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In order to make a further confirmation about the assignments of the excited bottom and bottom strange mesons $B_{1}(5721)$, $B_{2}^{*}(5747)$, $B_{s1}(5830)$, $B_{s2}^{*}(5840)$ and meanwhile identify the possible assignments of $B_{J}(5840)$, $B_{J}(5970)$, we study the strong decays of these states with the $^{3}P_{0}$ decay model. Our analysis support $B_{1}(5721)$ and $B_{2}^{*}(5747)$ to be the $1P_{1}$ and $1^{3}P_{2}$ assignments and the $B_{s1}(5830)$, $B_{s2}^{*}(5840)$ to be the strange partner of $B_{1}(5721)$ and $B_{2}^{*}(5747)$. Besides, we tentatively identify the recently observed $B_{J}(5840)$, $B_{J}(5970)$ as the $2^{3}S_{1}$ and $1^{3}D_{3}$ states, respectively. It is noticed that this conclusion needs further confirmation by measuring the decay channel to $Bpi$ of $B_{J}(5840)$ and $B_{J}(5970)$ in experiments.
We evaluate the mass of the $B_{s0}$ scalar meson and the coupling constant in the $B_{s0} B K$ vertex in the framework of QCD sum rules. We consider the $B_{s0}$ as a tetraquark state to evaluate its mass. We get $m_{B_s0}=(6.04pm 0.08) GeV$, which is bigger than predictions supposing it as a $bbar{s}$ state or a $Bbar{K}$ bound state with $J^{P}=0^+$. To evaluate the $g_{B_{s0}B K}$ coupling we use the three point correlation functions of the vertex, considering $ B_{s0} $ as a normal $bbar{s}$ state. The obtained coupling constant is: $g_{B_{s0} B K} =(16.3 pm 3.2) GeV$. This number is in agreement with light-cone QCD sum rules calculation. We have also compared the decay width of the $BSto BK$ process considering the $BS$ to be a $bbar{s}$ state and a $BK$ molecular state. The width obtained for the $BK$ molecular state is twice as big as the width obtained for the $bbar{s}$ state. Therefore, we conclude that with the knowledge of the mass and the decay width of the $BS$ meson, one can discriminate between the different theoretical proposals for its structure.
Properties of the orbitally excited (L=1) $B_s$ states are studied using 1.0 fb$^{-1}$ of pp collisions at $sqrt{s} =7$ TeV collected with the LHCb detector. The first observation of the $B_{s2}^*(5840)^0$ meson decaying to $B^{*+} K^-$ is reported, and the corresponding branching fraction measured relative to the $B^+ K^-$ decay mode. The $B_{s1}(5830)^0 to B^{*+} K^-$ decay is observed as well. The width of the $B_{s2}^*(5840)^0$ state is measured for the first time and the masses of the two states are determined with the highest precision to date. The observation of the $B_{s2}^*(5840)^0 to B^{*+} K^-$ decay favours the spin-parity assignment $J^P = 2^+$ for the $B_{s2}^*(5840)^0$ meson. In addition, the most precise measurement of the mass difference $m(B^{*+})-m(B^+) = 45.01 pm 0.30 (stat) pm 0.23 (syst)$ MeV/$c^2$ is obtained.
The strong coupling constants of spin-3/2 to spin-1/2 doubly heavy baryon transitions with light vector mesons are estimated within the light-cone QCD sum rules method. Moreover, using the vector-meson dominance ansatz, the widths of radiative decays $B_{QQ}^* to B_{QQ} gamma$ are calculated. The results for the said decay widths are compared to the predictions of other approaches.
The ratio of branching fractions $R_{K/pi} equiv mathcal{B}(B_{c}^{+} to J/psi K^{+})/mathcal{B}(B_{c}^{+} to J/psipi^{+})$ is measured with $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 TeV and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3${mbox{fb}^{-1}}$. It is found to be $ R_{K/pi} = 0.079pm0.007pm0.003$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This measurement is consistent with the previous LHCb result, while the uncertainties are significantly reduced.