@article{d9825c34a56443589d3dd3619cf59d87,
title = "Measurement of Bc (2S)+ and Bc∗ (2S)+ cross section ratios in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV",
abstract = "The ratios of the Bc(2S)+ to Bc+, Bc∗(2S)+ to Bc+, and Bc∗(2S)+ to Bc(2S)+ production cross sections are measured in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV, using a data sample collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 143 fb-1. The three measurements are made in the Bc+ meson phase space region defined by the transverse momentum pT>15 GeV and absolute rapidity |y|<2.4, with the excited Bc(∗)(2S)+ states reconstructed through the Bc(∗)+π+π-, followed by the Bc+→J/ψπ+ and J/ψ→μ+μ- decays. The Bc(2S)+ to Bc+, Bc∗(2S)+ to Bc+, and Bc∗(2S)+ to Bc(2S)+ cross section ratios, including the unknown Bc(∗)(2S)+→Bc(∗)+π+π- branching fractions, are (3.47±0.63(stat)±0.33(syst))\%, (4.69±0.71(stat)±0.56(syst))\%, and 1.35±0.32(stat)±0.09(syst), respectively. None of these ratios shows a significant dependence on the pT or |y| of the Bc+ meson. The normalized dipion invariant mass distributions from the decays Bc(∗)(2S)+→Bc(∗)+π+π- are also reported.",
author = "\{CMS Collaboration\} and Sirunyan, \{A. M.\} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and F. Ambrogi and T. Bergauer and M. Dragicevic and J. Er{\"o} and \{Escalante Del Valle\}, A. and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and M. Jeitler and N. Krammer and L. Lechner and D. Liko and T. Madlener and I. Mikulec and Pitters, \{F. M.\} and N. Rad and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and M. Spanring and S. Templ and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, \{C. E.\} and M. Zarucki and V. Chekhovsky and A. Litomin and V. Makarenko and \{Suarez Gonzalez\}, J. and Darwish, \{M. R.\} and \{De Wolf\}, \{E. A.\} and \{Di Croce\}, D. and X. Janssen and T. Kello and A. Lelek and M. Pieters and \{Rejeb Sfar\}, H. and \{Van Haevermaet\}, H. and \{Van Mechelen\}, P. and \{Van Putte\}, S. and \{Van Remortel\}, N. and F. Blekman and Bols, \{E. S.\} and Chhibra, \{S. S.\} and J. D{\textquoteright}Hondt and \{De Clercq\}, J. and D. Lontkovskyi and S. Lowette and I. Marchesini and S. Moortgat and A. Moraes",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 CERN.",
year = "2020",
month = nov,
day = "16",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.102.092007",
language = "English",
volume = "102",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
number = "9",
}