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Updated search for Bc+ decays to two charm mesons

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Authors

Aaij, R 
Abdelmotteleb, ASW 
Abellán Beteta, C 
Ackernley, T 
Adeva, B 

Abstract

A data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9fb−1 of proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb experiment has been analysed to search for Bc+→D(s)(∗)+D(−)(∗)0 decays. The decays are fully or partially reconstructed, where one or two missing neutral pions or photons from the decay of an excited charm meson are allowed. Upper limits for the branching fractions, normalised to B+ decays to final states with similar topologies, are obtained for fourteen Bc+ decay modes. For the decay Bc+→Ds+D0, an excess with a significance of 3.4 standard deviations is found.

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Keywords

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

2021

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC