ^b   Feld, L ⁱ   Ferrari, P ^k   Fiedler, F ^g   Fleck, I ⁱ   Ford, M ^e   Frey, A ^g   Furtjes, A ^g   Futyan, D I ^o   Gagnon, P ^k   Gary, J W ^d   Gaycken, G ^y   Geich Gimbel, C ^c   Giacomelli, G ^b   Giacomelli, P ^g   Glenzinski, D ^h   Goldberg, J ^t   Grandi, C ^b   Graham, K ^z   Gross, E ^x   Grunhaus, J ^u   Gruwe, M ^y   Gunther, P O ^c   Hajdu, C ^ac   Hanson, G G ^k   Hansroul, M ^g   Hapke, M ^l   Harder, K ^y   Harel, A ^t   Harin Dirac, M ^d   Hauke, A ^c   Hauschild, M ^g   Hawkes, C M ^a   Hawkings, R ^g   Hemingway, R J ^f   Hensel, C ^y   Herten, G ⁱ   Heuer, R D ^y   Hill, J C ^e   Hocker, A ^h   Hoffman, K ^g   Homer, R J ^a   Honma, A K ^g   Horvath, D ^ac,ad   Hossain, K R ^ab   Howard, R ^aa   Huntemeyer, P ^y   Igo Kemenes, P ^j   Ishii, K ^v,w   Jacob, F R ^s   Jawahery, A ^p   Jeremie, H ^q   Jones, C R ^e   Jovanovic, P ^a   Junk, T R ^f   Kanaya, N ^v,w   Kanzaki, J ^v,w   Karapetian, G ^q   Karlen, D ^f   Kartvelishvili, V ^o   Kawagoe, K ^v,w   Kawamoto, T ^v,w   Keeler, R K ^z   Kellogg, R G ^p   Kennedy, B W ^s   Kim, D H ^r   Klein, K ^j   Klier, A ^x   Kluth, S ^af   Kobayashi, T ^v,w   Kobel, M ^c   Kokott, T P ^c   Komamiya, S ^v,w   Kowalewski, R V ^z   Kress, T ^d   Krieger, P ^f   von Krogh, J ^j   Kuhl, T ^c   Kupper, M ^x   Kyberd, P ^l   Lafferty, G D ^o   Landsman, H ^t   Lanske, D ^m   Lawson, I ^z   Layter, J G ^d   Leins, A ^ae   Lellouch, D ^x   Letts, J ^k   Levinson, L ^x   Liebisch, R ^j   Lillich, J ⁱ   List, B ^g   Littlewood, C ^e   Lloyd, A W ^a   Lloyd, S L ^l   Loebinger, F K ^o   Long, G D ^z   Losty, M J ^f   Lu, J ^aa   Ludwig, J ⁱ   Macchiolo, A ^q   Macpherson, A ^g,ab   Mader, W ^c   Marcellini, S ^b   Marchant, T E ^o   Martin, A J ^l   Martin, J P ^q   Martinez, G ^p   Mashimo, T ^v,w   Mattig, P ^x   McDonald, W J ^ab   McKenna, J ^aa   McMahon, T J ^a   McPherson, R A ^z   Meijers, F ^g   Mendez Lorenzo, P ^ae   Menges, W ^y   Merritt, F S ^h   Mes, H ^f   Michelini, A ^b   Mihara, S ^v,w   Mikenberg, G ^x   Miller, D J ⁿ   Mohr, W ⁱ   Montanari, A ^b   Mori, T ^v,w   Nagai, K ^g   Nakamura, I ^v,w   Neal, H A ^k,ai   Nisius, R ^g   O'Neale, S W ^a   Oakham, F G ^f   Odorici, F ^b   Ogren, H O ^k   Oh, A ^g   Okpara, A ^j   Oreglia, M J ^h   Orito, S ^v,w   Pasztor, G ^g,ac   Pater, J R ^o   Patrick, G N ^s   Patt, J ⁱ   Pfeifenschneider, P ^m,af   Pilcher, J E ^h   Pinfold, J ^ab   Plane, D E ^g   Poli, B ^b   Polok, J ^g   Pooth, O ^g   Przybycien, M ^g,ah   Quadt, A ^g   Rembser, C ^g   Renkel, P ^x   Rick, H ^d   Rodning, N ^ab   Roney, J M ^z   Rosati, S ^c   Roscoe, K ^o   Rossi, A M ^b   Rozen, Y ^t   Runge, K ⁱ   Runolfsson, O ^g   Rust, D R ^k   Sachs, K ^f   Saeki, T ^v,w   Sahr, O ^ae   Sarkisyan, E K G ^u   Sbarra, C ^z   Schaile, A D ^ae   Schaile, O ^ae   Scharff Hansen, P ^g   Schroder M ^g   Schumacher, M ^y   Schwick, C ^g   Scott, W G ^s   Seuster, R ^m,ak   Shears, T G ^g,al   Shen, B C ^d   Shepherd Themistocleous, C H ^e   Sherwood, P ⁿ   Siroli, G P ^b   Skuja, A ^p   Smith, A M ^g   Snow, G A ^p   Sobie, R ^z   Soldner Rembold, S ⁱ   Spagnolo, S ^s   Sproston, M ^s   Stahl, A ^c   Stephens, K ^o   Stoll, K ⁱ   Strom, D ^r   Strohmer R ^ae   Stumpf, L ^z   Surrow, B ^g   Talbot, S D ^a   Tarem, S ^t   Taylor, R J ⁿ   Teuscher, R ^h   Thiergen, M ⁱ   Thomas, J ⁿ   Thomson, M A ^g   Torrence, E ^h   Towers, S ^f   Toya, D ^v,w   Trefzger, T ^ae   Trigger, I ^g   Trocsanyi Z ^ad,aj   Tsur, E ^u   Turner Watson, M F ^a   Ueda, I ^v,w   Vachon, B ^y   Vannerem, P ⁱ   Verzocchi, M ^g   Voss, H ^g   Vossebeld, J ^g   Waller, D ^f   Ward, C P ^e   Ward, D R ^e   Watkins, P M ^a   Watson, A T ^a   Watson, N K ^a   Wells, P S ^g   Wengler, T ^g   Wermes, N ^c   Wetterling, D ^j   White, J S ^f   Wilson, G W ^o   Wilson, J A ^a   Wyatt, T R ^o   Yamashita, S ^v,w   Zacek, V ^q 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^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^p University of Maryland   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^s RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^t TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^u TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^w KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^y UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^z UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^ac WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^ad INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^af MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^ag TRIUMF   (Canada)

^ah AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^ai Yale University   (United States)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^ak MPI Munchen   (Germany)

^al UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23044533358     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100520200892     Document Type: Article

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