Observation of the Annihilation Decay Mode B0 →k+K-

R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A. A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; LA Everse; L. Anderlini; G. Andreassi; M. Andreotti; J.E. Andrews; R. B. Appleby; F. Archilli; P. d'Argent; J. Arnau Romeu; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; M. Baalouch; I. Babuschkin; K. Carvalho Akiba; V. Coco; P. N Y David; K. De Bruyn; M. Ferro-Luzzi; T. Ketel; R. F. Koopman; J. Van Leerdam; M. Merk; C. J G Onderwater; G. Raven; M. Schiller; N. Serra; H. Snoek; B. Storaci; V. Syropoulos; J. Van Tilburg; S. Tolk; P. Tsopelas; N. Tuning; (LHCb Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.081801

Observation of the Annihilation Decay Mode B0 →k+K-

R. Aaij
, B. Adeva
, M. Adinolfi
, Z. Ajaltouni
, S. Akar
, J. Albrecht
, F. Alessio
, M. Alexander
, S. Ali
, G. Alkhazov
, P. Alvarez Cartelle
, A. A. Alves
, S. Amato
, S. Amerio
, Y. Amhis
, LA Everse
, L. Anderlini
, G. Andreassi
, M. Andreotti
, J.E. Andrews

R. B. Appleby, F. Archilli, P. d'Argent, J. Arnau Romeu, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, I. Babuschkin, K. Carvalho Akiba, V. Coco, P. N Y David, K. De Bruyn, M. Ferro-Luzzi, T. Ketel, R. F. Koopman, J. Van Leerdam, M. Merk, C. J G Onderwater, G. Raven, M. Schiller, N. Serra, H. Snoek, B. Storaci, V. Syropoulos, J. Van Tilburg, S. Tolk, P. Tsopelas, N. Tuning, (LHCb Collaboration)

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A search for the B0→K+K- decay is performed using pp-collision data collected by LHCb. The data set corresponds to integrated luminosities of 1.0 and 2.0 fb-1 at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, respectively. This decay is observed for the first time, with a significance of more than 5 standard deviations. The analysis also results in an improved measurement of the branching fraction for the Bs0→π+π- decay. The measured branching fractions are B(B0→K+K-)=(7.80±1.27±0.81±0.21)×10-8 and B(Bs0→π+π-)=(6.91±0.54±0.63±0.19±0.40)×10-7. The first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, the third is due to the uncertainty on the B0→K+π- branching fraction used as a normalization. For the Bs0 mode, the fourth accounts for the uncertainty on the ratio of the probabilities for b quarks to hadronize into Bs0 and B0 mesons.

Original language	English
Article number	081801
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.081801
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2017

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Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., Everse, LA., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., Andreotti, M., ... (LHCb Collaboration) (2017). Observation of the Annihilation Decay Mode B0 →k+K-. Physical Review Letters, 118(8), Article 081801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.081801

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Observation of the Annihilation Decay Mode B0 →k+K-

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