cern.ch

Measurements of $CP$ asymmetries in charmless four-body $\Lambda^0_b$ and $\Xi_b^0$ decays

[to restricted-access page]

Information

Tools

Abstract

A search for $CP$ violation in charmless four-body decays of $\Lambda_b$ and $\Xi_b^0$ baryons with a proton and three charged mesons in the final state is performed. To cancel out production and detection charge-asymmetry effects, the search is carried out by measuring the difference between the $CP$ asymmetries in a charmless decay and in a decay with an intermediate charmed baryon with the same particles in the final state. The data sample used was recorded in 2011 and 2012 with the LHCb detector and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $3 {\rm fb}^{-1}$. A total of 18 $CP$ asymmetries are considered, either accounting for the full phase space of the decays or exploring specific regions of the decay kinematics. No significant $CP$-violation effect is observed in any of the measurements.

Figures and captions

Distributions of invariant masses of pairs of final-state particles for the candidates selected in the mass window of $\pm 3\sigma$ around the measured $\Lambda ^0_ b $ mass. Figures (a), (b) and (c) show the two-body invariant-mass distributions of baryonic $p\pi^-$, $p\pi^+$ pairs from $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-$ decays and $pK^-$ pairs from $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^- K ^+ K ^-$ decays, respectively. Structures around known the masses of the $N(1520)$, $\Delta(1232)^{++}$ and $\Lambda(1520)$ baryons are observed. Figures (d), (e) and (f) show the invariant-mass distributions of $K^-\pi^+$, $K^-K^+$ and $\pi^+\pi^-$ pairs from $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-$ , $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^- K ^+ K ^-$ and $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p \pi ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-$ decays, respectively. Structures corresponding to the $K^*(892)^0$, $\phi $ and $\rho (770)^0 $ resonances are visible. The red lines correspond to the invariant-mass requirements applied to the selection of the main quasi-two- or three-body decays analysed.

Fig1a.pdf [18 KiB]
HiDef png [151 KiB]
Thumbnail [160 KiB]
*.C file
Fig1a.pdf
Fig1b.pdf [16 KiB]
HiDef png [146 KiB]
Thumbnail [148 KiB]
*.C file
Fig1b.pdf
Fig1c.pdf [16 KiB]
HiDef png [141 KiB]
Thumbnail [143 KiB]
*.C file
Fig1c.pdf
Fig1d.pdf [16 KiB]
HiDef png [162 KiB]
Thumbnail [163 KiB]
*.C file
Fig1d.pdf
Fig1e.pdf [15 KiB]
HiDef png [138 KiB]
Thumbnail [128 KiB]
*.C file
Fig1e.pdf
Fig1f.pdf [17 KiB]
HiDef png [148 KiB]
Thumbnail [155 KiB]
*.C file
Fig1f.pdf

Invariant $ p \pi ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-$ mass distributions with the results of the fit superimposed: (first row) full phase space, (second row) LBM and (third row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow (\Lambda ^+_ c \rightarrow p \pi ^-\pi ^+)\pi ^-$ control channel. The two columns correspond to the charge-conjugate final states: (left) baryon, (right) antibaryon. The different components employed in the fit model are indicated in the legends. The $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow $ five-body legend includes two components: the partially reconstructed $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p \pi ^-\eta ^{\prime} $ and $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p \pi ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-\pi ^0$ decays where a $\gamma$ or $\pi^0$ is not reconstructed. The latter has a lower-mass endpoint.

Fig2a.pdf [34 KiB]
HiDef png [326 KiB]
Thumbnail [250 KiB]
*.C file
Fig2a.pdf
Fig2b.pdf [33 KiB]
HiDef png [262 KiB]
Thumbnail [191 KiB]
*.C file
Fig2b.pdf
Fig2c.pdf [33 KiB]
HiDef png [322 KiB]
Thumbnail [250 KiB]
*.C file
Fig2c.pdf
Fig2d.pdf [32 KiB]
HiDef png [254 KiB]
Thumbnail [189 KiB]
*.C file
Fig2d.pdf
Fig2e.pdf [27 KiB]
HiDef png [200 KiB]
Thumbnail [162 KiB]
*.C file
Fig2e.pdf
Fig2f.pdf [27 KiB]
HiDef png [179 KiB]
Thumbnail [142 KiB]
*.C file
Fig2f.pdf

