Observation of the baryonic B-decay B-bar--> Lambda c+p-barK- pi +
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Dujmic, Denis; Henderson, Shawn Wesley; Sciolla, Gabriella; Yamamoto, R. K.; Zhao, M.; Fisher, Peter H; Cowan, Ray F; Spitznagel, Michael A; ... Show more Show less
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Observation of the baryonic B-decay B̅ 0→Λc+p̅ K-π+
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We report the observation of the baryonic B-decay B̅ 0-->Lambda c+p̅ K-pi+, excluding contributions from the decay B̅ 0-->Lambda c+Lambda K-. Using a data sample of 467×106 BB̅ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring at SLAC, the measured branching fraction is (4.33±0.82stat±0.33syst±1.13Λc+)×10-5. In addition we find evidence for the resonant decay B̅ 0-->Sigma c(2455)++p̅ K- and determine its branching fraction to be (1.11±0.30stat±0.09syst±0.29Λc+)×10-5. The errors are statistical, systematic, and due to the uncertainty in the Λc+ branching fraction. For the resonant decay B̅ 0-->Lambda c+p̅ K̅ *0 we obtain an upper limit of 2.42×10-5 at 90% confidence level.
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2009-09Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review D
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American Physical Society
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BABAR Collaboration et al. “Observation of the baryonic B-decay B-bar--> Lambda c+p-barK- pi +.” Physical Review D 80.5 (2009): 051105. © 2009 The American Physical Society.
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1550-7998