Search for B̄0→Λc+Λ̄c- decay at Belle

  • Y. Uchida
  • , H. Ozaki
  • , H. Kichimi
  • , I. Adachi
  • , H. Aihara
  • , K. Arinstein
  • , T. Aushev
  • , A. M. Bakich
  • , V. Balagura
  • , E. Barberio
  • , A. Bay
  • , K. Belous
  • , V. Bhardwaj
  • , U. Bitenc
  • , A. Bondar
  • , A. Bozek
  • , M. Bračko
  • , T. E. Browder
  • , M. C. Chang
  • , Y. Chao
  • A. Chen, W. T. Chen, B. G. Cheon, R. Chistov, I. S. Cho, Y. Choi, J. Dalseno, M. Dash, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, N. Gabyshev, B. Golob, H. Ha, J. Haba, K. Hayasaka, M. Hazumi, D. Heffernan, Y. Hoshi, W. S. Hou, Y. B. Hsiung, H. J. Hyun, K. Ikado, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwabuchi, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, D. H. Kah, H. Kaji, J. H. Kang, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, Y. J. Kim, K. Kinoshita, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, C. C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y. J. Kwon, J. S. Lee, M. J. Lee, S. E. Lee, T. Lesiak, S. W. Lin, D. Liventsev, F. Mandl, S. McOnie, T. Medvedeva, W. Mitaroff, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, Y. Miyazaki, R. Mizuk, G. R. Moloney, Y. Nagasaka, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, H. Nakazawa, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, T. Nozaki, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, S. Okuno, S. L. Olsen, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, C. W. Park, H. Park, L. S. Peak, R. Pestotnik, L. E. Piilonen, Y. Sakai, O. Schneider, K. Senyo, M. E. Sevior, M. Shapkin, C. P. Shen, H. Shibuya, J. G. Shiu, B. Shwartz, J. B. Singh, A. Somov, S. Stanič, M. Starič, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Y. Suzuki, F. Takasaki, M. Tanaka, G. N. Taylor, Y. Teramoto, I. Tikhomirov, K. Ueno, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Usov, G. Varner, K. Vervink, C. C. Wang, C. H. Wang, M. Z. Wang, P. Wang, Y. Watanabe, R. Wedd, E. Won, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, C. C. Zhang, Z. P. Zhang, V. Zhulanov, A. Zupanc, O. Zyukova

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Abstract

We search for the doubly charmed baryonic decay B̄0→Λ c+Λ̄c-, in a data sample of 520×106 BB̄ events accumulated at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We find no significant signal and set an upper limit of B(B̄0→Λc+Λ̄c-)<6.2×10-5 at 90% confidence level. The result is significantly below a naive extrapolation from B(B-→Ξc0Λ̄c-) assuming a simple Cabibbo-suppression factor of |Vcd/Vcs|2. The small branching fraction may be attributed to a suppression due to the large momentum of the baryonic decay products, which has been observed in other charmed baryonic two-body B decays.

Original languageEnglish
Article number051101
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume77
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Mar 2008
Externally publishedYes

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