599 research outputs found
Measurement of the effective B0sâK+Kâ lifetime
A precise determination of the effective B0 s â K + K â lifetime can be used to constrain contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model in the B0 s meson system. Conventional approaches select B meson decay products that are significantly displaced from the B meson production vertex. As a consequence, B mesons with low decay times are suppressed, introducing a bias to the decay time spectrum which must be corrected. This analysis uses a technique that explicitly avoids a lifetime bias by using a neural network based trigger and event selection. Using 1.0 fbâ1 of data recorded by the LHCb experiment, the effective B0 s â K + K â lifetime is measured as 1.455 ± 0.046 (stat.) ± 0.006 (syst.) ps. © 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
First observation of BsâDs2â+XΌΜ decays
Using data collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, the semileptonic decays B0 s â D+ s XÎŒâÎœ and B0 s â D0 K + XÎŒâÎœ are detected. Two struc- tures are observed in the D0 K + mass spectrum at masses consistent with the known D s1(2536)+ and Dâ s2(2573)+ mesons. The measured branching fractions relative to the total B0 s semileptonic rate are B(B0 s â Dâ+ s2 XÎŒâÎœ)/B(B0 s â XÎŒâÎœ) = (3.3 ± 1.0 ± 0.4)%, and B(B0 s â D+ s1 XÎŒâÎœ)/B(B0 s â XÎŒâÎœ) = (5.4 ± 1.2 ± 0.5)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This is the first observation of the Dâ+ s2 state in B0 s decays; we also measure its mass and widt
Evidence for the decay B0âJ/ÏÏ and measurement of the relative branching fractions of B0s meson decays to J/Ïη and J/ÏηâČ
First evidence of the B0 â J/ÏÏ decay is found and the B0 s â J/Ïη and B0 s â J/Ïη decays are studied using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fbâ1 collected by the LHCb experiment
in protonâproton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of âs = 7 TeV.
Study of η â ηâČ mixing from measurement of B (s)0 â J/Ïη(âČ) decay rates
A study of B and B0 s meson decays into J/Ïη and J/Ïη0 final states is performed using a data set of proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, collected by the LCHb experiment and corresponding to 3.0 fbâ1 of integrated luminosity. The decay B0 â J/Ïη0 is observed for the first time. The following ratios of branching fractions are measured: B(B0 â J/Ïη0 ) B(B0 s â J/Ïη0) = (2.28 ± 0.65 (stat) ± 0.10 (syst) ± 0.13 (fs/fd)) Ă 10â2 , B(B0 â J/Ïη) B(B0 s â J/Ïη) = (1.85 ± 0.61 (stat) ± 0.09 (syst) ± 0.11 (fs/fd)) Ă 10â2 , where the third uncertainty is related to the present knowledge of fs/fd, the ratio between the probabilities for a b quark to form a B0 s or a B0 meson. The branching fraction ratios are used to determine the parameters of ηâη 0 meson mixing. In addition, the first evidence for the decay B0 s â Ï(2S)η 0 is reported, and the relative branching fraction is measured, B(B0 s â Ï(2S)η 0 ) B(B0 s â J/Ïη0) = (38.7 ± 9.0 (stat) ± 1.3 (syst) ± 0.9(B)) Ă 10â2 , where the third uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the branching fractions of J/Ï and Ï(2S) mesons
Model-independent evidence for J /Ïp contributions to Îb0 âj /ÏpK- decays
The data sample of Î0bâJ/ÏpKâ decays acquired with the LHCb detector from 7 and 8 TeV pp collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3ââfbâ1, is inspected for the presence of J/Ïp or J/ÏKâ contributions with minimal assumptions about Kâp contributions. It is demonstrated at more than nine standard deviations that Î0bâJ/ÏpKâ decays cannot be described with Kâp contributions alone, and that J/Ïp contributions play a dominant role in this incompatibility. These model-independent results support the previously obtained model-dependent evidence for P+câJ/Ïp charmonium-pentaquark states in the same data sample
Measurement of the CP asymmetry in B â â Ds â D 0 and B â â D â D 0 decays
Abstract: The CP asymmetry in Bâ â Dâ s D0 and Bâ â DâD0 decays is measured using LHCb data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fbâ1 , collected in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The results are ACP (Bâ â Dâ s D0 ) = (â0.4 ± 0.5 ± 0.5)% and ACP (Bâ â DâD0 ) = (2.3 ± 2.7 ± 0.4)%, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. This is the first measurement of ACP (Bâ â Dâ s D0 ) and the most precise determination of ACP (Bâ â DâD0 ). Neither result shows evidence of CP violation
Measurement of the track reconstruction efficiency at LHCb
The determination of track reconstruction efficiencies at LHCb using J/Ï â ” +” â decays is presented. Efficiencies above 95% are found for the data taking periods in 2010, 2011, and 2012. The ratio of the track reconstruction efficiency of muons in data and simulation is compatible with unity and measured with an uncertainty of 0.8% for data taking in 2010, and at a precision of 0.4% for data taking in 2011 and 2012. For hadrons an additional 1.4% uncertainty due to material interactions is assumed. This result is crucial for accurate cross section and branching fraction measurements in LHCb
Observation of the B0 âÏ0Ï0 decay from an amplitude analysis of B0 â (Ï+Ï-) (Ï+Ï-) decays
Proton-proton collision data recorded in 2011 and 2012 by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fbâ1 , are analysed to search for the charmless B0 â Ï 0Ï 0 decay. More than 600 B0 â (Ï +Ï â)(Ï +Ï â) signal decays are selected and used to perform an amplitude analysis, under the assumption of no CP violation in the decay, from which the B0 â Ï 0Ï 0 decay is observed for the first time with 7.1 standard deviations significance. The fraction of B0 â Ï 0Ï 0 decays yielding a longitudinally polarised final state is measured to be fL = 0.745+0.048 â0.058(stat) ± 0.034(syst). The B0 â Ï 0Ï 0 branching fraction, using the B0 â ÏKâ (892)0 decay as reference, is also reported as B(B0 â Ï 0Ï 0 ) = (0.94 ± 0.17(stat) ± 0.09(syst) ± 0.06(BF)) Ă 10â6
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