First observation of the B+ ? Ds+ Ds- K+ decay

LHCb collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.034012

First observation of the B+ ? Ds+ Ds- K+ decay

LHCb collaboration

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The B+?Ds+Ds-K+ decay is observed for the first time using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb-1. Its branching fraction relative to that of the B+?D+D-K+ decay is measured to be B(B+?Ds+Ds-K+)B(B+?D+D-K+)=0.525±0.033±0.027±0.034, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is due to the uncertainties on the branching fractions of the Ds±?K±K±p± and D±?K±p±p± decays. This measurement fills an experimental gap in the knowledge of the family of Cabibbo-favored b¯?c¯cs¯ transitions and opens the path for unique studies of spectroscopy in future.

Original language	English
Article number	034012
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	108
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.034012
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2023

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abstract = "The B+?Ds+Ds-K+ decay is observed for the first time using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb-1. Its branching fraction relative to that of the B+?D+D-K+ decay is measured to be B(B+?Ds+Ds-K+)B(B+?D+D-K+)=0.525±0.033±0.027±0.034, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is due to the uncertainties on the branching fractions of the Ds±?K±K±p± and D±?K±p±p± decays. This measurement fills an experimental gap in the knowledge of the family of Cabibbo-favored b¯?c¯cs¯ transitions and opens the path for unique studies of spectroscopy in future.",

author = "R. Aaij and Abdelmotteleb, {A. S.W.} and {Abellan Beteta}, C. and F. Abudin{\'e}n and T. Ackernley and B. Adeva and M. Adinolfi and H. Afsharnia and C. Agapopoulou and Aidala, {C. A.} and S. Aiola and Z. Ajaltouni and S. Akar and K. Akiba and J. Albrecht and F. Alessio and M. Alexander and {Alfonso Albero}, A. and Z. Aliouche and {Alvarez Cartelle}, P. and R. Amalric and S. Amato and Amey, {J. L.} and Y. Amhis and L. An and L. Anderlini and M. Andersson and A. Andreianov and M. Andreotti and D. Andreou and D. Ao and F. Archilli and A. Artamonov and M. Artuso and E. Aslanides and M. Atzeni and B. Audurier and S. Bachmann and M. Bachmayer and Back, {J. J.} and A. Bailly-Reyre and {Baladron Rodriguez}, P. and V. Balagura and W. Baldini and {Baptista De Souza Leite}, J. and M. Barbetti and Barlow, {R. J.} and S. Barsuk and W. Barter and M. Bartolini and {LHCb collaboration} and Marcel Merk and Chris Pawley and {de Vries}, Jacco and Keri Vos and {C{\'a}mpora P{\'e}rez}, {Daniel Hugo} and {da silva Bolognani}, Carolina and {Lucio Martinez}, Miriam",

note = "Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at the LHCb institutes. We acknowledge support from CERN and from the national agencies: CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ, and FINEP (Brazil); MOST and NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and MPG (Germany); INFN (Italy); NWO (Netherlands); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MEN/IFA (Romania); MICINN (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE NP and NSF (USA). We acknowledge the computing resources that are provided by CERN, IN2P3 (France), KIT and DESY (Germany), INFN (Italy), SURF (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), GridPP (United Kingdom), CSCS (Switzerland), IFIN-HH (Romania), CBPF (Brazil), Polish WLCG (Poland), and NERSC (USA). We are indebted to the communities behind the multiple open-source software packages on which we depend. Individual groups or members have received support from ARC and ARDC (Australia); Minciencias (Colombia); AvH Foundation (Germany); EPLANET, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and ERC (European Union); A*MIDEX, ANR, IPhU, and Labex P2IO, and R{\'e}gion Auvergne-Rh{\^o}ne-Alpes (France); Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS, CAS PIFI, CAS CCEPP, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and Sci. & Tech. Program of Guangzhou (China); GVA, XuntaGal, GENCAT, and Prog. Atracci{\'o}n Talento, CM (Spain); SRC (Sweden); the Leverhulme Trust, the Royal Society and UKRI (United Kingdom). Funding Information: We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at the LHCb institutes. We acknowledge support from CERN and from the national agencies: CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ, and FINEP (Brazil); MOST and NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and MPG (Germany); INFN (Italy); NWO (Netherlands); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MEN/IFA (Romania); MICINN (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE NP and NSF (USA). We acknowledge the computing resources that are provided by CERN, IN2P3 (France), KIT and DESY (Germany), INFN (Italy), SURF (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), GridPP (United Kingdom), CSCS (Switzerland), IFIN-HH (Romania), CBPF (Brazil), Polish WLCG (Poland), and NERSC (USA). We are indebted to the communities behind the multiple open-source software packages on which we depend. Individual groups or members have received support from ARC and ARDC (Australia); Minciencias (Colombia); AvH Foundation (Germany); EPLANET, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and ERC (European Union); A*MIDEX, ANR, IPhU, and Labex P2IO, and R{\'e}gion Auvergne-Rh{\^o}ne-Alpes (France); Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS, CAS PIFI, CAS CCEPP, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and Sci. & Tech. Program of Guangzhou (China); GVA, XuntaGal, GENCAT, and Prog. Atracci{\'o}n Talento, CM (Spain); SRC (Sweden); the Leverhulme Trust, the Royal Society and UKRI (United Kingdom). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 CERN.",

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doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.108.034012",

language = "English",

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T1 - First observation of the B+ ? Ds+ Ds- K+ decay

AU - Aaij, R.

