Study of <i>B<sub>c</sub></i><SUP>+</SUP> decays to the <i>K</i><SUP>+</SUP><i>K</i><SUP>-</SUP>π<SUP>+</SUP> final state and evidence for the decay <i>B<sub>c</sub></i><SUP>+</SUP> → χ<sub><i>c</i>0</sub>π<SUP>+</SUP>



Aaij, R, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Ali, S, Alkhazov, G
et al (show 756 more authors) (2016) Study of <i>B<sub>c</sub></i><SUP>+</SUP> decays to the <i>K</i><SUP>+</SUP><i>K</i><SUP>-</SUP>π<SUP>+</SUP> final state and evidence for the decay <i>B<sub>c</sub></i><SUP>+</SUP> → χ<sub><i>c</i>0</sub>π<SUP>+</SUP>. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 94 (9). 091102-.

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Abstract

A study of $B_c^+\to K^+K^-\pi^+$ decays is performed for the first time using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 $\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment in $pp$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of $7$ and $8$ TeV. Evidence for the decay $B_c^+\to\chi_{c0}(\to K^+K^-)\pi^+$ is reported with a significance of 4.0 standard deviations, resulting in the measurement of $\frac{\sigma(B_c^+)}{\sigma(B^+)}\times\mathcal{B}(B_c^+\to\chi_{c0}\pi^+)$ to be $(9.8^{+3.4}_{-3.0}(\mathrm{stat})\pm 0.8(\mathrm{syst}))\times 10^{-6}$. Here $\mathcal{B}$ denotes a branching fraction while $\sigma(B_c^+)$ and $\sigma(B^+)$ are the production cross-sections for $B_c^+$ and $B^+$ mesons. An indication of $\bar b c$ weak annihilation is found for the region $m(K^-\pi^+)<1.834\mathrm{\,Ge\kern -0.1em V\!/}c^2$, with a significance of 2.4 standard deviations.

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Additional Information: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/LHCbProjectPublic/LHCb-PAPER-2016-022.html, link to supplemental material inserted in the references
Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 02 Aug 2019 10:33
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2023 20:21
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.091102
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3050849

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