Search for excited B_c ⁺ states

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Abstract

A search is performed in the invariant mass spectrum of the B_c ⁺π⁺π⁻ system for the excited B_c ⁺ states B_c(2¹S₀)⁺ and B_c(2³S₁)⁺ using a data sample of pp collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at the centre-of-mass energy of s=8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb⁻¹. No evidence is seen for either state. Upper limits on the ratios of the production cross-sections of the B_c(2¹S₀)⁺ and B_c(2³S₁)⁺ states times the branching fractions of B_c(2¹S₀)⁺ → B_c ⁺π⁺π⁻ and B_c(2³S₁)⁺ → B_c ^* ⁺π⁺π⁻ over the production cross-section of the B_c ⁺ state are given as a function of their masses. They are found to be between 0.02 and 0.14 at 95% confidence level for B_c(2¹S₀)⁺ and B_c(2³S₁)⁺ in the mass ranges [6830, 6890] MeV/c² and [6795, 6890] MeV/c², respectively.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original language	English
Article number	138
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2018
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2018)138
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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Keywords

B physics
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Spectroscopy

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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The LHCb Collaboration (2018). Search for excited B_c ⁺ states. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(1), [138]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2018)138

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