Mesons comprising a beauty quark and strange quark can oscillate between particle (B-s(0)) and antiparticle (B-s(-0)) flavour eigenstates, with a frequency given by the mass difference between heavy and light mass eigenstates, Delta m(s). Here we present a measurement of Delta m(s) using B-s(0) -> D-s(-)pi(+) decays produced in proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The oscillation frequency is found to be Delta m(s) = 17.7683 +/- 0.0051 +/- 0.0032 ps(-1), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This measurement improves on the current Delta m(s) precision by a factor of two. We combine this result with previous LHCb measurements to determine Delta m(s) = 17.7656 +/- 0.0057 ps(-1), which is the legacy measurement of the original LHCb detector.

(2022). Precise determination of the Bs0-Bs-0 oscillation frequency [journal article - articolo]. In NATURE PHYSICS. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/275333

Precise determination of the Bs0-Bs-0 oscillation frequency

Lupato A;Redi F;
2022-01-01

Abstract

Mesons comprising a beauty quark and strange quark can oscillate between particle (B-s(0)) and antiparticle (B-s(-0)) flavour eigenstates, with a frequency given by the mass difference between heavy and light mass eigenstates, Delta m(s). Here we present a measurement of Delta m(s) using B-s(0) -> D-s(-)pi(+) decays produced in proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The oscillation frequency is found to be Delta m(s) = 17.7683 +/- 0.0051 +/- 0.0032 ps(-1), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This measurement improves on the current Delta m(s) precision by a factor of two. We combine this result with previous LHCb measurements to determine Delta m(s) = 17.7656 +/- 0.0057 ps(-1), which is the legacy measurement of the original LHCb detector.
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2022
Aaij, R; Beteta, Ca; Ackernley, T; Adeva, B; Adinolfi, M; Afsharnia, H; Aidala, Ca; Aiola, S; Ajaltouni, Z; Akar, S; Albrecht, J; Alessio, F; Alexande...espandi
(2022). Precise determination of the Bs0-Bs-0 oscillation frequency [journal article - articolo]. In NATURE PHYSICS. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/275333
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