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Measurement of the B+-> p(p)over-barK(+) branching fraction and study of the decay dynamics

  • B. Aubert
  • , J.Y. Chen
  • , K. Peters
  • , L.L. Zhang
  • , S. Chen
  • , M.C. Simani
  • , X.H. Li
  • , M.A. Baak
  • , H.J. Bulten
  • , G. Raven
  • , H. Snoek
  • , P. David
  • , H. Schroder
  • , N. de Groot
  • , Z. Yu

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Abstract

With a sample of 232×106 Υ(4S)→B¯¯¯B events collected with the BABAR detector, we study the decay B+→p¯pK+ excluding charmonium decays to p¯p. We measure a branching fraction B(B+→p¯pK+)=(6.7±0.5±0.4)×10−6. An enhancement at low p¯p mass is observed and the Dalitz plot asymmetry suggests dominance of the penguin amplitude in this B decay. We search for a pentaquark candidate Θ*++ decaying into pK+ in the mass range 1.43 to 2.00  GeV/c2 and set limits on B(B+→Θ*++¯p)×B(Θ*++→pK+) at the 10−7 level.
Original languageEnglish
Article number051101(R)
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume72
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Sept 2005

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