Measurement of the branching fraction ratios $R(D^{+})$ and $R(D^{\ast +})$ using muonic $\ddot{I}„$ decays

Abstract

The branching fraction ratios of ${\overline{B}}^0\to D^{+}\ddot{I}{„}^{-}\overline{\hat{I}}{½}_{\ddot{I}}„$ and ${\overline{B}}^0\to D^{\ast +}\ddot{I}{„}^{-}\overline{\hat{I}}{½}_{\ddot{I}}„$ decays are measured with respect to their muonic counterparts, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.0 fb${}^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV. The reconstructed final states are formed by combining $D^{+}$ mesons with $\ddot{I}{„}^{-}\to \hat{I}{¼}^{-}\overline{\hat{I}}{½}_{\hat{I}}¼\hat{I}{½}_{\ddot{I}}„$ candidates, where the $D^{+}$ is reconstructed via the $D^{+}\to K^{-}\ddot{I}{€}^{+}\ddot{I}{€}^{+}$ decay. The results are \begin{align*} R(D^{+}) &= 0.249 \pm 0.043 \pm 0.047, R(D^{*+}) &= 0.402 \pm 0.081\pm 0.085, \end{align*} where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. The two measurements have a correlation coefficient of $-0.39$ and are compatible with the Standard Model.

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