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Evidence for the decay B_s^0 --> D_s^(*)D_s^(*) and a measurement of Delta_Gamma_s^CP/Gamma_s

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Evidence for the decay B_s^0 --> D_s^(*)D_s^(*) and a measurement of Delta_Gamma_s^CP/Gamma_s. / Collaboration, D0; Bertram, Iain; Borissov, Guennadi et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 102, No. 9, 091801, 03.03.2009.

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Collaboration, D, Bertram, I, Borissov, G, Fox, H, Williams, M, Ratoff, P, Love, P, Rakitin, A & Sopczak, A 2009, 'Evidence for the decay B_s^0 --> D_s^(*)D_s^(*) and a measurement of Delta_Gamma_s^CP/Gamma_s', Physical review letters, vol. 102, no. 9, 091801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.091801

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Collaboration, D., Bertram, I., Borissov, G., Fox, H., Williams, M., Ratoff, P., Love, P., Rakitin, A., & Sopczak, A. (2009). Evidence for the decay B_s^0 --> D_s^(*)D_s^(*) and a measurement of Delta_Gamma_s^CP/Gamma_s. Physical review letters, 102(9), Article 091801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.091801

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Collaboration D, Bertram I, Borissov G, Fox H, Williams M, Ratoff P et al. Evidence for the decay B_s^0 --> D_s^(*)D_s^(*) and a measurement of Delta_Gamma_s^CP/Gamma_s. Physical review letters. 2009 Mar 3;102(9):091801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.091801

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Collaboration, D0 ; Bertram, Iain ; Borissov, Guennadi et al. / Evidence for the decay B_s^0 --> D_s^(*)D_s^(*) and a measurement of Delta_Gamma_s^CP/Gamma_s. In: Physical review letters. 2009 ; Vol. 102, No. 9.

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title = "Evidence for the decay B_s^0 --> D_s^(*)D_s^(*) and a measurement of Delta_Gamma_s^CP/Gamma_s",
abstract = "We search for the semi-inclusive process B_s^0 --> D_s^(*)D_s^(*) using 2.8 fb^-1 of ppbar collisions at s^(1/2) = 1.96 TeV recorded by the D0 detector operating at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We observe 26.6 +/- 8.4 signal events with a significance above background of 3.2 standard deviations yielding a branching ratio of Br(B_s^0 --> D_s^(*)D_s^(*)) = 0.035 +/- 0.010(stat) +/- 0.011(syst). Under certain theoretical assumptions, these double-charm final states saturate CP-even eigenstates in the B_s^0 decays resulting in a width difference of Delta_Gamma_s^CP/Gamma_s = 0.072 +/- 0.021(stat) +/- 0.022(syst).",
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AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Williams, Mark

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AU - Love, Peter

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AU - Sopczak, Andre

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