Measurement of the Lifetime Difference in the Bs0 System

V. M. Abazov et al. (D0 Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171801 – Published 17 October 2005

Abstract

We present a study of the decay Bs0J/ψϕ. We obtain the CP-odd fraction in the final state at time zero, R=0.16±0.10(stat)±0.02(syst), the average lifetime of the (Bs0, B¯s0) system, τ¯(Bs0)=1.390.16+0.13(stat)0.02+0.01(syst)ps, and the relative width difference between the heavy and light mass eigenstates, ΔΓ/Γ¯(ΓLΓH)/Γ¯=0.240.38+0.28(stat)0.04+0.03(syst). With the additional constraint from the world average of the Bs0 lifetime measurements using semileptonic decays, we find τ¯(Bs0)=1.39±0.06ps and ΔΓ/Γ¯=0.250.15+0.14. For the ratio of the Bs0 and B0 lifetimes we obtain τ¯(Bs0)τ(B0)=0.91±0.09(stat)±0.003(syst).

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  • Received 20 July 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.171801

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Vol. 95, Iss. 17 — 21 October 2005

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