With a sample of 232×106 Υ(4S)→BB̄ events collected with the BABAR detector, we study the decay B+→pp̄K+ excluding charmonium decays to pp̄. We measure a branching fraction B(B+→pp̄K+)=(6.7±0.5±0.4)×10-6. An enhancement at low pp̄ mass is observed and the Dalitz plot asymmetry suggests dominance of the penguin amplitude in this B decay. We search for a pentaquark candidate Θ*++ decaying into pK+ in the mass range 1.43 to 2.00GeV/c2 and set limits on B(B+→Θ*++p̄)×B(Θ*++→pK+) at the 10-7 level.

Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Couderc, F., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J., et al. (2005). Measurement of the B+→pp̄K+ branching fraction and study of the decay dynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 72(5) [10.1103/PhysRevD.72.051101].

Measurement of the B+→pp̄K+ branching fraction and study of the decay dynamics

CARPINELLI, Massimo;
2005

Abstract

With a sample of 232×106 Υ(4S)→BB̄ events collected with the BABAR detector, we study the decay B+→pp̄K+ excluding charmonium decays to pp̄. We measure a branching fraction B(B+→pp̄K+)=(6.7±0.5±0.4)×10-6. An enhancement at low pp̄ mass is observed and the Dalitz plot asymmetry suggests dominance of the penguin amplitude in this B decay. We search for a pentaquark candidate Θ*++ decaying into pK+ in the mass range 1.43 to 2.00GeV/c2 and set limits on B(B+→Θ*++p̄)×B(Θ*++→pK+) at the 10-7 level.
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BABAR detector
English
2005
72
5
051101
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Aubert, B., Barate, R., Boutigny, D., Couderc, F., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J., et al. (2005). Measurement of the B+→pp̄K+ branching fraction and study of the decay dynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 72(5) [10.1103/PhysRevD.72.051101].
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