TY - JOUR
T1 - First Observation of the Charmless Baryonic Decay B+ → Â p p¯p
AU - Aaij, R.
AU - Abdelmotteleb, A. S.W.
AU - Abellan Beteta, C.
AU - Abudinén, F.
AU - Ackernley, T.
AU - Adefisoye, A. A.
AU - Adeva, B.
AU - Adinolfi, M.
AU - Adlarson, P.
AU - Agapopoulou, C.
AU - Aidala, C. A.
AU - Ajaltouni, Z.
AU - Akar, S.
AU - Akiba, K.
AU - Albicocco, P.
AU - Albrecht, J.
AU - Aleksiejunas, R.
AU - Alessio, F.
AU - Alvarez Cartelle, P.
AU - Amalric, R.
AU - Amato, S.
AU - Amey, J. L.
AU - Amhis, Y.
AU - An, L.
AU - Anderlini, L.
AU - Andersson, M.
AU - Andreola, P.
AU - Andreotti, M.
AU - Andres Estrada, S.
AU - Anelli, A.
AU - Ao, D.
AU - Arata, C.
AU - Archilli, F.
AU - Areg, Z.
AU - Argenton, M.
AU - Arguedas Cuendis, S.
AU - Arnone, L.
AU - Artamonov, A.
AU - Artuso, M.
AU - Aslanides, E.
AU - Da Silva, R. Ataíde
AU - Atzeni, M.
AU - Audurier, B.
AU - Authier, J. A.
AU - Bacher, D.
AU - Bachiller Perea, I.
AU - Bachmann, S.
AU - Bachmayer, M.
AU - Back, J. J.
AU - Baladron Rodriguez, P.
AU - LHCb collaboration
AU - da silva Bolognani, Carolina
AU - Burgos Marcos, Marta
AU - Cámpora Pérez, Daniel Hugo
AU - Chiotopoulos, Xenofon
AU - de Vries, Jacco
AU - Merk, Marcel
AU - Nicotra, Davide
AU - Onderwater, Gerco
AU - Pawley, Chris
AU - Ruiz Vidal, Joan
AU - Scriven, George
AU - Vos, Keri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 CERN.
PY - 2025/12/31
Y1 - 2025/12/31
N2 - A search for the charmless baryonic decay B+→Λ¯pp¯p is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb-1. The branching fraction for this decay is measured for the first time relative to that of the topologically similar decay B+→J/ψK+, with J/ψ→Λ¯pK-. The branching fraction is measured to be B(B+→Λ¯pp¯p)=(2.15±0.35±0.12±0.28)×10-7, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third arises from the uncertainty in the normalization channel branching fraction. The CP asymmetry is measured to be ACP=(5.4±15.6±2.4)%, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic. The background-subtracted invariant-mass distributions of Λ¯p and p¯p pairs exhibit pronounced enhancements at both kinematic thresholds, in contrast to a uniform phase-space distribution.
AB - A search for the charmless baryonic decay B+→Λ¯pp¯p is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb-1. The branching fraction for this decay is measured for the first time relative to that of the topologically similar decay B+→J/ψK+, with J/ψ→Λ¯pK-. The branching fraction is measured to be B(B+→Λ¯pp¯p)=(2.15±0.35±0.12±0.28)×10-7, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third arises from the uncertainty in the normalization channel branching fraction. The CP asymmetry is measured to be ACP=(5.4±15.6±2.4)%, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic. The background-subtracted invariant-mass distributions of Λ¯p and p¯p pairs exhibit pronounced enhancements at both kinematic thresholds, in contrast to a uniform phase-space distribution.
U2 - 10.1103/3pcs-dxtn
DO - 10.1103/3pcs-dxtn
M3 - Article
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 135
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 26
M1 - 261901
ER -