31 March 2008 to 2 April 2008
Lancaster University
Europe/Zurich timezone

Evidence for $b \to d \gamma$ Transitions Using a Sum of Exclusive Final States

31 Mar 2008, 15:43
12m
George Fox Lecture Theatre 1 (Lancaster University)

George Fox Lecture Theatre 1

Lancaster University

Speaker

Mr Mark Tibbetts (Imperial College)

Description

We present details of an ongoing analysis of data collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $e^+ e^-$ storage rings at SLAC. Making use of a sum of exclusive final states with up to three charged pions and one neutral pion or eta, we demonstrate that it is possible to measure the ratio of the inclusive rates $b\to d \gamma$ and $b \to s \gamma$. This provides information on $|V_{td}/V_{ts}|$ that is complementary to using the exclusive modes $B \to \rho \gamma$ and $B \to K^* \gamma$.
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Author

Mr Mark Tibbetts (Imperial College)

Presentation materials