The study of a wide peaking structure in the (Formula Presented) mass spectrum is reported using a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1. The observed structure is consistent with the lowest excited P-wave B+c states and exhibits a statistical significance exceeding 7 standard deviations relative to the background-only hypothesis. A two-peak model serves as an effective description of the data, with various theory-constrained models further explored to provide physical interpretation. Based on the predictions for the Bc(1P)+ spectrum, the relative production cross section of the overall Bc(1P)+ states with respect to the (Formula Presented) ground state with the transverse momentum pT and rapidity y of (Formula Presented) mesons in the ffiffi regions pT < 20 GeV=c and 2.0 < y < 4.5 at (Formula Presented) is measured to be 0.20 ± 0.03 ± 0.02 ± 0.03, where the uncertainty terms represent statistical, systematic, and uncertainties related to the choice of theoretical models, respectively. The results provide a test of theoretical models and deepen our understanding of quantum chromodynamics. [The LHCb Collaboration]

Study of Bc(1P)⁺ states in the B⁺cγ mass spectrum / R. Aaij, A. . .A.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 112:11(2025 Dec 03), pp. 112003.1-112003.18. [10.1103/1d49-q8h4]

Study of Bc(1P)⁺ states in the B⁺cγ mass spectrum

S. Cesare;C. Mancuso;D. Marangotto;N. Neri;G. Tonani;T. Tork;Z. Wang;
2025

Abstract

The study of a wide peaking structure in the (Formula Presented) mass spectrum is reported using a data sample of proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1. The observed structure is consistent with the lowest excited P-wave B+c states and exhibits a statistical significance exceeding 7 standard deviations relative to the background-only hypothesis. A two-peak model serves as an effective description of the data, with various theory-constrained models further explored to provide physical interpretation. Based on the predictions for the Bc(1P)+ spectrum, the relative production cross section of the overall Bc(1P)+ states with respect to the (Formula Presented) ground state with the transverse momentum pT and rapidity y of (Formula Presented) mesons in the ffiffi regions pT < 20 GeV=c and 2.0 < y < 4.5 at (Formula Presented) is measured to be 0.20 ± 0.03 ± 0.02 ± 0.03, where the uncertainty terms represent statistical, systematic, and uncertainties related to the choice of theoretical models, respectively. The results provide a test of theoretical models and deepen our understanding of quantum chromodynamics. [The LHCb Collaboration]
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