First observation of the decay B → J/ψΦK

被引:17
作者
Anastassov, A [1 ]
Duboscq, JE
Gan, KK
Gwon, C
Hart, T
Honscheid, K
Hufnagel, D
Kagan, H
Kass, R
Lorenc, J
Pedlar, TK
Schwarthoff, H
von Toerne, E
Zoeller, MM
Richichi, SJ
Severini, H
Skubic, P
Undrus, A
Chen, S
Fast, J
Hinson, JW
Lee, J
Menon, N
Miller, DH
Shibata, EI
Shipsey, IPJ
Pavlunin, V
Cronin-Hennessy, D
Kwon, Y
Lyon, AL
Thorndike, EH
Jessop, CP
Marsiske, H
Perl, ML
Savinov, V
Ugolini, D
Zhou, X
Coan, TE
Fadeyev, V
Korolkov, I
Maravin, Y
Narsky, I
Stroynowski, R
Ye, J
Wlodek, T
Artuso, M
Ayad, R
Boulahouache, C
Bukin, K
Dambasuren, E
机构
[1] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[2] Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA
[3] Purdue Univ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
[4] Univ Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[5] Stanford Univ, Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr, Stanford, CA 94309 USA
[6] So Methodist Univ, Dallas, TX 75275 USA
[7] Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
[8] Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
[9] Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
[10] Wayne State Univ, Detroit, MI 48202 USA
[11] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[12] Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[13] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[14] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[15] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[16] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[17] Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[18] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[19] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[20] Univ Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[21] Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
[22] Inst Particle Phys, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[23] McGill Univ, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada
[24] Ithaca Coll, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
[25] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[26] SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222 USA
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1393
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present the first observation of the decay B --> J/psi phi K. Using 9.6 X 10(6) B (B) over bar meson pairs collected with the CLEO detector, we have observed ten fully reconstructed B --> J/psi phi K candidates, whereas the estimated background is 0.5 +/- 0.2 event. We obtain a branching fraction of B(B --> J/psi phi K) = (8.8(-3.0)(+3.5)[stat] +/- 1.3[syst]) X 10(-5). This is the first observed B meson decay requiring the creation of an additional s (s) over bar quark pair.
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页码:1393 / 1397
页数:5
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