First evidence for the two-body charmless baryonic decay B0 → pp̄


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Aaij R., Adeva B., Adinolfi M., Adrover C., Affolder A., Ajaltouni Z., ...Daha Fazla

Journal of High Energy Physics, cilt.2013, sa.10, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2013 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/jhep10(2013)005
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: QCD, Branching fraction, B physics, Flavor physics, Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The results of a search for the rare two-body charmless baryonic decays B0 → pp̄ and B0s → pp̄ are reported. The analysis uses a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.9 fb-1, of pp collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. An excess of B0 → pp̄ candidates with respect to background expectations is seen with a statistical significance of 3.3 standard deviations. This is the first evidence for a two-body charmless baryonic B0 decay. No significant B0s → pp̄ signal is observed, leading to an improvement of three orders of magnitude over previous bounds. If the excess events are interpreted as signal, the 68.3% confidence level intervals on the branching fractions are (Equation) where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.