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First Observation of B̅ s0→Ds ± K∓ and Measurement of the Ratio of Branching Fractions B(B̅ s0→Ds ± K∓)/B(B̅ s0→Ds+π-)

Publication ,  Journal Article
Aaltonen, T; others,
Published in: Phys. Rev. Lett.
2009

A combined mass and particle identification fit is used to make the first observation of the decay B̅ s0→Ds ± K∓ and measure the branching fraction of B̅ s0→Ds ± K∓ relative to B̅ s0→Ds+π-. This analysis uses 1.2  fb-1 integrated luminosity of pp̅ collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96  TeV collected with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. We observe a B̅ s0→Ds ± K∓ signal with a statistical significance of 8.1σ and measure B(B̅ s0→Ds ± K∓)/B(B̅ s0→Ds+π-)=0.097 ± 0.018(stat) ± 0.009(syst).

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Published In

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Publication Date

2009

Volume

103

Issue

19

Start / End Page

191802

Related Subject Headings

  • General Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences
 

Published In

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Publication Date

2009

Volume

103

Issue

19

Start / End Page

191802

Related Subject Headings

  • General Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences