@article{3075400,
    title = "Determination of |Vcb| from the semileptonic decay B0 → D*- ℓ+ν",
    author = "Abreu, P. and Adam, W. and Adye, T. and Agasi, E. and Ajinenko, I. and Aleksan, R. and Alekseev, G.D. and Alemany, R. and Allport, P.P. and Almehed, S. and Amaldi, U. and Amato, S. and Andreazza, A. and Andrieux, M.L. and Antilogus, P. and Apel, W-D. and Arnoud, Y. and Åsman, B. and Augustin, J-E. and Augustinus, A. and Baillon, P. and Bambade, P. and Barao, F. and Barate, R. and Barbi, M. and Barbiellini, G. and Bardin, D.Y. and Baroncelli, A. and Barring, O. and Barrio, J.A. and Bartl, W. and Bates, M.J. and Battaglia, M. and Baubillier, M. and Baudot, J. and Becks, K-H. and Begalli, M. and Beilliere, P. and Belokopytov, Yu. and Benvenuti, A.C. and Berggren, M. and Bertrand, D. and Bianchi, F. and Bigi, M. and Bilenky, M.S. and Billoir, P. and Bloch, D. and Blume, M. and Blyth, S. and Bolognese, T. and Bonesini, M. and Bonivento, W. and Booth, P.S.L. and Borisov, G. and Bosio, C. and Bosworth, S. and Botner, O. and Boudinov, E. and Bouquet, B. and Bourdarios, C. and Bowcock, T.J.V. and Bozzo, M. and Branchini, P. and Brand, K.D. and Brenke, T. and Brenner, R.A. and Bricman, C. and Brillault, L. and Brown, R.C.A. and Bruckman, P. and Brunet, J.-M. and Bugge, L. and Buran, T. and Burgsmueller, T. and Buschmann, P. and Buys, A. and Cabrera, S. and Caccia, M. and Calvi, M. and Camacho Rozas, A.J. and Camporesi, T. and Canale, V. and Canepa, M. and Cankocak, K. and Cao, F. and Carena, F. and Carroll, L. and Caso, C. and Castillo Gimenez, M.V. and Cattai, A. and Cavallo, F.R. and Cerrito, L. and Chabaud, V. and Chapkin, M. and Charpentier, Ph. and Chaussard, L. and Chauveau, J. and Checchia, P. and Chelkov, G.A. and Chen, M. and Chierici, R. and Chliapnikov, P. and Chochula, P. and Chorowicz, V. and Chudoba, J. and Cindro, V. and Collins, P. and Contreras, J.L. and Contri, R. and Cortina, E. and Cosme, G. and Cossutti, F. and Crawley, H.B. and Crennell, D. and Crosetti, G. and Cuevas Maestro, J. and Czellar, S. and Dahl-Jensen, E. and Dahm, J. and Dalmagne, B. and Dam, M. and Damgaard, G. and Dauncey, P.D. and Davenport, M. and Da Silva, W. and Defoix, C. and Deghorain, A. and Della Ricca, G. and Delpierre, P. and Demaria, N. and De Angelis, A. and De Boer, W. and De Brabandere, S. and De Clercq, C. and De La Vaissiere, C. and De Lotto, B. and De Min, A. and De Paula, L. and De Saint-Jean, C. and Dijkstra, H. and Di Ciaccio, L. and Djama, F. and Dolbeau, J. and Donszelmann, M. and Doroba, K. and Dracos, M. and Drees, J. and Drees, K.-A. and Dris, M. and Dufour, Y. and Edsall, D. and Ehret, R. and Eigen, G. and Ekelof, T. and Ekspong, G. and Elsing, M. and Engel, J-P. and Ershaidat, N. and Erzen, B. and Espirito Santo, M. and Falk, E. and Fassouliotis, D. and Feindt, M. and Fenyuk, A. and Ferrer, A. and Filippas, T.A. and Firestone, A. and Fischer, P.-A. and Foeth, H. and Fokitis, E. and Fontanelli, F. and Formenti, F. and Franek, B. and Frenkiel, P. and Fries, D.C. and Frodesen, A.G. and Fruhwirth, R. and Fulda-Quenzer, F. and Fuster, J. and Galloni, A. and Gamba, D. and Gandelman, M. and Garcia, C. and Garcia, J. and Gaspar, C. and Gasparini, U. and Gavillet, Ph. and Gazis, E.N. and Gele, D. and Gerber, J.