Observation of B{sup -}{yields}J/{psi}{lambda}p and searches for B{sup -}{yields}J/{psi}{sigma}{sup 0}p and B{sup 0}{yields}J/{psi}pp decays

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.051105· OSTI ID:20711397

Xie, Q L; Dong, L Y; Yuan, Y; Zang, S L; Zhang, C C ^[1]; Abe, K; Adachi, I; Gershon, T; Haba, J; Hazumi, M; Ishikawa, A; Itoh, R; Iwasaki, Y; Katayama, N; Kichimi, H; Nishida, S; Nozaki, T; Ozaki, H; Sakai, Y; Takasaki, F ^[2]

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1. Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
2. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba (Japan); and others

We report the observation of B{sup -}{yields}J/{psi}{lambda}p and searches for B{sup -}{yields}J/{psi}{sigma}{sup 0}p and B{sup 0}{yields}J/{psi}pp decays, using a sample of 275x10{sup 6} BB pairs collected with the Belle detector at the {upsilon}(4S) resonance. We observe a signal of 17.2{+-}4.1 events with a significance of 11.1{sigma} and obtain a branching fraction of B(B{sup -}{yields}J/{psi}{lambda}p)=11.6{+-}2.8(stat){sub -2.3}{sup +1.8}(sys)x10{sup -6}. No signal is found for either of the two decay modes, B{sup -}{yields}J/{psi}{sigma}{sup 0}p and B{sup 0}{yields}J/{psi}pp, and upper limits for the branching fractions are determined to be B(B{sup -}{yields}J/{psi}{sigma}{sup 0}p)<1.1x10{sup -5} and B(B{sup 0}{yields}J/{psi}pp)<8.3x10{sup -7} at 90% confidence level.

• OSTI ID: 20711397
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 72; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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