LHCb Collaboration (Including: Back, J. J., Dossett, D., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Kreps, Michal, Latham, Thomas, Pilar, T., Poluektov, Anton, Reid, Matthew M., Silva Coutinho, R., Whitehead, M. (Mark) and Williams, M. P.). (2012) First observation of the decay Bc+→J/ψπ+π-π+. Physical Review Letters, Vol.108 (No.25). Article Number 251802 . doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.251802 ISSN 0031-9007.

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Abstract

The decay Bc+→J/ψπ+π-π+ is observed for the first time, using 0.8  fb-1 of pp collisions at √s=7  TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. The ratio of branching fractions B(Bc+→J/ψπ+π-π+)/B(Bc+→J/ψπ+) is measured to be 2.41±0.30±0.33, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The result is in agreement with theoretical predictions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	B mesons -- Decay, Proton-proton interactions, Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)
Journal or Publication Title:	Physical Review Letters
Publisher:	American Physical Society
ISSN:	0031-9007
Official Date:	2012
Dates:	Date Event 2012 Published
Volume:	Vol.108
Number:	No.25
Article Number:	Article Number 251802
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.251802
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	22 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	22 December 2015
Funder:	Brazil. Coordenação do Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (Brazil) (FINEP), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Guo jia zi ran ke xue ji jin wei yuan hui (China) [National Natural Science Foundation of China] (NSFC), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) (CNRS), Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Germany. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften [Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science], Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare (INFN), Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM) [Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter], Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research] (NWO), SCSR (Poland), Autoritatea Nationala pentru Cercetare Stiintifica (ANCS), Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo obrazovanii︠a︡ i nauki [Ministry of Education and Science], Federalʹnoe agentstvo po atomnoĭ ėnergii (Russia), Spain. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Galicia (Spain : Region). Xunta, Catalonia (Spain), Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung [Swiss National Science Foundation] (SNSF), Switzerland. Staatssekretariat für Ausbildung und Forschung (SER), Nat︠s︡ionalʹna akademii︠a︡ nauk Ukraïny (NAS), Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain) (STFC), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF), Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7), Auvergne (France)

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