Measurement of the ratio of the production cross sections times branching fractions of Bc+/- to J/psi pi+/- and B+/- to J/psi K+/- and B(Bc+/- to J/psi pi+/- pi+/- pi-/+)/B(Bc+/- to J/psi pi+/-) in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

Khachatryan, Vardan; Morović, Srećko; Ferenček, Dinko; Đurić, Senka; Godinović, Nikola; Lelas, Damir; Polić, Dunja; Puljak, Ivica; Antunović, Željko; Kovač, Marko; Brigljević, Vuko; Kadija, Krešo; Luetić, Jelena; Mekterović, Darko; Sudić, Lucija; Woods, Nate (2015) Measurement of the ratio of the production cross sections times branching fractions of Bc+/- to J/psi pi+/- and B+/- to J/psi K+/- and B(Bc+/- to J/psi pi+/- pi+/- pi-/+)/B(Bc+/- to J/psi pi+/-) in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 01 . 063-1-063-16. ISSN 1029-8479

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Abstract

The ratio of the production cross sections times branching fractions (sigma(Bc+) B(Bc+ to J/psi pi+))/ (sigma(B+) B(B+ to J/psi K+)) is studied in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The kinematic region investigated requires Bc+/- and B+/- mesons with transverse momentum pt > 15 GeV and rapidity abs(y) < 1.6. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.1 inverse femtobarns. The ratio is determined to be [0.48 +/- 0.05 (stat) +/- 0.03 (syst) +/- 0.05 (tau_{; ; Bc}; ; )]% The J/psi pi+/- pi+/- pi-/+ decay mode is also observed in the same data sample. Using a model- independent method developed to measure the efficiency given the presence of resonant behaviour in the three-pion system, the ratio of the branching fractions B(Bc+/- to J/psi pi+/- pi+/- pi-/+) / B(Bc+/- to J/psi pi+/-) is measured to be 2.55 +/- 0.80 (stat) +/- 0.33 (syst) +0.04/-0.01 (tau[Bc+]), consistent with the previous LHCb result.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	High energy physics ; Experimental particle physics ; LHC ; CMS ; Standard Model
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics
Divisions:	Division of Experimental Physics
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Mjerenje svojstava Higgsovog bozona i potraga za novom fizikom detektorom CMS-HIGGSPRO Ivica Puljak IP-2013-11-7118 HRZZ Potraga za novim standardnim modelom elementarnih čestica na LHC-u: od preciznih mjerenja elektroslabih procesa do direktnih potraga za novom fizikom- Vuko Brigljević IS-09.01/346 HRZZ
Depositing User:	Jelena Luetić
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2017 16:05
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/3636
DOI:	10.1007/JHEP01(2015)063

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