CMS-BPH-22-001 ; CERN-EP-2024-172 | ||
Measurement of the B0s→J/ψK0S effective lifetime from proton-proton collisions at √s= 13 TeV | ||
CMS Collaboration | ||
18 July 2024 | ||
JHEP 10 (2024) 247 | ||
Abstract: The effective lifetime of the B0s meson in the decay B0s→J/ψK0S is measured using data collected during 2016-2018 with the CMS detector in √s= 13 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1. The effective lifetime is determined by performing a two-dimensional unbinned maximum likelihood fit to the B0s meson invariant mass and proper decay time distributions. The resulting value of 1.59 ± 0.07 (stat) ± 0.03 (syst) ps is the most precise measurement to date and is in good agreement with the expected value. | ||
Links: e-print arXiv:2407.13441 [hep-ex] (PDF) ; CDS record ; inSPIRE record ; HepData record ; CADI line (restricted) ; |
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Figure 1:
The tree-level (left) and penguin (right) Feynman diagrams for the decays B0→J/ψK0S and B0s→J/ψK0S. |
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Figure 1-a:
The tree-level (left) and penguin (right) Feynman diagrams for the decays B0→J/ψK0S and B0s→J/ψK0S. |
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Figure 1-b:
The tree-level (left) and penguin (right) Feynman diagrams for the decays B0→J/ψK0S and B0s→J/ψK0S. |
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Figure 2:
The signal efficiency as a function of the decay time for the B0→J/ψK0S (upper) and B0s→J/ψK0S (lower) decays from simulation for each of the three data-taking years. The vertical bars indicate the statistical uncertainty, and the horizontal bars give bin widths. The curves show the fit results. |
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Figure 2-a:
The signal efficiency as a function of the decay time for the B0→J/ψK0S (upper) and B0s→J/ψK0S (lower) decays from simulation for each of the three data-taking years. The vertical bars indicate the statistical uncertainty, and the horizontal bars give bin widths. The curves show the fit results. |
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Figure 2-b:
The signal efficiency as a function of the decay time for the B0→J/ψK0S (upper) and B0s→J/ψK0S (lower) decays from simulation for each of the three data-taking years. The vertical bars indicate the statistical uncertainty, and the horizontal bars give bin widths. The curves show the fit results. |
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Figure 2-c:
The signal efficiency as a function of the decay time for the B0→J/ψK0S (upper) and B0s→J/ψK0S (lower) decays from simulation for each of the three data-taking years. The vertical bars indicate the statistical uncertainty, and the horizontal bars give bin widths. The curves show the fit results. |
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Figure 2-d:
The signal efficiency as a function of the decay time for the B0→J/ψK0S (upper) and B0s→J/ψK0S (lower) decays from simulation for each of the three data-taking years. The vertical bars indicate the statistical uncertainty, and the horizontal bars give bin widths. The curves show the fit results. |
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Figure 2-e:
The signal efficiency as a function of the decay time for the B0→J/ψK0S (upper) and B0s→J/ψK0S (lower) decays from simulation for each of the three data-taking years. The vertical bars indicate the statistical uncertainty, and the horizontal bars give bin widths. The curves show the fit results. |
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Figure 2-f:
The signal efficiency as a function of the decay time for the B0→J/ψK0S (upper) and B0s→J/ψK0S (lower) decays from simulation for each of the three data-taking years. The vertical bars indicate the statistical uncertainty, and the horizontal bars give bin widths. The curves show the fit results. |
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Figure 3:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (left) and proper decay time (right) from data (points) and the results from the 2D UML fit projections (lines) for the 2016-2018 data set. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The solid, dotted-dashed, dashed, and dotted lines show the total fit, B0 control channel, B0s signal, and background contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 3-a:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (left) and proper decay time (right) from data (points) and the results from the 2D UML fit projections (lines) for the 2016-2018 data set. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The solid, dotted-dashed, dashed, and dotted lines show the total fit, B0 control channel, B0s signal, and background contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 3-b:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (left) and proper decay time (right) from data (points) and the results from the 2D UML fit projections (lines) for the 2016-2018 data set. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The solid, dotted-dashed, dashed, and dotted lines show the total fit, B0 control channel, B0s signal, and background contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 4:
The proper decay time distribution from data (points) for events in the B0s signal region with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.34-5.42 GeV and the results from the 2D UML fit projections (lines) for the 2016-2018 data set. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The dashed, dotted-dashed, dotted, and solid lines show the B0s signal, B0 control channel, background, and total fit contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 5:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (upper) and decay time (lower) from data (points), along with the projections from the 2D UML fit for each year of data taking. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The dashed, dotted-dashed, dotted, and solid lines represent the signal, control channel, background, and total fit contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 5-a:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (upper) and decay time (lower) from data (points), along with the projections from the 2D UML fit for each year of data taking. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The dashed, dotted-dashed, dotted, and solid lines represent the signal, control channel, background, and total fit contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 5-b:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (upper) and decay time (lower) from data (points), along with the projections from the 2D UML fit for each year of data taking. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The dashed, dotted-dashed, dotted, and solid lines represent the signal, control channel, background, and total fit contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 5-c:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (upper) and decay time (lower) from data (points), along with the projections from the 2D UML fit for each year of data taking. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The dashed, dotted-dashed, dotted, and solid lines represent the signal, control channel, background, and total fit contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 5-d:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (upper) and decay time (lower) from data (points), along with the projections from the 2D UML fit for each year of data taking. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The dashed, dotted-dashed, dotted, and solid lines represent the signal, control channel, background, and total fit contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 5-e:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (upper) and decay time (lower) from data (points), along with the projections from the 2D UML fit for each year of data taking. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The dashed, dotted-dashed, dotted, and solid lines represent the signal, control channel, background, and total fit contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 5-f:
Distributions of the J/ψK0S invariant mass (upper) and decay time (lower) from data (points), along with the projections from the 2D UML fit for each year of data taking. The vertical bars on the data points indicate the statistical uncertainty. The dashed, dotted-dashed, dotted, and solid lines represent the signal, control channel, background, and total fit contributions, respectively. |
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Figure 6:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 6-a:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 6-b:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 6-c:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 6-d:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 6-e:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 6-f:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 6-g:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 6-h:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 6-i:
The decay time distribution for events with J/ψK0S invariant mass in the range 5.17 <m< 5.22 (upper), 5.22 <m< 5.34 (center), and 5.42 <m< 5.57 (lower) GeV and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7-a:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7-b:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7-c:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7-d:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7-e:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7-f:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7-g:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7-h:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
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Figure 7-i:
The invariant mass distribution for events with J/ψK0S decay time in the range 0.2 <t< 2.5 (upper), 2.5 <t< 3.5 (center), and 3.5 <t< 10.0 (lower)\unitps and the fit results for the 2016 (left), 2017 (middle), and 2018 (right) data-taking years. |
Tables | |
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Table 1:
Sources of systematic uncertainties in the B0s→J/ψK0S effective lifetime measurement and their estimated values, along with the total systematic uncertainty. |
Summary |
In this paper, a measurement of the effective lifetime of the B0s meson in the J/ψK0S decay channel is presented. The analysis is performed using data collected by the CMS detector during proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV from 2016 to 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1. The effective lifetime is extracted using a two-dimensional unbinned maximum likelihood fit to the invariant mass and proper decay time distributions of the B0s meson. The decay B0→J/ψK0S, which has a much larger event yield than the corresponding B0s decay, is used as a control channel for estimating resolutions and systematic uncertainties. The measured value of the effective lifetime is τ(B0s→J/ψK0S)= 1.59 ± 0.07 (stat) ± 0.03 (syst) ps, which is the most precise result to date. This measurement can be used to constrain the parameters that govern mixing and CP violation in the B0s system and also to better understand the penguin contributions in measurements of sin(2β) from B0→J/ψK0S decays. |
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