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Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2226–2229 (1990)

Observation of Υ(4S) decays into non-BB¯ final states containing ψ mesons

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J. Alexander et al.
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Received 17 January 1990; published in the issue dated 7 May 1990

We report on the observation of ψ mesons from Υ(4S) decays which are too energetic to come from B mesons. These events provide the first evidence for non-BB¯ decays of the Υ(4S). The measured rate is B[Υ(4s)→ψX]=(0.22±0.06±0.04)% for ψ momentum above 2 GeV/c.

© 1990 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2226
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2226
PACS:
13.20.Gd, 13.25.+m, 13.65.+i