Observation of the decay $B_s^0\to K^{0}p\bar{p}$ and measurement of the $B_{(s)}^0\to K^{0}p\bar{p}$ branching fractions

Abstract

A study of the charmless baryonic decays $B_{(s)}^0\to K^{0}p\bar{p}$ is presented, where $B_{(s)}^0$ denotes either a $B^0$ or a $B_s^0$ meson. The analysis is based on proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and $13\mathrm{Tev}$, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$. The decay $B_s^0\to K^{0}p\bar{p}$ is observed for the first time, with a measured branching fraction of $(9.14\pm 1.69\pm 0.90\pm 0.33\pm 0.20)\times 10^{-7}$ and a significance of $5.6\ddot{I}ƒ$. The uncertainties respectively account for statistical and systematic contributions, the precision of the branching fraction of the normalisation channel $B^0\to K^0\ddot{I}{€}^{+}\ddot{I}{€}^{-}$ and the fragmentation fraction ratio $f_s/f_d$. The branching fraction determined for $B^0\to K^{0}p\bar{p}$ is $(2.82\pm 0.08\pm 0.12\pm 0.10)\times 10^{-6}$, which is the most precise measurement to date.

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