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156 Measurement of Branch<strong>in</strong>g Fractions for � � Ã Ë Ã Ë Decays<br />

Table 6-3. Results of several test fits us<strong>in</strong>g signal Monte Carlo and real data.<br />

sample Æ×�� Æ���<br />

��� Ã Ë Ã Ë MC �� ¦ �� � ¦ �<br />

�� cont<strong>in</strong>uum MC �� ¦ �<br />

Ã Ë Ã Ë MC and �� cont<strong>in</strong>uum MC � �� ¦ �<br />

� Ã Ë Ã Ë MC and �� cont<strong>in</strong>uum MC � �� ¦ �<br />

��<br />

�� �� ¦ �<br />

� off-res � ¦ �<br />

Ã Ë Ã Ë MC and �� cont<strong>in</strong>uum MC �<br />

6.3.2 Test on the maximum likelihood analysis<br />

� on-res lower side-band � ¦ �<br />

�� on-res upper side-band �� ¦ �<br />

Several checks of the fitt<strong>in</strong>g technique were performed before test<strong>in</strong>g the different maximum likelihood<br />

analysis hypotheses. Table 6-3 shows the results of fitt<strong>in</strong>g pure signal Monte Carlo, cont<strong>in</strong>uum Monte<br />

Carlo, off-resonance and on-resonance side-band data. No problems are observed.<br />

We have used a toy Monte Carlo to estimate the � -CL upper limit that can be obta<strong>in</strong>ed assum<strong>in</strong>g 0<br />

signal events. Background candidates are selected randomly from the PDFs for Ñ�Ë, ¡�, and �. The<br />

mean number of background events to be generated is estimated from the on-resonance upper and lower<br />

side-bands and the off-resonance signal band, properly weighted.<br />

The samples generated are then fitted and the result of the fit used to calculate the pulls of the variables to<br />

be extracted from the fit: the left plot <strong>in</strong> Fig. 6-8 shows the pull distribution for the number of background<br />

events. On these samples, we also calculate the � CL upper limit on the Ã Ë Ã Ë yield: the right plot <strong>in</strong><br />

Fig. 6-8 shows the upper limit distribution, whose mean value is 4.4 events that, tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account the<br />

��� efficiency, becomes an upper limit on the Branch<strong>in</strong>g Ratio:<br />

� � � à à � �� ¡<br />

to be compared with CLEO result: � � � Ã Ã � � ¡ � .<br />

Tab. 6-4 shows the optimization for the � Ó× �Ë� cut and it shows that the upper limit on the achievable<br />

Branch<strong>in</strong>g Ratio is not improv<strong>in</strong>g while tighten<strong>in</strong>g the � Ó× �Ë� cut. This test is done us<strong>in</strong>g the same ¡�<br />

and Ñ�Ë parameterization (from the �� � Ó× �Ë� cut, see Section 6.3.1) and vary<strong>in</strong>g the Fisher one, s<strong>in</strong>ce<br />

we assume no correlation between � Ó× �Ë� and ¡�(Ñ�Ë), while we expect correlation between � Ó× �Ë�<br />

and the Fisher variable.<br />

MARCELLA BONA<br />

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