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First observation of B[superscript +] → D[subscript s][superscript +]K[superscript +]K[superscript −] decays and a search for B[superscript +] → D[subscript s][superscript +]ϕ decays

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Aaij, R.; Adeva, B.; Adinolfi, M.; Ajaltouni, Z.; Akar, S.; Albrecht, J.; Alessio, F.; Alexander, M.; Alfonso Albero, A.; Ali, S.; Alkhazov, G.; Alvarez Cartelle, P.; Alves, A. A; Amato, S.; Amerio, S.; Amhis, Y.; An, L.; Anderlini, L.; Andreassi, G.; Andreotti, M.; Andrews, J. E; Appleby, R. B; Archilli, F.; d’Argent, P.; Arnau Romeu, J.; Artamonov, A.; Artuso, M.; Aslanides, E.; Atzeni, M.; Auriemma, G.; Baalouch, M.; Babuschkin, I.; Bachmann, S.; Back, J. J; Badalov, A.; Baesso, C.; Baker, S.; Balagura, V.; Baldini, W.; Baranov, A.; Barlow, R. J; Barschel, C.; Barsuk, S.; Barter, W.; Baryshnikov, F.; Batozskaya, V.; Battista, V.; Bay, A.; Beaucourt, L.; Beddow, J.; Bedeschi, F.; Bediaga, I.; Beiter, A.; Bel, L. J; Beliy, N.; Bellee, V.; Belloli, N.; Belous, K.; Belyaev, I.; Ben-Haim, E.; Bencivenni, G.; Benson, S.; Beranek, S.; Berezhnoy, A.; Bernet, R.; Berninghoff, D.; Bertholet, E.; Bertolin, A.; Betancourt, C.; Betti, F.; Bettler, M.-O.; van Beuzekom, M.; Bezshyiko, Ia.; Bifani, S.; Billoir, P.; Birnkraut, A.; Bizzeti, A.; Bjørn, M.; Blake, T.; Blanc, F.; Blusk, S.; Bocci, V.; Bondar, A.; Bondar, N.; Bordyuzhin, I.; Borghi, S.; Borisyak, M.; Borsato, M.; Bossu, F.; Boubdir, M.; Bowcock, T. J V; Bowen, E.; Bozzi, C.; Braun, S.; Britton, T.; Brodzicka, J.; Brundu, D.; Buchanan, E.; Burr, C.; Bursche, A.; Buytaert, J.; Byczynski, W.; Cadeddu, S.; Cai, H.; Calabrese, R.; Calladine, R.; Calvi, M.; Calvo Gomez, M.; Camboni, A.; Campana, P.; Campora Perez, D. H; Capriotti, L.; Carbone, A.; Carboni, G.; Cardinale, R.; Cardini, A.; Carniti, P.; Carson, L.; Carvalho Akiba, K.; Casse, G.; Cassina, L.; Cattaneo, M.; Cavallero, G.; Cenci, R.; Chamont, D.; Chapman, M. 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A search for B[superscript +] → D[superscript +][subscript s] K[superscript +]K[superscript −] decays is performed using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.8 fb[superscript −1], collected at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV with the LHCb experiment. A significant signal is observed for the first time and the branching fraction is determined to be B(B[superscript +] → D[superscript +][subscript s] K[superscript +]K[superscript −]) = (7.1 ± 0.5 ± 0.6 ± 0.7) × 10[superscript −6], where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third due to the uncertainty on the branching fraction of the normalisation mode B[superscript +] → D[superscript +][subscript s][bar over D][superscript 0]. A search is also performed for the pure annihilation decay B[superscript +] → D[superscript +][subscript s] φ. No significant signal is observed and a limit of B(B[superscript +] → D[superscript +][subscript s] φ) < 4.9 × 10[superscript −7] (4.2 × 10[superscript −7]) is set on the branching fraction at 95% (90%) confidence level. Keywords: B physics, Branching fraction, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Rare decay
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2018-01
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116811
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The LHCb collaboration, et al. “First Observation of B[superscript +] → D[subscript s][superscript +] K[superscript +]K[superscript −] Decays and a Search for B[superscript +] → D[subscript s][superscript +]ϕ Decays.” Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2018, no. 1, Jan. 2018. © 2018 The Authors
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1029-8479

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