TY - JOUR
T1 - Search for B+ c → π+μ+μ− decays and measurement of the branching fraction ratio B(B+ c → ψ(2S)π+)/B(B+ c → J/ψπ+)
AU - LHCb Collaboration
AU - Aaij, R.
AU - Abdelmotteleb, A.S.W.
AU - Abellan Beteta, C.
AU - Ackernley, T.
AU - Amey, J. L.
AU - Albero, A. Alfonso
AU - Barsuk, S.
AU - Abudinén, F.
AU - de Bruyn, Kristof
AU - Mulder, Mick
PY - 2024/5
Y1 - 2024/5
N2 - The first search for nonresonant Bc+→π+μ+μ- decays is reported. The analysis uses proton–proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9fb-1. No evidence for an excess of signal events over background is observed and an upper limit is set on the branching fraction ratio B(Bc+→π+μ+μ-)/B(Bc+→J/ψπ+)<2.1×10-4 at 90% confidence level. Additionally, an updated measurement of the ratio of the Bc+→ψ(2S)π+ and Bc+→J/ψπ+ branching fractions is reported. The ratio B(Bc+→ψ(2S)π+)/B(Bc+→J/ψπ+) is measured to be 0.254±0.018±0.003±0.005, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is due to the uncertainties on the branching fractions of the leptonic J/ψ and ψ(2S) decays. This measurement is the most precise to date and is consistent with previous LHCb results.
AB - The first search for nonresonant Bc+→π+μ+μ- decays is reported. The analysis uses proton–proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9fb-1. No evidence for an excess of signal events over background is observed and an upper limit is set on the branching fraction ratio B(Bc+→π+μ+μ-)/B(Bc+→J/ψπ+)<2.1×10-4 at 90% confidence level. Additionally, an updated measurement of the ratio of the Bc+→ψ(2S)π+ and Bc+→J/ψπ+ branching fractions is reported. The ratio B(Bc+→ψ(2S)π+)/B(Bc+→J/ψπ+) is measured to be 0.254±0.018±0.003±0.005, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is due to the uncertainties on the branching fractions of the leptonic J/ψ and ψ(2S) decays. This measurement is the most precise to date and is consistent with previous LHCb results.
U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12669-x
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12669-x
M3 - Article
SN - 1434-6044
VL - 84
JO - The European Physical Journal C
JF - The European Physical Journal C
IS - 5
M1 - 468
ER -