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Table 8 Partial and total branching fractions, in units of 10-4, for the decay B → πℓ+νℓ.

From: B meson decays

Experiment

total

q2 > 16 GeV2

Method

CLEO [170]

1.37 ± 0.15 ± 0.11

0.41 ± 0.08 ± 0.04

Untagged Analysis

BaBar [171]

1.46 ± 0.07 ± 0.08

0.38 ± 0.04 ± 0.04

Untagged Analysis

Belle [172]

1.38 ± 0.19 ± 0.14 ± 0.03

0.36 ± 0.10 ± 0.04 ± 0.01

B→ D(*)ℓν Tag

Belle† [254]

1.49 ± 0.26 ± 0.06

0.31 ± 0.12 ± 0.01

B0 → π-ℓ+νℓ (hadron tags)

Belle† [254]

1.53 ± 0.20 ± 0.06

0.39 ± 0.12 ± 0.02

Combined B0 and B+ tags

BaBar [173]

1.33 ± 0.17 ± 0.11

0.46 ± 0.10 ± 0.06

Combined B0 and B+ tags

combined [243]

1.34 ± 0.06 ± 0.05

0.37 ± 0.03 ± 0.02

HFAG ICHEP08

  1. † – Preliminary results.
  2. Whenever possible, B0 and B+ data are combined.