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<strong>BABAR</strong><br />

Vertexing in J/ψ K + (K* 0 )<br />

Signal<br />

Sideband<br />

-0.2 0 0.2<br />

-0.2 0 0.2<br />

∆z(cm)<br />

∆z(cm)<br />

→ Machinery <strong>for</strong> vertexing works<br />

◆ Needs different test <strong>for</strong> per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

Exercise vertexing using<br />

◆ B + → J/ψ K +<br />

◆ B 0 → J/ψ K* 0<br />

K + π −<br />

96±12 events in ~1 fb -1 data<br />

◆ S/B ~ 6<br />

∆z = z-distance between<br />

◆ fully-reconstructed B vertex<br />

◆ vertex <strong>of</strong> the rest <strong>of</strong> the event<br />

Signal - sideband agrees with<br />

MC (histogram)<br />

◆ Width comes from lifetime<br />

<strong>First</strong> <strong>Year</strong> <strong>of</strong> BaBar/<strong>PEP</strong>-<strong>II</strong> Masahiro Morii SLAC

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