Model-Independent Observation of Exotic Contributions to B 0 → J / ψ K + π − Decays
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PhysRevLett.122.152002.pdf
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Author(s)
The LHCb Collaboration
Boettcher, Thomas Julian
Craik, Daniel C
Weisser, Constantin
Williams, Michael
Date Issued
April 2019
Journal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society (APS)
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2019. "Model-Independent Observation of Exotic Contributions to B 0 → J / ψ K + π − Decays." Physical Review Letters, 122 (15).
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Final published version
Abstract
© 2019 CERN. for the LHCb Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the »https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/» Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP 3 . An angular analysis of B0→J/ψK+π- decays is performed, using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1 collected with the LHCb detector. The m(K+π-) spectrum is divided into fine bins. In each m(K+π-) bin, the hypothesis that the three-dimensional angular distribution can be described by structures induced only by K∗ resonances is examined, making minimal assumptions about the K+π- system. The data reject the K∗-only hypothesis with a large significance, implying the observation of exotic contributions in a model-independent fashion. Inspection of the m(J/ψπ-) vs m(K+π-) plane suggests structures near m(J/ψπ-)=4200 and 4600 MeV.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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DOI of Published Version
10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.122.152002
