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Studies of beauty baryon decays to $D^0 p h^-$ and $\Lambda_c^+ h^-$ final states

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2014-02-20 v1

Abstract

Decays of beauty baryons to the D0phD^0 p h^- and Λc+h\Lambda_c^+ h^- final states (where hh indicates a pion or a kaon) are studied using a data sample of pppp collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb1^{-1}, collected by the LHCb detector. The Cabibbo-suppressed decays Λb0D0pK\Lambda_b^0\to D^0 p K^- and Λb0Λc+K\Lambda_b^0\to \Lambda_c^+ K^- are observed and their branching fractions are measured with respect to the decays Λb0D0pπ\Lambda_b^0\to D^0 p \pi^- and Λb0Λc+π\Lambda_b^0\to \Lambda_c^+ \pi^-. In addition, the first observation is reported of the decay of the neutral beauty-strange baryon Ξb0\Xi_b^0 to the D0pKD^0 p K^- final state, and a measurement of the Ξb0\Xi_b^0 mass is performed. Evidence of the Ξb0Λc+K\Xi_b^0\to \Lambda_c^+ K^- decay is also reported.

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@article{arxiv.1311.4823,
  title  = {Studies of beauty baryon decays to $D^0 p h^-$ and $\Lambda_c^+ h^-$ final states},
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  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.4823},
  year   = {2014}
}

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19 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables