Observation of B ? ? (2S)K S0?+?- and B s0 ? ? (2S)K S0 decays

Abstract

Abstract: Using a data sample of s=13TeV proton-proton collisions collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2017 and 2018 with an integrated luminosity of 103fb-1, the Bs0??(2S)KS0 and B0??(2S)KS0?+?- decays are observed with significances exceeding 5 standard deviations. The resulting branching fraction ratios, measured for the first time, correspond to B(Bs0??(2S)KS0)/B(B0??(2S)KS0)=(3.33±0.69(stat)±0.11(syst)±0.34(fs/fd))×10-2 and B(B0??(2S)KS0?+?-)/B(B0??(2S)KS0)=0.480±0.013(stat)±0.032(syst), where the last uncertainty in the first ratio is related to the uncertainty in the ratio of production cross sections of Bs0 and B mesons, fs/ fd. © 2022, The Author(s).