18–21 Jun 2024
Trani - Italy
Europe/Rome timezone
XI edition - 50 years of the charm quark

Study of charmonium decays to $K^0_S K \pi$ in the $B \to (K^0_S K \pi) K$ channels

19 Jun 2024, 15:30
20m
Talk Session 7

Speaker

Antimo Palano (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Description

A study of the $B^+ \to K^0_SK^+K^-\pi^+$ and $B^+ \to K^0_SK^+K^+\pi^-$ decays is performed using proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV at the LHCb experiment. The $K^0_SK\pi$ invariant mass spectra from both decay modes reveal a rich content of charmonium resonances. New precise measurements of the $\eta_c$ and $\eta_c(2S)$ resonance parameters are performed and branching fraction measurements are obtained for $B^+$ decays to $\eta_c$, $J/\psi$, $\eta_c(2S)$ and $\chi_{c1}$ resonances. In particular, the first observation and branching fraction measurement of $B^+ \to \chi_{c0} K^0 \pi^+$ is reported as well as first measurements of the $B^+ \to K^0_SK^+K^-\pi^+$ and $B^+ \to K^0_SK^+K^+\pi^-$ branching fractions. Dalitz plot analyses of $\eta_c \to K^0_S K \pi$ and $\eta_c(2S) \to K^0_S K \pi$ decays are performed. A new measurement of the amplitude and phase of the $K \pi$ S-wave as functions of the $K \pi$ mass is performed, together with measurements of the $K^*_0(1430)$, $K^*_0(1950)$ and $a_0(1700)$ parameters. Finally, the branching fractions of $\chi_{c1}$ decays to $K^*$ resonances are also measured.

Primary author

Antimo Palano (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

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