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Search for B<sup>+</sup><inf>c</inf> decays to the ppπ<sup>+</sup> final state

  • R. Aaij
    ,
  • C. Abellán Beteta
    ,
  • B. Adeva
    ,
  • M. Adinolfi
    ,
  • Z. Ajaltouni
    ,
  • S. Akar
  • CERN
    ,
  • University of Zurich
    ,
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
    ,
  • University of Bristol
    ,
  • Universite Blaise Pascal
    ,
  • CNRS
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Abstract

© 2016 The Author(s). A search for the decays of the B+c meson to pp-π+ is performed for the first time using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb-1 collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. No signal is found and an upper limit, at 95% confidence level, is set, fcfu×B(B+c→ppπ+)<3.6×10-8 in the kinematic region m(pp)<2.85 GeV/c2, pT(B)<20 GeV/c and 2.0<y(B)<4.5, where B is the branching fraction and fc (fu) is the fragmentation fraction of the b quark into a Bc+ (B+) meson.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 313-321 (9 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics (Volume 759)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 10/08/2016

Publication status

Published - 10/08/2016

ISSN

0370-2693

Publication IDs

  • WOS: 000380409200043
  • Scopus: 84973450873

Funding Details

FundersFunding numbers
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1681016
AvH Foundation
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EPLANET
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Herchel Smith Fund
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Labex ENIGMASS
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MinES
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OCEVU
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Région Auvergne
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Yandex LLC
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NSF
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SER
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MSCA
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CERN
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STFC
ST/N000250/1, ST/H006737/1, ST/K00140X/1, GRIDPP, LHCb Upgrades, 1707993, ST/J004332/1, ST/M004058/1, ST/K003410/1, LHCb, ST/L003538/1, ST/K004646/1, ST/N000242/1, ST/N001370/1
STFC
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Leverhulme Trust
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Royal Society
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Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
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EC
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ERC
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DFG
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SNF
166208
SNF
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NSFC
CNRS / IN2P3
NSFC
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РФФИ
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CAPES
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BMBF
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NWO
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MINECO
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GVA
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FOM
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CNPq
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INFN
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NCN
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MNiSW
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FAPERJ
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NASU
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FINEP
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Conseil Général de l'Aisne
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