Search for $\boldsymbol{B\to h\nu\bar{\nu}}$ decays with semileptonic tagging at Belle

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J. Grygier, P. Goldenzweig, M. Heck, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, S. Said, D. Asner, T. Aushev, R. Ayad, T. Aziz

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V. Babu, I. Badhrees, S. Bahinipati, A. Bakich, V. Bansal, E. Barberio, P. Behera, B. Bhuyan, J. Biswal, A. Bobrov, A. Bondar, G. Bonvicini, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T. Browder, D. Červenkov, P. Chang, V. Chekelian, A. Chen, B. Cheon, K. Chilikin, R. Chistov, K. Cho, Y. Choi, D. Cinabro, N. Dash, S. Carlo, Z. Doležal, Z. Drasal, D. Dutta, S. Eidelman, H. Farhat, J. Fast, T. Ferber, B. Fulsom, V. Gaur, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, M. Gelb, R. Gillard, B. Golob, O. Grzymkowska, E. Guido, J. Haba, T. Hara, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hedges, C.-L. Hsu, T. Iijima, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, Y. Iwasaki, W. Jacobs, I. Jaegle, H. Jeon, Y. Jin, D. Joffe, K. Joo, T. Julius, J. Kahn, A. B. Kaliyar, K. Kang, G. Karyan, P. Katrenko, T. Kawasaki, T. Keck, H. Kichimi, C. Kiesling, D. Kim, H. Kim, J. Kim, K. Kim, M. Kim, S. Kim, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodys, S. Korpar, D. Kotchetkov, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, R. Kulasiri, T. Kumita, A. Kuzmin, Y. Kwon, J. Lange, C. Li, L. Li, Y. Li, L. Gioi, J. Libby, D. Liventsev, M. Lubej, T. Luo, M. Masuda, T. Matsuda, D. Matvienko, F. Metzner, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, R. Mizuk, G. Mohanty, H. Moon, Takashi Mori, R. Mussa, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, T. Nanut, K. Nath, Z. Natkaniec, M. Nayak, N. Nisar, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, S. Okuno, H. Ono, Y. Onuki, G. Pakhlova, B. Pal, C. Park, C. Park, H. Park, S. Paul, T. Pedlar, L. Pesántez, L. Piilonen, M. Prim, C. Pulvermacher, M. Ritter, A. Rostomyan, Y. Sakai, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, T. Sanuki, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, T. Schlüter, O. Schneider, G. Schnell, C. Schwanda, A. Schwartz, Y. Seino, K. Senyo, I. Seong, M. Sevior, V. Shebalin, C. Shen, T. Shibata, J. Shiu, B. Shwartz, F. Simon, E. Solovieva, M. Starič, J. Strube, T. Sumiyoshi, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, F. Tenchini, K. Trabelsi, T. Tsuboyama, M. Uchida, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, C. Hulse, G. Varner, V. Vorobyev, A. Vossen, E. Waheed, B. Wang, C. Wang, M. Wang, P. Wang, M. Watanabe, Y. Watanabe, S. Wehle, K. M. Williams, E. Won, H. Yamamoto, Y. Yamashita, H. Ye, Y. Yook, C. Yuan, Y. Yusa, Z. Zhang, V. Zhilich, V. Zhukova, V. Zhulanov, M. Ziegler, A. Zupanc

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We present the results of a search for the rare decays B -> h nu(nu) over bar, where h stands for K+, K-S(0), K*(+); K*(0); pi(+); pi(0), rho(+) and rho(0). The results are obtained with 772 x 10(6) B (B) over bar pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB e(+)e(-) collider. We reconstruct one B meson in a semileptonic decay and require a single h meson but nothing else on the signal side. We observe no significant signal and set upper limits on the branching fractions. The limits set on the B-0 -> K-S(0)nu(nu) over bar, B-0 -> K*(0)nu(nu) over bar, B+ -> pi(+)nu(nu) over bar, B-0 -> pi(0)nu(nu) over bar, B+ -> rho(+)nu(nu) over bar, and B-0 -> rho(0)nu(nu) over bar channels are the world's most stringent.

Journal: Physical Review D

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.091101