Evidence for the Strangeness-Changing Weak Decay Xi(-)(b) -> Lambda(0)(b)pi(-)
- Aaij, R.
- Beteta, C. Abellan
- Adeva, B.
- Adinolfi, M.
- Affolder, A.
- Ajaltouni, Z.
- Akar, S.
- Albrecht, J.
- Alessio, F.
- Alexander, M.
- Ali, S.
- Alkhazov, G.
- Cartelle, P. Alvarez
- Alves, A. A.
- Amato, S.
- Amerio, S.
- Amhis, Y.
- An, L.
- Anderlini, L.
- Anderson, J.
- Andreassi, G.
- Andreotti, M.
- Andrews, J. E.
- Appleby, R. B.
- Gutierrez, O. Aquines
- Archilli, F.
- d'Argent, P.
- Artamonov, A.
- Artuso, M.
- Aslanides, E.
- Auriemma, G.
- Baalouch, M.
- Bachmann, S.
- Back, J. J.
- Badalov, A.
- Baesso, C.
- Baldini, W.
- Barlow, R. J.
- Barschel, C.
- Barsuk, S.
- Barter, W.
- Batozskaya, V.
- Battista, V.
- Bay, A.
- Beaucourt, L.
- Beddow, J.
- Bedeschi, F.
- Onderwater, C. J. G.
- Pellegrino, A.
- Tolk, S.
DOIAbstract
Using a pp collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb(-1), collected by the LHCb detector, we present the first search for the strangeness-changing weak decay Xi(-)(b) -> Delta(0)(b)pi(-). No b hadron decay of this type has been seen before. A signal for this decay, corresponding to a significance of 3.2 standard deviations, is reported. The relative rate is measured to bef Xi(-)(b)/f Lambda B-0(b)(Xi(-)(b) -> Lambda(0)(b)pi(-)) = (5.7 +/- 1.8(-0.9)(+0.8)) x 10(-4)where f Xi(-)(b) and f Lambda(0)(b) are the b -> Xi(-)(b) and b -> Lambda(0)(b) fragmentation fractions, and B(Xi(-)(b) -> Lambda(0)(b)pi(-)) is the branching fraction. Assuming f Xi(-)(b)/f Lambda(0)(b) is bounded between 0.1 and 0.3,...
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