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Title: Measurement of branching ratio and B0s lifetime in the decay B0s → J/ψ f0(980) at CDF

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

We present a study of Bs0 decays to the CP-odd final state J/ψ f0(980) with J/ψ → µ+µ- and f0(980) → π+π-. Using pp̄ collision data with an integrated luminosity of 3.8 fb-1 collected by the CDF II detector at the Tevatron we measure a Bs0 lifetime of τ(B0s → J/ψ f0(980)) = 1.70-0.11+0.12(stat) ± 0.03(syst) ps. This is the first measurement of the Bs0} lifetime in a decay to a CP eigenstate and corresponds in the standard model to the lifetime of the heavy Bs0 eigenstate. We also measure the product of branching fractions of B0s → J/ψ f0(980) and f0(980) → π+π- relative to the product of branching fractions of B0s → J/ψφ and φ→K+K- to be Rf0/ψ = 0.257 ± 0.020(stat) ± 0.014(syst), which is the most precise determination of this quantity to date.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Contributing Organization:
CDF Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1018743
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-11-279-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1106.3682; TRN: US1103451
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 84, Issue 5; ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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