Measurement of the ratio of the production cross sections times branching fractions of B [superscript ±][subscript c] → [J over ψπ [superscript ±]] and B[superscript ±] → [J over ψK [superscript ±]] and ℬ(B [superscript ±][subscript c] → [J over Ψ π [superscript ±] π [superscript ±] π [superscript ∓] [over ℬ(B [superscript ±][subscript c] → J [over Ψ π [superscript ±]]) in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
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Apyan, Aram; Busza, Wit; Cali, Ivan Amos; Chan, M.; Di Matteo, Leonardo; Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo; Goncharov, Maxim; Gulhan, Doga Can; Klute, Markus; Lai, Yue Shi; Ma, Teng; Paus, Christoph M. E.; Ralph, Duncan Kelley; Stephans, George S. F.; Velicanu, Dragos Alexandru; Veverka, Jan; Wyslouch, Boleslaw; Zanetti, Marco; Roland, Gunther M; Roland, Christof E; Stoeckli, Fabian; Sumorok, Konstanty C; Yang, Mingming; Wyslouch, Victoria; Barbieri, Richard Alexander; Bauer, Gerry P; Lee, Yen-Jie; Levin, Andrew Michael; Luckey Jr, P David; ... Show more Show less
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The ratio of the production cross sections times branching fractions (σ(B[superscript ± [subscript c])B(B[superscript ±] [subscript c]→J[over ψπ [superscript ±]])) [over (σ(B [superscript ±])B(B[superscript ±]→J/ψK[superscript ±]))] is studied in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The kinematic region investigated requires B [subscript c] [superscript ±] and B[superscript ±] mesons with transverse momentum p [subscript T] > 15 GeV and rapidity |y| < 1.6. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.1 fb [superscript −1]. The ratio is determined to be [0.48±0.05(stat)±0.03(syst)±0.05 (τB[subscript c])]% . The B [subscript c] [superscript ±] → J [over ψπ [superscript ±] π [superscript ±] π [superscript ∓]] decay is also observed in the same data sample. Using a model-independent method developed to measure the efficiency given the presence of resonant behaviour in the three-pion system, the ratio of the branching fractions B(B[superscript ±][subscript c]→J [over ψπ [superscript ±] π [superscript ±] π [superscript ∓]]) [over B(B[superscript ±] [subscript c] →J [over ψπ[superscript ±]])] is measured to be 2.55±0.80(stat)±0.33(syst)[superscript +0.04][subscript −0.01](τB[subscript c]) , consistent with the previous LHCb result.
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2015-01Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of ScienceJournal
Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer-Verlag
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The CMS collaboration et al. “Measurement of the Ratio of the Production Cross Sections Times Branching Fractions of B [superscript ±][subscript c] → [J over ψπ [superscript ±]] and B[superscript ±] → [J over ψK [superscript ±]] and ℬ(B [superscript ±][subscript c] → [J over Ψ π [superscript ±] π [superscript ±] π [superscript ∓] [over ℬ(B [superscript ±][subscript c] → J [over Ψ π [superscript ±]]) in Pp Collisions at √s = 7 TeV.” Journal of High Energy Physics 2015.1 (2015): 1-13.
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1029-8479
1126-6708