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Test of lepton universality with Λ b 0 → pK − ℓ + ℓ − decays

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Authors

Aaij, R. 
Abellán Beteta, C. 
Ackernley, T. 
Adeva, B. 
Adinolfi, M. 

Abstract

Abstract: The ratio of branching fractions of the decays Λb0 → pK−e+e− and Λb0 → pK−μ+μ−, RpK−1, is measured for the first time using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb−1 recorded with the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV. In the dilepton mass-squared range 0.1 < q2< 6.0 GeV2/c4 and the pK− mass range m(pK−) < 2600 MeV/c2, the ratio of branching fractions is measured to be RpK−1=1.17−0.16+0.18±0.07, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. This is the first test of lepton universality with b baryons and the first observation of the decay Λb0 → pK−e+e−.

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Keywords

Regular Article - Experimental Physics, B physics, Branching fraction, Flavour Changing Neutral Currents, Hadron- Hadron scattering (experiments), Rare decay

Journal Title

Journal of High Energy Physics

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Journal ISSN

1029-8479

Volume Title

2020

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg