Observation of the Λb 0→Λφ decay

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Aaij, R, Abellán Beteta, C, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Ali, S et al (show 90 more authors) , Alkhazov, G, Alvarez Cartelle, P, Alves, AA, Amato, S, Amerio, S, Amhis, Y, An, L, Anderlini, L, Andreassi, G, Andreotti, M, Andrews, JE, Appleby, RB, Aquines Gutierrez, O, Archilli, F, d'Argent, P, Artamonov, A, Artuso, M, Aslanides, E, Auriemma, G, Baalouch, M, Bachmann, S, Back, JJ, Badalov, A, Baesso, C, Baker, S, Baldini, W, Barlow, RJ, Barschel, C, Barsuk, S, Barter, W, Batozskaya, V, Battista, V, Bay, A, Beaucourt, L, Beddow, J, Bedeschi, F, Bediaga, I, Bel, LJ, Bellee, V, Belloli, N, Belyaev, I, Ben-Haim, E, Bencivenni, G, Benson, S, Benton, J, Berezhnoy, A, Bernet, R, Bertolin, A, Betti, F, Bettler, MO, van Beuzekom, M, Bifani, S, Billoir, P, Bird, T, Birnkraut, A, Bizzeti, A, Blake, T, Blanc, F, Blouw, J, Blusk, S, Bocci, V, Bondar, A, Bondar, N, Bonivento, W, Borgheresi, A, Borghi, S, Borisyak, M, Borsato, M, Boubdir, M, Bowcock, TJV ORCID: 0000-0002-3505-6915, Bowen, E, Bozzi, C, Braun, S, Britsch, M, Britton, T, Brodzicka, J, Buchanan, E, Burr, C, Bursche, A, Buytaert, J, Cadeddu, S, Calabrese, R, Calvi, M, Calvo Gomez, M, Campana, P, Campora Perez, D, Capriotti, L, Carbone, A, Carboni, G and Cardinale, R (2016) Observation of the Λb 0→Λφ decay Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics, 759. pp. 282-292. ISSN 0370-2693, 1873-2445

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Abstract

The Λ<inf>b</inf> ⁰→Λφ decay is observed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb^-1 recorded by the LHCb experiment. The decay proceeds at leading order via a b→sss loop transition and is therefore sensitive to the possible presence of particles beyond the Standard Model. A first observation is reported with a significance of 5.9 standard deviations. The value of the branching fraction is measured to be (5.18±1.04±0.35<inf>-0.62</inf> ^+0.67)×10^-6, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is related to external inputs. Triple-product asymmetries are measured to be consistent with zero.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2016 09:36
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2026 07:35
DOI:	10.1016/j.physletb.2016.05.077
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3001968
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