First observation of the decay Bs0→Ds-Ds+ and measurement of its branching ratio
Physical Review Letters 100:2 (2008)
Abstract:
We report the observation of the exclusive decay Bs0→Ds-Ds+ at the 7.5 standard deviation level using 355pb-1 of data collected by the CDF II detector in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. We measure the relative branching ratio B(Bs0→Ds-Ds+)/B(B0→D-Ds+)=1.44-0.44+0.48. Using the world average value for B(B0→D-Ds+), we find B(Bs0→Ds-Ds+)= (9.4-4.2+4.4)×10-3. This provides a lower bound ΔΓsCP/Γs 2B(Bs0→Ds-Ds+)>1.2×10-2 at 95% C.L. © 2008 The American Physical Society.Search for New Heavy Particles Decaying to Z^0 Z^0 -> eeee in p-pbar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV
ArXiv 0801.1129 (2008)
First a tragedy, then farce
Physics World 21:9 (2008) 14-15
First data from the linear collider alignment and survey project (LiCAS)
EPAC 2008 - Contributions to the Proceedings (2008) 1344-1346
Abstract:
The LiCAS project has developed a prototype robotic survey system for rapid and highly accurate surveying of long linear accelerator tunnel networks. It is aimed at the International Linear Collider (ILC). This Rapid Tunnel Reference Surveyor (RTRS) is an R&D instrument for evaluating the performance of the RTRS concept and its survey technology. The prototype has been commissioned in a test tunnel at DESY with initial calibrations and measurements ongoing. We will report recent results where they improve over previously reported work.Measurement of isolated photon production in deep-inelastic scattering at HERA
European Physical Journal C 54:3 (2008) 371-387