Observation of the decay B+ to psi(2S) phi K+ in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV

V. Khachatryan , M. Besançon (1) , F. Couderc (1) , M. Dejardin (1) , D. Denegri (1) , B. Fabbro (1) , J.L. Faure (1) , C. Favaro (1) , F. Ferri (1) , S. Ganjour (1) , S. Ghosh (1) , A. Givernaud (1) , P. Gras (1) , G. Hamel De Monchenault (1) , P. Jarry (1) , I. Kucher (1) , E. Locci (1) , M. Machet (1) , J. Malcles (1) , J. Rander (1) , A. Rosowsky (1) , M. Titov (1) , A. Zghiche (1) , A. Abdulsalam (2) , I. Antropov (2) , S. Baffioni (2) , F. Beaudette (2) , P. Busson (2) , L. Cadamuro (2) , E. Chapon (2) , C. Charlot (2) , O. Davignon (2) , R. Granier De Cassagnac (2) , M. Jo (2) , S. Lisniak (2) , P. Mine (2) , M. Nguyen (2) , C. Ochando (2) , G. Ortona (2) , P. Paganini (2) , P. Pigard (2) , S. Regnard (2) , R. Salerno (2) , Y. Sirois (2) , T. Strebler (2) , Y. Yilmaz (2) , A. Zabi (2) , J.-L. Agram (3) , J. Andrea , A. Aubin (3) , D. Bloch (3) , J.-M. Brom (3) , M. Buttignol (3) , E.C. Chabert (3) , N. Chanon (3) , C. Collard (3) , E. Conte (3) , X. Coubez (3) , J.-C. Fontaine (3) , D. Gele (3) , U. Goerlach (3) , A.-C. Le Bihan (3) , J.A. Merlin (3) , K. Skovpen (3) , P. Van Hove (3) , S. Gadrat (4) , S. Beauceron (5) , C. Bernet (5) , G. Boudoul (5) , E. Bouvier (5) , C.A. Carrillo Montoya (5) , R. Chierici (5) , D. Contardo (5) , B. Courbon (5) , P. Depasse (5) , H. El Mamouni (5) , J. Fan (5) , J. Fay (5) , S. Gascon (5) , M. Gouzevitch (5) , G. Grenier (5) , B. Ille (5) , Fabienne Lagarde (5) , I.B. Laktineh (5) , M. Lethuillier (5) , L. Mirabito (5) , A.L. Pequegnot (5) , S. Perries (5) , A. Popov D. Sabes , V. Sordini (5) , M. Vander Donckt (5) , P. Verdier (5) , S. Viret (5)

1 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
2 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
3 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
4 CC-IN2P3 - Centre de Calcul de l'IN2P3
5 IPNL - Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon

The decay B+ to psi(2S) phi(1020) K+ is observed for the first time using data collected from pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.6 inverse femtobarns. The branching fraction of this decay is measured, using the mode B+ to psi(2S) K+ as normalization, to be (4.0+/- 0.4 (stat) +/- 0.6 (syst) +/- 0.2 (B)1E-6, where the third uncertainty is from the imprecision in the normalization channel.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Expérience [hep-ex]

V. Khachatryan, M. Besançon, F. Couderc, M. Dejardin, D. Denegri, et al.. Observation of the decay B+ to psi(2S) phi K+ in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. Physics Letters B, 2017, 764, pp.66-86. ⟨10.1016/j.physletb.2016.11.001⟩. ⟨in2p3-01344460⟩