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Title: Study of B{yields}D{sup (*)}D{sub s(J)}{sup (*)} decays and measurement of D{sub s}{sup -} and D{sub sJ}(2460){sup -} branching fractions

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Particules, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux (France)
  2. Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica Dept. ECM, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)
  3. Universita di Bari, Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
  4. Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100039 (China)
  5. University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen (Norway)

We present branching fraction measurements of 12 B meson decays of the form B{yields}D{sup (*)}D{sub s(J)}{sup (*)}. The results are based on {upsilon}(4S) decays in BB pairs. One of the B mesons is fully reconstructed and the other decays to two charm mesons, of which one is reconstructed, and the mass and momentum of the other is inferred by kinematics. Combining these results with previous exclusive branching fraction measurements, we determine B(D{sub s}{sup -}{yields}{phi}{pi}{sup -})=(4.62{+-}0.36{sub stat.}{+-}0.51{sub syst.})%, B(D{sub sJ}(2460){sup -}{yields}D{sub s}*{sup -}{pi}{sup 0})=(56{+-}13{sub stat.}{+-}9{sub syst.})% and B(D{sub sJ}(2460){sup -}{yields}D{sub s}{sup -}{gamma})=(16{+-}4{sub stat.}{+-}3{sub syst.})%.

OSTI ID:
20869199
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 74, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.031103; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English