TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of an Excited Bc+ State
AU - (LHCb Collaboration)
AU - Aaij, R.
AU - Abellán Beteta, C.
AU - Adeva, B.
AU - Adinolfi, M.
AU - Aidala, C. A.
AU - Ajaltouni, Z.
AU - Akar, S.
AU - Albicocco, P.
AU - Albrecht, J.
AU - Alessio, F.
AU - Alexander, M.
AU - Alfonso Albero, A.
AU - Alkhazov, G.
AU - Alvarez Cartelle, P.
AU - Alves, A. A.
AU - Amato, S.
AU - Amhis, Y.
AU - An, L.
AU - Anderlini, L.
AU - Andreassi, G.
AU - Andreotti, M.
AU - Andrews, J. E.
AU - Archilli, F.
AU - D'Argent, P.
AU - Arnau Romeu, J.
AU - Artamonov, A.
AU - Artuso, M.
AU - Arzymatov, K.
AU - Aslanides, E.
AU - Atzeni, M.
AU - Audurier, B.
AU - Bachmann, S.
AU - Back, J. J.
AU - Baker, S.
AU - Balagura, V.
AU - Baldini, W.
AU - Baranov, A.
AU - Barlow, R. J.
AU - Barsuk, S.
AU - Barter, W.
AU - Bartolini, M.
AU - Baryshnikov, F.
AU - Batozskaya, V.
AU - Batsukh, B.
AU - Battig, A.
AU - Battista, V.
AU - Bay, A.
AU - Bedeschi, F.
AU - Petrov, A.
AU - Strokov, S.
AU - Wagner, Alexander Rudolfovich
PY - 2019/6/11
Y1 - 2019/6/11
N2 - Using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.5 fb-1 recorded by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of s=7, 8, and 13 TeV, the observation of an excited Bc+ state in the Bc+π+π- invariant-mass spectrum is reported. The observed peak has a mass of 6841.2±0.6(stat)±0.1(syst)±0.8(Bc+) MeV/c2, where the last uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the Bc+ mass. It is consistent with expectations of the Bc∗(2S31)+ state reconstructed without the low-energy photon from the Bc∗(1S31)+→Bc+γ decay following Bc∗(2S31)+→Bc∗(1S31)+π+π-. A second state is seen with a global (local) statistical significance of 2.2σ (3.2σ) and a mass of 6872.1±1.3(stat)±0.1(syst)±0.8(Bc+) MeV/c2, and is consistent with the Bc(2S10)+ state. These mass measurements are the most precise to date.
AB - Using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.5 fb-1 recorded by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of s=7, 8, and 13 TeV, the observation of an excited Bc+ state in the Bc+π+π- invariant-mass spectrum is reported. The observed peak has a mass of 6841.2±0.6(stat)±0.1(syst)±0.8(Bc+) MeV/c2, where the last uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the Bc+ mass. It is consistent with expectations of the Bc∗(2S31)+ state reconstructed without the low-energy photon from the Bc∗(1S31)+→Bc+γ decay following Bc∗(2S31)+→Bc∗(1S31)+π+π-. A second state is seen with a global (local) statistical significance of 2.2σ (3.2σ) and a mass of 6872.1±1.3(stat)±0.1(syst)±0.8(Bc+) MeV/c2, and is consistent with the Bc(2S10)+ state. These mass measurements are the most precise to date.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.232001
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.232001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067367011
VL - 122
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 23
M1 - 232001
ER -