Measurement of matter-antimatter differences in beauty baryon decays

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Aaij, R, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Ali, S, Alkhazov, G et al (show 90 more authors) , Alvarez Cartelle, P, Alves, AA, Amato, S, Amerio, S, Amhis, Y, An, L, Anderlini, L, Andreassi, G, Andreotti, M, Andrews, JE, Appleby, RB, Archilli, F, D'Argent, P, Arnau Romeu, J, Artamonov, A, Artuso, M, Aslanides, E, Auriemma, G, Baalouch, M, Babuschkin, I, Bachmann, S, Back, JJ, Badalov, A, Baesso, C, Baker, S, Baldini, W, Barlow, RJ, Barschel, C, Barsuk, S, Barter, W, Baszczyk, M, Batozskaya, V, Batsukh, B, Battista, V, Bay, A, Beaucourt, L, Beddow, J, Bedeschi, F, Bediaga, I, Bel, LJ, Bellee, V, Belloli, N, Belous, K, Belyaev, I, Ben-Haim, E, Bencivenni, G, Benson, S, Benton, J, Berezhnoy, A, Bernet, R, Bertolin, A, Betti, F, Bettler, MO, Van Beuzekom, M, Bezshyiko, I, Bifani, S, Billoir, P, Bird, T, Birnkraut, A, Bitadze, A, Bizzeti, A, Blake, T, Blanc, F, Blouw, J, Blusk, S, Bocci, V, Boettcher, T, Bondar, A, Bondar, N, Bonivento, W, Borgheresi, A, Borghi, S, Borisyak, M, Borsato, M, Bossu, F, 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 and Calvi, M (2017) Measurement of matter-antimatter differences in beauty baryon decays Nature Physics, 13 (4). pp. 391-396. ISSN 1745-2473, 1745-2481

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Abstract

Differences in the behaviour of matter and antimatter have been observed in K and B meson decays, but not yet in any baryon decay. Such differences are associated with the non-invariance of fundamental interactions under the combined charge-conjugation and parity transformations, known as CP violation. Here, using data from the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, we search for CP-violating asymmetries in the decay angle distributions of Λ<inf>b</inf> ⁰ baryons decaying to pπ^- π⁺ π^- and pπ^-K⁺K^- final states. These four-body hadronic decays are a promising place to search for sources of CP violation both within and beyond the standard model of particle physics. We find evidence for CP violation in Λ<inf>b</inf> ⁰ to pπ^- π⁺ π^- decays with a statistical significance corresponding to 3.3 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties. This represents the first evidence for CP violation in the baryon sector.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	04 May 2017 11:40
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2026 07:40
DOI:	10.1038/nphys4021
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3007241
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