arXiv · 1501.06351
Search for B decays to final states with the eta_c meson
Abstract
We report a search for $B$ decays to selected final states with the $η_c$ meson: $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}η_cπ^+π^-$, $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}η_cω$, $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}η_cη$ and $B^{\pm}\to K^{\pm}η_cπ^0$. The analysis is based on $772\times 10^6$ $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected at the $Υ(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider. We set 90\% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions of the studied $B$ decay modes, independent of intermediate resonances, in the range $(0.6-5.3)\times 10^{-4}$. We also search for molecular-state candidates in the $D^0\bar{D}^{*0}-\bar{D}^0D^{*0}$, $D^0\bar{D}^0+\bar{D}^0D^0$ and $D^{*0}\bar{D}^{*0}+\bar{D}^{*0}D^{*0}$ combinations, neutral partners of the $Z(3900)^{\pm}$ and $Z(4020)^{\pm}$, and a poorly understood state $X(3915)$ as possible intermediate states in the decay chain, and set 90\% confidence level upper limits on the product of branching fractions to the mentioned intermediate states and decay branching fractions of these states in the range $(0.6-6.9)\times 10^{-5}$.
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Belle collaboration, A. Vinokurova, A. Kuzmin, S. Eidelman, A. Abdesselam, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, K. Arinstein, D. M. Asner, T. Aushev, R. Ayad, A. M. Bakich, V. Bansal, V. Bhardwaj, B. Bhuyan, A. Bobrov, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T. E. Browder, V. Chekelian, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, R. Chistov, K. Cho, S. -K. Choi, Y. Choi, D. Cinabro, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, Z. Drásal, A. Drutskoy, D. Dutta, D. Epifanov, H. Farhat, J. E. Fast, T. Ferber, V. Gaur, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, R. Gillard, Y. M. Goh, B. Golob, J. Haba, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, X. H. He, W. -S. Hou, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, Y. Iwasaki, D. Joffe, T. Julius, K. H. Kang, E. Kato, C. Kiesling, D. Y. Kim, H. J. Kim, J. H. Kim, K. T. Kim, M. J. Kim, S. H. Kim, Y. J. Kim, K. Kinoshita, B. R. Ko, P. Kodyš, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, T. Kumita, Y. -J. Kwon, J. S. Lange, L. Li Gioi, J. Libby, D. Liventsev, P. Lukin, D. Matvienko, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, G. B. Mohanty, A. Moll, T. Mori, R. Mussa, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, Z. Natkaniec, C. Ng, N. K. Nisar, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, S. Okuno, S. L. Olsen, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, C. W. Park, H. Park, T. K. Pedlar. 2017-02-06. Search for B decays to final states with the eta_c meson. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06(2015)132
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