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Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 122002 (2007) [7 pages]

Measurement of σΛb0/σB̅ 0×B(Λb0Λc+π-)/B(B̅ 0D+π-) in pp̅ Collisions at s=1.96  TeV

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A. Abulencia et al. CDF Collaboration
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Received 28 December 2005; published 19 March 2007

We present the first observation of the baryon decay Λb0Λc+π- followed by Λc+pK-π+ in 106  pb-1 pp̅ collisions at s=1.96  TeV in the CDF experiment. In order to reduce systematic error, the measured rate for Λb0 decay is normalized to the kinematically similar meson decay B̅ 0D+π- followed by D+π+K-π+. We report the ratio of production cross sections (σ) times the ratio of branching fractions (B) for the momentum region integrated above pT>6  GeV/c and pseudorapidity range |η|<1.3: σ(pp̅ →Λb0X)/σ(pp̅ →B̅ 0XB(Λb0Λc+π-)/B(B̅ 0D+π-)=0.82± 0.08(stat)±0.11(syst)±0.22[B(Λc+pK-π+)].

© 2007 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.122002
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.122002
PACS:
14.20.Mr, 13.30.Eg, 14.65.Fy