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Observation of the decay B+c→Bºsπ+
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LHCb Collaboration (Including: Back, J. J., Craik, Daniel, Dossett, D., Gershon, T. J., Kreps, Michal, Latham, Thomas, Pilar, T., Poluektov, Anton, Reid, Matthew M., Silva Coutinho, R., Wallace, Charlotte, Whitehead, M. (Mark) and Williams, M. P.). (2013) Observation of the decay B+c→Bºsπ+. Physical Review Letters, Volume 111 (Number 18). Article number 181801. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.181801 ISSN 0031-9007.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.181801
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The result of a search for the decay B+c→Bºsπ+ is presented, using the Bºs→Ds-π+ and Bºs→J/ψϕ channels. The analysis is based on a data sample of pp collisions collected with the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1 fb-1 taken at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, and 2 fb-1 taken at 8 TeV. The decay B+c→Bºsπ+ is observed with significance in excess of 5 standard deviations independently in both decay channels. The measured product of the ratio of cross sections and branching fraction is [σ(Bc+)/σ(Bºs)]×B(Bc+→Bºsπ+)=[2.37±0.31 (stat)±0.11 (syst)-0.13+0.17(τBc+)]×10-3, in the pseudorapidity range 2<η(B)<5, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the uncertainty on the Bc+ lifetime. This is the first observation of a B meson decaying to another B meson via the weak interaction.
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