PT Journal
AU LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, Rea
   Jashal, BK
   Martinez-Vidal, F
   Oyanguren, A
   Remon Alepuz, C
   Ruiz Vidal, J
TI Study of B-c(+) decays to charmonia and three light hadrons
SO Journal of High Energy Physics
JI J. High Energy Phys.
PY 2022
BP 065
EP 28pp
VL 01
IS 1
DI 10.1007/JHEP01(2022)065
LA English
DE B physics; Branching fraction; Flavor physics; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
AB Using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb(-1) collected with the LHCb detector, seven decay modes of the B-C(+) meson into a J/psi or psi(2S) meson and three charged hadrons, kaons or pions, are studied. The decays B-C (+)-> (psi(2S) -> J/psi pi(+)pi(-))pi(+), B+C -> (psi(2S)pi(+)pi(-)pi(+), B+C -> J/psi K+pi(-)pi(+) and B+C -> J/K+K-K+ are observed for the first time, and evidence for the B-C (+)-> (psi(2S)K+K-pi(+), decay is found, where J/psi and psi(2S) mesons are reconstructed in their dimuon decay modes. The ratios of branching fractions between the different B-C(+) decays are reported as well as the fractions of the decays proceeding via intermediate resonances. The results largely support the factorisation approach used for a theoretical description of the studied decays.
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