First observation of the decay B-c(+) -> J/psi K+

R. Aaij; C.A. Beteta; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; C. Adrover; 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. Anderlini; J. Anderson; R. Andreassen; R.B. Appleby; O.A. Gutierrez; F. Archilli; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; S. Bachmann; J.J. Back; C. Baesso; V. Balagura; W. Baldini; R.J. Barlow; C. Barschel; S. Barsuk; W. Barter; T. Bauer; A. Bay; J. Beddow; F. Bedeschi; I. Bediaga; S. Belogurov; K. Belous; I. Belyaev; E. Ben-Haim; G. Bencivenni; S. Benson; J. Benton; A. Berezhnoy; R. Bernet; J. van Den Brand

doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2013)075

First observation of the decay B-c(+) -> J/psi K+

R. Aaij^*, C.A. Beteta, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, C. Adrover, 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. Anderlini, J. Anderson, R. AndreassenR.B. Appleby, O.A. Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, S. Bachmann, J.J. Back, C. Baesso, V. Balagura, W. Baldini, R.J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, T. Bauer, A. Bay, J. Beddow, F. Bedeschi, I. Bediaga, S. Belogurov, K. Belous, I. Belyaev, E. Ben-Haim, G. Bencivenni, S. Benson, J. Benton, A. Berezhnoy, R. Bernet, J. van Den Brand

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Abstract

The decay B-c(+) -> J/psi K+ is observed for the first time using a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1), collected by the LHCb experiment in p p collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. A yield of 46 +/- 12 events is reported, with a significance of 5.0 standard deviations. The ratio of the branching fraction of B-c(+) -> J/psi K+ to that of B-c(+) -> J/psi pi(+) is measured to be 0.069 +/- 0.019 +/- 0 : 005, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.

Original language	English
Article number	075
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2013)075
Publication status	Published - 13 Sept 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Hadron-Hadron Scattering
Branching fraction
B physics
B-C DECAYS
WEAK DECAYS
PROSPECTS
MESON
TOOL

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Aaij, R., Beteta, C. A., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adrover, C., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Cartelle, P. A., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., Anderlini, L., Anderson, J., ... van Den Brand, J. (2013). First observation of the decay B-c(+) -> J/psi K+. Journal of High Energy Physics, (9), Article 075. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2013)075

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First observation of the decay B-c(+) -> J/psi K+

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