Observation of the decay Bc+→ψ(2S)π+

R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta, 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, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, L. Anderlini, J. Anderson, R. AndreassenR. B. Appleby, O. Aquines Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, C. Baesso, V. Balagura, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, Th Bauer, A. Bay, J. Beddow, F. Bedeschi, 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, J. Blouw, S. Blusk, V. Bocci, A. Bondar, N. Bondar, W. Bonivento, S. Borghi, A. Borgia, T. J.V. Bowcock, E. Bowen, C. Bozzi, T. Brambach, J. Van Den Brand, J. Bressieux, D. Brett, M. Britsch, T. Britton, N. H. Brook, H. Brown, I. Burducea, A. Bursche, G. Busetto, 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 decay Bc+→ψ(2S)π + with ψ(2S) →μ +μ - is observed with a significance of 5.2σ using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb -1 collected by the LHCb experiment. The branching fraction of Bc+→ψ(2S)π + decays relative to that of the Bc+→J/ψπ + mode is measured to be B(Bc+→ψ(2S) π +)B(Bc+→J/ψπ +)=0.250±0.068(stat) ±0.014(syst)±0.006(B). The last term is the uncertainty on the ratio B(ψ(2S)→μ +μ -)/B(J/ ψ→μ +μ -).

Original languageEnglish
Article number071103
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume87
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Apr 2013
Externally publishedYes

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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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