Observation of the B0s → η′η′ decay

LHCb Collaboration; R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; A. Affolder; 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; L. An; L. Anderlini; J. Anderson; R. Andreassen; M. Andreotti; J. E. Andrews; R. B. Appleby; O. Aquines Gutierrez; F. Archilli; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; M. Baalouch; S. Bachmann; J. J. Back; A. Badalov; C. Baesso; W. Baldini; R. J. Barlow; C. Barschel; S. Barsuk; S. Bifani; N. Farley; P. Griffith; P. Ilten; I. R. Kenyon; C. Lazzeroni; A. Mazurov; J. McCarthy; C. J. Parkinson; L. Pescatore; D. Popov; N. K. Watson

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.051801

Observation of the B⁰_s → η′η′ decay

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, A. Affolder, 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, L. An, L. Anderlini, J. AndersonR. Andreassen, M. Andreotti, J. E. Andrews, R. B. Appleby, O. Aquines Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, A. Badalov, C. Baesso, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, S. Bifani, N. Farley, P. Griffith, P. Ilten, I. R. Kenyon, C. Lazzeroni, A. Mazurov, J. McCarthy, C. J. Parkinson, L. Pescatore, D. Popov, N. K. Watson

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The first observation of the B⁰_s → η′η′ decay is reported. The study is based on a sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to 3.0 fb^-1 of integrated luminosity collected with the LHCb detector. The significance of the signal is 6.4 standard deviations. The branching fraction is measured to be [3.31 ± 0.64 (stat) ± 0.28 (syst) ± 0.12 (norm)] × 10^-5, where the third uncertainty comes from the B^± → η′K^± branching fraction that is used as a normalization. In addition, the charge asymmetries of B^± → η′K^± and B^± → ϕK^±, which are control channels, are measured to be (-0.2 ± 1.3)% and (+1.7 ± 1.3)%, respectively. All results are consistent with theoretical expectations.

Original language	English
Article number	051801
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.051801
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2015

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LHCb Collaboration, Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., 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., An, L., Anderlini, L., ... Watson, N. K. (2015). Observation of the B⁰_s → η′η′ decay. Physical Review Letters, 115(5), Article 051801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.051801

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