Dalitz Plot Analysis of B- --> D+ pi- pi-

Abstract

We present a Dalitz plot analysis of B- --> D+ pi- pi- decays, based on a sample of about 383 million Y(4S) --> BBbar decays collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. The analysis has been published previously in PRD. We measure the inclusive branching fraction of the three-body decay to be BR(B- --> D+ pi- pi-) = (1.08 \pm 0.03\stat \pm 0.05\syst) x 10^{-3}$. We observe the established D^{*0}_2 and confirm the existence of D^{*0}_0 in their decays to D+ pi-, where the D^{*0}_2 and D^{*0}_0 are the 2+ and 0+ c-ubar P-wave states, respectively. We measure the masses and widths of D^{*0}_2 and D^{*0}_0 to be: m_{D^{*}_2} = (2460.4 \pm 1.2 \pm 1.2 \pm 1.9) MeV/c^2, Gamma_{D^*_2} = (41.8 \pm 2.5 \pm 2.1 \pm 2.0) MeV, m_{D^{*}_0} = (2297 \pm 8 \pm 5 \pm 19) MeV/c^2, Gamma_{D^*_0} = (273 \pm 12 \pm 17 \pm 45) MeV. The stated errors reflect the statistical and systematic uncertainties, and the uncertainty related to the assumed composition of signal events and the theoretical model.