Measurement of the mass difference and relative production rate of the Ωb- and Ξb- baryons

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; P. Albicocco; 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; I. B.Bachiller Perea; 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; LHCb collaboration; Carolina da silva Bolognani; Daniel Hugo Cámpora Pérez; Jacco de Vries; Miriam Lucio Martinez; Marcel Merk; Davide Nicotra; Chris Pawley; Keri Vos

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.052008

Measurement of the mass difference and relative production rate of the Ωb- and Ξb- baryons

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, P. Albicocco, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, A. Alfonso Albero, Z. AlioucheP. 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, I. B.Bachiller Perea, 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, LHCb collaboration, Carolina da silva Bolognani, Daniel Hugo Cámpora Pérez, Jacco de Vries, Miriam Lucio Martinez, Marcel Merk, Davide Nicotra, Chris Pawley, Keri Vos

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The mass difference between the Ω−b and Ξ−b baryons is measured using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1, and is found to be m(Ω−b)−m(Ξ−b)=248.54±0.51(stat)±0.38(syst) MeV/c2. The mass of the Ω−b baryon is measured to be m(Ω−b)=6045.9±0.5(stat)±0.6(syst) MeV/c2. This is the most precise determination of the Ω−b mass to date. In addition, the production rate of Ω−b baryons relative to that of Ξ−b baryons is measured for the first time in pp collisions, using an LHCb dataset collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6 fb−1. Reconstructing beauty baryons in the kinematic region 2<η<6 and pT<20 GeV/c with their decays to a J/ψ meson and a hyperon, the ratio fΩ−bfΞ−b×B(Ω−b→J/ψΩ−)B(Ξ−b→J/ψΞ−)=0.120±0.008(stat)±0.008(syst), is obtained, where fΩ−b and fΞ−b are the fragmentation fractions of b quarks into Ω−b and Ξ−b baryons, respectively, and B represents the branching fractions of their respective decays.

Original language	English
Article number	052008
Number of pages	16
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	108
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.052008
Publication status	Published - 18 Sept 2023

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Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Beteta, C. A., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adlarson, P., Afsharnia, H., Agapopoulou, C., Aidala, C. A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Akiba, K., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Albero, A. A., ... Vos, K. (2023). Measurement of the mass difference and relative production rate of the Ωb- and Ξb- baryons. Physical Review D, 108(5), Article 052008. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.052008

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T1 - Measurement of the mass difference and relative production rate of the Ωb- and Ξb- baryons

AU - Aaij, R.

AU - Abdelmotteleb, A. S.W.

AU - Beteta, C. Abellan

AU - Abudinén, F.

AU - Ackernley, T.

AU - Adeva, B.

AU - Adinolfi, M.

AU - Adlarson, P.

AU - Afsharnia, H.

AU - Agapopoulou, C.

AU - Aidala, C. A.

AU - Ajaltouni, Z.

AU - Akar, S.

AU - Akiba, K.

AU - Albicocco, P.

AU - Albrecht, J.

AU - Alessio, F.

AU - Alexander, M.

AU - Albero, A. Alfonso

AU - Aliouche, Z.

AU - Cartelle, P. Alvarez

AU - Amalric, R.

AU - Amato, S.

AU - Amey, J. L.

AU - Amhis, Y.

AU - An, L.

AU - Anderlini, L.

AU - Andersson, M.

AU - Andreianov, A.

AU - Andreotti, M.

AU - Andreou, D.

AU - Ao, D.

AU - Archilli, F.

AU - Artamonov, A.

AU - Artuso, M.

AU - Aslanides, E.

AU - Atzeni, M.

AU - Audurier, B.

AU - Perea, I. B.Bachiller

AU - Bachmann, S.

AU - Bachmayer, M.

AU - Back, J. J.

AU - Bailly-Reyre, A.

AU - Rodriguez, P. Baladron

AU - Balagura, V.

AU - Baldini, W.

AU - Leite, J. Baptista De Souza

AU - Barbetti, M.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Barsuk, S.

AU - LHCb collaboration

AU - da silva Bolognani, Carolina

AU - Cámpora Pérez, Daniel Hugo

AU - de Vries, Jacco

AU - Lucio Martinez, Miriam

AU - Merk, Marcel

AU - Nicotra, Davide

AU - Pawley, Chris

AU - Vos, Keri

N1 - Funding Information: We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at the LHCb institutes. We acknowledge support from CERN and from the national agencies: CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ and FINEP (Brazil); MOST and NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG and MPG (Germany); INFN (Italy); NWO (Netherlands); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MEN/IFA (Romania); MICINN (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE NP and NSF (USA). We acknowledge the computing resources that are provided by CERN, IN2P3 (France), KIT and DESY (Germany), INFN (Italy), SURF (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), GridPP (United Kingdom), CSCS (Switzerland), IFIN-HH (Romania), CBPF (Brazil), Polish WLCG (Poland) and NERSC (USA). We are indebted to the communities behind the multiple open-source software packages on which we depend. Individual groups or members have received support from ARC and ARDC (Australia); Minciencias (Colombia); AvH Foundation (Germany); EPLANET, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and ERC (European Union); A*MIDEX, ANR, IPhU and Labex P2IO, and Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France); Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS, CAS PIFI, CAS CCEPP, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and Sci. & Tech. Program of Guangzhou (China); GVA, XuntaGal, GENCAT and Prog. Atracción Talento, CM (Spain); SRC (Sweden); the Leverhulme Trust, the Royal Society and UKRI (United Kingdom). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 CERN.

PY - 2023/9/18

Y1 - 2023/9/18

N2 - The mass difference between the Ω−b and Ξ−b baryons is measured using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1, and is found to be m(Ω−b)−m(Ξ−b)=248.54±0.51(stat)±0.38(syst) MeV/c2. The mass of the Ω−b baryon is measured to be m(Ω−b)=6045.9±0.5(stat)±0.6(syst) MeV/c2. This is the most precise determination of the Ω−b mass to date. In addition, the production rate of Ω−b baryons relative to that of Ξ−b baryons is measured for the first time in pp collisions, using an LHCb dataset collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6 fb−1. Reconstructing beauty baryons in the kinematic region 2<η<6 and pT<20 GeV/c with their decays to a J/ψ meson and a hyperon, the ratio fΩ−bfΞ−b×B(Ω−b→J/ψΩ−)B(Ξ−b→J/ψΞ−)=0.120±0.008(stat)±0.008(syst), is obtained, where fΩ−b and fΞ−b are the fragmentation fractions of b quarks into Ω−b and Ξ−b baryons, respectively, and B represents the branching fractions of their respective decays.

AB - The mass difference between the Ω−b and Ξ−b baryons is measured using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1, and is found to be m(Ω−b)−m(Ξ−b)=248.54±0.51(stat)±0.38(syst) MeV/c2. The mass of the Ω−b baryon is measured to be m(Ω−b)=6045.9±0.5(stat)±0.6(syst) MeV/c2. This is the most precise determination of the Ω−b mass to date. In addition, the production rate of Ω−b baryons relative to that of Ξ−b baryons is measured for the first time in pp collisions, using an LHCb dataset collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6 fb−1. Reconstructing beauty baryons in the kinematic region 2<η<6 and pT<20 GeV/c with their decays to a J/ψ meson and a hyperon, the ratio fΩ−bfΞ−b×B(Ω−b→J/ψΩ−)B(Ξ−b→J/ψΞ−)=0.120±0.008(stat)±0.008(syst), is obtained, where fΩ−b and fΞ−b are the fragmentation fractions of b quarks into Ω−b and Ξ−b baryons, respectively, and B represents the branching fractions of their respective decays.

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