Measurement of the B^0_s lifetime in the exclusive decay channel B^0_s -> J/psi phi

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21 September 2004

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Abstract

Using the exclusive decay B^0_s -> J/psi (mu+mu-) phi(K+K-), we report the most precise single measurement of the B^0_s lifetime. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of approximately 220 pb-1 collected with the DO detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider in 2002-2004. We reconstruct 337 signal candidates, from which we extract the B^0_s lifetime, \tau(B^0_s) = 1.444 +0.098/-0.090 stat +/- 0.020 sys ps. We also report a measurement for the lifetime of the B^0 meson using the exclusive decay B^0 -> J/psi (mu+mu-)K*0(892)(K+pi-). We reconstruct 1269 signal candidates, obtaining \tau(B^0) = 1.473 +0.052/-0.050 stat +/- 0.023 sys ps, and the ratio of lifetimes, \tau(B^0_s)/\tau(B^0) = 0.980 +0.075/-0.070 stat +/- 0.003 sys.

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Published version: Physical Review Letters, 94 (4), 042001.

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