The observation of the decay Ξb−→J/ψΛK− is reported, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3fb−1, collected by the LHCb detector in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8TeV. The production rate of Ξb− baryons detected in the decay Ξb−→J/ψΛK− is measured relative to that of Λb0 baryons using the decay Λb0→J/ψΛ. Integrated over the b-baryon transverse momentum pT<25GeV/c and rapidity 2.0<4.5, the measured ratio is [Formula presented][Formula presented]=(4.19±0.29 (stat)±0.15 (syst))×10−2, where fΞjavax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@21303942javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@10c23b33 and fΛjavax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@5a5ec4fcjavax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@4f719cb3 are the fragmentation fractions of b→Ξb− and b→Λb0 transitions, and B represents the branching fraction of the corresponding b-baryon decay. The mass difference between Ξb− and Λb0 baryons is measured to be M(Ξb−)−M(Λb0)=177.08±0.47 (stat)±0.16 (syst)MeV/c2.
Observation of the Ξb−→J/ψΛK− decay
Bursche A.;Chen S.;Dettori F.;Manca G.;Oldeman R.;Saitta B.;
2017-01-01
Abstract
The observation of the decay Ξb−→J/ψΛK− is reported, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3fb−1, collected by the LHCb detector in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8TeV. The production rate of Ξb− baryons detected in the decay Ξb−→J/ψΛK− is measured relative to that of Λb0 baryons using the decay Λb0→J/ψΛ. Integrated over the b-baryon transverse momentum pT<25GeV/c and rapidity 2.0<4.5, the measured ratio is [Formula presented][Formula presented]=(4.19±0.29 (stat)±0.15 (syst))×10−2, where fΞjavax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@21303942javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@10c23b33 and fΛjavax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@5a5ec4fcjavax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@4f719cb3 are the fragmentation fractions of b→Ξb− and b→Λb0 transitions, and B represents the branching fraction of the corresponding b-baryon decay. The mass difference between Ξb− and Λb0 baryons is measured to be M(Ξb−)−M(Λb0)=177.08±0.47 (stat)±0.16 (syst)MeV/c2.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.