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Title: | Measurement of the Ratio of the B0→D*−τ+ντ and B0→D*−μ+νμ Branching Fractions Using Three-Prong τ-Lepton Decays |
Author: | Alfonso Albero, Alejandro Badalov, Alexey Calvo Gómez, Míriam Camboni, Alessandro Coquereau, Samuel Fernandez, G. Garrido Beltrán, Lluís Gascón Fora, David Graciani Díaz, Ricardo Graugés Pous, Eugeni Marin Benito, Carla Picatoste Olloqui, Eduardo Rives Molina, Vicente José Vilasis-Cardona, Xavier LHCb Collaboration |
Keywords: | Física de partícules Experiments Particle physics Experiments |
Issue Date: | 25-Apr-2018 |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Abstract: | The ratio of branching fractions R ( D * − ) ≡ B ( B 0 → D * − τ + ν τ ) / B ( B 0 → D * − μ + ν μ ) 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 τ -lepton decays with three charged pions in the final state. The B 0 → D * − τ + ν τ yield is normalized to that of the B 0 → D * − π + π − π + mode, providing a measurement of B ( B 0 → D * − τ + ν τ ) / B ( B 0 → D * − π + π − π + ) = 1.97 ± 0.13 ± 0.18 , where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The value of B ( B 0 → D * − τ + ν τ ) = ( 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 * − μ + ν μ 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 * − μ + ν μ modes. This measurement is in agreement with the standard model prediction and with previous results. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.171802 |
It is part of: | Physical Review Letters, 2018, vol. 120, num. 17, p. 171802 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/132497 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.171802 |
ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
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