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Properties of L=1 B1 and B2* Mesons. / Ratoff, Peter N.; Bertram, I.; Borissov, G. et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 99, No. 17, 26.10.2007, p. 172001.

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Ratoff PN, Bertram I, Borissov G, Fox H. Properties of L=1 B1 and B2* Mesons. Physical review letters. 2007 Oct 26;99(17):172001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.172001

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Ratoff, Peter N. ; Bertram, I. ; Borissov, G. et al. / Properties of L=1 B1 and B2* Mesons. In: Physical review letters. 2007 ; Vol. 99, No. 17. pp. 172001.

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title = "Properties of L=1 B1 and B2* Mesons.",
abstract = "This Letter presents the first strong evidence for the resolution of the excited B mesons B1 and B as two separate states in fully reconstructed decays to B+(*)-. The mass of B1 is measured to be 5720.6±2.4±1.4 MeV/c2 and the mass difference M between B and B1 is 26.2±3.1±0.9 MeV/c2, giving the mass of the B as 5746.8±2.4±1.7 MeV/c2. The production rate for B1 and B mesons is determined to be a fraction (13.9±1.9±3.2)% of the production rate of the B+ meson.",
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