https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201922202009
Bc excitations at LHC: first observations and further research prospects
1
SINP MSU,
Moscow,
Russia
2
Phys. Dept. of MSU,
Moscow,
Russia
3
NRC “Kurchatov Institute”–IHEP,
Protvino, Moscow Region,
142281,
Russia
* e-mail: Alexander.Berezhnoy@cern.ch
Published online: 19 November 2019
Status of the Bc meson excitatons search is presented in our work. We discuss the 2S Bc states first discovered by ATLAS and newly confirmed by CMS and LHCb collaborations. We review the observation prospects for the rest predicted states (B∗c, 2P wave, 3P wave and D wave) at LHC experiments. Cascade decays to the ground state as well as direct decays to the lepton pair are regarded for these states.
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