A bstract The B + → Jψη ′ K + decay is observed for the first time using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 9 fb − 1 . The branching fraction of this decay is measured relative to the known branching fraction of the B + → ψ (2 S ) K + decay and found to be $$ \frac{\mathcal{B}\left({B}^{+}\to {J\psi \eta}^{\prime }{K}^{+}\right)}{\mathcal{B}\left({B}^{+}\to \psi (2S){K}^{+}\right)}=\left(4.91\pm 0.47\pm 0.29\pm 0.07\right)\times {10}^{-2}, $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mfrac> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>Jψη</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mi>S</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfrac> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>4.91</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.47</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.29</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.07</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:math> where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic and the third is related to external branching fractions. A first look at the J/ψη ′ mass distribution is performed and no signal of intermediate resonances is observed.
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Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies