Abstract
Dynamics and direct CP violation in three-body charmless decays of charged B mesons to a proton, an antiproton and a light meson (pion or kaon) are studied using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb -1, collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. Production spectra are determined as a function of Dalitz-plot and helicity variables. The forward-backward asymmetry of the light meson in the pp̄ rest frame is measured. No significant CP asymmetry in B +→pp̄K + decay is found in any region of the Dalitz plane. We present the first observation of the decay B +→Λ̄(1520)(→K +p̄)p near the K +p̄ threshold and measure B(B +→Λ̄ (1520)p)=(3.9-0.9+1.0(stat)±0.1(syst)±0.3(BF))×10 -7, where BF denotes the uncertainty on secondary branching fractions.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 052015 |
Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Sept 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)