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Observation of B-s(0)-(B)over-bar(s)(0) mixing and measurement of mixing frequencies using semileptonic B decays

Aaij, R.
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Adeva, B.
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Adinolfi, M.
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2013
The European Physical Journal C

The and B (0) mixing frequencies, Delta m (s) and Delta m (d) , are measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1) collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at a centre of mass energy of 7 TeV during 2011. Around 1.8x10(6) candidate events are selected of the type (+ anything), where about half are from peaking and combinatorial backgrounds. To determine the B decay times, a correction is required for the momentum carried by missing particles, which is performed using a simulation-based statistical method. Associated production of muons or mesons allows us to tag the initial-state flavour and so to resolve oscillations due to mixing. We obtain < The hypothesis of no oscillations is rejected by the equivalent of 5.8 standard deviations for and 13.0 standard deviations for B (0). This is the first observation of mixing to be made using only semileptonic decays.

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DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2655-8
Web of Science ID

WOS:000327896500001

Author(s)
Aaij, R.
Adeva, B.
Adinolfi, M.
Adrover, C.
Affolder, A.
Ajaltouni, Z.
Albrecht, J.
Alessio, F.
Alexander, M.
Ali, S.
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Corporate authors
LHCb Collaboration
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Published in
The European Physical Journal C
Volume

73

Issue

12

Article Number

2655

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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January 9, 2014
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