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Search for B with
SemiExclusive reconstruction
C.Cartaro, G. De Nardo, F. Fabozzi, L. ListaUniversità & INFN - Sezione di Napoli
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 2
Searches for B at BaBar• Two analyses
– based on 1999-2002 data sample (81.9 fb-1)
– First: reconstruct one B meson• Semi-Exclusively
• In a DlX mode (X = , 0, nothing)
– Then: the recoil is analyzed to search for a B decay
– decays are reconstructed in the following modes:
SemiSemiLeptonic TagsLeptonic Tags (e, (e, ) ) (e, (e, ) )
SemiSemiExclusive TagsExclusive Tags (e, (e, ) ) (e, (e, ) )
((, , 00, , ) )
– The samples of the two analyses are statistically independent and the results have been combined
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 3
B sample counting• In Semi-Exclusive analysis we fully reconstruct a B meson in a
B DXhad mode• For the BR determination we need the number of BB events
with a fully reconstructed B– determined with a fit to mES
– for the systematics we fit also with a Gaussian (4.5% less events)• Too conservative? We’ll try to fit with a double Gaussian
sidebandsideband peakpeak
• mES distribution fitted as Argus Crystal ball
• B sample counting:– NNBBBB = (1.67 = (1.670.09)0.09)101055
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 4
Events preselection• Preselections for the interesting channels
– 1 GTL & 0 0
– 1 GTL & 1 0
– 3 GTL & 0 0
• Then fit to the mES distributions– Crystal Ball + Argus
• Fits after the preselection used for– data-MC comparison– expected background prediction
• The shape of the Argus function after the preselection is in agreement with the shape after the full selection
mESdata, 1GTL & 00
mESdata, 3GTL & 00
mESdata, 1GTL & 10
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 5
Selections of tau decays• Optimized for the best upper limit
eventseventsdecay proceeds via two intermediate resonances, an a1 and a
• 3 tracks and 0 0
• Pmissing > 1.2 GeV/c
• Neutral Energy < 100 MeV • Neutral Bumps < 1.5• 600 MeV < m(0) < 950 MeV• 1.1 GeV < m(+) < 1.6 GeV• |p1 + p2 + p3 | > 1.6 GeV/c (c.m.s.)• Lepton & kaon veto• SemiExcl purity mode > 30%
1-prong events1-prong events• 1 track, 0 0
• No KS
• Neutral Energy <110MeV • Neutral Bumps < 1• Pmissing > 1.2 GeV/c• Kaon veto• Particle ID only
• Lepton veto• pc.m.s. > 1.2 GeV/c
• SemiExcl purity mode > 50%
00 events eventsdecay proceeds via an intermediate
• 1 track and 1 0
• pmissing> 1.4 GeV/c• Neutral Energy < 100MeV• 0.55 GeV < m(0) < 1 GeV• SemiExcl purity mode > 50%
• Rejecting events with pmiss in the beam pipe?
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 6
Nominal Int. Pur. = 50 %
Integrated purity cut• For each selection we apply a cut on the
“nominal”integrated purity of the Breco side
– Different from the integrated purity that we see• from the fit to mES distribution
– Not relevant from the point of view of the analysis but generated confusion during review
Charged B sample
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 7
Selection efficiencies
0.6%
0
0.1%
0
0
0
6.6%
0
1.2%
0
0
0
0.8%
0
0
0
0
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0.4%21.6%2.7%0.1%
6.8%000
0 0.1%1.0%0.3%0
00.5%7.4%0
00.6%022.9%e
e
• Total efficiency = 11.3%
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Selected eventsBB
BB
Wrong sign control sample
Unblinded data candidates
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 9
Background from generic BB
• Mostly from semileptonic Vcb– Can we fight this background looking at the charged tracks
list?
1-prong lepton 1-prong pi rho-channel
Semilept.Vcb
Semilept.Vub
Semilept.Vcb
Semilept.Vcb
HadronicVcb
HadronicVcb
only 3 events selected2 semilept. Vcb1 hadronic charmless
3-prongs channel
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 10
Systematic error (I)• Uncertainty on NBB
• Uncertainty on signal selection efficiencies– Better understanding of systematics on neutrals
• Now: smearing procedure on the photon energy• Cut on neutral energy in the EMC
– Sensitive to the Data-MC agreement in the low-energy region (ex. simulation of machine background in the EMC)
– Developing a module to study events• Tag one (-3prongs) and look the neutral energy
distribution associated to the other decay– Data-MC comparison
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 11
Systematic error (II)• Uncertainty on the expected background (bi) estimate
– Peaking background: from generic BB MC• More generic MC is available will reduce main systematic error
– Continuum+combinatorial background: from data sideband• scaling to signal region based on the fitted Argus shape
• Possible dependencies of the fitted Argus shape on the variables used in the selection taken into account
– mES fits in bins of a given variable
» a correction factor for each variable
• Total correction as the product of the individual corrections– assumption that variables are uncorrelated
– the effect of correlation between variables is small (total error on b i: 4.9 5.0, since the statistical error on bi is dominant
• We may think to remove highly correlated variables if they do not add in signal-to-background discrimination
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 12
Branching fraction extraction• Likelihood ratio estimator Q
– Value of branching fraction Minimum of -2logQ
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Br(B )= 1.1 104 +3.81.1
• -2logQmin gives the statistical significance of the signal– ~ 0.1 significance
Unphysical region
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 13
Upper limit determination • Determination of C.L. and upper limit with a Toy MC
– 10000 random experiments generated for 400 values of the branching fraction
Br(B )< 7.7 10-4 (90%C.L.)
b
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LCLC
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Uncertainty on bi included
COMBINED with semi-lept analysis:Br(B )< 4.1 10-4 (90%C.L.)
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 14
Expected sensitivity• For each channel we fluctuate the observed events according to a Poisson
distribution
04/10/03 F.Fabozzi 15
Conclusions• Conference paper will be made public soon
– Some delay due to discussion on if/how to quote a central value
• Another iteration of the analysis is starting– More signal and generic BB MC available– Better understanding of neutral systematics– Try to see if margins to improve background
rejection• Semileptonic Vcb is the main source