Amplitude analysis of B+^{+}→ ψ(2S)K+^{+}π+^{+}π^{−} decays

Collaboration
Jul 17, 2024
69 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 01 (2025) 054
  • Published: Jan 8, 2025
e-Print:
Report number:
  • LHCb-PAPER-2024-014,
  • CERN-EP-2024-177
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Abstract: (Springer)
The first full amplitude analysis of B+^{+} → ψ(2S)K+^{+}π+^{+}π^{−} decays is performed using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb1^{−1} recorded with the LHCb detector. The rich K+^{+}π+^{+}π^{−} spectrum is studied and the branching fractions of the resonant substructure associated with the prominent K1_{1}(1270)+^{+} contribution are measured. The data cannot be described by conventional strange and charmonium resonances only. An amplitude model with 53 components is developed comprising 11 hidden-charm exotic hadrons. New production mechanisms for charged charmonium-like states are observed. Significant resonant activity with spin-parity JP^{P} = 1+^{+} in the ψ(2S)π+^{+} system is confirmed and a multi-pole structure is demonstrated. The spectral decomposition of the ψ(2S)π+^{+}π^{−} invariant-mass structure, dominated by X0^{0} → ψ(2S)ρ(770)0^{0} decays, broadly resembles the J/ψϕ spectrum observed in B+^{+} → J/ψϕK+^{+} decays. Exotic ψ(2S)K+^{+}π^{−} resonances are observed for the first time.[graphic not available: see fulltext]
Note:
  • B Physics
  • Exotics
  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Spectroscopy