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BOTTOM, STRANGE MESONS ($\mathit B$ = $\pm1$, $\mathit S$ = $\mp{}$1) ${{\mathit B}_{{s}}^{0}}$ = ${\mathit {\mathit s}}$ ${\mathit {\overline{\mathit b}}}$, ${{\overline{\mathit B}}_{{s}}^{0}}$ = ${\mathit {\overline{\mathit s}}}$ ${\mathit {\mathit b}}$, similarly for ${{\mathit B}_{{s}}^{*}}$ 's

INSPIRE

${{\mathit B}_{{s}}^{*}}$ $I(J^P)$ = $0(1^{-})$

$\mathit I$, $\mathit J$, ${}^{P}$ need confirmation. Quantum numbers shown are quark-model predictions.

${{\mathit B}_{{s}}^{*}}$ MASS   $5415.4 {}^{+1.8}_{-1.5}$ MeV (S = 2.9)

${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit B}_{{s}}^{*}}}–{\mathit m}_{{{\mathit B}_{{s}}^{}}}$   $48.5 {}^{+1.8}_{-1.5}$ MeV (S = 2.9)

$\vert ({\mathit m}_{{{\mathit B}_{{s}}^{*}}}–{\mathit m}_{{{\mathit B}_{{s}}^{}}}$) $-$ (${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit B}^{*}}}–{\mathit m}_{{{\mathit B}^{}}})\vert $   $<6$ MeV  CL=95.0%

${{\mathit B}_{{s}}^{*}}$ Decay Modes
Mode   Fraction ($\Gamma_i$ / $\Gamma$) Scale Factor/ Conf. Level P(MeV/c)   $\Gamma_{1}$ ${{\mathit B}_{{s}}}{{\mathit \gamma}}$   seen 48
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