Measurement of the $B^0$--$bar B^0$ oscillation frequency $Delta m_d$ with the decays $B^0 to D^- pi^+$ and $B^0 to J/ psi K^{*0}$

The $B^0$--$bar B^0$ oscillation frequency $Delta m_d$ is measured by the LHCb experiment using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.0,$fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at $sqrt{s} = 7,$TeV, and is found to be $Delta m_d = 0.5156 pm 0.0051,($stat.$) pm 0.0033,($syst.$),$ps$^{-1}$. The measurement is based on results from analyses of the decays $B^0 to D^- pi^+$ ($D^- to K^+ pi^- pi^-$) and $B^0 to J/ psi K^{*0}$ ($ J/ psi to mu^+ mu^-$, $K^{*0} to K^+ pi^-$) and their charge conjugated modes.