Observation of B⁺→ωK⁺ and Search for Related B Decays Modes

Authors

T. Bergfeld, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Kenneth A. Bloom, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
CLEO Collaboration

Date of this Version

7-13-1998

Comments

Published by American Physical Society. Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 272 (1998). http://prl.aps.org. Copyright © 1998 American Physical Society. Permission to use.

Abstract

We have searched for two-body charmless decays of B mesons to purely hadronic exclusive final states including ω or φ mesons using data collected with the CLEO II detector. With this sample of 6.6 X 10⁶ B mesons we observe a signal for the ωK⁺ final state, and measure a branching fraction of Ɓ(B⁺→ωK⁺) = (1.5_-0.6^+0.7 ± 0.2) X 10^-5. We also observe some evidence for the φK* final state, and upper limits are given for 22 other decay modes. These results provide the opportunity for studies of theoretical models and physical parameters.