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The B-s(0)pi(+/-) invariant mass distribution is investigated in order to search for possible exotic meson states. The analysis is based on a data sample recorded with the LHCb detector corresponding to 3 fb(-1) of pp collision data at root s 7 and 8 TeV. No significant excess is found, and upper limits are set on the production rate of the claimed X(5568) state within the LHCb acceptance. Upper limits are also set as a function of the mass and width of a possible exotic meson decaying to the B-s(0)pi(+/-) final state. The same limits also apply to a possible exotic meson decaying through the chain B-s(*0)pi(+/-), B-s(*0) -> B-s(0) gamma where the photon is excluded from the reconstructed decays.
Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Lesya Shchutska, Elena Graverini, Sebastian Schulte, Marie Theres Christin Bachmayer, Serhii Cholak, Ettore Zaffaroni, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Yunxuan Song, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Sonia Amina Bouchiba, Federico Ronchetti, Radoslav Marchevski, Anni Matilda Kauniskangas, Dimitrios Kaminaris, Raphaël van Laak, Pierre Paul Louis Mayencourt, Andrea Merli, Gianluca Zunica, Abdul-Kerim Guseinov, Roberto Ribatti, Spencer Edward Collaviti
Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Lesya Shchutska, Elena Graverini, Marie Theres Christin Bachmayer, Ettore Zaffaroni, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Yunxuan Song, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Federico Ronchetti, Radoslav Marchevski, Anni Matilda Kauniskangas, Dimitrios Kaminaris, Raphaël van Laak, Pierre Paul Louis Mayencourt, Brianna Leililani Thielen, Arnaud Merlin Gauthey, Gianluca Zunica, Abdul-Kerim Guseinov, Roberto Ribatti, Louis André Marie Jean Henry, Spencer Edward Collaviti, Julius Christian Daniel Schulte