Observation of charmless baryonic decays B-(s)(0) -> p(p)over-barh plus h '(-)
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Abstract
Decays of B0 and B0s mesons to the charmless baryonic final states p¯ph+h'−, where h and h′ each denote a kaon or a pion, are searched for using the LHCb detector. The analysis is based on a sample of proton-proton collision data collected at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1. Four-body charmless baryonic B0s decays are observed for the first time. The decays B0s→p¯pK+K−, B0s→p¯pK±π∓, B0→p¯pK±π∓ and B0→p¯pπ+π− are observed with a significance greater than 5 standard deviations; evidence at 4.1 standard deviations is found for the B0→p¯pK+K− decay and an upper limit is set on the branching fraction for B0s→p¯pπ+π−. Branching fractions in the kinematic region m(p¯p)<2850 MeV/c2 are measured relative to the B0→J/ψ(→p¯p)K∗(892)0 channel.
Date Issued
2017-09-27
Date Acceptance
2017-08-03
Citation
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2017, 96 (5)
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2470-0010
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Volume
96
Issue
5
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© 2017 CERN, for the LHCb Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.
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Science & Technology
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
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hep-ex
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Published
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ARTN 051103