Observation of the ${\Lambda }_b^0\to J/\psi {\Xi }^{-}{K}^{+}$ and ${\Xi }_b^0\to J/\psi {\Xi }^{-}{\pi }^{+}$ decays

Abstract

The first observation of the ${\Xi }_b^0\to J/\psi {\Xi }^{-}{\pi }^{+}$ decay and the most precise measurement of the branching fraction of the ${\Lambda }_b^0\to J/\psi {\Xi }^{-}{K}^{+}$ decay are reported, using proton-proton collision data from the LHCb experiment collected in 2016--2018 at a centre-of-mass energy of 13~TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4~fb${}^{-1}$. Using the ${\Lambda }_b^0\to J/\psi \Lambda$ and ${\Xi }_b^0\to J/\psi {\Xi }^{-}$ decays as normalisation channels, the ratios of branching fractions are measured to be: \[ \frac{\mathcal{B}(Λ_b^0 \to J/ψΞ^- K^+)}{\mathcal{B}(Λ_b^0 \to J/ψΛ)} = (1.17 \pm 0.14 \pm 0.08)\times 10^{-2} \, , \] \[ \frac{\mathcal{B}(Ξ_b^0 \to J/ψΞ^- π^+)}{\mathcal{B}(Ξ_b^0 \to J/ψΞ^-)} = (11.9 \pm 1.4 \pm 0.6)\times 10^{-2}\, , \] where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.

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