First Observation of the Radiative Decay Λb0 → Λγ

(LHCb Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031801

First Observation of the Radiative Decay Λb0 → Λγ

(LHCb Collaboration)

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The radiative decay Λb0→Λγ is observed for the first time using a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 fb-1 collected by the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. Its branching fraction is measured exploiting the B0→K∗0γ decay as a normalization mode and is found to be B(Λb0→Λγ)=(7.1±1.5±0.6±0.7)×10-6, where the quoted uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and systematic from external inputs, respectively. This is the first observation of a radiative decay of a beauty baryon.

Original language	English
Article number	031801
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	123
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031801
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2019

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First Observation of the Radiative Decay Λb0 → Λγ

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