First observation of B<inf>s</inf><sup>0</sup>→J/Ψf0(980) decays

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, C. Adrover, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, Y. Amhis, J. Amoraal, J. Anderson, R. B. Appleby, O. Aquines Gutierrez, L. Arrabito, M. Artuso, E. AslanidesG. Auriemma, S. Bachmann, D. S. Bailey, V. Balagura, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, A. Bates, C. Bauer, T. Bauer, A. Bay, I. Bediaga, K. Belous, I. Belyaev, E. Ben-Haim, M. Benayoun, G. Bencivenni, R. Bernet, M. O. Bettler, M. van Beuzekom, S. Bifani, A. Bizzeti, P. M. Bjørnstad, T. Blake, F. Blanc, C. Blanks, J. Blouw, S. Blusk, A. Bobrov, V. Bocci, A. Bondar, N. Bondar, W. Bonivento, S. Borghi, A. Borgia, E. Bos, T. J.V. Bowcock, C. Bozzi, T. Brambach, J. van den Brand, J. Bressieux, S. Brisbane, M. Britsch, T. Britton, N. H. Brook, H. Brown, A. Büchler-Germann, A. Bursche, J. Buytaert, S. Cadeddu, J. M. Caicedo Carvajal, O. Callot, M. Calvi, M. Calvo Gomez, A. Camboni, L. Camilleri, P. Campana, G. Capon, A. Carbone, G. Carboni, R. Cardinale, A. Cardini, L. Carson, K. Carvalho Akiba, G. Casse, M. Cattaneo, M. Charles, P. Charpentier

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Abstract

Using data collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, the hadronic decay B s 0→J/Ψf0(980) is observed. This CP eigenstate mode could be used to measure mixing-induced CP violation in the B s 0 system. Using a fit to the Π +Π - mass spectrum with interfering resonances gives Rf0/Φ≡Γ(Bs0→J/Ψf0,f0→Π +Π -)Γ(B s 0→J/Ψφ,φ →K +K -)=0.252 -0.032-0.033 +0.046+0.027. In the interval ±90 MeV around 980 MeV, corresponding to approximately two full f0 widths we also find R' ≡ Γ(Bs0→J/Ψf0,f0→Π +Π -)-980 Mev < 90 Mev)/Γ(B s 0→J/Ψφ,φ→K +K -)=0.162±0.022±0.016, where in both cases the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)115-122
Number of pages8
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume698
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Apr 2011
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at CERN and at the LHCb institutes, and acknowledge support from the National Agencies: CAPES , CNPq , FAPERJ and FINEP (Brazil); CERN ; NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF , DFG , HGF and MPG (Germany); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); FOM and NWO (Netherlands); SCSR (Poland); ANCS (Romania); MinES of Russia and Rosatom (Russia); MICINN , XUNGAL and GENCAT (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NAS Ukraine (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); NSF (USA). We also acknowledge the support received from the ERC under FP7 and the Région Auvergne .

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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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