Branching fraction and CP asymmetry of the decays $B^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 pi^+$ and $B^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 K^+$

An analysis of $B^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 pi^+$ and $B^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 K^+$ decays is performed with the LHCb experiment. The $pp$ collision data used correspond to integrated luminosities of $1{,fb}^{-1}$ and $2{,fb}^{-1}$ collected at centre-of-mass energies of $sqrt{s}=7mathrm{,Tekern -0.1em V}$ and $sqrt{s}=8mathrm{,Tekern -0.1em V}$, respectively. The ratio of branching fractions and the direct {it CP} asymmetries are measured to be $mathcal{B}(B^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 K^+)/mathcal{B}(B^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 pi^+) = 0.064 pm 0.009textrm{(stat.)} pm 0.004textrm{(syst.)}$, $mathcal{A}^{it CP}(B^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 pi^+) = -0.022 pm 0.025textrm{(stat.)} pm 0.010textrm{(syst.)}$ and $mathcal{A}^{it CP}(B^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 K^+) = -0.21 pm 0.14textrm{(stat.)} pm 0.01textrm{(syst.)}$. The data sample taken at $sqrt{s}=7mathrm{,Tekern -0.1em V}$ is used to search for $B_c^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 K^+$ decays and results in the upper limit $(f_ccdotmathcal{B}(B_c^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 K^+))/(f_ucdotmathcal{B}(B^+ to K_{rm scriptscriptstyle S}^0 pi^+)) < 5.8times10^{-2}textrm{at 90% confidence level}$, where $f_c$ and $f_u$ denote the hadronisation fractions of a $bar{b}$ quark into a $B_c^+$ or a $B^+$ meson, respectively.

First observation of the decay $bar{B}^0_s to D^0 K^{*0}$ and a measurement of the ratio of branching fractions $frac{{cal B}(bar{B}^0_s to D^0 K^{*0})}{{cal B}(bar{B}^0 to D^0 rho^0)}$

The first observation of the decay $bar{B}^0_s to D^0 K^{*0}$ using $pp$ data collected by the LHCb detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb$^{-1}$, is reported. A signal of $34.4 pm 6.8$ events is obtained and the absence of signal is rejected with a statistical significance of more than nine standard deviations. The $bar{B}^0_s to D^0 K^{*0}$ branching fraction is measured relative to that of $bar{B}^0 to D^0 rho^0$: $frac{{cal B}(bar{B}^0_s to D^0 K^{*0})}{{cal B}(bar{B}^0 to D^0 rho^0)} = 1.48 pm 0.34 pm 0.15 pm 0.12$, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third is due to the uncertainty on the ratio of the $B^0$ and $B^0_s$ hadronisation fractions.