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Search for B+ → l+νl recoiling against B- → D0l-(ν)over-barX

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PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Volume 81, Issue 5, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.051101

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  1. DOE and NSF (USA)
  2. NSERC (Canada)
  3. CEA and CNRS-IN2P3 (France)
  4. BMBF and DFG (Germany)
  5. INFN (Italy)
  6. FOM (The Netherlands)
  7. NFR (Norway)
  8. MES (Russia)
  9. MEC (Spain)
  10. STFC (United Kingdom)
  11. Marie Curie EIF (European Union)
  12. A. P. Sloan Foundation
  13. Science and Technology Facilities Council [PP/E000444/1, ST/F008015/1, ST/H000887/2, ST/H001166/1] Funding Source: researchfish
  14. STFC [ST/F008015/1, ST/H001166/1, ST/H000887/2] Funding Source: UKRI

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We present a search for the decay B+ -> l(+)nu(l) (l = tau, mu, or e) in (458.9 +/- 5.1) x 10(6) B (B) over bar pairs recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-factory. We search for these B decays in a sample of B+B- events where one B- meson is reconstructed as B- -> D(0)l(-)(nu) over barX. Using the method of Feldman and Cousins, we obtain B(B+ -> tau(+)nu(tau)) = (1.7 +/- 0.8 +/- 0.2) x 10(-4), which excludes zero at 2.3 sigma. We interpret the central value in the context of the standard model and find the B meson decay constant to be f(B)(2) = (62 +/- 31) x 10(3) MeV2. We find no evidence for B+ -> e(+)nu(e) and B+ -> mu(+)nu(mu) and set upper limits at the 90% C. L. B(B+ -> e(+)nu(e)) < 0.8 x 10(-5) and B(B+ -> mu(+)nu(mu)) < 1.1 x 10(-5).

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