Observation of a new Ξb0\Xi_b^0 state

Collaboration
Oct 27, 2020
17 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 103 (2021) 1, 012004
  • Published: Jan 7, 2021
e-Print:
DOI:
Report number:
  • LHCb-PAPER-2020-032,
  • CERN-EP-2020-190
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Abstract: (APS)
Using a proton-proton collision data sample collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.5  fb-1, the observation of a new excited Ξb0 resonance decaying to the Ξb-π+ final state is presented. The state, referred to as Ξb(6227)0, has a measured mass and natural width of m(Ξb(6227)0)=6227.1-1.5+1.4±0.5  MeV and Γ(Ξb(6227)0)=18.6-4.1+5.0±1.4  MeV, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic. The production rate of the Ξb(6227)0 state relative to that of the Ξb- baryon in the kinematic region 2<η<5 and pT<30  GeV is measured to be fΞb(6227)0fΞb-B(Ξb(6227)0→Ξb-π+)=0.045±0.008±0.004, where B(Ξb(6227)0→Ξb-π+) is the branching fraction of the decay, and fΞb(6227)0 and fΞb- represent fragmentation fractions. Improved measurements of the mass and natural width of the previously observed Ξb(6227)- state, along with the mass of the Ξb- baryon, are also reported. Both measurements are significantly more precise than, and consistent with, previously reported values.
Note:
  • Particle Physics Experiments
  • p p: colliding beams
  • p p: scattering
  • Xi/b0: excited state
  • baryon resonance: hadroproduction
  • baryon resonance: hadronic decay
  • mass spectrum: (Xi/b- pi+)
  • mass: width
  • baryon resonance: mass: measured
  • baryon resonance: width