First evidence for the annihilation decay mode $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} \phi$

LHCb Collaboration; Anderson, J; Bernet, R; Büchler-Germann, A; Bursche, A; Chiapolini, N; De Cian, M; Elsasser, C; Müller, K; Salzmann, C; Serra, N; Steinkamp, O; Straumann, U; Tobin, M; Vollhardt, A; et al

doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2013)043

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LHCb Collaboration, Anderson, J., Bernet, R., Büchler-Germann, A., Bursche, A., Chiapolini, N., De Cian, M., Elsasser, C., Müller, K., Salzmann, C., Serra, N., Steinkamp, O., Straumann, U., Tobin, M., Vollhardt, A., & et al. (2013). First evidence for the annihilation decay mode $B^{+} \to D_{s}^{+} \phi$. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(2), 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2013)043

Abstract

Evidence for the hadronic annihilation decay mode B+→D+sϕ is found with greater than 3σ significance. The branching fraction and CP asymmetry are measured to be B(B+→D+sϕ)=(1.87+1.25−0.73(stat)±0.19(syst)±0.32(norm))×10−6,ACP(B+→D+sϕ)=−0.01±0.41(stat)±0.03(syst). The last uncertainty on B(B+→D+sϕ) is from the branching fractions of the B+→D+sD¯¯¯0 normalization mode and intermediate resonance decays. Upper limits are also set for the branching fractions of the related decay modes B+(c)→D+(s)K∗0,B+(c)→D+(s)K¯¯¯∗0 and B+c→D+sϕ , includi