# Observation of $B^0_s \to K^{*\pm}K^\mp$ and evidence for $B^0_s \to K^{*-}\pi^+$ decays

Abstract : Measurements of the branching fractions of $B^0_{(s)} \to K^{*\pm}K^\mp$ and $B^0_{(s)} \to K^{*\pm}\pi^\mp$ decays are performed using a data sample corresponding to $1.0 \ {\rm fb}^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at a centre-of-mass energy of $7\mathrm{\,TeV}$, where the $K^{*\pm}$ mesons are reconstructed in the $K^0_{\rm S}\pi^\pm$ final state. The first observation of the $B^0_s \to K^{*\pm}K^\mp$ decay and the first evidence for the $B^0_s \to K^{*-}\pi^+$ decay are reported with branching fractions \begin{eqnarray} {\cal B}\left(B^0_s \to K^{*\pm}K^\mp\right) & = & \left( 12.7\pm1.9\pm1.9 \right) \times 10^{-6} \, , \\ {\cal B}\left(B^0_s \to K^{*-}\pi^+\right) & = & ~\left( 3.3\pm1.1\pm0.5 \right) \times 10^{-6} \, , \end{eqnarray} where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. In addition, an upper limit of ${\cal B}\left(B^0 \to K^{*\pm}K^\mp\right) < 0.4 \ (0.5) \times 10^{-6}$ is set at $90\,\% \ (95\,\%)$ confidence level.
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R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, A. Affolder, Ziad Ajaltouni, et al.. Observation of $B^0_s \to K^{*\pm}K^\mp$ and evidence for $B^0_s \to K^{*-}\pi^+$ decays. New Journal of Physics, Institute of Physics: Open Access Journals, 2014, 16, pp.123001. ⟨10.1088/1367-2630/16/12/123001⟩. ⟨in2p3-01053213⟩

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