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Study of Bc+ decays to charmonia and three light hadrons

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Authors

Aaij, R 
Abdelmotteleb, ASW 
Abellán Beteta, C 
Abudinen Gallego, FJ 
Ackernley, T 

Abstract

Using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9fb−1 collected with the LHCb detector, seven decay modes of the Bc+ meson into a J/ψ or ψ(2S) meson and three charged hadrons, kaons or pions, are studied. The decays $B_c^+\rightarrow ( \psi(2S) \rightarrow J/\psi \pi^+ \pi^-)\pi^+ $, Bc+→ψ(2S)π+π+π, Bc+→J/ψK+π+π and Bc+→K+K+K are observed for the first time, and evidence for the Bc+→ψ(2S)K+Kπ+ decay is found, where J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons are reconstructed in their dimuon decay modes. The ratios of branching fractions between the different Bc+ 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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Regular Article - Experimental Physics, B physics, Branching fraction, Flavor physics, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)

Journal Title

Journal of High Energy Physics

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Journal ISSN

1029-8479
1029-8479

Volume Title

2022

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg