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Observation of Two Excited B^+_c States and Measurement of the B^+_c(2S) Mass in pp Collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Sirunyan, A. M. and Anderson, D. and Bornheim, A. and Lawhorn, J. M. and Lu, N. and Newman, H. B. and Nguyen, T. Q. and Pata, J. and Spiropulu, M. and Vlimant, J. R. and Xie, S. and Zhang, Z. and Zhu, R. Y. and Dubinin, M. (2019) Observation of Two Excited B^+_c States and Measurement of the B^+_c(2S) Mass in pp Collisions at √s = 13 TeV. Physical Review Letters, 122 (13). Art. No. 132001. ISSN 0031-9007. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.132001. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190418-074724701

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Abstract

Signals consistent with the B^+_c(2S) and B*^+_c(2S) states are observed in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13  TeV, in an event sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 143  fb^(-1), collected by the CMS experiment during the 2015–2018 LHC running periods. These excited bc states are observed in the B^+_cπ^+π^− invariant mass spectrum, with the ground state B^+_c reconstructed through its decay to J/ψπ^+. The two states are reconstructed as two well-resolved peaks, separated in mass by 29.1±1.5(stat)±0.7(syst)  MeV. The observation of two peaks, rather than one, is established with a significance exceeding five standard deviations. The mass of the B^+_c(2S) meson is measured to be 6871.0±1.2(stat)±0.8(syst)±0.8(B+c)  MeV, where the last term corresponds to the uncertainty in the world-average B^+_c mass.


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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.132001DOIArticle
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.00571arXivDiscussion Paper
ORCID:
AuthorORCID
Bornheim, A.0000-0002-0128-0871
Lawhorn, J. M.0000-0002-8597-9259
Newman, H. B.0000-0003-0964-1480
Nguyen, T. Q.0000-0003-3954-5131
Spiropulu, M.0000-0001-8172-7081
Xie, S.0000-0003-2509-5731
Zhang, Z.0000-0002-1630-0986
Zhu, R. Y.0000-0003-3091-7461
Additional Information:© 2019 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3. Received 1 February 2019; revised manuscript received 18 February 2019; published 2 April 2019. We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centers and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); MoER, ERC IUT, and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); NKFIA (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, RosAtom, RAS, and RFBR (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI, CPAN, PCTI, and FEDER (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR, and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); and DOE and NSF (USA).
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Helsinki Institute of PhysicsUNSPECIFIED
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Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Korea)UNSPECIFIED
National Research Foundation of KoreaUNSPECIFIED
Lithuanian Academy of SciencesUNSPECIFIED
Ministry of Education (Malaysia)UNSPECIFIED
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Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV)UNSPECIFIED
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Atomic Energy Commission (Pakistan)UNSPECIFIED
Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland)UNSPECIFIED
National Science Centre (Poland)UNSPECIFIED
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Thailand Center of Excellence in PhysicsUNSPECIFIED
Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (Thailand)UNSPECIFIED
Special Task Force for Activating Research (Thailand)UNSPECIFIED
National Science and Technology Development Agency (Thailand)UNSPECIFIED
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Issue or Number:13
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.132001
Record Number:CaltechAUTHORS:20190418-074724701
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190418-074724701
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ID Code:94777
Collection:CaltechAUTHORS
Deposited By: Tony Diaz
Deposited On:18 Apr 2019 18:41
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