PT Journal
AU LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, Rea
   Garcia Martin, LM
   Henry, L
   Martinez-Vidal, F
   Oyanguren, A
   Remon Alepuz, C
   Ruiz Valls, P
   Ruiz Vidal, J
   Sanchez Mayordomo, C
TI First observation of B+ -> D-s(+) K+ K- decays and a search for B+ -> D-s(+) phi decays
SO Journal of High Energy Physics
JI J. High Energy Phys.
PY 2018
BP 131
EP 22pp
VL 01
IS 1
DI 10.1007/JHEP01(2018)131https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.05637
LA English
DE B physics; Branching fraction; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Rare decay
AB A search for B+ -> D-s(+) K+ K- decays is performed using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.8 fb(-1), collected at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV with the LHCb experiment. A significant signal is observed for the first time and the branching fraction is determined to be B(B+ -> D-s(+) K+ K-) = (7.1 +/- 0.5 +/- 0.6 +/- 0.7) x 10(-6), where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third due to the uncertainty on the branching fraction of the normalisation mode B+ -> D-s(+)(D) over bar (0). A search is also performed for the pure annihilation decay B+ -> D-s(+)(D) over bar (0). No significant signal is observed and a limit of B(B+ -> D-s(+) phi) < 4.9 x 10(-7) (4.2 x 10(-7)) is set on the branching fraction at 95% (90%) confidence level.
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