First Exclusive Reconstruction of the <math display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></mrow></math>, <math display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math>, and <math display="inline"><mrow><msubsup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math> Mesons and Precise Measurement of Their Masses

Bein, Samuel;Benecke, Anna;Bethani, Agni;Bruno, Giacomo;CMS;et.al.
(2026) Physical Review Letters — Vol. 136 (2026)

Files

document.pdf
  • Open Access
  • Adobe PDF
  • 899.31 KB
Download

Details

Authors
Show more
Abstract
Using proton-proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at <math display="inline"><mrow><msqrt><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msqrt><mo>=</mo><mn>13</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>TeV</mi></mrow></math> in 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of <math display="inline"><mrow><mn>140</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mrow><mi>fb</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>-</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math>, the first full reconstruction of the three vector <math display="inline"><mi>B</mi></math> meson states, <math display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></mrow></math>, <math display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math>, and <math display="inline"><mrow><msubsup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math>, is performed. The mass differences between the excited mesons and their corresponding ground states are measured to be <math display="inline"><mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>-</mo><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mn>45.277</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.039</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.027</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi></mrow></math>, <math display="inline"><mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>-</mo><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mn>45.471</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.056</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.028</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi></mrow></math>, and <math display="inline"><mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msubsup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>-</mo><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msubsup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mn>49.407</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.132</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.041</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>MeV</mi></mrow></math>, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. These results improve on the precision of previous measurements by an order of magnitude.
Affiliations

Citations

  • APA
  • Chicago
  • FWB

Bein, S., Benecke, A., Bethani, A., Bruno, G., Cappati, A., de Favereau de Jeneret, J., Delaere, C., Giammanco, A., Guzel, A. O., Lemaitre, V., Lidrych, J., Malek, P., Mastrapasqua, P., Turkcapar, S., CMS, & et al. (2026). First Exclusive Reconstruction of the <math display=“inline”><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></mrow></math>, <math display=“inline”><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math>, and <math display=“inline”><mrow><msubsup><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>*</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math> Mesons and Precise Measurement of Their Masses. Physical Review Letters, 136. https://doi.org/10.1103/njf9-4zfv (Original work published 2026)