We report the observation of bottom-charmed mesons B(c) in 1.8 TeV collisions using the CDF detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The B(c) mesons were found through their semileptonic decays, B(c)(+/-) --> J/psi l(+/-)X. A fit to the J/psi l mass distribution yielded 20.4(-5.5)(+6.2) events from B(c) mesons. A test of the null hypothesis, i.e., an attempt to fit the data with background alone, was rejected at the level of 4.8 standard deviations. By studying the quality of the fit as a function of the assumed B(c) mass, we determined M(B(c)) = 6.40 +/- 0.39 (stat.)+/-0.13 (syst) GeV/c(2). From the distribution of trilepton intersection points in the plane transverse to the beam direction we measured the B(c) lifetime to be tau(B(c)) = 0.46(-0.16)(+0.18) (stat)+/-0.03 (syst) ps. We also measured the ratio of production cross section times branching fraction for Bc+ --> J/psi l(+) nu relative to that for B(+) --> J/psi K(+) to be sigma(B(c)) X B(B(c) --> J/psi l nu)/sigma(B) X B(B-->J/psi K) = 0.132(-0.037)(+0.041) (stat)+/-0.031 (syst)(-0.020)(+0.032)(lifetime).
Observation ofBcmesons inpp¯collisions ats=1.8TeV
DONATI, SIMONE;PUNZI, GIOVANNI;
1998-01-01
Abstract
We report the observation of bottom-charmed mesons B(c) in 1.8 TeV collisions using the CDF detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The B(c) mesons were found through their semileptonic decays, B(c)(+/-) --> J/psi l(+/-)X. A fit to the J/psi l mass distribution yielded 20.4(-5.5)(+6.2) events from B(c) mesons. A test of the null hypothesis, i.e., an attempt to fit the data with background alone, was rejected at the level of 4.8 standard deviations. By studying the quality of the fit as a function of the assumed B(c) mass, we determined M(B(c)) = 6.40 +/- 0.39 (stat.)+/-0.13 (syst) GeV/c(2). From the distribution of trilepton intersection points in the plane transverse to the beam direction we measured the B(c) lifetime to be tau(B(c)) = 0.46(-0.16)(+0.18) (stat)+/-0.03 (syst) ps. We also measured the ratio of production cross section times branching fraction for Bc+ --> J/psi l(+) nu relative to that for B(+) --> J/psi K(+) to be sigma(B(c)) X B(B(c) --> J/psi l nu)/sigma(B) X B(B-->J/psi K) = 0.132(-0.037)(+0.041) (stat)+/-0.031 (syst)(-0.020)(+0.032)(lifetime).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.