Measurements of Branching Fractions and CP-Violating Asymmetries in B-Meson Decays to the Charmless Two-Body States K[sup 0]pi+, K-bar[sup 0]K[sup +], and K[sup 0]K-bar[sup 0].

Measurements of Branching Fractions and CP-Violating Asymmetries in B-Meson Decays to the Charmless Two-Body States K[sup 0]pi+, K-bar[sup 0]K[sup +], and K[sup 0]K-bar[sup 0].
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The authors present preliminary measurements of the branching fraction and the CP-violating charge asymmetry in the B[sup +] --> K[sup 0][pi][sup +] decay, and a preliminary measurement of the branching fraction of the B[sup 0] --> K[sup 0][bar K][sup 0] decay. No evidence of direct CP violation in the B[sup +] --> K[sup 0][pi][sup +] mode is observed. The B[sup 0] --> K[sup 0][bar K][sup 0] measurement constitutes the first observation of this decay channel: the probability of obtaining the result assuming the null-signal hypothesis is 3.4 x 10[sup -6]. The authors have also searched for the B[sup +] --> [bar K][sup 0]K[sup +] decay and set an upper limit on its branching fraction at 2.35 x 10[sup -6] at the 90% C.L. The branching-fraction measurements reported here are consistent with previous measurements of the same quantities, but are extracted from a data sample larger by a factor of 2.6.

Measurement of the Branching Fraction and CP-violating Asymmetries in Neutral B Decays to D*{sup {+-}}D{sup {-+}}

Measurement of the Branching Fraction and CP-violating Asymmetries in Neutral B Decays to D*{sup {+-}}D{sup {-+}}
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The authors present measurements of the branching fraction and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B decays to D*{sup ±} D{sup {-+}}. The measurement uses a data sample for approximately 88 million [Upsilon](4S) 2!B{bar B} decays collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory. They measure the branching fraction to be (8.8 ± 1.0 ± 1.3) x 10−4 and the time-integrated CP-violating asymmetry between the rates to D*− D and D* D− to be [Alpha] = -0.03 ± 0.11 ± 0.05. They also measure the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetry parameters to be S{sub -+} = -0.24 ± 0.69 ± 0.12, C{sub -+} = -0.22 ± 0.37 ± 0.10 for B 2!D*− D+ and S{sub +-} = -0.82 ± 0.75 ± 0.14, C{sub +-} = -0.47 ± 0.40 {+-} 0.12 for B 2!D*+ D−. In each case the first error is statistical and the second error is systematic.

Measurements of Branching Fractions, Polarizations, and Direct CP-violation Asymmetries in B -] Rho0 K* and B -] F0(980) K* Decays

Measurements of Branching Fractions, Polarizations, and Direct CP-violation Asymmetries in B -] Rho0 K* and B -] F0(980) K* Decays
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We present measurements of the branching fractions, longitudinal polarization, and direct CP-violation asymmetries for the decays B →?°K*+ and B+ f0(980)K*+ with a sample of (467 ± 5) x 106 B{bar B} pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e− collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We observe B+ →?°K*+ with a significance of 5.3? and measure the branching fraction?(B+ →?°K*+) = (4.6 ± 1.0 ± 0.4) x 10−6, the longitudinal polarization f{sub L} = 0.78 ± 0.12 ± 0.03, and the CP-violation asymmetry A{sub CP} = 0.31 ± 0.13 ± 0.03. We observe B+ → f0(980)K*+ and measure the branching fraction?(B+ → f0(980)K*+) x?(f0(980) →?+?−) = (4.2 ± 0.6 ± 0.3) x 10−6 and the CP-violation asymmetry A{sub CP} = -0.15 ± 0.12 ± 0.03. The first uncertainty quoted is statistical and the second is systematic.

Measurements of the Branching Fraction and CP-Violation Asymmetries in B0-]f0(980)Ks

Measurements of the Branching Fraction and CP-Violation Asymmetries in B0-]f0(980)Ks
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The authors present measurements of the branching fraction and CP-violating asymmetries in the decay B[sup 0] [yields] f[sub 0](980)K[sub S][sup 0]. The results are obtained from a data sample of 123 x 10[sup 6] [Upsilon](4S) [yields] B[bar B] decays. From a time-dependent maximum likelihood fit they measure the branching fraction [Beta](B[sup 0] [yields] f[sub 0](980)([yields][Pi][sup +][pi][sup 0])K[sup 0]) = (6.0 [+-] 0.9 [+-] 0.6 [+-] 1.2) x 10[sup -6], the mixing-induced CP violation parameter S = 1.62[sub -0.51][sup +0.56] [+-] 0.09 [+-] 0.04 and the direct CP violation parameter C = 0.27 [+-] 0.36 [+-] 0.10 [+-] 0.07, where the first errors are statistical, the second systematic and the third due to model uncertainties. They measure the f[sub 0](980) mass and width to be m[sub f[sub 0(980)]] = (980.6 [+-] 4.1 [+-] 0.5 [+-] 4.0) MeV/c[sup 2] and [Lambda][sub f[sub 0(980)]] = (43[sub -9][sup +12] [+-] 3 [+-] 9) MeV/c[sup 2], respectively.

Measurements of Branching Fractions and CP-Violating Asymmetries in B Meson Decays to Charmless Two-Body States Containing a K[sup 0].

Measurements of Branching Fractions and CP-Violating Asymmetries in B Meson Decays to Charmless Two-Body States Containing a K[sup 0].
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The authors present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in decays of B mesons to two-body final states containing a K[sup 0]. The results are based on a data sample of approximately 88 million [Upsilon](4S) [yields] B[bar B] decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC.

MEASUREMENTS OF BRANCHING FRACTIONS AND CP VIOLATING ASYMMETRIES IN B0 ---] PI+ PI-, K+ PI-, K+ K- DECAYS.

MEASUREMENTS OF BRANCHING FRACTIONS AND CP VIOLATING ASYMMETRIES IN B0 ---] PI+ PI-, K+ PI-, K+ K- DECAYS.
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We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries for neutral B meson decays to two-body final states of charged pions and kaons. The results are obtained from a data sample of about 88 million[Upsilon](4S)[yields] B[bar B] decays collected between 1999 and 2002 with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. From a time-independent fit we measure the charge-averaged branching fractions[Beta](B[sup 0][yields][pi][sup+][pi][sup -])= (4.7[+-] 0.6[+-] 0.2) x 10[sup -6] and[Beta](B[sup 0][yields] K[sup+][pi][sup -])= (17.9[+-] 0.9[+-] 0.7) x 10[sup -6], where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic; the 90% confidence level upper limit[Beta](B[sup 0][yields] K[sup+]K[sup -])