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Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B±→J/ ψπ±)/B(B±→J/ψK±)

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Abulencia, A; Adelman, J; Affolder, T; Akimoto, T; Albrow, MG; Ambrose, D; Amerio, S; Amidei, D; Anastassov, A; Anikeev, K; Annovi, A; Aoki, M ...
Published in: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
June 10, 2009

We report a measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays B±→J/ψπ± and B±→J/ψK± using the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The signal from the Cabbibo-suppressed B±→J/ψπ± decay is separated from B±→J/ψK± using the B±→J/ψK± invariant mass distribution and the kinematical differences of the hadron track in the two decay modes. From a sample of 220pb-1 of pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV, we observe 91±15 B±→J/ψπ± events together with 1883±34 B±→J/ψK± events. The ratio of branching fractions is found to be B(B±→J/ψπ±)/ B(B±→J/ψK±)=(4.86±0.82(stat)±0.15(syst))%. © 2009 The American Physical Society.

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Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI

EISSN

1550-2368

ISSN

1550-7998

Publication Date

June 10, 2009

Volume

79

Issue

11

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M. G., Ambrose, D., … Ciocci, M. A. (2009). Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B±→J/ ψπ±)/B(B±→J/ψK±). Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 79(11). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.79.112003
Abulencia, A., J. Adelman, T. Affolder, T. Akimoto, M. G. Albrow, D. Ambrose, S. Amerio, et al. “Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B±→J/ ψπ±)/B(B±→J/ψK±).” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 79, no. 11 (June 10, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.79.112003.
Abulencia A, Adelman J, Affolder T, Akimoto T, Albrow MG, Ambrose D, et al. Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B±→J/ ψπ±)/B(B±→J/ψK±). Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 2009 Jun 10;79(11).
Abulencia, A., et al. “Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B±→J/ ψπ±)/B(B±→J/ψK±).” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 79, no. 11, June 2009. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.79.112003.
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Published In

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI

EISSN

1550-2368

ISSN

1550-7998

Publication Date

June 10, 2009

Volume

79

Issue

11

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences