Title: | Study of η − η′ mixing from measurement of B 0(s) → J/ψη(′) decay rates
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Author: | LHCb Collaboration
Adeva Andany, Bernardo
Álvarez Cartelle, Paula
Dosil Suárez, Álvaro
Fernández Albor, Víctor Manuel
Gallas Torreira, Abraham Antonio
García Pardiñas, Julián
Hernando Morata, José Ángel
Plo Casasus, Máximo
Romero Vidal, Antonio
Saborido Silva, Juan José
Sanmartín Sedes, Brais
Santamarina Ríos, Cibrán
Vázquez Regueiro, Pablo
Vázquez Sierra, Carlos
Vieites Díaz, María
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Affiliation: | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Física de Partículas Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE)
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Subject: | Spectroscopy | Hadron-Hadron Scattering | QCD | Branching fraction | B physics | |
Date of Issue: | 2015
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Publisher: | Springer
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Citation: | Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M. et al. Study of η − η′ mixing from measurement of B 0(s) → J/ψη(′) decay rates. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 24 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2015)024
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Abstract: | A study of B and Bs meson decays into J/ψ η and J/ψ η′ final states is performed using a data set of proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, collected by the LCHb experiment and corresponding to 3.0 fb−1 of integrated luminosity. The decay B0 → J/ψ η′ is observed for the first time. The following ratios of branching fractions are measured:
B(B0→J/ψη′)B(B0s→ J/ψη′)=(2.28±0.65 (stat)±0.10 (syst)±0.13 (fs/fd))×10−2,B(B0→ J/ψη)B(B0s→ J/ψη)=(1.85±0.61 (stat)±0.09 (syst)±0.11 (fs/fd))×10−2,
where the third uncertainty is related to the present knowledge of fs/fd, the ratio between the probabilities for a b quark to form a Bs or a B0 meson. The branching fraction ratios are used to determine the parameters of η − η′ meson mixing. In addition, the first evidence for the decay Bs → ψ(2S)η′ is reported, and the relative branching fraction is measured,
B(B0s→ ψ(2S)η′)B(B0s→ J/ψη′)=(38.7±9.0 (stat)±1.3 (syst)±0.9(B))×10−2,
where the third uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the branching fractions of J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons. |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2015)024 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21923
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DOI: | 10.1007/JHEP01(2015)024 |
ISSN: | 1029-8479
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Rights: | © CERN, for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration. Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made
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