A precise measurement of the B-0 meson oscillation frequency

Author

Garrido Beltrán, Lluís

Gascón Fora, David

Graciani Díaz, Ricardo

Graugés Pous, Eugeni

Marin Benito, Carla

Picatoste Olloqui, Eduardo

Rives Molina, Vicente José

LHCb Collaboration

Publication date

2018-01-24T14:06:22Z

2018-01-24T14:06:22Z

2016-07-21

2018-01-24T14:06:22Z

Abstract

The oscillation frequency, Delta m(d), of B-0 mesons is measured using semileptonic decays with a D- or D*(-) meson in the final state. The data sample corresponds to 3.0 fb(-1) of pp collisions, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies root s = 7 and 8 TeV. A combination of the two decay modes gives Delta m(d) = (505.0 +/- 2.1 +/- 1.0) ns(-1), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This is the most precise single measurement of this parameter. It is consistent with the current world average and has similar precision.

Document Type

Article
Published version

Language

English

Subjects and keywords

Mesons (Física nuclear); Oscil·lacions; Mesons (Nuclear physics); Oscillations

Publisher

Società Italiana di Fisica & Springer Verlag

Related items

Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4250-2

European Physical Journal C, 2016, vol. 76, num. 412

https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4250-2

Rights

cc-by (c) LHCb collaboration et al., 2016

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es