LHCb Collaboration (Including: Back, J. J., Dossett, D., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Kreps, Michal, Latham, Thomas, Pilar, T., Poluektov, Anton, Reid, Matthew M., Whitehead, M. (Mark) and Williams, M. P.). (2012) First observation of the decay Bs0→K*0K*0. Physics Letters B, Volume 709 (Number 1-2). pp. 50-58. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.02.001

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The first observation of the decay B0s→K∗0K∗0 is reported using 35 pb−1 of data collected by LHCb in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. A total of 49.8±7.5 B0s→(K+π−)(K−π+) events are observed within ±50 MeV/c2 of the B0s mass and 746 MeV/c2 < mKπ < 1046 MeV/c2, mostly coming from a resonant B0s→K∗0K∗0 signal. The branching fraction and the CP-averaged K∗0 longitudinal polarization fraction are measured to be B(B0s→K∗0K∗0)=(2.81±0.46(stat.)±0.45(syst.)±0.34(fs/ fd))×10−5 and fL =0.31±0.12(stat.)±0.04(syst.).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Hadrons -- Decay, CP violation (Nuclear physics), Proton-proton interactions, Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)
Journal or Publication Title:	Physics Letters B
Publisher:	Elsevier Science BV
ISSN:	0370-2693
Official Date:	4 February 2012
Dates:	Date Event 4 February 2012 Published
Date of first compliant deposit:	21 December 2015
Volume:	Volume 709
Number:	Number 1-2
Page Range:	pp. 50-58
DOI:	10.1016/j.physletb.2012.02.001
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Brazil. Coordenação do Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (Brazil) (FINEP), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Guo jia zi ran ke xue ji jin wei yuan hui (China) [National Natural Science Foundation of China] (NSFC), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) (CNRS), Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (IN2P3), Germany. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften [Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science], Istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare (INFN), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM) [Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter], Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research] (NWO), SCSR (Poland), Autoritatea Nationala pentru Cercetare Stiintifica (ANCS), Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo obrazovanii︠a︡ i nauki [Ministry of Education and Science], Federalʹnoe agentstvo po atomnoĭ ėnergii (Russia), Spain. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Galicia (Spain : Region). Xunta, Catalonia (Spain), Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung [Swiss National Science Foundation] (SNSF), Switzerland. Staatssekretariat für Ausbildung und Forschung (SER), Nat︠s︡ionalʹna akademii︠a︡ nauk Ukraïny (NAS), Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain) (STFC), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF), Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7), Auvergne (France)

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