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Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171801 (2005) [7 pages]

Measurement of the Lifetime Difference in the Bs0 System

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V. M. Abazov et al. D0 Collaboration
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Received 20 July 2005; published 17 October 2005

We present a study of the decay Bs0J/ψϕ. We obtain the CP-odd fraction in the final state at time zero, R=0.16±0.10(stat)±0.02(syst), the average lifetime of the (Bs0, B̅ s0) system, τ̅ (Bs0)=1.39-0.16+0.13(stat)-0.02+0.01(syst)  ps, and the relative width difference between the heavy and light mass eigenstates, ΔΓ/Γ̅ ≡(ΓL-ΓH)/Γ̅ =0.24-0.38+0.28(stat)-0.04+0.03(syst). With the additional constraint from the world average of the Bs0 lifetime measurements using semileptonic decays, we find τ̅ (Bs0)=1.39±0.06  ps and ΔΓ/Γ̅ =0.25-0.15+0.14. For the ratio of the Bs0 and B0 lifetimes we obtain τ̅ (Bs0)/τ(B0)=0.91±0.09(stat)±0.003(syst).

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URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.171801
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.171801
PACS:
13.25.Hw, 11.30.Er, 14.40.Nd