TY  - JOUR
AU  - LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al
AU  - Garcia Martin, L. M.
AU  - Henry, L.
AU  - Jashal, B. K.
AU  - Martinez-Vidal, F.
AU  - Oyanguren, A.
AU  - Remon Alepuz, C.
AU  - Ruiz Vidal, J.
AU  - Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019//
TI  - Observation of an Excited B-c(+) State
T2  - Phys. Rev. Lett.
JO  - Physical Review Letters
SP  - 232001 - 10pp
VL  - 122
IS  - 23
PB  - Amer Physical Soc
AB  - Using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.5 fb(-1) recorded by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of root s = 7, 8, and 13 TeV, the observation of an excited B-c(+) state in the B-c(+)pi(+)pi(-) invariant-mass spectrum is reported. The observed peak has a mass of 6841.2 +/- 0.6(stat) +/- 0.1(syst) +/- 0.8(B-c(+)) MeV/c(2), where the last uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the B-c(+) mass. It is consistent with expectations of the B-c*(2(3)S(1))(+) state reconstructed without the low-energy photon from the B-c*(1(3)S(1))(+) -> B-c(+)gamma decay following B-c*(2(3)S(1))(+) -> B-c*(1(3)S(1))(+)pi(+)pi(-). A second state is seen with a global (local) statistical significance of 2.2 sigma (3.2 sigma) and a mass of 6872.1 +/- 1.3(stat) +/- 0.1(syst) +/- 0.8(B-c(+)) MeV/c(2), and is consistent with the B-c(2(1)S(0))(+) state. These mass measurements are the most precise to date.
SN  - 0031-9007
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.00081
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.232001
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.232001
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000471988300003
ID  - LHCbCollaborationAaij_etal2019
ER  -