Reid, Matthew M. (2014) Branching fraction measurements of B0(s) -> J/ψK0Sh+h(')- decays. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis presents the branching fractions measurements of B0(s) -> J/ψK0Sh+h(')− (h(') = K,π) decays, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1 of data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7TeV collected with the LHCb detector at CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during 2011. The first observation of the
B0s -> J/ψK0SK±π-+ decay is reported, with a significance greater than 10 standard deviations. The B0 -> J/ψK0SK+K− decay is also observed for the first time. The branching fraction of B0 -> J/ψK0Sπ+π− is determined, to significantly better precision than previous measurements, using B0 -> J/ψK0S as a normalisation channel. Branching fractions and upper limits of the other B0(s) -> J/ψK0Sh+h(')− modes are determined relative to that of the B0 -> J/ψK0Sπ+π− decay. The findings of this thesis have been submitted to JHEP as detailed in Ref. [1].
| Item Type: | Thesis [via Doctoral College] (PhD) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Hadrons -- Decay, Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland), CP violation (Nuclear physics) |
| Official Date: | May 2014 |
| Dates: | Date Event May 2014 Submitted |
| Institution: | University of Warwick |
| Theses Department: | Department of Physics |
| Thesis Type: | PhD |
| Publication Status: | Unpublished |
| Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Gershon, T. J. ; Kreps, Michal |
| Extent: | xxvi, 193 leaves : illustrations, charts |
| Language: | eng |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/64115/ |
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