Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Evidence for B0-->rho0pi0.

J Dragic1, T Gershon, K Abe

  • 1University of Melbourne, Victoria.

Physical Review Letters
|November 5, 2004
PubMed

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

First Measurement of Time-Dependent CP Violation in the Flavor-Changing Neutral-Current Decay B^{0}→K_{S}^{0}μ^{+}μ^{-}.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Measurement of the Top-Quark Production Cross Section and Charge Asymmetry at LHCb.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Searches for B^{0}→K^{+}π^{-}τ^{+}τ^{-} and B_{s}^{0}→K^{+}K^{-}τ^{+}τ^{-} Decays.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

First Evidence of the B_{s}^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}γ Decay.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

Precision Measurement of CP Violation and Branching Fractions in B^{±}→K_{S}^{0}h^{±} (h=π, K) Decays and Search for the Rare Decay B_{c}^{±}→K_{S}^{0}K^{±}.

Physical review letters·2026
Same author

First Observation of the B[over ¯]_{s}^{0}→Λ_{c}^{+}Λ[over ¯]_{c}^{-} Decay and Evidence for the B[over ¯]^{0}→Λ_{c}^{+}Λ[over ¯]_{c}^{-} Decay.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Erratum: Bacterial Turbulence at Compressible Fluid Interfaces [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 138301 (2026)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Unveiling Light-Quark Yukawa Flavor Structure via Dihadron Fragmentation at Lepton Colliders.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Adaptable Route to Fast Coherent State Transport via Bang-Bang-Bang Protocols.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Topological Transition and Emergence of Elasticity of Dislocation in Skyrmion Lattice: Beyond Kittel's Magnetic-Polar Analogy.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Pound-Drever-Hall Method for Superconducting-Qubit Readout.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Coupling a ^{73}Ge Nuclear Spin to an Electrostatically Defined Quantum Dot in Silicon.

Physical review letters·2026
See all related articles
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Researchers observed the B0 to rho(0)pi(0) decay for the first time. This finding provides new insights into particle physics and the behavior of B mesons.

Area of Science:

  • Particle Physics
  • High-Energy Physics
  • Experimental Physics

Background:

  • The Standard Model of particle physics describes fundamental particles and forces.
  • Understanding B meson decays is crucial for testing the Standard Model and searching for new physics.
  • The decay B0 to rho(0)pi(0) was previously unobserved.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide the first experimental evidence for the B0 to rho(0)pi(0) decay.
  • To measure the branching fraction of this decay.
  • To contribute to the understanding of B meson physics.

Main Methods:

  • Data collected using the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric electron-positron collider.
  • Analysis of approximately 140 fb^-1 of data at the Upsilon(4S) resonance.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Statistical analysis to identify signal events and determine significance.

    • Main Results:

    • Observed 15.1+/-4.8 signal events for the B0 to rho(0)pi(0) decay.
    • Achieved a statistical significance of 3.5 standard deviations.
    • Measured the branching fraction B(B0 to rho(0)pi(0)) = (5.1+/-1.6(stat)+/-0.9(syst))x10^-6.

    Conclusions:

    • The first evidence for the B0 to rho(0)pi(0) decay has been established.
    • The measured branching fraction provides a new data point for B meson decay studies.
    • This result can help refine theoretical models and constrain new physics scenarios.