Using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.5 fb^−1 recorded by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of √s = 7, 8, and 13 TeV, the observation of an excited Bc+ state in the Bc+ π+ π− invariant-mass spectrum is reported. The observed peak has a mass of 6841.2 ± 0.6(stat) ± 0.1(syst) ± 0.8(Bc+) MeV/c^2, where the last uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the Bc+ mass. It is consistent with expectations of the Bc∗(2^3S_1)+ state reconstructed without the low-energy photon from the Bc∗(1^3S_1)+ → Bc+ γ decay following Bc∗(2^3S_1)+ → Bc∗(1^3S_1)+ π+ π−. A second state is seen with a global (local) statistical significance of 2.2 σ (3.2 σ) and a mass of 6872.1 ± 1.3(stat) ± 0.1(syst) ± 0.8(Bc+) MeV/c^2, and is consistent with the Bc(2^1S_0)+ state. These mass measurements are the most precise to date.

Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Aidala, C.A., Ajaltouni, Z., et al. (2019). Observation of an Excited Bc+ State. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 122(23), 1-10 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.232001].

Observation of an Excited Bc+ State

Betti, F.;Capriotti, L.;Carbone, A.;Ferrari, F.;Galli, D.;Patrignani, C.;Perazzini, S.;Pisani, F.;Vagnoni, V.;Zucchelli, S.
2019

Abstract

Using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.5 fb^−1 recorded by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of √s = 7, 8, and 13 TeV, the observation of an excited Bc+ state in the Bc+ π+ π− invariant-mass spectrum is reported. The observed peak has a mass of 6841.2 ± 0.6(stat) ± 0.1(syst) ± 0.8(Bc+) MeV/c^2, where the last uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the Bc+ mass. It is consistent with expectations of the Bc∗(2^3S_1)+ state reconstructed without the low-energy photon from the Bc∗(1^3S_1)+ → Bc+ γ decay following Bc∗(2^3S_1)+ → Bc∗(1^3S_1)+ π+ π−. A second state is seen with a global (local) statistical significance of 2.2 σ (3.2 σ) and a mass of 6872.1 ± 1.3(stat) ± 0.1(syst) ± 0.8(Bc+) MeV/c^2, and is consistent with the Bc(2^1S_0)+ state. These mass measurements are the most precise to date.
2019
Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Aidala, C.A., Ajaltouni, Z., et al. (2019). Observation of an Excited Bc+ State. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 122(23), 1-10 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.232001].
Aaij, R.; Abellán Beteta, C.; Adeva, B.; Adinolfi, M.; Aidala, C.A.; Ajaltouni, Z.; Akar, S.; Albicocco, P.; Albrecht, J.; Alessio, F.; Alexander, M.;...espandi
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