Using a pp collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0  fb−1, collected by the LHCb detector, we present the first search for the strangeness-changing weak decay Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−. No b hadron decay of this type has been seen before. A signal for this decay, corresponding to a significance of 3.2 standard deviations, is reported. The relative rate is measured to befΞ−bfΛ0bB(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−)=(5.7±1.8+0.8−0.9)×10−4,where fΞ−b and fΛ0b are the b→Ξ−b and b→Λ0b fragmentation fractions, and B(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−) is the branching fraction. Assuming fΞ−b/fΛ0b is bounded between 0.1 and 0.3, the branching fraction B(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−) would lie in the range from (0.57±0.21)% to (0.19±0.07)%.

Evidence for the Strangeness-Changing Weak Decay Ξb- → Λb0 π- / Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A.A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., Anderson, J., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 115:24(2015). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.241801]

Evidence for the Strangeness-Changing Weak Decay Ξb- → Λb0 π-

Capriotti, L.;Casse, G.;Sarti, A.;Sciubba, A.;
2015

Abstract

Using a pp collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0  fb−1, collected by the LHCb detector, we present the first search for the strangeness-changing weak decay Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−. No b hadron decay of this type has been seen before. A signal for this decay, corresponding to a significance of 3.2 standard deviations, is reported. The relative rate is measured to befΞ−bfΛ0bB(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−)=(5.7±1.8+0.8−0.9)×10−4,where fΞ−b and fΛ0b are the b→Ξ−b and b→Λ0b fragmentation fractions, and B(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−) is the branching fraction. Assuming fΞ−b/fΛ0b is bounded between 0.1 and 0.3, the branching fraction B(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−) would lie in the range from (0.57±0.21)% to (0.19±0.07)%.
2015
Branching fraction, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), QCD
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Evidence for the Strangeness-Changing Weak Decay Ξb- → Λb0 π- / Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A.A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., Anderson, J., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 115:24(2015). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.241801]
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