Observation of the Decay Ξb- →pK-K-

R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A. A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; L. An; L. Anderlini; G. Andreassi; M. Andreotti; J. E. Andrews; R. B. Appleby; F. Archilli; P. D'Argent; J. Arnau Romeu; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; M. Baalouch; I. Babuschkin; S. Bachmann; J. J. Back; A. Badalov; C. Baesso; S. Baker; V. Balagura; W. Baldini; R. J. Barlow; S. Bifani; G. Chatzikonstantinidis; N. Farley; P. Griffith; C. Lazzeroni; A. Mazurov; L. Pescatore; A. Sergi; N. K. Watson; M. P. Williams; T. Williams; K. A. Zarebski; LHCb Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.071801

Observation of the Decay Ξb- →pK-K-

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, L. An, L. Anderlini, G. Andreassi, M. Andreotti, J. E. AndrewsR. B. Appleby, F. Archilli, P. D'Argent, J. Arnau Romeu, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, I. Babuschkin, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, A. Badalov, C. Baesso, S. Baker, V. Balagura, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, S. Bifani, G. Chatzikonstantinidis, N. Farley, P. Griffith, C. Lazzeroni, A. Mazurov, L. Pescatore, A. Sergi, N. K. Watson, M. P. Williams, T. Williams, K. A. Zarebski, LHCb Collaboration

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Decays of the Ξb- and Ωb- baryons to the charmless final states ph-h′-, where h(′) denotes a kaon or pion, are searched for with the LHCb detector. The analysis is based on a sample of proton-proton collision data collected at center-of-mass energies s=7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1. The decay Ξb-→pK-K- is observed with a significance of 8.7 standard deviations, and evidence at the level of 3.4 standard deviations is found for the Ξb-→pK-π- decay. Results are reported, relative to the B-→K+K-K- normalization channel, for the products of branching fractions and b-hadron production fractions. The branching fractions of Ξb-→pK-π- and Ξb-→pπ-π- relative to Ξb-→pK-K- decays are also measured.

Original language	English
Article number	071801
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.071801
Publication status	Published - 16 Feb 2017

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Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., Andreotti, M., ... LHCb Collaboration (2017). Observation of the Decay Ξb- →pK-K-. Physical Review Letters, 118(7), Article 071801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.071801

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