Measurement of the relative branching ratio of B0s→ J/ᴪf0(980) to B0s→ J/ᴪΦ

Authors

• V. M. Abazov, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
• Kenneth A. Bloom, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Daniel R. Claes, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Kayle DeVaughan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Aaron Dominguez, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Michael Eads, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Ioannis Katsanos, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Sudhir Malik, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Gregory Snow, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• D0 Collaboration

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2012

Citation

PHYSICAL REVIEW D 85, 011103(R) (2012); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.011103

Comments

Copyright 2012 American Physical Society

Abstract

We present a measurement of the relative branching fraction, Rf0/Φ, of B0s → J/ᴪf₀ (980), with f₀ (980)→ Π⁺Π^-, to the process B⁰_s → J/ᴪΦ, with Φ→K⁺K^-. The J/ᴪf₀(980) final state corresponds to a CP-odd eigenstate of B⁰_s that could be of interest in future studies of CP violation. Using 8 fb^-1 of data recorded with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, we find Rf₀/Φ= 0.275±0.041(stat)± 0.061(syst).