Search for Baryon-Number Violating Ξ<sub>b</sub><SUP>0</SUP> Oscillations



Aaij, R, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Alfonso Albero, A, Ai, S
et al (show 795 more authors) (2017) Search for Baryon-Number Violating Ξ<sub>b</sub><SUP>0</SUP> Oscillations. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 119 (18). 181807-.

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Abstract

A search for baryon-number violating Ξ_{b}^{0} oscillations is performed with a sample of pp collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3  fb^{-1}. The baryon number at the moment of production is identified by requiring that the Ξ_{b}^{0} come from the decay of a resonance Ξ_{b}^{*-}→Ξ_{b}^{0}π^{-} or Ξ_{b}^{'-}→Ξ_{b}^{0}π^{-}, and the baryon number at the moment of decay is identified from the final state using the decays Ξ_{b}^{0}→Ξ_{c}^{+}π^{-},Ξ_{c}^{+}→pK^{-}π^{+}. No evidence of baryon-number violation is found, and an upper limit at the 95% confidence level is set on the oscillation rate of ω<0.08  ps^{-1}, where ω is the associated angular frequency.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: LHCb Collaboration
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2018 10:36
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2023 09:09
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.181807
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3015929