-P. and Gibbs, M. and Gokieli, R. and Golob, B. and Gopal, G. and Gorn, L. and Gorski, M. and Gouz, Yu. and Gracco, V. and Graziani, E. and Grosdidier, G. and Grzelak, K. and Gumenyuk, S. and Gunnarsson, P. and Gunther, M. and Guy, J. and Hahn, F. and Hahn, S. and Hajduk, Z. and Hallgren, A. and Hamacher, K. and Hao, W. and Harris, F.J. and Hedberg, V. and Henriques, R. and Hernandez, J.J. and Herquet, P. and Herr, H. and Hessing, T.L. and Higon, E. and Hilke, H.J. and Hill, T.S. and Holmgren, S-O. and Holt, P.J. and Holthuizen, D. and Hoorelbeke, S. and Houlden, M. and Hrubec, J. and Huet, K. and Hultqvist, K. and Jackson, J.N. and Jacobsson, R. and Jalocha, P. and Janik, R. and Jarlskog, Ch. and Jarlskog, G. and Jarry, P. and Jean-Marie, B. and Johansson, E.K. and Jonsson, L. and Jonsson, P. and Joram, 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and Tilquin, A. and Timmermans, J. and Tkatchev, L.G. and Todorov, T. and Toet, D.Z. and Tomaradze, A. and Tonazzo, A. and Tortora, L. and Transtromer, G. and Treille, D. and Trischuk, W. and Tristram, G. and Trombini, A. and Troncon, C. and Tsirou, A. and Turluer, M-L. and Tyapkin, I.A. and Tyndel, M. and Tzamarias, S. and Ueberschaer, B. and Ullaland, O. and Uvarov, V. and Valenti, G. and Vallazza, E. and Vander Velde, C. and Van Apeldoorn, G.W. and Van Dam, P. and Van Doninck, W.K. and Van Eldik, J. and Vassilopoulos, N. and Vegni, G. and Ventura, L. and Venus, W. and Verbeure, F. and Verlato, M. and Vertogradov, L.S. and Vilanova, D. and Vincent, P. and Vitale, L. and Vlasov, E. and Vodopyanov, A.S. and Vrba, V. and Wahlen, H. and Walck, C. and Weierstall, M. and Weilhammer, P. and Weiser, C. and Wetherell, A.M. and Wicke, D. and Wickens, J.H. and Wielers, M. and Wilkinson, G.R. and Williams, W.S.C. and Winter, M. and Witek, M. and Woschnagg, K. and Yip, K. and Yushchenko, O. and Zach, F. and Zaitsev, A. and Zalewska, A. and Zalewski, P. and Zavrtanik, D. and Zevgolatakos, E. and Zimin, N.I. and Zito, M. and Zontar, D. and Zuberi, R. and Zucchelli, G.C. and Zumerle, G.",
    journal = "ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK. SECTION C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS",
    year = "1996",
    volume = "71",
    number = "4",
    pages = "539-553",
    publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
    issn = "0170-9739",
    doi = "10.1007/bf02907015",
    abstract = "Semileptonic decays B → D*- ℓ+νX were selected from a sample of 3.1 million hadronic Z decays collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP. A topological search for semileptonic B decays to resonant and non-resonant D*- π+ states was performed and the ratio of the branching fractions: Br(B → D*- ℓ+νX)/Br(B → D*- ℓ+νX) + Br(B0 → D*- ℓ+ν) = 0.19 ± 0.10(stat) ± 0.06(syst) was determined. Taking into account this contribution, the differential decay width of B0 → D*- ℓ+ν was measured as a function of the momentum transfer from the B to the D*- in two separate analyses, using exclusive and inclusive methods of D*- ℓ+ reconstruction. The distributions were fitted over the full momentum transfer range to extract the product of |V cb| times the normalization of the decay form factor F(q max2): F(qmax2)|Vcb| = (35.4 ± 1.9(stat) ± 2.4(syst)) • 10-3. The value of |Vcb| was computed using theoretical calculations of F(q max2), giving: |Vcb| = (38.9 ± 2.0(stat) ± 2.6(syst) ± 1.7(theory)) • 10-3. The total branching fraction Br(B0 → D*- ℓ+ν) was determined to be: Br(B0 → D*- ℓ+ν) = (5.52 ± 0.17(stat) ± 0.68(syst))%."
}