First observation of the rare purely baryonic decay B0 →p p-

R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; A. Alfonso Albero; 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; A. Baranov; S. Bifani; R. Calladine; G. Chatzikonstantinidis; N. Farley; C. Lazzeroni; A. Mazurov; A. Sergi; N. K. Watson; M. P. Williams; T. Williams; K. A. Zarebski; LHCb Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.232001

First observation of the rare purely baryonic decay B0 →p p-

R. Aaij^*, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, A. Alfonso Albero, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, L. An, L. Anderlini, G. Andreassi, M. AndreottiJ. 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, A. Baranov, S. Bifani, R. Calladine, G. Chatzikonstantinidis, N. Farley, C. Lazzeroni, A. Mazurov, A. Sergi, N. K. Watson, M. P. Williams, T. Williams, K. A. Zarebski, LHCb Collaboration

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The first observation of the decay of a B0 meson to a purely baryonic final state, B0→pp, is reported. The proton-proton collision data sample used was collected with the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb-1. The branching fraction is determined to be B(B0→pp)=(1.25±0.27±0.18)×10-8, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The decay mode B0→pp is the rarest decay of the B0 meson observed to date. The decay Bs0→pp is also investigated. No signal is seen and the upper limit B(Bs0→pp)<1.5×10-8 at 90% confidence level is set on the branching fraction.

Original language	English
Article number	232001
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	119
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.232001
Publication status	Published - 4 Dec 2017

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Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., ... LHCb Collaboration (2017). First observation of the rare purely baryonic decay B0 →p p-. Physical Review Letters, 119(23), Article 232001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.232001

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