@article{328fc5ee1ce54e8db5ca0c1af1c05a09,
title = "Observation of the decay Λ b 0 → ψ(2S)pπ− ",
abstract = "The Cabibbo-suppressed decay Λb 0 → ψ(2S)pπ− is observed for the first time using a data sample collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.9 fb−1 of integrated luminosity at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV, respectively. The ψ(2S) mesons are reconstructed in the μ+μ− final state. The branching fraction with respect to that of the Λb 0 → ψ(2S)pK− decay mode is measured to be ℬ(Λb0→ψ(2S)pπ−)ℬ(Λb0→ψ(2S)pK−)=(11.4±1.3±0.2)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The ψ(2S)p and ψ(2S)π− mass spectra are investigated and no evidence for exotic resonances is found.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].",
keywords = "B physics, Flavor physics, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Spectroscopy",
author = "{The Lhcb Collaboration} and R. Aaij and B. Adeva and M. Adinolfi and Aidala, {C. A.} and Z. Ajaltouni and S. Akar and P. Albicocco and J. Albrecht and F. Alessio and M. Alexander and {Alfonso Albero}, A. and S. Ali and G. Alkhazov and {Alvarez Cartelle}, P. and Alves, {A. A.} and S. Amato and S. Amerio and Y. Amhis and G. Andreassi and M. Andreotti and Andrews, {J. E.} and Appleby, {R. B.} and F. Archilli and P. d{\textquoteright}Argent and {Arnau Romeu}, J. and A. Artamonov and M. Artuso and E. Aslanides and M. Atzeni and S. Bachmann and Back, {J. J.} and S. Baker and V. Balagura and W. Baldini and A. Baranov and Barlow, {R. J.} and S. Barsuk and W. Barter and F. Baryshnikov and V. Batozskaya and B. Batsukh and V. Battista and A. Bay and J. Beddow and F. Bedeschi and I. Bediaga and Blusk, {Steven Roy} and Matthew Rudolph and T. Skwarnicki and S. Stone",
year = "2018",
month = aug,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/JHEP08(2018)131",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "2018",
journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",
issn = "1126-6708",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "8",
}