Measurement of the B+-> p(p)over-barK(+) branching fraction and study of the decay dynamics

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...

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Автори: Aubert, B, Barate, R, Boutigny, D, Couderc, F, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, J, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Zghiche, A, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Pompili, A, Chen, J, Qi, N, Rong, G, Wang, P, Zhu, Y, Eigen, G, Ofte, I, Stugu, B, Abrams, G, Battaglia, M, Breon, AB, Brown, D
Формат: Journal article
Мова:English
Опубліковано: 2005
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Резюме: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. © 2005 The American Physical Society.