First observation of the decay Bs2*(5840) 0→B+K and studies of excited Bs0 mesons

R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta, A. Adametz, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, C. Adrover, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, Y. Amhis, L. Anderlini, J. Anderson, R. B. ApplebyO. Aquines Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, C. Baesso, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, A. Bates, Th Bauer, A. Bay, J. Beddow, I. Bediaga, S. Belogurov, K. Belous, I. Belyaev, E. Ben-Haim, M. Benayoun, G. Bencivenni, S. Benson, J. Benton, A. Berezhnoy, R. Bernet, M. O. Bettler, M. Van Beuzekom, A. Bien, S. Bifani, T. Bird, A. Bizzeti, P. M. Bjørnstad, T. Blake, F. Blanc, C. Blanks, J. Blouw, S. Blusk, A. Bobrov, V. Bocci, A. Bondar, N. Bondar, W. Bonivento, S. Borghi, A. Borgia, T. J.V. Bowcock, C. Bozzi, T. Brambach, J. Van Den Brand, J. Bressieux, D. Brett, M. Britsch, T. Britton, N. H. Brook, H. Brown, A. Büchler-Germann, I. Burducea, A. Bursche, J. Buytaert, S. Cadeddu, O. Callot, M. Calvi, M. Calvo Gomez, A. Camboni, P. Campana, A. Carbone, G. Carboni, R. Cardinale, A. Cardini, H. Carranza-Mejia, L. Carson, K. Carvalho Akiba, G. Casse, M. Cattaneo

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Abstract

The properties of the orbitally excited (L=1) Bs0 states are studied by using 1.0 fb -1 of pp collisions at √s=7 TeV collected with the LHCb detector. The first observation of the Bs2*(5840)0meson decaying to B* +K - is reported, and the corresponding branching fraction measured relative to the B +K - decay mode. The B s1(5830)0→B *+K - decay is observed as well. The width of the Bs2*(5840)0 state is measured for the first time, and the masses of the two states are determined with the highest precision to date. The observation of the Bs2*(5840) 0→B* +K - decay favors the spin-parity assignment JP=2 + for the Bs2*(5840)0 meson. In addition, the most precise measurement of the mass difference m(B * +)-m(B +)=45.01±0.30(stat)±0.23(syst) MeV/c2 is obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Article number151803
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume110
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Apr 2013
Externally publishedYes

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  • General Physics and Astronomy

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