Measurement of branching fractions of charmless four-body Lambda(0)(b) and Xi(0)(b) decays

C. J. G. Onderwater, LHCb Collaboration

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Abstract

A search for charmless four-body decays of Lambda(0)(b) and Xi(0)(b) baryons with a proton and three charged mesons (either kaons or pions) in the final state is performed. The data sample used was recorded in 2011 and 2012 with the LHCb experiment and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1). Six decay modes are observed, among which Lambda(0)(b) -> pK(-) pi(+)pi(-), Lambda(0)(b) -> pK(-)K(+)K(-), Xi(0)(b) pK(-) pi(+)pi(-) and Xi(0)(b) pK(-)pi K-+(-) are established for the first time. Their branching fractions (including the ratio of hadronisation fractions in the case of the Xi(0)(b) baryon) are determined relative to the Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda(+)(c)pi(-) decay.
Original languageEnglish
Article number098
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2018
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16-Feb-2018

Keywords

  • Branching fraction
  • Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
  • B physics

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