Study of excited Λb0\Lambda_\mathrm{b}^0 states decaying to Λb0π+π\Lambda_\mathrm{b}^0\pi^+\pi^- in proton-proton collisions at s=\sqrt{s}= 13 TeV

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Jan 17, 2020

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A study of excited Λb0 baryons is reported, based on a data sample collected in 2016–2018 with the CMS detector at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to 140 fb−1 . The existence of four excited Λb0 states: Λb0(5912)0 , Λb0(5920)0 , Λb0(6146)0 , and Λb0(6152)0 in the Λb0π+π− mass spectrum is confirmed, and their masses are measured. The Λb0π+π− mass distribution exhibits a broad excess of events in the region of 6040–6100 MeV, whose origin cannot be discerned with the present data.
Note:
  • CMS
  • Physics
  • Beauty baryon
  • Heavy baryon
  • Heavy flavor
  • Flavor spectroscopy
  • Experimental results
  • p p: scattering
  • p p: colliding beams
  • Lambda/b0: excited state