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Evidence for B+→hcK+ and observation of ηc(2S)→pp¯π+π−

  • (Belle Collaboration)
  • RAS - P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute
  • The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • RAS - Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics
  • Novosibirsk State University
  • Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
  • University of Tabuk
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  • King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • University of Göttingen
  • Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali
  • Charles University
  • Jožef Stefan Institute
  • H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics
  • University of Maribor
  • University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)
  • National Central University
  • Hanyang University
  • Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
  • Gyeongsang National University
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Wayne State University
  • German Electron Synchrotron
  • Université Paris-Sud
  • Panjab University
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

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Abstract

A search for the decays B+→hcK+ and B0→hcKS0 is performed. Evidence for the decay B+→hcK+ is found; its significance is 4.8σ. No evidence is found for B0→hcKS0. The branching fraction for B+→hcK+ is measured to be (3.7-0.9+1.0 -0.8+0.8)×10-5; the upper limit for the B0→hcKS0 branching fraction is 1.4×10-5 at 90% C.L. In addition, a study of the ppπ+π- invariant mass distribution in the channel B+→(ppπ+π-)K+ results in the first observation of the decay ηc(2S)→ppπ+π- with 12.1σ significance. The analysis is based on the 711 fb-1 data sample collected by the Belle detector at the asymmetric-energy e+e- collider KEKB at the (4S) resonance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012001
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume100
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jul 2019

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