First Observation of a Baryonic Bs0 Decay

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, L. An, L. Anderlini, G. Andreassi, M. Andreotti, J. E. Andrews, R. B. Appleby, F. ArchilliP. D'Argent, J. Arnau Romeu, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, I. Babuschkin, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, A. Badalov, C. Baesso, S. Baker, V. Balagura, K. Carvalho Akiba, V. Coco, K. De Bruyn, M. Ferro-Luzzi, T. Ketel, J. Van Leerdam, M. Merk, C. J.G. Onderwater, G. Raven, M. Schiller, N. Serra, B. Storaci, V. Syropoulos, J. Van Tilburg, S. Tolk, N. Tuning, (LHCb Collaboration)

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Abstract

We report the first observation of a baryonic Bs0 decay, Bs0→pΛK-, using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb-1. The branching fraction is measured to be B(Bs0→pΛK-)+B(Bs0→pΛK+)=[5.46±0.61±0.57±0.50(B)±0.32(fs/fd)]×10-6, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic, the third uncertainty accounts for the experimental uncertainty on the branching fraction of the B0→pΛπ- decay used for normalization, and the fourth uncertainty relates to the knowledge of the ratio of b-quark hadronization probabilities fs/fd.

Original languageEnglish
Article number041802
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume119
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2017

Funding

FundersFunder number
Not added1681016, ST/G005974/1
National Science Foundation1450319
Science and Technology Facilities CouncilST/L001152/1, ST/N000250/1, ST/H006737/1, ST/N000331/1, GRIDPP, LHCb Upgrades, 1707993, ST/J004332/1, 1641747, ST/M003140/1, ST/K003410/1, 1708182, LHCb, ST/N000234/1
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung166208

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