The decay Ξ−b→Λ0bπ− is observed using a proton-proton collision data sample collected at center-of-mass energy √s=13  TeV with the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.5  fb−1. This process is mediated by the s→u¯ud quark-level transition, where the b quark in the Ξ−b baryon is a spectator in the decay. Averaging the results obtained using the two Λ0b decay modes, Λ0b→Λ+cπ− and Λ0b→Λ+cπ−π+π−, the relative production ratio is measured to be (fΞ−b/fΛ0b)B(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−)=(7.3±0.8±0.6)×10−4. Here the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively, and fΞ−b(fΛ0b) is the fragmentation fraction for a b quark into a Ξ−b (Λ0b) baryon. Using an independent measurement of fΞ−b/fΛ0b, the branching fraction B(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−)=(0.89±0.10±0.07±0.29)% is obtained, where the last uncertainty is due to the assumed SU(3) flavor symmetry in the determination of fΞ−b/fΛ0b.

Observation and branching fraction measurement of the decay Ξb⁻→Λb⁰π⁻

E. Graverini;F. Lazzari;G. Punzi;
2023-01-01

Abstract

The decay Ξ−b→Λ0bπ− is observed using a proton-proton collision data sample collected at center-of-mass energy √s=13  TeV with the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.5  fb−1. This process is mediated by the s→u¯ud quark-level transition, where the b quark in the Ξ−b baryon is a spectator in the decay. Averaging the results obtained using the two Λ0b decay modes, Λ0b→Λ+cπ− and Λ0b→Λ+cπ−π+π−, the relative production ratio is measured to be (fΞ−b/fΛ0b)B(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−)=(7.3±0.8±0.6)×10−4. Here the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively, and fΞ−b(fΛ0b) is the fragmentation fraction for a b quark into a Ξ−b (Λ0b) baryon. Using an independent measurement of fΞ−b/fΛ0b, the branching fraction B(Ξ−b→Λ0bπ−)=(0.89±0.10±0.07±0.29)% is obtained, where the last uncertainty is due to the assumed SU(3) flavor symmetry in the determination of fΞ−b/fΛ0b.
2023
Aaij, R.; Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W.; Abellan Beteta, C.; Abudinén, F.; Ackernley, T.; Adeva, B.; Adinolfi, M.; Adlarson, P.; Afsharnia, H.; Agapopoulou,...espandi
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