Search for a Structure in the B0sp± Invariant Mass Spectrum with the ATLAS Experiment

A search for the narrow structure, Xð5568Þ, reported by the D0 Collaboration in the decay sequence X ? B0sp±, B0s?J=??, is presented. The analysis is based on a data sample recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC corresponding to 4.9 fb-1 of pp collisions at 7 TeV and 19.5 fb-1 at 8 TeV. No significant signal was found. Upper limits on the number of signal events, with properties corresponding to those reported by D0, and on the X production rate relative to B0s mesons, ?X, were determined at 95% confidence level. The results are N(X) < 382 and ?X < 0.015 for B0s mesons with transverse momenta above 10 GeV, and N(X) < 356 and ?X < 0.016 for transverse momenta above 15 GeV. Limits are also set for potential B0sp± resonances in the mass range 5550 to 5700 MeV.