The data sample of Λb0→J/ψpK- decays acquired with the LHCb detector from 7 and 8 TeV pp collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1, is inspected for the presence of J/ψp or J/ψK- contributions with minimal assumptions about K-p contributions. It is demonstrated at more than nine standard deviations that Λb0→J/ψpK- decays cannot be described with K-p contributions alone, and that J/ψp contributions play a dominant role in this incompatibility. These model-independent results support the previously obtained model-dependent evidence for Pc+→J/ψp charmonium-pentaquark states in the same data sample.

Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., et al. (2016). Model-Independent Evidence for J /ψp Contributions to Λb0 →j /ψpK- Decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 117(8) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.082002].

Model-Independent Evidence for J /ψp Contributions to Λb0 →j /ψpK- Decays

BELLOLI, NICOLETTA;Borsato, M;CALVI, MARTA;CARNITI, PAOLO;CASSINA, LORENZO;FAZZINI, DAVIDE;GOTTI, CLAUDIO;Martinelli, M;Petruzzo, M;
2016

Abstract

The data sample of Λb0→J/ψpK- decays acquired with the LHCb detector from 7 and 8 TeV pp collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1, is inspected for the presence of J/ψp or J/ψK- contributions with minimal assumptions about K-p contributions. It is demonstrated at more than nine standard deviations that Λb0→J/ψpK- decays cannot be described with K-p contributions alone, and that J/ψp contributions play a dominant role in this incompatibility. These model-independent results support the previously obtained model-dependent evidence for Pc+→J/ψp charmonium-pentaquark states in the same data sample.
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Physics and Astronomy (all)
English
2016
117
8
082002
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Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., et al. (2016). Model-Independent Evidence for J /ψp Contributions to Λb0 →j /ψpK- Decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 117(8) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.082002].
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