Study of B --> D^(*)D_s(J)^(*) Decays and Measurement of D_s^- and D_sJ(2 460)^- Branching Fractions

TL;DR

This paper measures branching fractions of twelve B meson decays involving D and D_s(J) mesons, providing key data for understanding charm meson production and decay mechanisms in B decays.

Contribution

It reports new measurements of branching fractions for B decays to D^(*)D_s(J)^(*) and specific D_s^- and D_sJ(2460)^- decay modes, combining results with previous data.

Findings

BR(D_s^- --> phi pi^-) = (4.62 +/- 0.36_stat. +/- 0.51_syst.)%

BR(D_sJ(2460)^- --> D_s^*- pi^0) = (56 +/- 13_stat. +/- 9_syst.)%

BR(D_sJ(2460)^- --> D_s^- gamma) = (16 +/- 4_stat. +/- 3_syst.)%

Abstract

We present branching fraction measurements of twelve B meson decays of the form B --> D^(*)D_s(J)^(*). The results are based on Y(4S) decays in BBbar pairs. One of the B mesons is fully reconstructed and the other decays to two charm mesons, of which one is reconstructed, and the mass and momentum of the other is inferred by kinematics. Combining these results with previous exclusive branching fraction measurements, we determine BR(D_s^- --> phi pi^-) = (4.62 +/- 0.36_stat. +/- 0.51_syst.)%, BR(D_sJ(2460)^- --> D_s^*- pi^0) = (56 +/- 13_stat. +/- 9_syst.)% and BR(D-sJ(2460)^- --> D_s^- gamma) = (16 +/- 4_stat. +/- 3_syst.)%.