Direct observation of the strange b baryon Xi_b^{-}

Details Direct observation of the strange b baryon Xi_b^{-} Direct observation of the strange b baryon Xi_b^{-}

2007-06-12

arxiv.org/abs/0706.1690v3

Phys.Rev.Lett.99:052001,2007

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

Version published in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.052001

We report the first direct observation of the strange b baryon Xi_b^{-}. We reconstruct the decay Xi_b^{-} to J/psi Xi^{-}, with J/psi to dimuons and Xi^{-} to Lambda pion, in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. Using 1.3 fb^{-1} of data collected by the D0 detector, we observe 15.2 +/- 4.4(stat.)+ 1.9/-0.4(syst.) Xi_b^{-} candidates at a mass of 5.774 +/- 0.011(stat.) +/- 0.015 (syst.) GeV. The significance of the observed signal is 5.5 sigmas, equivalent to a probability of 3.3 X 10^{-8} of it arising from a background fluctuation. Normalizing to the decay Lambda_b to J/psi Lambda, we measure the relative rate to be 0.28 +/- 0.09(stat.)+ 0.09/-0.08 (syst.).

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