Journal Article

A precise measurement of the Formula: see text meson oscillation frequency

Capriotti, L, Brodzicka, J, Belloli, N, Artuso, M, d'Argent, P, Birnkraut, A, Akar, S, Bocci, V, Bediaga, I, Bel, L J, Campora Perez, D, Alexander, M, Artamonov, A, Bird, T, Bondar, A, Bifani, S, Blake, T, Andrews, J E, Ali, S, Andreotti, M, Buchanan, E, An, L, Bowen, E, Bonivento, W, Brook, N H, Bay, A, Borsato, M, Back, J J, Beddow, J, Benson, S, Bertolin, A, Bowcock, T J V, Alves, Jr, A A, Alkhazov, G, Blanc, F, Buytaert, J, Carboni, G, Alvarez Cartelle, P, Bursche, A, Berezhnoy, A, Barter, W, Braun, S, Campana, P, Britsch, M, Anderson, J, Baalouch, M, Blouw, J, Barsuk, S, Bedeschi, F, Amhis, Y, Belyaev, I, Batozskaya, V, Barlow, R J, Albrecht, J, Bachmann, S, Barschel, C, Abellán Beteta, C, Appleby, R B, Aslanides, E, Aquines Gutierrez, O, Badalov, A, Cardinale, R, Adeva, B, Carniti, P, Ajaltouni, Z, Bencivenni, G, Bernet, R, Bettler, M-O, Alessio, F, Aaij, R, Archilli, F, Bien, A, Amerio, S, Affolder, A, Andreassi, G, Amato, S, Cadeddu, S, Blusk, S, Bozzi, C, Adinolfi, M, Auriemma, G, Baesso, C, Bellee, V, Calvo Gomez, M, Anderlini, L, Cardini, A, Britton, T, Baldini, W, Carbone, A, Bondar, N, Battista, V, Borghi, S, Benton, J, Beaucourt, L, Billoir, P, Bizzeti, A, Cal

2016

Overview

The oscillation frequency, [Formula: see text], of [Formula: see text] mesons is measured using semileptonic decays with a [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text] meson in the final state. The data sample corresponds to 3.0[Formula: see text] of collisions, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies [Formula: see text] = 7 and 8[Formula: see text]. A combination of the two decay modes gives [Formula: see text], where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This is the most precise single measurement of this parameter. It is consistent with the current world average and has similar precision.

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