@article{
author = "Sirunyan, A. M. and Tumasyan, A. and Adam, W. and Ambrogi, F. and Bergauer, T. and Adžić, Petar and Ćirković, Predrag and Đorđević, Miloš and Milenović, Predrag and Milošević, Jovan",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The ratios of the Bc(2S)+ to Bc+, Bc*(2S)+ to Bc+, and Bc*(2S)+ to Bc(2S)+ production cross sections are measured in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV, using a data sample collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 143 fb−1. The three measurements are made in the Bc+ meson phase space region defined by the transverse momentum pT>15 GeV and absolute rapidity |y|<2.4, with the excited Bc(*)(2S)+ states reconstructed through the Bc(*)+π+π−, followed by the Bc+→J/ψπ+ and J/ψ→μ+μ− decays. The Bc(2S)+ to Bc+, Bc*(2S)+ to Bc+, and Bc*(2S)+ to Bc(2S)+ cross section ratios, including the unknown Bc(*)(2S)+→Bc(*)+π+π− branching fractions, are (3.47±0.63(stat)±0.33(syst))%, (4.69±0.71(stat)±0.56(syst))%, and 1.35±0.32(stat)±0.09(syst), respectively. None of these ratios shows a significant dependence on the pT or |y| of the Bc+ meson. The normalized dipion invariant mass distributions from the decays Bc(*)(2S)+→Bc(*)+π+π− are also reported.",
journal = "Physical Review D",
title = "Measurement of Bc(2S)+ and Bc*(2S)+ cross section ratios in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV",
volume = "102",
pages = "092007",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.102.092007"
}