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Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 042001 (2005) [7 pages]

Measurement of the Bs0 Lifetime in the Exclusive Decay Channel Bs0J/ψϕ

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V. M. Abazov et al. D0 Collaboration
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Received 22 September 2004; published 2 February 2005

Using the exclusive decay Bs0J/ψ(μ+μ-)ϕ(K+K-), we report the most precise single measurement of the Bs0 lifetime. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of approximately 220  pb-1 collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider in 2002–2004. We reconstruct 337 signal candidates, from which we extract the Bs0 lifetime, τ(Bs0)=1.444-0.090+0.098(stat)±0.020(sys)  ps. We also report a measurement for the lifetime of the B0 meson using the exclusive decay B0J/ψ(μ+μ-)K*0(892)(K+π-). We reconstruct 1370 signal candidates, obtaining τ(B0)=1.473-0.050+0.052(stat)±0.023(sys)  ps, and the ratio of lifetimes, τ(Bs0)/τ(B0)=0.980-0.071+0.076(stat)±0.003(sys).

© 2005 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.042001
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.042001
PACS:
14.40.Nd, 13.25.Hw