Measurement of the Branching Fractions B (B0 →p p ¯ p p ¯) and B (Bs0 →p p ¯ p p ¯)

R Aaij; A S W Abdelmotteleb; C Abellan Beteta; F Abudinén; T Ackernley; B Adeva; M Adinolfi; P Adlarson; H Afsharnia; C Agapopoulou; C A Aidala; Z Ajaltouni; S Akar; K Akiba; J Albrecht; F Alessio; M Alexander; A Alfonso Albero; Z Aliouche; P Alvarez Cartelle; R Amalric; S Amato; J L Amey; Y Amhis; L An; L Anderlini; M Andersson; A Andreianov; M Andreotti; D Andreou; D Ao; F Archilli; A Artamonov; M Artuso; E Aslanides; M Atzeni; B Audurier; S Bachmann; M Bachmayer; J J Back; A Bailly-Reyre; P Baladron Rodriguez; V Balagura; W Baldini; J Baptista de Souza Leite; M Barbetti; R J Barlow; S Barsuk; W Barter; M Bartolini; LHCb collaboration; Carolina da silva Bolognani; Daniel Hugo Cámpora Pérez; Jacco de Vries; Miriam Lucio Martinez; Marcel Merk; Chris Pawley; Keri Vos

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.091901

Measurement of the Branching Fractions B (B0 →p p ¯ p p ¯) and B (Bs0 →p p ¯ p p ¯)

R Aaij^*, A S W Abdelmotteleb, C Abellan Beteta, F Abudinén, T Ackernley, B Adeva, M Adinolfi, P Adlarson, H Afsharnia, C Agapopoulou, C A Aidala, Z Ajaltouni, S Akar, K Akiba, J Albrecht, F Alessio, M Alexander, A Alfonso Albero, Z Aliouche, P Alvarez CartelleR Amalric, S Amato, J L Amey, Y Amhis, L An, L Anderlini, M Andersson, A Andreianov, M Andreotti, D Andreou, D Ao, F Archilli, A Artamonov, M Artuso, E Aslanides, M Atzeni, B Audurier, S Bachmann, M Bachmayer, J J Back, A Bailly-Reyre, P Baladron Rodriguez, V Balagura, W Baldini, J Baptista de Souza Leite, M Barbetti, R J Barlow, S Barsuk, W Barter, M Bartolini, LHCb collaboration, Carolina da silva Bolognani, Daniel Hugo Cámpora Pérez, Jacco de Vries, Miriam Lucio Martinez, Marcel Merk, Chris Pawley, Keri Vos

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Searches for the rare hadronic decays B0→pp¯pp¯ and Bs0→pp¯pp¯ are performed using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb-1. Significances of 9.3σ and 4.0σ, including statistical and systematic uncertainties, are obtained for the B0→pp¯pp¯ and Bs0→pp¯pp¯ signals, respectively. The branching fractions are measured relative to the topologically similar normalization decays B0→J/ψ(→pp¯)K∗0(→K+π-) and Bs0→J/ψ(→pp¯)⁢φ(→K+K-). The branching fractions are measured to be B(B0→pp¯pp¯)=(2.2±0.4±0.1±0.1)×10-8 and B(Bs0→pp¯pp¯)=(2.3±1.0±0.2±0.1)×10-8. In these measurements, the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third one is due to the external branching fraction of the normalization channel.

Original language	English
Article number	091901
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	131
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.091901
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2023

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Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adlarson, P., Afsharnia, H., Agapopoulou, C., Aidala, C. A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Akiba, K., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Aliouche, Z., ... Vos, K. (2023). Measurement of the Branching Fractions B (B0 →p p ¯ p p ¯) and B (Bs0 →p p ¯ p p ¯). Physical Review Letters, 131(9), Article 091901. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.091901

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Aaij, R, Abdelmotteleb, ASW, Abellan Beteta, C, Abudinén, F, Ackernley, T, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Adlarson, P, Afsharnia, H, Agapopoulou, C, Aidala, CA, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Akiba, K, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Alfonso Albero, A, Aliouche, Z, Alvarez Cartelle, P, Amalric, R, Amato, S, Amey, JL, Amhis, Y, An, L, Anderlini, L, Andersson, M, Andreianov, A, Andreotti, M, Andreou, D, Ao, D, Archilli, F, Artamonov, A, Artuso, M, Aslanides, E, Atzeni, M, Audurier, B, Bachmann, S, Bachmayer, M, Back, JJ, Bailly-Reyre, A, Baladron Rodriguez, P, Balagura, V, Baldini, W, Baptista de Souza Leite, J, Barbetti, M, Barlow, RJ, Barsuk, S, Barter, W, Bartolini, M, LHCb collaboration, da silva Bolognani, C, Cámpora Pérez, DH, de Vries, J, Lucio Martinez, M, Merk, M , Pawley, C & Vos, K 2023, 'Measurement of the Branching Fractions B (B0 →p p ¯ p p ¯) and B (Bs0 →p p ¯ p p ¯)', Physical Review Letters, vol. 131, no. 9, 091901. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.091901

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AU - Artamonov, A

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AU - Audurier, B

AU - Bachmann, S

AU - Bachmayer, M

AU - Back, J J

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Measurement of the Branching Fractions B (B0 →p p ¯ p p ¯) and B (Bs0 →p p ¯ p p ¯)

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