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A search for previously unobserved decays of beauty baryons to the final states $K^0_{\mathrm{S}}p\pi^-$ and $K^0_{\mathrm{S}}pK^-$ is reported. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of…

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We discuss the perturbative QCD approach for exclusive non-leptonic two body B-meson decays. We briefly review its ingredients and some important theoretical issues related to the factorization approach. PQCD results are compatible with…

We study for the first time the three-body charmless baryonic decays $\bar B^0_s\to \bar p \Lambda M^+ (p \bar \Lambda M^-)$, with $M=\pi, K$. We find that the branching ratios of $\bar B^0_s\to (\bar p \Lambda K^+$ and $p\bar \Lambda K^-)$…

The decay bar B -> bar K* (-> bar K pi) l+ l- offers great opportunities to explore the physics at and above the electroweak scale by means of an angular analysis. We investigate the physics potential of the seven CP asymmetries plus the…

A search for $CP$ and $P$ violation in charmless four-body $B^{0} \to p \bar p K^{+} \pi^{-}$ decays is performed using triple-product asymmetry observables. It is based on proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at…

Motivated by the first untagged decay-time-integrated amplitude analysis of $B_s \to K_SK^{\mp}\pi^{\pm}$ decays performed by LHCb collaboration, where the decay amplitudes are modeled to contain the resonant contributions from intermediate…

Three-body $B^+\to p \overline p K^+$ and $B^+\to p \overline p \pi^+$ decays are studied using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 $fb^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at…

We calculate the CP-averaged branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries for the two-body charmless hadronic decays $\Lambda_b \to p \pi, pK$ in the perturbative QCD (pQCD) approach to lowest order in $\alpha_s$. The baryon distribution…

We present a preliminary study of $B^- \to D^0_{CP} \pi^-$ and $B^- \to D^0_{CP} K^-$ decays, with the $D^0_{CP}$ reconstructed in the CP-odd eigenstates $K_s \pi^0$, $K_s \omega$, in the CP-even eigenstates $K^+ K^-$, $\pi^+ \pi^-$, and in…

We investigate the exclusive nonleptonic decays $B\rightarrow \chi_{c1}K(\pi)$ in the conventional perturbative QCD (PQCD) formalism. The predictions of branching ratios and $CP$ asymmetries are given in detail. We compare our results with…

A sizable strong-interaction phase shift in weak two-body nonleptonic baryon decay would enhance the possibility of discovering charge-conjugation parity ($CP$) violation in the baryon sector, which might help in the quest for understanding…

We present a preliminary measurement of CP-violating asymmetries in fully reconstructed $B^0{\to}D^{(*)\pm}\pi^{\mp}$ and $\B^0{\to}D^{\pm}\rho^{\mp}$ decays in approximately 110 million $\Upsilon(\rm 4S) \to B\bar{B}$ decays collected with…

We point out the $CP$ asymmetry in the chain decay of $\Lambda_c^+\to \Delta^+K(t)(\to \pi^+\pi^-)$ is determined by the branching fractions of $\Lambda^+_c\to \Delta^{++} K^-$, $\Lambda^+_c\to \Delta^{+} K^0_{S,L}$ and $\Lambda^+_c\to…

A measurement of the $CP$ asymmetries $S_{f}$ and $S_{\bar{f}}$ in $B^0\to D^{\mp}\pi^{\pm}$ decays is reported. The decays are reconstructed in a dataset collected with the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass…

CP-violating signals in weak $ \Xi\to \pi \Lambda$ decay require the knowledge of $\pi \Lambda$ $S$- and $P$-wave scattering phases at ${m}_{\Xi}$ center-of-mass energy. We have calculated these phases in baryon chiral perturbation theory…

The first measurement of the $CP$ asymmetry of the decay rate ($A_{CP}$) and the $CP$ average ($\Sigma A_{\text{FB}}$) and $CP$ asymmetry ($\Delta A_{\text{FB}}$) of the forward-backward asymmetry in the muon system of…

Motivated by the recent 3.9$\sigma$ evidence for CP violation from the LHCb collaboration in decays of an anti-triplet beauty baryon to a charmonium, an octet baryon, and a pseudoscalar meson, we perform, for the first time, a systematic…

Within the QCD factorization approach, we study the $CP$ violations in $B^-\rightarrow K^-\pi^+\pi^-$ and $B^-\rightarrow K^- f_0(500)$ decays. We find the experimental data of the localized $CP$ asymmetry in $B^-\rightarrow K^-\pi^+\pi^-$…