Observation of the decay B¯0s→χc2K+K− in the ϕ mass region

Abstract

The B¯0s→χc2K+K− decay mode is observed and its branching fraction relative to the corresponding χc1 decay mode, in a ±15 MeV/c2 window around the ϕ mass, is found to be

B(B¯0s→χc2K+K−)B(B¯0s→χc1K+K−)=(17.1±3.1±0.4±0.9)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third due to the knowledge of the branching fractions of radiative χc decays. The decay mode B¯0s→χc1K+K− allows the B0s mass to be measured as

m(B0s)=5366.83±0.25±0.27 MeV/c2, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. A combination of this result with other LHCb determinations of the B 0s mass is made.