The first observation of the Bbar0→J/ψK+K− decay is presented with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0  fb−1 of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV collected with the LHCb detector. The branching fraction is measured to be ℬ(Bbar0→J/ψK+K−)=(2.53±0.31±0.19)×10−6, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. An amplitude analysis of the final state in the Bbar0→J/ψK+K− decay is performed to separate resonant and nonresonant contributions in the K+K− spectrum. Evidence of the a0(980) resonance is reported with statistical significance of 3.9 standard deviations. The corresponding product branching fraction is measured to be ℬ(Bbar0→J/ψa0(980),a0(980)→K+K−)=(4.70±3.31±0.72)×10−7, yielding an upper limit of ℬ(Bbar0→J/ψa0(980),a0(980)→K+K−)<9.0×10−7 at 90% confidence level. No evidence of the resonant decay Bbar0→J/ψϕ is found, and an upper limit on its branching fraction is set to be ℬ(Bbar0→J/ψϕ)<1.9×10−7 at 90% confidence level.

First observation of (B)over-bar(0) -> J/psi K+K- and search for (B)over-bar(0) -> J/psi phi decays

CARDINALE, ROBERTA;FONTANELLI, FLAVIO;PATRIGNANI, CLAUDIA;PETROLINI, ALESSANDRO;
2013-01-01

Abstract

The first observation of the Bbar0→J/ψK+K− decay is presented with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0  fb−1 of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV collected with the LHCb detector. The branching fraction is measured to be ℬ(Bbar0→J/ψK+K−)=(2.53±0.31±0.19)×10−6, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. An amplitude analysis of the final state in the Bbar0→J/ψK+K− decay is performed to separate resonant and nonresonant contributions in the K+K− spectrum. Evidence of the a0(980) resonance is reported with statistical significance of 3.9 standard deviations. The corresponding product branching fraction is measured to be ℬ(Bbar0→J/ψa0(980),a0(980)→K+K−)=(4.70±3.31±0.72)×10−7, yielding an upper limit of ℬ(Bbar0→J/ψa0(980),a0(980)→K+K−)<9.0×10−7 at 90% confidence level. No evidence of the resonant decay Bbar0→J/ψϕ is found, and an upper limit on its branching fraction is set to be ℬ(Bbar0→J/ψϕ)<1.9×10−7 at 90% confidence level.
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