Studies of the properties and decays of the $B^{+}_c$ meson at LHCb

The results of searches for the decays B + c → J / ψ K + and B + c → B 0 s π + are presented. The analysis is based on a data sample of pp collisions collected with the LHCb detector. The B + c → J / ψ K + analysis uses a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1 fb − 1 taken at a center-of- mass energy of 7 TeV, whereas the B + c → B 0 s π + analysis in addition uses the data set recorded in 2012, corresponding to 2 fb − 1 taken at 8 TeV. The decay B + c → J / ψ K + is observed with 5.0 σ significance, and the decay B + c → B 0 s π + is ob- served with significance in excess of five standard deviations, independently in two different B 0 s decay channels. The decay B + c → B 0 s π + is the first observation of a B meson decaying to another B meson via the weak interaction.