Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8188445 Physics Letters B 2013 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
An analysis of B±→DK± and B±→Dπ± decays is presented where the D meson is reconstructed in the four-body final state K±π∓π+π−. Using LHCb data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0fb−1, first observations are made of the suppressed ADS modes B±→[π±K∓π+π−]DK± and B±→[π±K∓π+π−]Dπ± with a significance of 5.1σ and greater than 10σ, respectively. Measurements of CP asymmetries and CP-conserving ratios of partial widths from this family of decays are also performed. The magnitude of the ratio between the suppressed and favoured B±→DK± amplitudes is determined to be rBK=0.097±0.011.
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