First Observation of B[over-bar][subscript s][superscript 0]-->D[subscript s][superscript ±]K[superscript ∓] and Measurement of the Ratio of Branching Fractions B(B[over-bar][subscript s][superscript 0]-->D[subscript s][superscript ±]K[superscript ∓]/B([over-bar][subscript s][superscript 0]-->D[subscript s][superscript +] pi[superscript -])
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Choudalakis, Georgios; Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo; Hahn, Kristian Allan; Henderson, C.; Knuteson, Bruce O.; Xie, Si; Paus, Christoph M. E.; Bauer, Gerry P; Makhoul, Khaldoun; ... Show more Show less
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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-)
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A combined mass and particle identification fit is used to make the first observation of the decay B[over-bar] s0-->Ds±K∓ and measure the branching fraction of B[over-bar] s0-->Ds±K∓ relative to B[over-bar] s0-->Ds+pi-. This analysis uses 1.2 fb-1 integrated luminosity of pp[over-bar] collisions at [sqrt]s=1.96 TeV collected with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. We observe a B[over-bar] s0-->Ds±K∓ signal with a statistical significance of 8.1σ and measure B(B[over-bar] s0-->Ds±K∓)/B(B[over-bar] s0-->Ds+pi-)=0.097±0.018(stat)±0.009(syst).
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2009-11Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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CDF Collaboration et al. “First Observation of B-bars-->Ds±K± and Measurement of the Ratio of Branching Fractions B(B-bars-->Ds±K±)/B(B-bars-->Ds+ pi -).” Physical Review Letters 103.19 (2009): 191802. © 2009 American Physical Society.
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0031-9007