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Search for the X(4140) state in B +→J/ψφK + decays

  • R. Aaij
    ,
  • C. Abellan Beteta
    ,
  • B. Adeva
    ,
  • M. Adinolfi
    ,
  • C. Adrover
    ,
  • A. Affolder
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
    ,
  • Ramon Llull University
    ,
  • University of Barcelona
    ,
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
    ,
  • University of Bristol
    ,
  • CNRS
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10

Abstract

A search for the X(4140) state in B +→J/ψφK + decays is performed with 0.37fb -1 of pp collisions at √s=7TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. No evidence for this state is found, in 2.4σ disagreement with a measurement by CDF. An upper limit on its production rate is set, B(B +→X(4140)K +) ×B(X(4140)→J/ψφ)/B(B +→J/ψφK +)<0.07 at 90% confidence level.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Article number

091103

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology (Volume 85, Issue 9)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 04/05/2012

Publication status

Published - 04/05/2012

ISSN

1550-7998

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 84860752867
  • WOS: 000303659200002

Funding Details

FundersFunding numbers
NSF
-
STFC
PP/E000347/1, ST/H001069/2, ST/L001195/1, ST/H001026/1, ST/H001085/2, ST/K001256/1, ST/K001361/1, ST/J005614/1, GRIDPP, ST/G502412/1, ST/K001310/1, ST/F008015/1, ST/G005974/1, LHCb, ST/H00100X/1, ST/L001144/1, ST/K00073X/1, ST/H00100X/2, ST/K000705/1, PP/E002722/1, PP/E000355/1, ST/H006737/1, ST/H001093/2, ST/M001431/1, ST/K001418/1, ST/K00140X/1, ST/M001474/1, LHCb Upgrades, ST/H001093/1, ST/I002839/1, ST/K000616/1, ST/L001225/1, ST/I505572/1, ST/J004820/1, ST/H001026/2, ST/F007094/1
STFC
-
SNF
127479, 139663, 141096
SNF
-