Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2011-01-07
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Based on talk presented at the Xth International Conference on Heavy Quarks and Leptons (Frascati, 11-15 October, 2010)
Scientific paper
We present two recent results obtained by the CDF collaboration at the Tevatron collider. New Cabibbo suppresed B_s decay modes have been observed using 5.9 inverse fb of data: B_s-> J/psi Ks and B_s->J/psi K*0. We report also on masurement of the ratios of the branching ratios (BR) of the new modes to those of the B^0-meson to the same final states: BR(B_s->J/psi K*0)/BR(B^0->J/psi K*0) = 0.062 \pm 0.009 (stat.) \pm 0.025 (sys.) \pm 0.008 (frag.) and BR(B_s->J/psi Ks)/BR(B^0->J/psi Ks) = 0.041 \pm 0.007 (stat.) \pm 0.004 (sys.) \pm 0.005 (frag.). Then we discuss the first polarization measurement in a charmless B_s decay in two light vector mesons, B_s->phi phi, using 2.9 \inverse fb of data. An angular analysis of the final state particles allows CDF to determine a longitudinal polarization fraction f_L = 0.348 \pm 0.041 (stat.) \pm 0.021 (syst.), which is inconsistent with na\"{\i}ve expectations based on the V-A nature of weak currents and confirms the pattern of lower than expected longitudinal polarization fraction in b to s penguin dominated B->VV decays. Finally, an updated measurement of the ratio of B_s->phi phi BR to that of the reference B_s->J/psi phi mode is also presented: BR (B_s->phi phi)/BR(B_s->J/psi phi) = [1.78 \pm 0.14 (stat.) \pm 0.20 ( syst.)] \cdot 10 ^ {-2}.
CDF collaboration on behalf of the
Rescigno Marco
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