We report the first evidence for a fully reconstructed decay mode of the B(c)(+/-) meson in the channel B(c)(+/-)-> J/psi pi(+/-), with J/psi ->mu(+)mu(-). The analysis is based on an integrated luminosity of 360 pb(-1) in p (p) over bar collisions at 1.96 TeV center of mass energy collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We observe 14.6 +/- 4.6 signal events with a background of 7.1 +/- 0.9 events, and a fit to the J/psi pi(+/-) mass spectrum yields a B(c)(+/-) mass of 6285.7 +/- 5.3(stat)+/- 1.2(syst) MeV/c(2). The probability of a peak of this magnitude occurring by random fluctuation in the search region is estimated as 0.012%.

A., A., D., A., J., A., T., A., T., A., M. G., A., et al. (2006). Evidence for the exclusive decay B(c)(+/-)-> J/psi pi(+/-) and measurement of the mass of the B(c)(+/-) meson. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 96(8) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.082002].

Evidence for the exclusive decay B(c)(+/-)-> J/psi pi(+/-) and measurement of the mass of the B(c)(+/-) meson

PAOLETTI, RICCARDO;
2006-01-01

Abstract

We report the first evidence for a fully reconstructed decay mode of the B(c)(+/-) meson in the channel B(c)(+/-)-> J/psi pi(+/-), with J/psi ->mu(+)mu(-). The analysis is based on an integrated luminosity of 360 pb(-1) in p (p) over bar collisions at 1.96 TeV center of mass energy collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We observe 14.6 +/- 4.6 signal events with a background of 7.1 +/- 0.9 events, and a fit to the J/psi pi(+/-) mass spectrum yields a B(c)(+/-) mass of 6285.7 +/- 5.3(stat)+/- 1.2(syst) MeV/c(2). The probability of a peak of this magnitude occurring by random fluctuation in the search region is estimated as 0.012%.
2006
A., A., D., A., J., A., T., A., T., A., M. G., A., et al. (2006). Evidence for the exclusive decay B(c)(+/-)-> J/psi pi(+/-) and measurement of the mass of the B(c)(+/-) meson. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 96(8) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.082002].
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