Branching Ratio Measurements of $B_s$ Decays

Abstract

We have just entered an era of precision measurements for $B_s$-decay observables. A characteristic feature of the $B_s$-meson system is $B_s^0$--${\bar{B}}_s^0$ mixing, which exhibits a sizable decay width difference. The latter feature leads to a subtle complication for the extraction of branching ratios of $B_s$ decays from untagged data samples, leading to systematic biases as large as O(10%) that depend on the dynamics of the considered decay. We point out that this effect can only be corrected for using information from a time-dependent analysis and suggest the use of the effective $B_s$ decay lifetime, which can already be extracted from the untagged data sample, for this purpose. We also address several experimental issues that can play a role in the extraction of effective lifetimes at a hadron collider, and advocate the use of the $B_s$ branching ratios, as presented in this note, for consistent comparisons of theoretical calculations and experimental measurements in particle listings.

7 pages, 1 figure, title matches published version in Physical Review D

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