Published June 11, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of Bs0→Ds*-π+ and Bs0→Ds(*)-ρ+ and Measurement of the Bs0→Ds*-ρ+ Longitudinal Polarization Fraction

  • 1. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne (Switzerland)
  • 2. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)
  • 4. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)
  • 5. School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 (Australia)
  • 6. University of Melbourne, School of Physics, Victoria 3010 (Australia)

Description

First observations of the Bs0→Ds*-π+, Bs0→Ds-ρ+ and Bs0→Ds*-ρ+ decays are reported together with measurements of their branching fractions: B(Bs0→Ds*-π+)=[2.4-0.4+0.5(stat)±0.3(syst)± 0.4(fs)]x10-3, B(Bs0→Ds-ρ+)=[8.5-1.2+1.3(stat)±1.1(syst)±1.3(fs)]x10-3 and B(Bs0→Ds*-ρ+)=[11.9-2.0+2.2(stat)±1.7(syst)±1.8(fs)]x10-3 (fs=NBs(*)Bs(*)/Nbb). From helicity-angle distributions, we measured the longitudinal polarization fraction in Bs0→Ds*-ρ+ decays to be fL(Bs0→Ds*-ρ+)=1.05-0.10+0.08(stat)-0.04+0.03(syst). These results are based on a 23.6 fb-1 data sample collected at the Υ(5S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e- collider.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
104
Journal Issue
23
Journal Page Range
p. 231801-231801.6
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42003555
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSONS; BRANCHING RATIO; DECAY; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON-POSITRON COLLISIONS; HELICITY; PIONS PLUS; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; COLLISIONS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELECTRON COLLISIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRONS; MESONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PIONS; POSITRON COLLISIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS

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Notes
(c) 2010 The American Physical Society
Collaborations
Belle Collaboration