Angular analysis of B0?D-Ds+ with Ds+?Ds+? decays

R. Aaij; C. Abellan Beteta; T. Ackernley; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; H. Afsharnia; C. A. Aidala; S. Aiola; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; A. Alfonso Albero; Z. Aliouche; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; S. Amato; Y. Amhis; L. An; L. Anderlini; A. Andreianov; M. Andreotti; F. Archilli; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; K. Arzymatov; E. Aslanides; M. Atzeni; B. Audurier; S. Bachmann; M. Bachmayer; J. J. Back; P. Baladron Rodriguez; V Balagura; W. Baldini; J. Baptista Leite; R. J. Barlow; S. Barsuk; W. Barter; M. Bartolini; F. Baryshnikov; J. M. Basels; G. Bassi; B. Batsukh; A. Battig; A. Bay; M. Becker; F. Bedeschi; I Bediaga; LHCb collaboration; Marcel Merk; Chris Pawley; Jacco de Vries

doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2021)177

Angular analysis of B0?D-Ds+ with Ds+?Ds+? decays

R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta, T. Ackernley, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, H. Afsharnia, C. A. Aidala, S. Aiola, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, A. Alfonso Albero, Z. Aliouche, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, S. Amato, Y. Amhis, L. AnL. Anderlini, A. Andreianov, M. Andreotti, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, K. Arzymatov, E. Aslanides, M. Atzeni, B. Audurier, S. Bachmann, M. Bachmayer, J. J. Back, P. Baladron Rodriguez, V Balagura, W. Baldini, J. Baptista Leite, R. J. Barlow, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, M. Bartolini, F. Baryshnikov, J. M. Basels, G. Bassi, B. Batsukh, A. Battig, A. Bay, M. Becker, F. Bedeschi, I Bediaga, LHCb collaboration, Marcel Merk, Chris Pawley, Jacco de Vries

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The first full angular analysis of the B0 -> D-Ds+ decay is performed using 6 fb(-1) of pp collision data collected with the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The Ds+-> Ds+gamma and D*- -> D<overbar></mml:mover>0- vector meson decays are used with the subsequent Ds+ -> K+K-pi (+) and D<overbar></mml:mover>0 -> K+pi (-) decays. All helicity amplitudes and phases are measured, and the longitudinal polarisation fraction is determined to be f(L) = 0.578 +/- 0.010 +/- 0.011 with world-best precision, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The pattern of helicity amplitude magnitudes is found to align with expectations from quark-helicity conservation in B decays. The ratio of branching fractions [B(B0 -> D-Ds+) x B(Ds+-> Ds+gamma)]/B(B-0 -> D(*-)Ds+) is measured to be 2.045 +/- 0.022 +/- 0.071 with world-best precision. In addition, the first observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed B-s -> D(*-)Ds+ decay is made with a significance of seven standard deviations. The branching fraction ratio B(B-s -> D(*-)Ds<mml:mo>+)/B(B-0 -> D(*-)Ds<mml:mo>+) is measured to be 0.049 +/- 0.006 +/- 0.003 +/- 0.002, where the third uncertainty is due to limited knowledge of the ratio of fragmentation fractions.<fig id="Figa" position="anchor"><graphic position="anchor" specific-use="HTML" mime-subtype="JPEG" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="MediaObjects/13130_2021_16089_Figa_HTML.jpg" id="MO1"></graphic

Original language	English
Article number	177
Number of pages	30
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2021)177
Publication status	Published - 29 Jun 2021

Keywords

B physics
Branching fraction
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Polarization

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Aaij, R., Beteta, C. A., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Afsharnia, H., Aidala, C. A., Aiola, S., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Aliouche, Z., Alkhazov, G., Cartelle, P. A., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., ... de Vries, J. (2021). Angular analysis of B0?D-Ds+ with Ds+?Ds+? decays. Journal of High Energy Physics, (6), Article 177. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2021)177

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AU - Ackernley, T.

AU - Adeva, B.

AU - Adinolfi, M.

AU - Afsharnia, H.

AU - Aidala, C. A.

AU - Aiola, S.

AU - Ajaltouni, Z.

AU - Akar, S.

AU - Albrecht, J.

AU - Alessio, F.

AU - Alexander, M.

AU - Alfonso Albero, A.

AU - Aliouche, Z.

AU - Alkhazov, G.

AU - Cartelle, P. Alvarez

AU - Amato, S.

AU - Amhis, Y.

AU - An, L.

AU - Anderlini, L.

AU - Andreianov, A.

AU - Andreotti, M.

AU - Archilli, F.

AU - Artamonov, A.

AU - Artuso, M.

AU - Arzymatov, K.

AU - Aslanides, E.

AU - Atzeni, M.

AU - Audurier, B.

AU - Bachmann, S.

AU - Bachmayer, M.

AU - Back, J. J.

AU - Baladron Rodriguez, P.

AU - Balagura, V

AU - Baldini, W.

AU - Leite, J. Baptista

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Barsuk, S.

AU - Barter, W.

AU - Bartolini, M.

AU - Baryshnikov, F.

AU - Basels, J. M.

AU - Bassi, G.

AU - Batsukh, B.

AU - Battig, A.

AU - Bay, A.

AU - Becker, M.

AU - Bedeschi, F.

AU - Bediaga, I

AU - LHCb collaboration

AU - Merk, Marcel

AU - Pawley, Chris

AU - de Vries, Jacco

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