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Searches for Λ0b and Ξ0b decays to K0s-K0spK- final states with first observation of the Λ0b → K0s- decay

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Blouw,  J.
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Britsch,  M.
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Fontana,  M.
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Popov,  D.
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Schmelling,  M.
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Volyanskyy,  D.
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Voss,  H.
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Zavertyaev,  M.
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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LHCb Collaboration, Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., et al. (2014). Searches for Λ0b and Ξ0b decays to K0s-K0spK- final states with first observation of the Λ0b → K0s- decay. Journal of high energy physics: JHEP, 2014(04): 087. doi:10.1007/JHEP04(2014)087.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0024-94FD-C
Abstract
A search for previously unobserved decays of beauty baryons to the final states $K^0_{\rm\scriptscriptstyle S} p \pi^{-}$ and $K^0_{\rm\scriptscriptstyle S}p K^{-}$ is reported. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.0\,$fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collisions. The $\Lambda^0_{b} \rightarrow \overline{\kern -0.2em K}^0_{\rm\scriptscriptstyle S}p \pi^{-}$ decay is observed with a significance of $8.6\,\sigma$, with branching fraction \begin{eqnarray*} {\cal{B}}(\Lambda^0_{b} \rightarrow \overline{\kern -0.2em K}^0 p \pi^{-}) & = & \left(1.26 \pm 0.19 \pm 0.09 \pm 0.34 \pm 0.05 \right) \times 10^{-5} \,, \end{eqnarray*} where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, from the ratio of fragmentation fractions $f_{\Lambda}/f_{d}$, and from the branching fraction of the $B^0 \rightarrow K^0_{\rm\scriptscriptstyle S}\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ normalisation channel, respectively. A first measurement is made of the $CP$ asymmetry, giving \begin{eqnarray*} A_{C/!P} (\Lambda^0_{b} \rightarrow \overline{\kern -0.2em K}^0 p \pi^{-}) & = & 0.22 \pm 0.13\mathrm{\,(stat)} \pm 0.03\mathrm{\,(syst)} \, . \end{eqnarray*} No significant signals are seen for $\Lambda^0_{b} \rightarrow K^0_{\rm\scriptscriptstyle S}p K^{-}$ decays, $\Xi^{0}_{b}$ decays to both the $K^0_{\rm\scriptscriptstyle S}p \pi^{-}$ and $K^0_{\rm\scriptscriptstyle S}p K^{-}$ final states, and the $\Lambda^0_{b} \rightarrow D^{-}_{s} (\rightarrow K^0_{\rm\scriptscriptstyle S} K^{-}) p$ decay, and upper limits on their branching fractions are reported.