TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of the decay B0 -> D0bar K+ K- and evidence for Bs -> D0bar K+ K-
AU - Playfer, Stephen
AU - The LHCb Collaboration
AU - Needham, Matthew
AU - Muheim, Franz
AU - Clarke, Peter
AU - Xie, Yuehong
AU - Eisenhardt, Stephan
PY - 2012/9/26
Y1 - 2012/9/26
N2 - The first observation of the decay B0 -> D0bar K+ K- is reported from an analysis of 0.62 fb-1 of pp collision data collected with the LHCb detector. Its branching fraction is measured relative to that of the topologically similar decay B0 -> D0bar pi+ pi- to be BR(B0 -> D0bar K+ K-)/BR(B0 -> D0bar pi+ pi-) = 0.056+-0.011+-0.007, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The significance of the signal is 5.8 sigma. Evidence, with 3.8 sigma significance, for Bs -> D0bar K+ K- decays is also presented, with a relative branching fraction of BR(Bs -> D0bar K+ K-)/BR(B0 -> D0bar K+ K-) = 0.90+-0.27+-0.20.
AB - The first observation of the decay B0 -> D0bar K+ K- is reported from an analysis of 0.62 fb-1 of pp collision data collected with the LHCb detector. Its branching fraction is measured relative to that of the topologically similar decay B0 -> D0bar pi+ pi- to be BR(B0 -> D0bar K+ K-)/BR(B0 -> D0bar pi+ pi-) = 0.056+-0.011+-0.007, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The significance of the signal is 5.8 sigma. Evidence, with 3.8 sigma significance, for Bs -> D0bar K+ K- decays is also presented, with a relative branching fraction of BR(Bs -> D0bar K+ K-)/BR(B0 -> D0bar K+ K-) = 0.90+-0.27+-0.20.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.131801
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.131801
M3 - Article
SN - 1079-7114
VL - 109
SP - 131801
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
ER -