We report the first measurement of the τ lepton polarization P_{τ}(D^{*}) in the decay B[over ¯]→D^{*}τ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{τ} as well as a new measurement of the ratio of the branching fractions R(D^{*})=B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}τ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{τ})/B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ}), where ℓ^{-} denotes an electron or a muon, and the τ is reconstructed in the modes τ^{-}→π^{-}ν_{τ} and τ^{-}→ρ^{-}ν_{τ}. We use the full data sample of 772×10^{6} BB[over ¯] pairs recorded with the Belle detector at the KEKB electron-positron collider. Our results, P_{τ}(D^{*})=-0.38±0.51(stat)_{-0.16}^{+0.21}(syst) and R(D^{*})=0.270±0.035(stat)_{-0.025}^{+0.028}(syst), are consistent with the theoretical predictions of the standard model.
We present a measurement of angular observables and a test of lepton flavor universality in the B → K * + − decay, where is either e or µ. The analysis is performed on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 711 fb −1 containing 772 × 10 6 B B pairs, collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the asymmetric-energy e + e − collider KEKB. The result is consistent with Standard Model (SM) expectations, where the largest discrepancy from a SM prediction is observed in the muon modes with a local significance of 2.6σ.
The COMPASS Collaboration at CERN has measured the transverse spin azimuthal asymmetry of\ud
charged hadrons produced in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering using a 160 GeV μ+ beam and a\ud
transversely polarised NH3 target. The Sivers asymmetry of the proton has been extracted in the Bjorken\ud
x range 0.003 < x < 0.7. The new measurements have small statistical and systematic uncertainties of\ud
a few percent and confirm with considerably better accuracy the previous COMPASS measurement. The\ud
Sivers asymmetry is found to be compatible with zero for negative hadrons and positive for positive\ud
hadrons, a clear indication of a spin–orbit coupling of quarks in a transversely polarised proton. As\ud
compared to measurements at lower energy, a smaller Sivers asymmetry for positive hadrons is found\ud
in the region x > 0.03. The asymmetry is different from zero and positive also in the low x region,\ud
where sea-quarks dominate. The kinematic dependence of the asymmetry has also been investigated and\ud
results are given for various intervals of hadron and virtual photon fractional energy. In contrast to the\ud
case of the Collins asymmetry, the results on the Sivers asymmetry suggest a strong dependence on the\ud
four-momentum transfer to the nucleon, in agreement with the most recent calculations
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