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Search for $B_c^+$ decays to the $p\bar p\pi^+$ final state

LHCb

Collaboration

Mar 22, 2016

9 pages

Published in:

Phys.Lett.B 759 (2016) 313-321

Published: Aug 10, 2016

e-Print:

1603.07037 [hep-ex]

DOI:

10.1016/j.physletb.2016.05.074

PDG:

{{\mathit B}_{{{c}}}^{+}}

\rightarrow

{{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}{{\mathit \pi}^{+}}

Report number:

CERN-EP-2016-072,
LHCB-PAPER-2016-001

Experiments:

CERN-LHC-LHCb

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Abstract: (Elsevier)

A search for the decays of the Bc+ meson to pp¯π+ is performed for the first time using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. No signal is found and an upper limit, at 95% confidence level, is set, fcfu×B(Bc+→pp‾π+)<3.6×10−8 in the kinematic region m(pp‾)<2.85 GeV/c2 , pT(B)<20 GeV/c and 2.0

Note:

All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/LHCbProjectPublic/LHCb-PAPER-2016-001.html

p p: scattering
p p: colliding beams
B/c+: hadronic decay
B/c+: branching ratio: upper limit
fragmentation
kinematics
mass spectrum: (p anti-p)
B: transverse momentum
rapidity
LHC-B

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