Evidence for the decay B-s(0)->(DsDs(*))-D-(*) and a measurement of Delta Gamma(CP)(s)/Gamma(s)

Authors
  • V.M. Abazov
  • [Unknown] et al.
  • M. Anastasoaie
  • L.S. Ancu
  • S.J. de Jong
  • F. Filthaut
  • C.F. Galea
  • J.G. Hegeman
  • P. Houben
  • M.M. Meijer
  • P. Svoisky
  • P.J. van den Berg
  • W.M. van Leeuwen
Publication date 2009
Journal Physical Review Letters
Volume | Issue number 102 | 9
Pages (from-to) 091801
Number of pages 7
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEF)
Abstract
We search for the semi-inclusive process B-s(0)->(DsDs(*))-D-(*) using 2.8 fb(-1) of pp collisions at s=1.96 TeV recorded by the D0 detector operating at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We observe 26.6 +/- 8.4 signal events with a significance above background of 3.2 standard deviations yielding a branching ratio of B(B-s(0)->(DsDs(*))-D-(*))=0.035 +/- 0.010(stat.)+/- 0.011(syst.). Under certain theoretical assumptions, these double-charm final states saturate CP-even eigenstates in the B-s(0) decays resulting in a width difference of Delta Gamma(CP)(s)/Gamma(s)=0.072 +/- 0.021(stat.)+/- 0.022(syst.).
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.091801
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