Measurement of the form factors for B-bar0-->D*+

Abstract

Using a sample of $2.6\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}$ $\ensuremath{\Upsilon}(4\mathrm{S})\ensuremath{\rightarrow}B\overline{B}$ events collected with the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have measured the form factors for ${\overline{B}}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{D}^{*+}{\ensuremath{\ell}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}$. We perform a three-parameter fit with the joint distribution of four kinematic variables to obtain the form-factor ratios ${R}_{1}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}1.18\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.30\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.12$ and ${R}_{2}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}0.71\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.22\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.07,$ and the form-factor slope ${\ensuremath{\rho}}_{{A}_{1}}^{2}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}0.91\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.15\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.06,$ which is closely related to the slope of the Isgur-Wise function. The form-factor ratios are consistent with predicted corrections to the heavy-quark symmetry limit ${R}_{1}{\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}R}_{2}\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}1$.