Determination of the branching fractions of B[0 over s] → D[∓ over s]K[superscript ∓] and B[superscript 0] → D[− over s]K[superscript +]

• Main Authors: Counts, Ian Thomas Hunt (Contributor), Ilten, Philip James (Contributor), Williams, Michael (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag, 2015-08-26T11:58:25Z.
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Measurements are presented of the branching fractions of the decays B[0 over S]  → D[∓ over S]K[superscript ∓] and B[superscript 0] → D[− over S]K[superscript +] relative to the decays B[0 over S] → D[− over S]π[superscript +] and B[superscript 0] → D[superscript −]π[superscript +], respectively. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb[superscript −1] of proton-proton collisions. The ratios of branching fractions are [B(B[0 over s] → D[∓ over s]K[superscript ∓]) over B(B[0 over s] → D[− over s]π[superscript +])] = 0.0752 ± 0.0015 ± 0.0019 and [B(B[superscript 0] → D[− over s]K[superscript +]) over B(B[superscript 0] → D[superscript −]π[superscript +])] = 0.0129 ± 0.0005 ± 0.0008, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively.
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