Observation of the Decay B^-→D_s^((*)+)K^-ℓ^-ν̅ _ℓ
Abstract
We report the observation of the decay B^- → D_s^((*)+)K^-ℓ^-ν̅ _ℓ based on 342 fb^(-1) of data collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e^+e^- storage rings at SLAC. A simultaneous fit to three D_s^+ decay chains is performed to extract the signal yield from measurements of the squared missing mass in the B meson decay. We observe the decay B^- → D_s^((*)+)K^-ℓ^-ν̅ _ℓ with a significance greater than 5 standard deviations (including systematic uncertainties) and measure its branching fraction to be B(B^- → D_s^((*)+)K^-ℓ^-ν̅ _ℓ)=[6.13_(-1.03)^(+1.04)(stat)±0.43(syst)±0.51(B(D_s))]×10^(-4), where the last error reflects the limited knowledge of the D_s branching fractions.
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© 2011 American Physical Society. Received 22 December 2010; published 22 July 2011. We are grateful for the excellent luminosity and machine conditions provided by our PEP-II colleagues and for the substantial dedicated effort from the computing organizations that support BABAR. The collaborating institutions thank SLAC for its support and kind hospitality. This work is supported by DOE and NSF (USA), NSERC (Canada), CEA and CNRS-IN2P3 (France), BMBF and DFG (Germany), INFN (Italy), FOM (The Netherlands), NFR (Norway), MES (Russia), MICIIN (Spain), and STFC (United Kingdom). Individuals have received support from the Marie Curie EIF (European Union), the A. P. Sloan Foundation (USA), and the Binational Science Foundation (U.S.–Israel).Attached Files
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- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
- NSERC (Canada)
- CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France)
- BMBFand DFG (Germany)
- INFN (Italy)
- FOM (The Netherlands)
- NFR (Norway)
- MES (Russia)
- MICIIN (Spain)
- STFC (United Kingdom)
- Marie Curie EIF (European Union)
- A.P. Sloan Foundation
- Binational Science Foundation (U.S.-Israel)
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