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A. V. Bannikov

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$B_s^0 \to D_s^-a_1^+(D_s^- \to ϕπ^-, D_s^- \to K^{*0}K^-)$ decay channel in the ATLAS $B_s^0$-mixing studies

It is shown, using a track-level simulation, that the use of the $D_s^- \to K^{*0}K^-$ decay channel for $D_s^-$ reconstruction, in additioon with the previously studied $D_s^- \to ϕπ^-$ mode, enables two fold gain in the ATLAS $B_s^0$-mixing signal statistics through $B_s^0 \to D_s^-a_1$ $B_s^0$-decay channel. A new modification of the amplitude fit method is suggested for the $x_s$ determination. Some general aspects of the $B_s^0$-mixing phenomenon is illustrated by pictures of Casimir Malevich, Maurits Cornelis Escher and Salvador Dali.

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ATLAS sensitivity range for the x_s measurement

Previous results for the prospects of B_s mixing measurement in the ATLAS experiment at LHC are updated. The improved analysis method of the studied decay channels B_s -> D_s pi and B_s -> D_s a_1, combined with most recent values for the branching ratios and the B_s lifetime, leads to the new ATLAS sensitivity range for the x_s measurement: x_s^{max} = 42. An extensive study is done in order to estimate how x_s^{max} is influenced by the B-decay proper-time resolution of the vertex detector, as well as by the number of events and by the signal-to-background ratio.

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$B_s^0 \to D_s^-a_1^+$ decay channel in the $B_s^0$-mixing studies

The usefulness of the $B_s^0 \to D_s^-a_1^+, D_s^- \to ϕπ^- \to K^+K^-π^-, a_1^+ \to ρ^0 π^+ \to π^+ π^- π^+$ decay chain is investigated for the $B_s$-reconstruction in the future ATLAS $B_s$-mixing experiment. It is shown that this decay channel is almost as suitable for this purpose as previously studied $B_s^0 \to D_s^-π^+$.

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