Observation and mass measurement of the baryon Ξb-

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Aaltonen, T. [1 ]
Abulencia, A.
Adelman, J.
Affolder, T.
Akimoto, T.
Albrow, M. G.
Amerio, S.
Amidei, D.
Anastassov, A.
Anikeev, K.
Annovi, A.
Antos, J.
Aoki, M.
Apollinari, G.
Arisawa, T.
Artikov, A.
Ashmanskas, W.
Attal, A.
Aurisano, A.
Azfar, F.
Azzi-Bacchetta, P.
Azzurri, P.
Bacchetta, N.
Badgett, W.
Barbaro-Galtieri, A.
Barnes, V. E.
Barnett, B. A.
Baroiant, S.
Bartsch, V.
Bauer, G.
Beauchemin, P. -H.
Bedeschi, F.
Behari, S.
Bellettini, G.
Bellinger, J.
Belloni, A.
Benjamin, D.
Beretvas, A.
Beringer, J.
Berry, T.
Bhatti, A.
Binkley, M.
Bisello, D.
Bizjak, I.
Blair, R. E.
Blocker, C.
Blumenfeld, B.
Bocci, A.
Bodek, A.
Boisvert, V.
机构
[1] Okayama Univ, Okayama 7008530, Japan
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英国科学技术设施理事会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.052002
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O4 [物理学];
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摘要
We report the observation and measurement of the mass of the bottom, strange baryon Xi(-)(b) through the decay chain Xi(-)(b)-->J/psi Xi(-), where J/psi-->mu(+)mu(-), Xi(-)-->Lambda pi(-), and Lambda-->p pi(-). A signal is observed whose probability of arising from a background fluctuation is 6.6 x 10(-15), or 7.7 Gaussian standard deviations. The Xi(-)(b) mass is measured to be 5792.9 +/- 2.5(stat) +/- 1.7(syst) MeV/c(2).
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