A precise determination of the effective Bs0→K+K- lifetime can be used to constrain contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model in the Bs0 meson system. Conventional approaches select B meson decay products that are significantly displaced from the B meson production vertex. As a consequence, B mesons with low decay times are suppressed, introducing a bias to the decay time spectrum which must be corrected. This analysis uses a technique that explicitly avoids a lifetime bias by using a neural network based trigger and event selection. Using 1.0 fb-1 of data recorded by the LHCb experiment, the effective Bs0→K+K- lifetime is measured as 1.455±0.046(stat.)±0.006(syst.)ps. © 2012 CERN.

Measurement of the effective Bs0→K+K- lifetime / Aaij, R., Abellan Beteta, C., Adametz, A., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adrover, C., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A.A., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., Anderson, J., Appleby, R.B., Aquines Gutierrez, O., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 716:3-5(2012), pp. 393-400. [10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.033]

Measurement of the effective Bs0→K+K- lifetime

Bizzeti A.;
2012

Abstract

A precise determination of the effective Bs0→K+K- lifetime can be used to constrain contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model in the Bs0 meson system. Conventional approaches select B meson decay products that are significantly displaced from the B meson production vertex. As a consequence, B mesons with low decay times are suppressed, introducing a bias to the decay time spectrum which must be corrected. This analysis uses a technique that explicitly avoids a lifetime bias by using a neural network based trigger and event selection. Using 1.0 fb-1 of data recorded by the LHCb experiment, the effective Bs0→K+K- lifetime is measured as 1.455±0.046(stat.)±0.006(syst.)ps. © 2012 CERN.
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Measurement of the effective Bs0→K+K- lifetime / Aaij, R., Abellan Beteta, C., Adametz, A., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adrover, C., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A.A., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., Anderson, J., Appleby, R.B., Aquines Gutierrez, O., et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - 716:3-5(2012), pp. 393-400. [10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.033]
Aaij, R.; Abellan Beteta, C.; Adametz, A.; Adeva, B.; Adinolfi, M.; Adrover, C.; Affolder, A.; Ajaltouni, Z.; Albrecht, J.; Alessio, F.; Alexander, M....espandi
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