The radiative decay Λb0→Λγ is observed for the first time using a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 fb-1 collected by the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. Its branching fraction is measured exploiting the B0→K∗0γ decay as a normalization mode and is found to be B(Λb0→Λγ)=(7.1±1.5±0.6±0.7)×10-6, where the quoted uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and systematic from external inputs, respectively. This is the first observation of a radiative decay of a beauty baryon.

First Observation of the Radiative Decay Λb0 → Λγ / Aaij, R., Abellan Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Aidala, C.A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A.A., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 123:3(2019), p. 031801. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031801]

First Observation of the Radiative Decay Λb0 → Λγ

Capriotti L.;Casse G.;Sarti A.;Sciubba A.;
2019

Abstract

The radiative decay Λb0→Λγ is observed for the first time using a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 fb-1 collected by the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. Its branching fraction is measured exploiting the B0→K∗0γ decay as a normalization mode and is found to be B(Λb0→Λγ)=(7.1±1.5±0.6±0.7)×10-6, where the quoted uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and systematic from external inputs, respectively. This is the first observation of a radiative decay of a beauty baryon.
2019
Bottom mesons, Charmed mesons,Flavour changing neutral currents,
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First Observation of the Radiative Decay Λb0 → Λγ / Aaij, R., Abellan Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Aidala, C.A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A.A., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 123:3(2019), p. 031801. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031801]
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