Document Type
Article
Date
6-22-2011
Language
English
Disciplines
Physics
Description/Abstract
The relative abundance of the three decay modes B_d \to D^- K^+, B_d \to D^- \pi^+ and B_s \to D_s^- \pi^+ produced in 7 TeV pp collisions at the LHC is determined from data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35 pb^{-1}. The branching fraction of B_d \to D^- K^+ is found to be \cal B (B_d \to D^- K^+) = (2.01 \pm 0.18^{\textrm{stat}} \pm 0.14^{\textrm{syst}})\times 10^{-4}. The ratio of fragmentation fractions \fsfdt is determined through the relative abundance of B_s \to D_s^- \pi^+ to B_d \to D^- K^+ and B_d \to D^-\pi^+, leading to f_s/f_d = 0.253 \pm 0.017 \pm 0.017 \pm 0.020, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and theoretical respectively.
Recommended Citation
Mountain, Raymond; Artuso, Marina; Blusk, S.; and Borgia, Alessandra, "Determination of f_s/f_d for 7 TeV pp Collisions and a Measurement of the Branching Fraction of the Decay Bd->D-K+" (2011). Physics - All Scholarship. 373.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/373
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Additional Information
Submitted to PRL (7 pages, 2 Figures, 1 Table) More information at http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.4435
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