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P.Soomro, F.Souza, D.Souza De Paula, B.Spaan, B.Sparkes, A.Spradlin, P.Stagni, F.Stahl, S.Steinkamp, O.Stevenson, S.Stoica, S.Stone, S.Storaci, B.Straticiuc, M.Straumann, U.Subbiah, V. K.Sun, L.Sutcliffe, W.Swientek, S.Syropoulos, V.Szczekowski, M.Szczypka, P.Szilard, D.Szumlak, T.T'Jampens, S.Teklishyn, M.Teodorescu, E.Teubert, F.Thomas, C.Thomas, E.Van Tilburg, J.Tisserand, V.Tobin, M.Tolk, S.Tonelli, D.Topp-Joergensen, S.Torr, N.Tournefier, E.Tourneur, S.Tran, M. T.Tresch, M.Tsaregorodtsev, A.Tsopelas, P.Tuning, N.Ubeda Garcia, M.Ukleja, A.Ustyuzhanin, A.Uwer, U.Vagnoni, V.Valenti, G.Vallier, A.Vazquez Gomez, R.Vazquez Regueiro, P.Vazquez Sierra, C.Vecchi, S.Velthuis, J. J.Veltri, M.Veneziano, G.Vesterinen, M.Viaud, B.Vieira, D.Vilasis-Cardona, X.Vollhardt, A.Volyanskyy, D.Voong, D.Vorobyev, A.Vorobyev, V.Voss, C.Voss, H.De Vries, J. A.Waldi, R.Wallace, C.Wallace, R.Wandernoth, S.Wang, J.Ward, D. R.Watson, N. K.Webber, A. D.Websdale, D.Whitehead, M.Wicht, J.Wiechczynski, J.Wiedner, D.Wiggers, L.Wilkinson, G.Williams, M. P.Williams, M.Wilson, F. F.Wimberley, J.Wishahi, J.Wislicki, W.Witek, M.Wotton, S. A.Wright, S.Wu, S.Wyllie, K.Xie, Y.Xing, Z.Yang, Z.Yuan, X.Yushchenko, O.Zangoli, M.Zavertyaev, M.Zhang, F.Zhang, L.Zhang, W. C.Zhang, Y.Zhelezov, A.Zhokhov, A.Zhong, L.Zvyagin, A.2013-12-092013-12-092013-12-09201310.1103/PhysRevLett.111.181801https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/97662WOS:000326529600003The result of a search for the decay B-c(+) -> B-s(0)pi(+) is presented, using the B-s(0) -> D-s(-)pi(+) and B-s(0) -> J/psi phi channels. The analysis is based on a data sample of pp collisions collected with the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1 fb(-1) taken at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, and 2 fb(-1) taken at 8 TeV. The decay B-c(+) -> B-s(0)pi(+) is observed with significance in excess of 5 standard deviations independently in both decay channels. The measured product of the ratio of cross sections and branching fraction is inverted right perpendicular sigma(B-c(+))/sigma(B-s(0))inverted left perpendicular x B(B-c(+) -> B-s(0)pi(+)) = inverted right perpendicular2.37 +/- 0.31 (stat) +/- 0.11 (syst)(-0.13)(+0.17) (tau(Bc+))inverted left perpendicular x 10(-3) the pseudorapidity range 2 < eta(B) < 5, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the uncertainty on the B-c(+) lifetime. This is the first observation of a B meson decaying to another B meson via the weak interaction.text::journal::journal article::research article