Observation and Properties of the Orbitally Excited B*(s2) Meson

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Issue Date
2008-02-28Author
Baringer, Philip S.
Bean, Alice
Hensel, Carsten
Moulik, Tania
Wilson, Graham Wallace
Abazov, V. M.
Abbott, B.
Abolins, M.
Acharya, B. S.
Adams, M.
Adams, T.
Publisher
American Physical Society
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Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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We report the direct observation of the excited L=1 state B*(s2) in fully reconstructed decays to B(+)K(−). The mass of the B*(s2) meson is measured to be 5839.6±1.1(stat)±0.7(syst) MeV/c(2), and its production rate relative to the B(+) meson is measured to be [1.15±0.23(stat)±0.13(syst)]%.
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This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.082002.
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0031-9007Collections
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V. M. Abazov et al. (D0 Collaboration). (2008). "Observation and Properties of the Orbitally Excited B*(s2) Meson." Physical Review Letters, 100(8):082002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.082002.
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