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Measurement of the branching fraction of the B 0 → D s + π - decay

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Authors

Aaij, R. 
Beteta, C. Abellán 
Ackernley, T. 
Adeva, B. 
Adinolfi, M. 

Abstract

Abstract: A branching fraction measurement of the B0→Ds+π- decay is presented using proton–proton collision data collected with the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0fb-1. The branching fraction is found to be B(B0→Ds+π-)=(19.4±1.8±1.3±1.2)×10-6, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third is due to the uncertainty on the B0→D-π+, Ds+→K+K-π+ and D-→K+π-π- branching fractions. This is the most precise single measurement of this quantity to date. As this decay proceeds through a single amplitude involving a b→u charged-current transition, the result provides information on non-factorisable strong interaction effects and the magnitude of the Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix element Vub. Additionally, the collision energy dependence of the hadronisation-fraction ratio fs/fd is measured through B¯s0→Ds+π- and B0→D-π+ decays.

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Regular Article – Experimental Physics

Journal Title

The European Physical Journal C

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Journal ISSN

1434-6044
1434-6052

Volume Title

81

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg