Measurement of the branching fractions of $B\to��' K$ decays using 2019/2020 Belle II data

This note describes the rediscovery of $B\to��' K$ decays in Belle II data, both in the charged and neutral final state: $B_0\to��' K_S$ and $B^\pm\to��' K^\pm$. The $��'$ is searched for in two decay modes: $��'\to����^+��^-$ with $��\to����$, and $��'\to����$. The analysis uses data collected in 2019 and 2020 at the SuperKEKB asymmetric $e^+e^-$ collider, with an integrated luminosity of $62.8~fb^{-1}$, corresponding to $68.2$ million of $B\bar{B}$ pairs produced. The signal yield is obtained via an unbinned maximum likelihood fit to signal sensitive variables, obtaining branching ratios: $$\mathcal{B}\left(B^\pm\to��'K^\pm\right) = \left(63.4~^{+3.4}_{-3.3}\,(stat)\,\pm3.2\,(syst)\,\right) \times10^{-6} $$ $$\mathcal{B}\left(B_0\to��'K_S\right) = \left(59.9~^{+5.8}_{-5.5}\,(stat)\,\pm2.9\,(syst)\,\right) \times10^{-6} $$ which are consistent with world average.
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