%0 Journal Article
%T Observation of the B0s → D*+ D*- decay
%A LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al
%A Jaimes Elles, S. J.
%A Jashal, B. K.
%A Martinez-Vidal, F.
%A Oyanguren, A.
%A Rebollo De Miguel, M.
%A Remon Alepuz, C.
%A Ruiz Vidal, J.
%A Sanderswood, I.
%J Journal of High Energy Physics
%D 2023
%V 07
%N 7
%I Springer
%@ 1029-8479
%G English
%F LHCbCollaborationAaij_etal2023
%O WOS:001061773900001
%O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=5741), last updated on Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:41:02 +0000
%X The first observation of the B-s(0) -> D*+ D*- decay and the measurement of its branching ratio relative to the B-0 -> D*+ D*(-) decay are presented. The data sample used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions recorded by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV between 2011 and 2018. The decay is observed with more than 10 standard deviations and the time-integrated ratio of branching fractions is determined to be [GRAPHICS] . where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third due to the uncertainty of the fragmentation fraction ratio f(s)/f(d). The B-s(0) -> D*(+) D*(-) branching fraction is calculated to be [GRAPHICS] . where the fourth uncertainty is due to the B-0 -> D*(+) D*(-) branching fraction. These results are calculated using the average B-s(0) meson lifetime in simulation. Correction factors are reported for scenarios where either a purely heavy or a purely light B-s(0) eigenstate is considered.
%K Branching fraction
%K Hadron-Hadron Scattering
%R 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)119
%U https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.14945
%U https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)119
%P 119-19pp