Observation of the {Xi}{sub b}{sup 0} Baryon

Journal Article · Fri Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.107.102001· OSTI ID:21611565

Aaltonen, T; Brucken, E; Devoto, F; Mehtala, P; Orava, R ^[1]; Alvarez Gonzalez, B; Casal, B; Cuevas, J; Gomez, G; Palencia, E; Rodrigo, T; Ruiz, A; Scodellaro, L; Vila, I; Vilar, R; Vizan, J ^[2]; Amerio, S; Dorigo, T; Totaro, P ^[3]; Amidei, D ^[4]

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1. Division of High Energy Physics, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki Institute of Physics, FIN-00014, Helsinki (Finland)
2. Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, CSIC-University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander (Spain)
3. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova-Trento, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
4. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)

The observation of the bottom, strange baryon {Xi}{sub b}{sup 0} through the decay chain {Xi}{sub b}{sup 0}{yields}{Xi}{sub c}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}, where {Xi}{sub c}{sup +}{yields}{Xi}{sup -}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup +}, {Xi}{sup -}{yields}{Lambda}{pi}{sup -}, and {Lambda}{yields}p{pi}{sup -}, is reported by using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.2 fb{sup -1} from pp collisions at {radical}(s)=1.96 TeV recorded with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. A signal of 25.3{sub -5.4}{sup +5.6} candidates is observed whose probability of arising from a background fluctuation is 3.6x10{sup -12}, corresponding to 6.8 Gaussian standard deviations. The {Xi}{sub b}{sup 0} mass is measured to be 5787.8{+-}5.0(stat){+-}1.3(syst) MeV/c{sup 2}. In addition, the {Xi}{sub b}{sup -} baryon is observed through the process {Xi}{sub b}{sup -}{yields}{Xi}{sub c}{sup 0}{pi}{sup -}, where {Xi}{sub c}{sup 0}{yields}{Xi}{sup -}{pi}{sup +}, {Xi}{sup -}{yields}{Lambda}{pi}{sup -}, and {Lambda}{yields}p{pi}{sup -}.

• OSTI ID: 21611565
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.102001; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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