Global polarization of Λ hyperons has been measured to be of the order of a few tenths of a percent in Au+Au collisions at √ s N N = 200 GeV, with no significant difference between Λ andΛ.These new results reveal the collision energy dependence of the global polarization together with the results previously observed at √ s N N = 7.7 -62.4 GeV and indicate noticeable vorticity of the medium created in non-central heavy-ion collisions at the highest RHIC collision energy. The signal is in rough quantitative agreement with the theoretical predictions from a hydrodynamic model and from the AMPT (A Multi-Phase Transport) model. The polarization is larger in more peripheral collisions, and depends weakly on the hyperon's transverse momentum and pseudorapidity η H within |η H | < 1. An indication of the polarization dependence on the event-by-event charge asymmetry 3 is observed at the 2σ level, suggesting a possible contribution to the polarization from the axial current induced by the initial magnetic field. PACS numbers: 25.75.-q, 25.75.Ld

We have observed the decays B° -» K*(892)°j and B~ -> K*(892)~ry, which are evidence for the quark-level process b -• 57. The average branching fraction is (4.5 ± 1.5 ± 0.9) x 10~5. This value is consistent with standard model predictions from electromagnetic penguin diagrams. PACS numbers: 13.40.Hq, 14.40.Jz One-loop, flavor-changing neutral current diagrams, meson decays [1]. They were later identified as a possible known as penguins, were originally introduced into the source of direct CP violation in kaon decay, and hence as theory of weak decays to explain the AI = \ rule in K a contribution to e! /e [2]. Their importance in B meson 674 0031 -9007/93/71 (5)/674(5)$06.00

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