Observation of the Decay Bc±→J/ψπ± and Measurement of the Bc± Mass

CDF Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.182002

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English

Observation of the Decay B_c^±→J/ψπ± and Measurement of the B_c^± Mass

ContributorsCDF Collaboration

CollaboratorsClark, Allan Geoffrey; Hamilton, Andrew; Lefevre, Régis; Sfyrla, Anna; Shreyber, Irina; Vallecorsa, Sofia; Wu, Xin

Published inPhysical review letters, vol. 100, no. 18, 182002

Publication date2008

Abstract

The B±c meson is observed through the decay B±c→J/ψπ±, in data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.4 fb−1 recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. A signal of 108±15 candidates is observed, with a significance that exceeds 8σ. The mass of the B±c meson is measured to be 6275.6±2.9(stat)±2.5(syst) MeV/c2.

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Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire

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CDF Collaboration. Observation of the Decay B_c^±→J/ψπ± and Measurement of the B_c^± Mass. In: Physical review letters, 2008, vol. 100, n° 18, p. 182002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.182002

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PID : unige:38504
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.182002

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.182002

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