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Evidence for the decay X(3872) -> psi(2S)gamma

  • R. Aaij
  • , B. Adeva
  • , M. Adinolfi
  • , A. Affolder
  • , Z. Ajaltouni
  • , J. Albrecht
  • , F. Alessio
  • , M. Alexander
  • , S. Ali
  • , G. Alkhazov
  • , P.A. Cartelle
  • , A.A. Alves
  • , S. Amato
  • , S. Amerio
  • , Y. Amhis
  • , L. An
  • , L. Anderlini
  • , J. Anderson
  • , R. Andreassen
  • , M. Andreotti
  • J.E. Andrews, R.B. Appleby, O.A. Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, S. Bachmann, J.J. Back, A. Badalov, V. Balagura, W. Baldini, R.J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, V. Batozskaya, T. Bauer, A. Bay, J. Beddow, F. Bedeschi, I. Bediaga, S. Belogurov, K. Belous, I. Belyaev*, E. Ben-Haim, G. Bencivenni, S. Benson, J. van den Brand
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Evidence for the decay mode X(3872) -> psi(2S)gamma in B+ -> X(3872)K+ decays is found with a significance of 4.4 standard deviations. The analysis is based on a data sample of proton proton collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1), collected with the LHCb detector, at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The ratio of the branching fraction of the X(3872) -> psi(2S)gamma decay to that of the X(3872) -> J/psi gamma decay is measured to beB(X(3872) -> psi(2S)gamma)/B(X(3872) -> J/psi gamma) = 2.46 +/- 0.64 +/- 0.29,where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The measured value does not support a pure D (D) over bar* molecular interpretation of the X(3872) state. (C) 2014 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)665-680
Number of pages16
JournalNuclear Physics B
Volume886
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • RELATIVE BRANCHING FRACTIONS
  • PP COLLISIONS
  • B-S(0)
  • B-0

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