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CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND ADVANCED STUDIES OF THENATIONAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
“Measurement of the
0
 s
 B
lifetime usingthe semileptonic decay channel
 X  D B
 s s
ν  µ 
+−
→
0
”
Thesis submitted by
Marco Antonio Carrasco Lizárraga
In order to obtain theDoctor of Sciencedegree, speciality inPhysicsSupervisors:Alberto Sánchez Hernández, Ph. D.Mexico CityNovember, 2009,
 
Abstract
We report a measurement of the
B
0
s
lifetime in the semileptonic decay chan-nel
B
0
s
→
D
−
s
µ
+
νX 
(and its charge conjugate), using approximately 0.4 fb
−
1
of data collected with the DØ detector during 2002–2004. Using 5176 re-constructed
D
−
s
µ
+
signal events, we have measured the
B
0
s
lifetime to be
τ 
(
B
0
s
) = 1
.
398
±
0
.
044 (stat)
+0
.
028
−
0
.
025
(syst) ps. This is the most precise mea-surement of the
B
0
s
lifetime to date.
 
to Ari,my mom and dad,and my bro and sis.
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