Measurement of the branching fraction of the $B^0\to D_s^{+}\ddot{I}{€}^{-}$ decay

Abstract

A branching fraction measurement of the $B^0\to D_s^{+}\ddot{I}{€}^{-}$ decay is presented using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.0$fb${}^{-1}$. The branching fraction is found to be $\mathcal{B}(B^0\to D_s^{+}\ddot{I}{€}^{-})=(19.4\pm 1.8\pm 1.3\pm 1.2)\times 10^{-6}$, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third is due to the uncertainty on the $B^0\to D^{-}\ddot{I}{€}^{+}$, $D_s^{+}\to K^{+}{K}^{-}\ddot{I}{€}^{+}$ and $D^{-}\to K^{+}\ddot{I}{€}^{-}\ddot{I}{€}^{-}$ branching fractions. This is the most precise single measurement of this quantity to date. As this decay proceeds through a single amplitude involving a $b\to u$ charged-current transition, the result provides information on non-factorisable strong interaction effects and the magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element $V_{ub}$. Additionally, the collision energy dependence of the hadronisation-fraction ratio $f_s/f_d$ is measured through $\bar{B}{}_s^0\to D_s^{+}\ddot{I}{€}^{-}$ and $B^0\to D^{-}\ddot{I}{€}^{+}$ decays.

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