%0 Journal Article
%T Measurement of the Ratio of the B-0 -> D*(-)iota(+)v(iota) and B-0 -> D*(-) mu(+)v(mu) Branching Fractions Using Three-Prong tau-Lepton Decays
%A LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al
%A Garcia Martin, L. M.
%A Henry, L.
%A Martinez-Vidal, F.
%A Oyanguren, A.
%A Remon Alepuz, C.
%A Ruiz Valls, P.
%A Ruiz Vidal, J.
%A Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
%J Physical Review Letters
%D 2018
%V 120
%N 17
%I Amer Physical Soc
%@ 0031-9007
%G English
%F LHCbCollaborationAaij_etal2018
%O WOS:000430822000002
%O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=3571), last updated on Tue, 08 May 2018 17:20:07 +0000
%X The ratio of branching fractions R(D*(-)) equivalent to B(B-0 -> D*(-) iota(+)v(iota))/B(B-0 -> D*(-) mu+ v(mu)) is measured using a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1). For the first time, R(D*-) is determined using the iota-lepton decays with three charged pions in the final state. The B-0 -> D*(-) iota+ v(iota) yield is normalized to that of the B-0 -> D*(-) pi(+) pi(-) pi(+) mode, providing a measurement B-0 -> D*(-) iota+ v(iota) / B(B-0 -> D*(-) pi(+) pi(-) pi(+)) = 1.97 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.18, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The value of (B-0 -> D*(-) iota+ v(iota)) = (1.42 +/- 0.094 +/- 0.129 +/- 0.054)% is obtained, where the third uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the branching fraction of the normalization mode. Using the well-measured branching fraction of the B-0 -> D*(-) mu+ v(mu) decay, a value of R(D*(-)) = 0.291 +/- 0.019 +/- 0.026 +/- 0.013 is established, where the third uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the branching fractions of the normalization and B-0 -> D*(-) mu+ v(mu) modes. This measurement is in agreement with the standard model prediction and with previous results.
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.171802
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1708.08856
%U https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.171802
%P 171802 - 11pp