Observation of the decay Λ b 0 → ψ(2S)pπ

The Lhcb Collaboration

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Abstract

The Cabibbo-suppressed decay Λb 0 → ψ(2S)pπ is observed for the first time using a data sample collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.9 fb−1 of integrated luminosity at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV, respectively. The ψ(2S) mesons are reconstructed in the μ+μ final state. The branching fraction with respect to that of the Λb 0 → ψ(2S)pK decay mode is measured to be ℬ(Λb0→ψ(2S)pπ−)ℬ(Λb0→ψ(2S)pK−)=(11.4±1.3±0.2)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The ψ(2S)p and ψ(2S)π mass spectra are investigated and no evidence for exotic resonances is found.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original languageEnglish
Article number131
Pages (from-to)1-28
Number of pages28
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2018
Issue number8
Early online date21 Aug 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2018

Keywords

  • B physics
  • Flavor physics
  • Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
  • Spectroscopy

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