Semileptonic Results for the PDG 2003 Update

The changes of this update with respect to the status of winter 2003 are described here.

All analyses are rescaled to a common set of input parameters defined in common.param.

A spreadsheet with the breakdowns of the errors can be found as xls and gnumeric. nada

Exclusive Branching Fraction: B0 -> D*lnu

Experiment BF (rescaled) Parameters Remarks
ALEPH 5.93 +/- 0.26 +/- 0.39 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B395:373-,1997
OPAL (Excl) 5.59 +/- 0.19 +/- 0.42 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B482:15-,2000, partial reco.
OPAL (Incl) 6.31 +/- 0.27 +/- 0.60 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B482:15-,2000, exclusive reco.
DELPHI (Incl) 5.15 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.37 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B510:55-,2001, partial reco.
BELLE 4.79 +/- 0.23 +/- 0.42 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B526:247-,2002
CLEO 6.22 +/- 0.19 +/- 0.39 input     parameters Phys.Rev.Lett.89:081803,2002
Average 5.53 +/- 0.23 (CL = 0.094) eps gif
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Exclusive Branching Fraction: B0 -> Dlnu

Experiment BF (rescaled) Parameters Remarks
ALEPH 2.42 +/- 0.20+/- 0.50 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B395:373-,1997
CLEO 2.11+/- 0.13+/- 0.17 input     parameters Phys.Rev.Lett.82:3746-,1999
BELLE 2.20+/- 0.12+/- 0.39 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B526:258-268,2002
Average 2.14+/- 0.20 (CL = 0.840)  eps gif
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Inclusive Semileptonic Branching Fraction for B+/B0 Admixture: B -> Xlnu

Experiment Rescaled Value Input Remarks
ARGUS 09.73 +/- 0.50 +/- 0.39 input     parameters Phys. Lett. B318:397, 1993, e-tag
CLEO 10.58 +/- 0.17 +/- 0.42 input     parameters Phys. Rev. Lett. 76:1570, 1996, e-tag
BELLE 10.94 +/- 0.12 +/- 0.50 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B547:181, 2002, e-tag
BABAR 10.89 +/- 0.18 +/- 0.29 input     parameters Phys. Rev. D67:031101, 2003, e-tag
Average 10.70 +/- 0.28 (CL = 0.342) eps gif

In hep-ex/0212036, the LEP HF steering group quotes BF(B -> Xlnu) = 10.65 +/- 0.23 at LEP. This result is model-dependent in the sense that its error includes a contribution of 0.14 for the modeling of b->Xl.


Exclusive |Vcb| F(1)

Experiment |Vcb| F(1) (rescaled) rho2 (rescaled) Parameters Remarks
ALEPH 34.0 +/- 2.1 +/- 1.6 0.75 +/- 0.25 +/- 0.37 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B395:373-,1997
OPAL 38.9 +/- 1.2 +/- 2.5 1.25 +/- 0.14 +/- 0.39 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B482:15-,2000 (partial reco)
OPAL 39.6 +/- 1.6 +/- 1.9 1.49 +/- 0.21 +/- 0.26 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B482:15-,2000 (excl)
DELPHI 37.4 +/- 1.4 +/- 2.5 1.52 +/- 0.14 +/- 0.37 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B510:55-,2001
BELLE 37.1 +/-1.9 +/- 2.1 1.45 +/- 0.16 +/- 0.20 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B526:247-,2002
CLEO 43.6 +/- 1.3 +/- 1.8 1.61 +/- 0.09 +/- 0.21 input     parameters Phys.Rev.Lett.89:081803,2002
Average 38.8 +/- 1.1 1.49 +/- 0.15 chi2/dof = 19.9/12 (CL = 0.069) Correlation = 0.88     eps   gif  
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Exclusive |Vcb|G(1)

Experiment |Vcb| G(1) (rescaled) rho2 (rescaled) Parameters Remarks
ALEPH 40.5+/- 10.0+/- 6.5 1.02+/- 0.98+/- 0.37 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B395:373-,1997
CLEO 44.6+/- 5.8+/- 3.5 1.27+/- 0.25+/- 0.14 input     parameters Phys.Rev.Lett.82:3746-,1999
BELLE 42.4+/- 4.4 +/- 5.3 1.12+/- 0.22+/- 0.14 input     parameters Phys.Lett.B526:258-268,2002
Average 42.4+/- 3.7 1.14+/- 0.16 chi2/dof = 0.33/6 (CL = 0.999) Correlation: 0.93     eps   gif  

Last update: 04/03/03 (UL)