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Measurement of the ratio of the B^{0}→D^{*-}τ^{+}ν_{τ} and B^{0}→D^{*-}μ^{+}ν_{μ} branching fractions using three-prong τ-lepton decays
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LHCb Collaboration (Including: Back, J. J., Blake, Thomas, Costa Sobral, Cayo, Crocombe, Andrew, Gershon, T. J., Kreps, Michal, Latham, Thomas, Loh, David, Mathad, Abhijit , Millard, E., O'Hanlon, Daniel P., Poluektov, Anton, Qian, W., Wallace, Charlotte and Wicht, Jean). (2018) Measurement of the ratio of the B^{0}→D^{*-}τ^{+}ν_{τ} and B^{0}→D^{*-}μ^{+}ν_{μ} branching fractions using three-prong τ-lepton decays. Physical Review Letters, 120 (17). 171802. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.171802
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.171802
Abstract
The ratio of branching fractions R(D^{*-})≡B(B^{0}→D^{*-}τ^{+}ν_{τ})/B(B^{0}→D^{*-}μ^{+}ν_{μ}) is measured using a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb^{-1}. For the first time, R(D^{*-}) is determined using the τ-lepton decays with three charged pions in the final state. The B^{0}→D^{*-}τ^{+}ν_{τ} yield is normalized to that of the B^{0}→D^{*-}π^{+}π^{-}π^{+} mode, providing a measurement of B(B^{0}→D^{*-}τ^{+}ν_{τ})/B(B^{0}→D^{*-}π^{+}π^{-}π^{+})=1.97±0.13±0.18, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The value of B(B^{0}→D^{*-}τ^{+}ν_{τ})=(1.42±0.094±0.129±0.054)% is obtained, where the third uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the branching fraction of the normalization mode. Using the well-measured branching fraction of the B^{0}→D^{*-}μ^{+}ν_{μ} decay, a value of R(D^{*-})=0.291±0.019±0.026±0.013 is established, where the third uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the branching fractions of the normalization and B^{0}→D^{*-}μ^{+}ν_{μ} modes. This measurement is in agreement with the standard model prediction and with previous results.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics | ||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Physical Review Letters | ||||||
| Publisher: | American Physical Society | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 27 April 2018 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 120 | ||||||
| Number: | 17 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 171802 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.171802 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Publisher Statement: | ** From PubMed via Jisc Publications Router. ** History: received 08-11-2017; revised 05-03-2018. | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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