F. Abe et al., MEASUREMENT OF THE BRANCHING FRACTION B(B-U(-]J())PSI-PI(+)) AND SEARCH FOR B-C(+)-]J/PSI-PI(+)/, Physical review letters, 77(26), 1996, pp. 5176-5181
We report on a measured of the branching fraction of the Cabibbo-suppr
essed decay B-u(+)-->J/psi pi(+), where J/psi-->mu(+)mu(-). The data w
ere collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab during 1992-1995 an
d correspond to an integrated luminosity of 110 pb(-1) in (p) over til
dep$ collisions at root s=1.8 TeV. A signal of 28(-9)(+10) events is o
bserved and we demonstrate the ratio of branching fractions B(B-u(+)--
>J/psi pi)/B(B-u(+)-->J/psi K+) to be [5.0(-1.7)(+1.9) (stat)+/-0.1(sy
st)]%. Using the world average value for B(B-u(+)-->J/psi K+), we calc
ulate the branching fraction B(B-u(+)-->J/psi pi(+)) to be (5.0(-1.9)(
+2.1))x10(-5). We also search for the decay B-c(+)-->J/psi pi(+) and r
eport a 95% confidence level limit on sigma(B-c(+))B(B-c(+)-->J/psi pi
(+)/sigma(B-u(+))B(B-u(+)-->J/psi K+) as a function of the B-c(+) life
time.