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Direct Limits on the B(0)(s) Oscillation Frequency
Baringer, Philip S. Bean, Alice Coppage, Don Gardner, J. Hensel, Carsten Moulik, Tania Wilson, Graham Wallace
Baringer, Philip S.
Bean, Alice
Coppage, Don
Gardner, J.
Hensel, Carsten
Moulik, Tania
Wilson, Graham Wallace
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We report results of a study of the B(0)(s) oscillation frequency using a large sample of B(0)(s) semileptonic decays corresponding to approximately 1ââfb(â1) of integrated luminosity collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider in 2002â2006. The amplitude method gives a lower limit on the B(0)(s) oscillation frequency at 14.8ââps(â1) at the 95% C.L. At Îms=19ââps(â1), the amplitude deviates from the hypothesis A=0 (1) by 2.5 (1.6) standard deviations, corresponding to a two-sided C.L. of 1% (10%). A likelihood scan over the oscillation frequency, Îms, gives a most probable value of 19ââps(â1) and a range of 17<Îms<21ââps(â1) at the 90% C.L., assuming Gaussian uncertainties. This is the first direct two-sided bound measured by a single experiment. If Îms lies above 22ââps(â1), then the probability that it would produce a likelihood minimum similar to the one observed in the interval 16â22ââps(â1) is (5.0±0.3)%.
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This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.021802.
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2006-07-14
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V. M. Abazov et al. (D0 Collaboration). (2006). "Direct Limits on the B(0)(s) Oscillation Frequency." Physical Review D, 97(2):021802. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.021802.