Study of non-prompt J/$\psi $ production from B decays in Cu$+$Au collisions with the PHENIX Detector at RHIC

A major objective in the field of heavy ion collisions is to quantify and characterize the properties of QGP by studying heavy flavor production. The J/$\psi $ meson can be produced in one of three ways: 1) directly in the collision, 2) indirectly via feeddown from heavier charmonium states, or 3) from the decay of B-hadrons. If the J/$\psi $ is produced through either of the first two methods, it is called a prompt J/$\psi $, while the third method produces a non-prompt J/$\psi $. With the newly commissioned forward silicon vertex detector (FVTX) in 2012, it is possible for the first time at the PHENIX experiment to extract non-prompt J/$\psi $'s from the inclusive J/$\psi $ signal. In this talk, we will present the current status of the data analysis for J/$\psi $'s that come from B decays in Cu$+$Au collisions with the PHENIX experiment at RHIC.