Inclusive and exclusive decays of $B$ mesons to final states including charm and charmonium mesons

We have studied hadronic decays of

B

mesons. We report measurements of exclusive branching ratios of several charm decay modes of

B

mesons to final states with a

D

D^{*}

and one to three charged pions or a charged

ρ

and to final states with a

ψ

ψ^{'}

, a kaon, and up to two charged pions. We have also measured inclusive branching ratios for

B

decays to

D

and

D^{*}

and the spectra of these particles in

B

decays. The total charm content in

B

decay is found to be (101±12)%. The branching ratios and spectra are compared to form-factor models. We extract the parameters

a_{1}

and

a_{2}

of the model of Bauer, Stech, and Wirbel and the

D_{S}

decay constant. The masses of the

{\bar{B}}^{0}

and

B^{-}

mesons are measured. The mass difference between

{\bar{B}}^{0}

and

B^{-}

is found to be -0.4±0.6±0.5 MeV/

c^{2}

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Inclusive and exclusive decays ofBmesons to final states including charm and charmonium mesons