First observation and measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B 0 s  → D ∗ s ∓ K ±

The first observation of the B 0 s  → D ∗ s ∓ K ± decay is reported using 3.0 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment. The D ∗ s ∓ mesons are reconstructed through the decay chain D ∗ s ∓ → γD ∓ s (K ∓ K ± π ∓). The branching fraction relative to that for B 0 s  → D ∗ s...

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Autores: Badalov, Alexey, Calvo Gómez, Míriam, Vilasís Cardona, Xavier, LHCb Collaboration - CERN
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)
Repositorio:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llull
OAI Identifier:oai:dau.url.edu:20.500.14342/3172
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3172
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2015)130
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gran col·lisionador d'hadrons (França i Suïssa)
Partícules (Física nuclear)
Col·lisions (Física nuclear)
Protons
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Sumario:The first observation of the B 0 s  → D ∗ s ∓ K ± decay is reported using 3.0 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment. The D ∗ s ∓ mesons are reconstructed through the decay chain D ∗ s ∓ → γD ∓ s (K ∓ K ± π ∓). The branching fraction relative to that for B 0 s  → D ∗ s − π + decays is measured to be B(B0s→D∗s∓K±)/B(B0s→D∗s−π+)=0.068±0.005+0.003−0.002, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. Using a recent measurement of B(B0s→D∗s−π+) , the absolute branching fraction of B 0 s  → D ∗ s ∓ K ± is measured as B(B0s→D∗s∓K±)=(16.3±1.2(stat)+0.7−0.5(syst)±4.8(norm))×10−5, where the third uncertainty is due to the uncertainty on the branching fraction of the normalisation channel.