AU - Abdelmotteleb, A. S.W.

AU - Abellan Beteta, C.

AU - Abudinén, F.

AU - Ackernley, T.

AU - Adeva, B.

AU - Adinolfi, M.

AU - Afsharnia, H.

AU - Agapopoulou, C.

AU - Aidala, C. A.

AU - Aiola, S.

AU - Ajaltouni, Z.

AU - Akar, S.

AU - Akiba, K.

AU - Albrecht, J.

AU - Alessio, F.

AU - Alexander, M.

AU - Alfonso Albero, A.

AU - Aliouche, Z.

AU - Alvarez Cartelle, P.

AU - Amalric, R.

AU - Amato, S.

AU - Amey, J. L.

AU - Amhis, Y.

AU - An, L.

AU - Anderlini, L.

AU - Andersson, M.

AU - Andreianov, A.

AU - Andreotti, M.

AU - Andreou, D.

AU - Ao, D.

AU - Archilli, F.

AU - Artamonov, A.

AU - Artuso, M.

AU - Aslanides, E.

AU - Atzeni, M.

AU - Audurier, B.

AU - Bachmann, S.

AU - Bachmayer, M.

AU - Back, J. J.

AU - Bailly-Reyre, A.

AU - Baladron Rodriguez, P.

AU - Balagura, V.

AU - Baldini, W.

AU - Baptista De Souza Leite, J.

AU - Barbetti, M.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Barsuk, S.

AU - Barter, W.

AU - Bartolini, M.

AU - LHCb collaboration

AU - Merk, Marcel

AU - Pawley, Chris

AU - de Vries, Jacco

AU - Vos, Keri

AU - Cámpora Pérez, Daniel Hugo

AU - da silva Bolognani, Carolina

AU - Lucio Martinez, Miriam

N1 - Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at the LHCb institutes. We acknowledge support from CERN and from the national agencies: CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ, and FINEP (Brazil); MOST and NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and MPG (Germany); INFN (Italy); NWO (Netherlands); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MEN/IFA (Romania); MICINN (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE NP and NSF (USA). We acknowledge the computing resources that are provided by CERN, IN2P3 (France), KIT and DESY (Germany), INFN (Italy), SURF (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), GridPP (United Kingdom), CSCS (Switzerland), IFIN-HH (Romania), CBPF (Brazil), Polish WLCG (Poland), and NERSC (USA). We are indebted to the communities behind the multiple open-source software packages on which we depend. Individual groups or members have received support from ARC and ARDC (Australia); Minciencias (Colombia); AvH Foundation (Germany); EPLANET, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and ERC (European Union); A*MIDEX, ANR, IPhU, and Labex P2IO, and Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France); Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS, CAS PIFI, CAS CCEPP, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and Sci. & Tech. Program of Guangzhou (China); GVA, XuntaGal, GENCAT, and Prog. Atracción Talento, CM (Spain); SRC (Sweden); the Leverhulme Trust, the Royal Society and UKRI (United Kingdom). Funding Information: We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at the LHCb institutes. We acknowledge support from CERN and from the national agencies: CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ, and FINEP (Brazil); MOST and NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and MPG (Germany); INFN (Italy); NWO (Netherlands); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MEN/IFA (Romania); MICINN (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE NP and NSF (USA). We acknowledge the computing resources that are provided by CERN, IN2P3 (France), KIT and DESY (Germany), INFN (Italy), SURF (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), GridPP (United Kingdom), CSCS (Switzerland), IFIN-HH (Romania), CBPF (Brazil), Polish WLCG (Poland), and NERSC (USA). We are indebted to the communities behind the multiple open-source software packages on which we depend. Individual groups or members have received support from ARC and ARDC (Australia); Minciencias (Colombia); AvH Foundation (Germany); EPLANET, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and ERC (European Union); A*MIDEX, ANR, IPhU, and Labex P2IO, and Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France); Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS, CAS PIFI, CAS CCEPP, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and Sci. & Tech. Program of Guangzhou (China); GVA, XuntaGal, GENCAT, and Prog. Atracción Talento, CM (Spain); SRC (Sweden); the Leverhulme Trust, the Royal Society and UKRI (United Kingdom). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 CERN.

PY - 2023/8/1

Y1 - 2023/8/1

N2 - The B+?Ds+Ds-K+ decay is observed for the first time using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb-1. Its branching fraction relative to that of the B+?D+D-K+ decay is measured to be B(B+?Ds+Ds-K+)B(B+?D+D-K+)=0.525±0.033±0.027±0.034, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is due to the uncertainties on the branching fractions of the Ds±?K±K±p± and D±?K±p±p± decays. This measurement fills an experimental gap in the knowledge of the family of Cabibbo-favored b¯?c¯cs¯ transitions and opens the path for unique studies of spectroscopy in future.

AB - The B+?Ds+Ds-K+ decay is observed for the first time using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb-1. Its branching fraction relative to that of the B+?D+D-K+ decay is measured to be B(B+?Ds+Ds-K+)B(B+?D+D-K+)=0.525±0.033±0.027±0.034, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is due to the uncertainties on the branching fractions of the Ds±?K±K±p± and D±?K±p±p± decays. This measurement fills an experimental gap in the knowledge of the family of Cabibbo-favored b¯?c¯cs¯ transitions and opens the path for unique studies of spectroscopy in future.

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DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.108.034012

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