First observation of the decay B-s(0) -> phi(K)over-bar*(0)

R. Aaij; C.A. Beteta; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; C. Adrover; A. Affolder; Z. Ajaltouni; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P.A. Cartelle; A.A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; L. Anderlini; J. Anderson; R. Andreassen; R.B. Appleby; O.A. Gutierrez; F. Archilli; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; S. Bachmann; J.J. Back; C. Baesso; V. Balagura; W. Baldini; R.J. Barlow; C. Barschel; S. Barsuk; W. Barter; T. Bauer; A. Bay; J. Beddow; F. Bedeschi; I. Bediaga; S. Belogurov; K. Belous; I. Belyaev; E. Ben-Haim; M. Benayoun; G. Bencivenni; S. Benson; J. Benton; A. Berezhnoy; J. van den Brand

doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2013)092

First observation of the decay B-s(0) -> phi(K)over-bar*(0)

R. Aaij^*, C.A. Beteta, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, C. Adrover, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P.A. Cartelle, A.A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, L. Anderlini, J. Anderson, R. AndreassenR.B. Appleby, O.A. Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, S. Bachmann, J.J. Back, C. Baesso, V. Balagura, W. Baldini, R.J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, T. Bauer, A. Bay, J. Beddow, F. Bedeschi, I. Bediaga, S. Belogurov, K. Belous, I. Belyaev, E. Ben-Haim, M. Benayoun, G. Bencivenni, S. Benson, J. Benton, A. Berezhnoy, J. van den Brand

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Abstract

The first observation of the decay B-s(0) -> phi(K) over bar*(0) is reported. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1) of p p collisions at root s = 7 TeV, collected with the LHCb detector. A yield of 30 +/- 6 B-s(0) -> (K+ K-)(K- pi(+)) decays is found in the mass windows 1012.5 < M (K+ K-) < 1026.5MeV/c(2) and 746 < M (K- pi(+)) < 1046MeV/c(2). The signal yield is found to be dominated by B-s(0) -> phi(K) over bar*(0) decays, and the corresponding branching fraction is measured to be B (B-s(0) (->) phi(K) over bar*(0)) = (1.10 +/- 0.24 (stat) +/- 0.14 (syst) +/- 0.08 (f(d)/f(s))) x 10(-6), where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic and from the ratio of fragmentation fractions f(d)/f(s) which accounts for the different production rate of B-0 and B-s(0) mesons. The significance of B-s(0) ->phi (K) over bar*(0) signal is 6.1 standard deviations. The fraction of longitudinal polarization in B-s(0) -> phi(K) over bar*(0) decays is found to be f(0) = 0.51 +/- 0.15 (stat) +/- 0.07 (syst).

Original language	English
Article number	092
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)092
Publication status	Published - 12 Nov 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

B physics
Flavour Changing Neutral Currents
Flavor physics
Hadron-Hadron Scattering
CP-VIOLATING ASYMMETRIES
BRANCHING FRACTIONS
ART.
POLARIZATION
K+

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Aaij, R., Beteta, C. A., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adrover, C., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Cartelle, P. A., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., Anderlini, L., Anderson, J., ... van den Brand, J. (2013). First observation of the decay B-s(0) -> phi(K)over-bar*(0). Journal of High Energy Physics, (11), Article 092. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)092

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AU - Beteta, C.A.

AU - Adeva, B.

AU - Adinolfi, M.

AU - Adrover, C.

AU - Affolder, A.

AU - Ajaltouni, Z.

AU - Albrecht, J.

AU - Alessio, F.

AU - Alexander, M.

AU - Ali, S.

AU - Alkhazov, G.

AU - Cartelle, P.A.

AU - Alves, A.A.

AU - Amato, S.

AU - Amerio, S.

AU - Amhis, Y.

AU - Anderlini, L.

AU - Anderson, J.

AU - Andreassen, R.

AU - Appleby, R.B.

AU - Gutierrez, O.A.

AU - Archilli, F.

AU - Artamonov, A.

AU - Artuso, M.

AU - Aslanides, E.

AU - Auriemma, G.

AU - Bachmann, S.

AU - Back, J.J.

AU - Baesso, C.

AU - Balagura, V.

AU - Baldini, W.

AU - Barlow, R.J.

AU - Barschel, C.

AU - Barsuk, S.

AU - Barter, W.

AU - Bauer, T.

AU - Bay, A.

AU - Beddow, J.

AU - Bedeschi, F.

AU - Bediaga, I.

AU - Belogurov, S.

AU - Belous, K.

AU - Belyaev, I.

AU - Ben-Haim, E.

AU - Benayoun, M.

AU - Bencivenni, G.

AU - Benson, S.

AU - Benton, J.

AU - Berezhnoy, A.

AU - van den Brand, J.

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