Study of the B +→ J / ψ Λ ¯ p decay in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV
Authors
Sirunyan, A.Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Ambrogi, F.
Bergauer, T.
Adžić, Petar
Ćirković, Predrag

Devetak, Damir

Đorđević, Miloš

Milenović, Predrag
Milošević, Jovan

Stojanović, Milan
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CMS CollaborationCMS Collaboration (ukupan broj autora: 2337)
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A study of the B +→ J / ψ Λ ¯ p decay using proton-proton collision data collected at s = 8 TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.6 fb−1, is presented. The ratio of branching fractions B(B+→J/ψΛ¯p)/B(B+→J/ψK∗(892)+) is measured to be (1.054 ± 0.057(stat) ± 0.035(syst) ± 0.011(B))%, where the last uncertainty reflects the uncertainties in the world-average branching fractions of Λ ¯ and K*(892) + decays to reconstructed final states. The invariant mass distributions of the J / ψ Λ ¯ , J/ψp, and Λ ¯ p systems produced in the B +→ J / ψ Λ¯ p decay are investigated and found to be inconsistent with the pure phase space hypothesis. The analysis is extended by using a model-independent angular amplitude analysis, which shows that the observed invariant mass distributions are consistent with the contributions from excited kaons decaying to the Λ ¯ p system.
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Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019, 2019, 12, 1-38
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2019)100
ISSN: 1126-6708