A Study of B0J/ψK()0π+πB^0 \to J/\psi K^{(*)0} \pi^+ \pi^- Decays with the Collider Detector at Fermilab

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Aug, 2001

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We report a study of the decays B0 -> J/psi K(*)0 pi+ pi-, which involve the creation of a u u-bar or d d-bar quark pair in addition to a b-bar -> c-bar(c s-bar) decay. The data sample consists of 110 1/pb of p p-bar collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV collected by the CDF detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider during 1992-1995. We measure the branching ratios to be BR(B0 -> J/psi K*0 pi+ pi-) = (8.0 +- 2.2 +- 1.5) * 10^{-4} and BR(B0 -> J/psi K0 pi+ pi-) = (1.1 +- 0.4 +- 0.2) * 10^{-3}. Contributions to these decays are seen from psi(2S) K(*)0, J/psi K0 rho0, J/psi K*+ pi-, and J/psi K1(1270).
  • anti-p p: colliding beams
  • bottom: pair production
  • B0: hadronic decay
  • B0: branching ratio
  • decay: amplitude analysis
  • mass spectrum
  • J/psi(3100)
  • K*(892)
  • psi(3685): intermediate state
  • rho(770)0: intermediate state