Amplitude analysis of B- →d+π-π- decays
- R. Aaij,
- B. Adeva,
- M. Adinolfi,
- Z. Ajaltouni,
- S. Akar,
- J. Albrecht
- CERN,
- University of Santiago de Compostela,
- University of Bristol,
- Université Clermont Auvergne,
- CNRS,
- TU Dortmund University
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Abstract
The Dalitz plot analysis technique is used to study the resonant substructures of B-→D+π-π- decays in a data sample corresponding to 3.0 fb-1 of pp collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. A model-independent analysis of the angular moments demonstrates the presence of resonances with spins 1, 2 and 3 at high D+π- mass. The data are fitted with an amplitude model composed of a quasi-model-independent function to describe the D+π- S wave together with virtual contributions from the D∗(2007)0 and B∗0 states, and components corresponding to the D2∗(2460)0, D1∗(2680)0, D3∗(2760)0 and D2∗(3000)0 resonances. The masses and widths of these resonances are determined together with the branching fractions for their production in B-→D+π-π- decays. The D+π- S wave has phase motion consistent with that expected due to the presence of the D0∗(2400)0 state. These results constitute the first observations of the D3∗(2760)0 and D2∗(3000)0 resonances, with significances of 10σ and 6.6σ, respectively.
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EnglishArticle number
072001Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Physical Review D (Volume 94, Issue 7)Publication milestones
- Published - 05/10/2016
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2470-0010Publication IDs
- Scopus: 84992043935
- WOS: 000385245400001
