Measurement of relative branching fractions of B decays to $\psi(2S)$ and $J/\psi$ mesons
R. Aaij
,
I. de Bonis
(1)
,
D. Decamp
(1)
,
Ph. Ghez
(1)
,
P. Hopchev
(1)
,
J.-P. Lees
(1)
,
I.V. Machikhiliyan
(1)
,
M.-N. Minard
(1)
,
B. Pietrzyk
(1)
,
S. t'Jampens
(1)
,
V. Tisserand
(1)
,
E. Tournefier
(1)
,
S. Barsuk
(2)
,
O. Callot
(2)
,
J. He
(2)
,
B. Jean-Marie
(2)
,
J. Lefrançois
(2)
,
F. Machefert
(2)
,
A. Martin Sanchez
(2)
,
M. Nicol
(2)
,
P. Robbe
(2)
,
M.-H. Schune
(2)
,
B. Viaud
(2)
,
I. Videau
(2)
,
Ziad Zj Ajaltouni
(3)
,
E. Cogneras
(3)
,
O. Deschamps
(3)
,
Pierre Henrard
(3)
,
Marwa Jahjah-Hussein
(3)
,
R. Lefèvre
(3)
,
L. Li Gioi
(3)
,
S. Monteil
(3)
,
V. Niess
(3)
,
Pascal Perret
(3)
,
Diego Alejandro Roa Romero
(3)
,
Krzysztof Grzegorz Sobczak
(3)
,
C. Adrover
(4)
,
E. Aslanides
(4)
,
J. Cogan
(4)
,
B. Khanji
(4)
,
R. Legac
(4)
,
O. Leroy
(4)
,
G. Mancinelli
(4)
,
E. Maurice
(4)
,
M. Perrin-Terrin
(4)
,
M. Sapunov
(4)
,
J. Serrano
(4)
,
A. Tsaregorodtsev
(4)
R. Aaij
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S. t'Jampens
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J. He
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Ziad Zj Ajaltouni
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E. Cogneras
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O. Deschamps
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Pierre Henrard
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Pascal Perret
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Diego Alejandro Roa Romero
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J. Cogan
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O. Leroy
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M. Perrin-Terrin
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J. Serrano
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Abstract
The relative rates of B-meson decays into $J/\psi$ and $\psi(2S)$ mesons are measured for the three decay modes in pp collisions recorded with the LHCb detector. The ratios of branching fractions ($\mathcal{B}$) are measured to be \frac{\mathcal{B}(B^+ \to \psi(2S) K^+)}{\mathcal{B}(B^+ \to J/\psi K^+)} &=& 0.594 \pm 0.006 (stat) \pm 0.016 (syst) \pm 0.015 (R_{\psi}), \frac{\mathcal{B}(B^0 \to \psi(2S) K^{*0})}{\mathcal{B}(B^0 \to J/\psi K^{*0})} &=& 0.476 \pm 0.014 (stat) \pm 0.010 (syst) \pm 0.012\,(R_{\psi}), \frac{\mathcal{B}^{0}_{s}(B^0_s \to \psi(2S)\phi)}{\mathcal{B}(B^0_s \to J/\psi\phi)} &=& 0.489 \pm 0.026 (stat) \pm 0.021 (syst) \pm 0.012\,(R_{\psi}) where the third uncertainty is from the ratio of the $\psi(2S)$ and $J/\psi$ branching fractions to $\mumu$.