Partial Reconstruction of $B^0\to D_s^{\ast+} D^{\ast-}$ Decays and Measurement of the $D_s^+\to\phi\pi^+$ Branching Fraction

TL;DR

This paper reports measurements of the branching fractions for $B^0$ decays to $D_s^{*+} D^{*-}$ and for $D_s^+$ decaying to $\

Contribution

It introduces a partial reconstruction method for measuring $B^0$ decay branching fractions and provides a model-independent determination of $D_s^+ o \\phi \\pi^+$ branching fraction.

Findings

Measured $BF(B^0 o D_s^{*+} D^{*-})$ as (1.85 ± 0.09 ± 0.16)%

Measured $BF(D_s^+ o \\phi \\pi^+)$ as (4.71 ± 0.47 ± 0.35)%

Used partial reconstruction technique for $B^0$ decays

Abstract

We present preliminary results on the branching fractions $BF(B^0\to D_s^{\ast+} D^{\ast-})$ and $BF(D_s^+\to\phi\pi^+)$, based on a data sample of approximately $124\times10^6$ \BB events collected by the \babar detector at the PEP-II $e^+ e^-$ \B--factory. $BF(B^0\to D_s^{\ast+} D^{\ast-})$ is measured selecting neutral \B meson decays to the final state $D_s^{\ast+} D^{\ast-}$ with partial reconstruction of the $D_s^{\ast+}$, in which only the $D^{\ast-}$ and the soft photons from the decay $D_s^{\ast+} \to D_s^+ \gamma$ are reconstructed. The branching fraction product $BF(B^0\to D_s^{\ast+} D^{\ast-}) \cdot BF(D_s^+\to\phi\pi^+)$ is measured via a complete reconstruction of the whole decay chain. Comparing these two measurements provides a model-independent determination of the $BF(D_s^+\to\phi\pi^+)$ branching fraction. We obtain the following preliminary results: $BF(B^0\to D_s^{\ast+} D^{\ast-}) = (1.85 \pm 0.09 \pm 0.16)%$, $BF(D_s^+\to\phi\pi^+) = (4.71 \pm 0.47 \pm 0.35)%$ where the first error in each measurement is statistical, the second systematic.