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The decay mode $B^{0}_{s} to D^{mp}_{s} K^{pm} $ allows for one of the theoretically cleanest measurements of the CKM angle $gamma$ through the study of time-dependent $ensuremath{CP}xspace$ violation. This paper reports a measurement of its branching fraction relative to the Cabibbo-favoured mode $B^{0}_{s} to D^{-}_{s} pi^{+}$ based on a data sample of 0.37 fb$^{-1}$ proton-proton collisions at $sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV collected in 2011 with the LHCb detector. In addition, the ratio of $ensuremath{mathrm{B}}xspace$ meson production fractions $ensuremath{f_s/f_d}$, determined from semileptonic decays, together with the known branching fraction of the control channel $B^{0} to D^{-} pi^{+}$, is used to perform an absolute measurement of the branching fractions: $B (B^0_s to D^-_s pi^+) ;= (2.95 pm 0.05 pm 0.17^{,+,0.18}_{,-,0.22}) times 10^{-3}$, $B (B^0_s to D^mp_s K^pm) = (1.90 pm 0.12 pm 0.13^{,+,0.12}_{,-,0.14}) times 10^{-4},$, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second the experimental systematic uncertainty, and the third the uncertainty due to $f_s/f_d$.
Measurements are presented of the branching fractions of the decays $B_{s}^{0} to D_{s}^{mp} K^{pm}$ and $B^{0} to D_{s}^{-} K^{+}$ relative to the decays $B_{s}^{0} to D_{s}^{-} pi^{+}$ and $B^{0} to D^{-} pi^{+}$, respectively. The data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions. The ratios of branching fractions are $dfrac{mathcal{B}(B_{s}^{0} to D_{s}^{mp} K^{pm})}{mathcal{B}(B_{s}^{0} to D_{s}^{-} pi^{+})} = 0.0752 pm 0.0015 pm 0.0019$ and $dfrac{mathcal{B}(B^{0} to D_{s}^{-} K^{+})}{mathcal{B}(B^{0} to D^{-} pi^{+})} = 0.0129 pm 0.0005 pm 0.0008,$ where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively.
We study charmless hadronic decays of charged $B$ mesons to the final states $K^{0}_{S}K^{0}_{S}K^{pm}$ and $K^{0}_{S}K^{0}_{S}pi^{pm}$ using a $711 fb^{-1}$ data sample that contains $772times 10^6$ $Bbar{B}$ pairs, and was collected at the $Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider. For $B^{pm}to K^{0}_{S}K^{0}_{S}K^{pm}$, the measured branching fraction and direct $CP$ asymmetry are $[10.42pm0.43(stat)pm 0.22(syst)]times10^{-6}$ and [$+1.6pm3.9(stat)pm 0.9(syst)$]%, respectively. In the absence of a statistically significant signal for $B^{pm}to K^{0}_{S}K^{0}_{S}pi^{pm}$, we obtain a 90% confidence-level upper limit on its branching fraction as $8.7 times10^{-7}$.
The first untagged decay-time-integrated amplitude analysis of $B^{0}_{s} rightarrow K^{0}_{textrm{S}} K^{pm}pi^{mp}$ decays is performed using a sample corresponding to $3.0,$fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded with the LHCb detector during 2011 and 2012. The data are described with an amplitude model that contains contributions from the intermediate resonances $K^{*}(892)^{0,+}$, $K^*_2(1430)^{0,+}$ and $K^*_0(1430)^{0,+}$, and their charge conjugates. Measurements of the branching fractions of the decay modes $B^{0}_{s} rightarrow K^{*}(892)^{pm}K^{mp}$ and $B^{0}_{s} rightarrow K^{*}(892)^{0}kern 0.2emoverline{kern -0.2em K}{}^{0}, kern 0.2emoverline{kern -0.2em K}{}^{*}(892)^{0}K^{0}$ are in agreement with, and more precise than, previous results. The decays $B^{0}_{s} rightarrow K^*_0(1430)^{pm} K^{mp}$ and $B^{0}_{s} rightarrow K^{*}_{0}(1430)^{0}kern 0.2emoverline{kern -0.2em K}{}^{0}, kern 0.2emoverline{kern -0.2em K}{}^{*}_{0}(1430)^{0}K^{0}$ are observed for the first time, each with significance over 10 standard deviations.
We report the measurement of the branching fraction and $CP$ asymmetry for the $bar{B}^{0}(B^{0})to K^{0}_{S}K^{mp}pi^{pm}$ decay. The analysis is performed on a data sample of 711 $rm{fb}^{-1}$ collected at the $Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider. We obtain a branching fraction of $(3.60pm0.33pm0.15)times10^{-6}$ and an $mathcal{A}_{CP}$ of $(-8.5pm8.9pm0.2)%$, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. Hints of peaking structures are also observed in the differential branching fraction as functions of Dalitz variables.