Rare B decays to states containing a J/psi meson
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The authors report a study of the B meson decays, B{sup +} {yields} J/{psi}{phi}K{sup +}, B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi}{phi}K{sub S}{sup 0}, B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi}{phi}, B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi}{eta} and B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi}{eta}{prime} using 56 million B{bar B} events collected at the {Upsilon}(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e{sup +}e{sup -} asymmetric-energy storage ring. They measure the branching fractions {Beta}(B{sup +} {yields} J/{psi}{phi}K{sup +}) = (4.4 {+-} 1.4(stat) {+-} 0.5(syst)) x 10{sup -5} and {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi}{phi}K{sub S}{sup 0}) = (5.1 {+-} 1.9(stat) {+-} 0.5(syst)) x 10{sup -5}, and set upper limits at 90% confidence level for the branching fractions {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi}{phi}) < 9.2 x 10{sup -6}, {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi}{eta}) < 2.7 x 10{sup -5}, and {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi}{eta}{prime}) < 6.3 x 10{sup -5}.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 812984
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-9262
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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