Study of charmonium and charmonium-like contributions in B<SUP>+</SUP> → J/ψηK<SUP>+</SUP> decays



Aaij, R, Abdelmotteleb, ASW, Beteta, C Abellan, Abudinen, F, Ackernley, T, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Afsharnia, H, Agapopoulou, C, Aidala, CA
et al (show 987 more authors) (2022) Study of charmonium and charmonium-like contributions in B<SUP>+</SUP> → J/ψηK<SUP>+</SUP> decays. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2022 (4). 46-.

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Abstract

A study of $B^+ \rightarrow J/\psi \eta K^+$ decays, followed by $J/\psi \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^-$ and $\eta \rightarrow \gamma \gamma$, is performed using a dataset collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb$^{-1}$. The $J/\psi\eta$ mass spectrum is investigated for contributions from charmonia and charmonium-like states. Evidence is found for the $B^+\rightarrow \left( \psi_2(3823) \rightarrow J/\psi \eta \right) K^+$ and $B^+\rightarrow \left( \psi(4040) \rightarrow J/\psi \eta \right) K^+$ decays with significance of 3.4 and 4.7~standard deviations, respectively. This constitutes the~first~evidence for the $\psi_2(3823) \rightarrow J/\psi \eta$ decay.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: 29 pages, 7 figures. All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2021-047.html (LHCb public pages)
Uncontrolled Keywords: B Physics, Branching fraction, Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Quarkonium
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 18 May 2022 14:19
Last Modified: 09 Oct 2023 15:57
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2022)046
Open Access URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP04(2...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3155057