Observation of the $B_s^0\to D^{\ast \pm }{D}^{\mp }$ decay

Abstract

A search for the $B_s^0\to D^{\ast \pm }{D}^{\mp }$ decay is performed using proton-proton collision data at centre-of-mass energies of $7$, $8$ and $13\text{TeV}$ collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9{\text{fb}}^{-1}$. The decay is observed with a high significance and its branching fraction relative to the $B^0\to D^{\ast \pm }{D}^{\mp }$ decay is measured to be \begin{align*} \frac{\mathcal{B}(B_s^0 \rightarrow D^{\ast \pm} D^{\mp}) }{\mathcal{B}(B^0 \rightarrow D^{\ast \pm} D^{\mp}) } = 0.137 \pm 0.017 \pm 0.002 \pm 0.006 \,, \end{align*} where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third is due to the uncertainty on the ratio of the $B_s^0$ and $B^0$ hadronisation fractions.

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