B Meson Decays to eta(')K*, eta(')rho,eta(')pi0, omegapi0, and phipi0

TL;DR

This paper reports measurements of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for various B meson decay modes involving eta('), K*, rho, pi0, omega, and phi, using data from the BABAR detector, providing new insights into these decay processes.

Contribution

It presents the first measurements and upper limits for several B meson decay channels involving eta('), K*, rho, pi0, omega, and phi, with evidence for some modes and charge asymmetry results.

Findings

Significant signals for B+->etaK*+ and B0->etaK*0 decays.

Evidence for B+->etarho+ decay with 3.5 sigma significance.

Measured branching fractions and established upper limits for multiple decay modes.

Abstract

We present measurements of the branching fractions and charge asymmetries (where appropriate) of two-body B decays to eta(')K*, eta(')rho, eta(')pi0, omegapi0, and phipi0. The data were recorded with the BABAR detector at PEP-II and correspond to 89x10^6 BB pairs produced in e+e- annihilation through the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We find significant signals for two decay modes and measure the branching fractions BR(B+->etaK*+)=(25.6+/-4.0+/-2.4)x10^{-6} and BR(B0->etaK*0)=(18.6+/-2.3+/-1.2)x10^{-6}, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. We also find evidence with significance 3.5sigma for a third decay mode and measure BR(B+->etarho+)= (9.2+/-3.4+/-1.0)x10^{-6}. For other channels, we set 90% C.L. upper limits of BR(B0->etarho0)<1.5x10^{-6}, BR(B+->eta'K*+) < 14x10^{-6}, BR(B0->eta'K*0) < 7.6x10^{-6}, BR(B+->eta'rho+) < 22x10^{-6}, BR(B0->eta'rho0) < 4.3x10^{-6}, BR(B0->etapi0) < 2.5x10^{-6}, BR(B0->eta'pi0) < 3.7x10^{-6}, BR(B0->omegapi0) < 1.2x10^{-6}, and BR(B0->phipi0) < 1.0x10^{-6}. For self-flavor-tagging modes with significant signals, the time-integrated charge asymmetries are A_ch(B+->etaK*+)=+0.13\pm0.14\pm0.02 and A_ch(B0->etaK*0)=+0.02\pm0.11\pm0.02.