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Observation of the Rare Decay B^+ to K^+ \pi^0 \pi^0
We report an analysis of charmless hadronic decays of charged B mesons to the final state K{sup +}{pi}{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}, using a data sample of 470.9 {+-} 2.8 million B{bar B} events collected with the BABAR detector at the {Upsilon}(4S) resonance. We observe an excess of signal events with a significance above 10 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties and measure the branching fraction to be {Beta}(B{sup +}{yields}K{sup +}{pi}{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}) = (15.5 {+-} 1.1 {+-} 1.6) x 10{sup -6}, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively.
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Inclusive Spectra in the Upsilon Energy Region and a Study of Quark-Jet Versus Gluon-Jet Fragmentation.
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Duality invariance of black hole creation rates
Pair creation of electrically charged black holes and its dual process, pair creation of magnetically charged black holes, are considered. It is shown that the creation rates are equal provided the boundary conditions for the two processes are dual to one another. This conclusion follows from a careful analysis of boundary terms and boundary conditions for the Maxwell action. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
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Precision electroweak heavy flavor results from LEP and SLC
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Model waveform accuracy standards for gravitational wave data analysis
Model waveforms are used in gravitational wave data analysis to detect and then to measure the properties of a source by matching the model waveforms to the signal from a detector. This paper derives accuracy standards for model waveforms which are sufficient to ensure that these data analysis applications are capable of extracting the full scientific content of the data, but without demanding excessive accuracy that would place undue burdens on the model waveform simulation community. These accuracy standards are intended primarily for broadband model waveforms produced by numerical simulations, but the standards are quite general and apply equally to such waveforms produced by analytical or hybrid analytical-numerical methods.
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Computing for the next generation flavour factories
The next generation of Super Flavor Factories, like SuperB and SuperKEKB, present significant computing challenges. Extrapolating the BaBar and Belle experience to the SuperB nominal luminosity of 1036 cm−2s−1, we estimate that the data size collected after a few years of operation is 200 PB and the amount of CPU required to process them of the order of 2000 KHep-Spec06. Already in the current phase of detector design, the amount of simulated events needed for estimating the impact on very rare benchmark channels is huge and has required the development of new simulation tools and the deployment of a worldwide production distributed system. With the collider is in operation, very large data set have to be managed and new technologies with potential large impact on the computational models, like the many core CPUs, need to be effectively exploited. In addition SuperB, like the LHC experiments, will have to make use of distributed computing resources accessible via the Grid infrastructures while providing an efficient and reliable data access model to its final users. To explore the key issues, a dedicated R&D program has been launched and is now in progress. A description of the R&D goals and the status of ongoing activities is presented.
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FastSim: A Fast Simulation for the SuperB Detector
We have developed a parameterized (fast) simulation for detector optimization and physics reach studies of the proposed SuperB Flavor Factory in Italy. Detector components are modeled as thin sections of planes, cylinders, disks or cones. Particle-material interactions are modeled using simplified cross-sections and formulas. Active detectors are modeled using parameterized response functions. Geometry and response parameters are configured using xml files with a custom-designed schema. Reconstruction algorithms adapted from BaBar are used to build tracks and clusters. Multiple sources of background signals can be merged with primary signals. Pattern recognition errors are modeled statistically by randomly misassigning nearby tracking hits. Standard BaBar analysis tuples are used as an event output. Hadronic B meson pair events can be simulated at roughly 10Hz.