Invariant $ p \pi ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-$ mass distributions with the results of the fit superimposed: region of the phase space containing (first row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p a_{1} (1260)^-$ , (second row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow \Delta(1232)^{++}\pi ^{-}\pi ^{-}$ and (third row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow N(1520)^0\rho (770)^0 $ quasi two-body decays. The two columns correspond to the charge-conjugate final states: (left) baryon, (right) antibaryon. The different components employed in the fit model are indicated in the legends. The $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow $ five-body legend includes two components: the partially reconstructed $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p \pi ^-\eta ^{\prime} $ and $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p \pi ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-\pi ^0$ decays where a $\gamma$ or $\pi^0$ is not reconstructed. The latter has a lower-mass endpoint.

Fig3a.pdf [32 KiB]
HiDef png [292 KiB]
Thumbnail [229 KiB]
*.C file
Fig3a.pdf
Fig3b.pdf [31 KiB]
HiDef png [233 KiB]
Thumbnail [172 KiB]
*.C file
Fig3b.pdf
Fig3c.pdf [31 KiB]
HiDef png [265 KiB]
Thumbnail [216 KiB]
*.C file
Fig3c.pdf
Fig3d.pdf [30 KiB]
HiDef png [206 KiB]
Thumbnail [158 KiB]
*.C file
Fig3d.pdf
Fig3e.pdf [32 KiB]
HiDef png [305 KiB]
Thumbnail [244 KiB]
*.C file
Fig3e.pdf
Fig3f.pdf [31 KiB]
HiDef png [245 KiB]
Thumbnail [189 KiB]
*.C file
Fig3f.pdf

Invariant $ p K ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-$ mass distributions with the results of the fit superimposed: (first row) full phase space, (second row) LBM and (third row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow (\Lambda ^+_ c \rightarrow p K ^-\pi ^+)\pi ^-$ control channel. The two columns correspond to the charge-conjugate final states: (left) baryon, (right) antibaryon. The different components employed in the fit are indicated in the legends. The $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow $ five-body legend includes two components: the partially reconstructed $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^-\eta ^{\prime} $ and $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-\pi ^0$ decays where a $\gamma$ or $\pi^0$ is not reconstructed. The latter has a lower-mass endpoint.

Fig4a.pdf [35 KiB]
HiDef png [320 KiB]
Thumbnail [241 KiB]
*.C file
Fig4a.pdf
Fig4b.pdf [34 KiB]
HiDef png [240 KiB]
Thumbnail [168 KiB]
*.C file
Fig4b.pdf
Fig4c.pdf [34 KiB]
HiDef png [288 KiB]
Thumbnail [227 KiB]
*.C file
Fig4c.pdf
Fig4d.pdf [33 KiB]
HiDef png [208 KiB]
Thumbnail [153 KiB]
*.C file
Fig4d.pdf
Fig4e.pdf [29 KiB]
HiDef png [232 KiB]
Thumbnail [192 KiB]
*.C file
Fig4e.pdf
Fig4f.pdf [28 KiB]
HiDef png [204 KiB]
Thumbnail [165 KiB]
*.C file
Fig4f.pdf

Invariant $ p K ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-$ distributions, with the results of the fit superimposed: region of the phase space containing (first row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K_{1} (1410)^-$ , (second row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow \Delta(1232)^{++} K ^{-}\pi ^{-}$ , (third row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow \Lambda(1520)\rho (770)^0 $ and (last row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow N(1520)^0 K ^*(892)^{0} $ quasi two-body decays. The two columns correspond to the charge-conjugate final states: (left) baryon, (right) antibaryon. The different components employed in the fit are indicated in the legends.

Fig5a.pdf [33 KiB]
HiDef png [303 KiB]
Thumbnail [243 KiB]
*.C file
Fig5a.pdf
Fig5b.pdf [31 KiB]
HiDef png [231 KiB]
Thumbnail [176 KiB]
*.C file
Fig5b.pdf
Fig5c.pdf [35 KiB]
HiDef png [328 KiB]
Thumbnail [255 KiB]
*.C file
Fig5c.pdf
Fig5d.pdf [33 KiB]
HiDef png [257 KiB]
Thumbnail [187 KiB]
*.C file
Fig5d.pdf
Fig5e.pdf [30 KiB]
HiDef png [262 KiB]
Thumbnail [208 KiB]
*.C file
Fig5e.pdf
Fig5f.pdf [29 KiB]
HiDef png [215 KiB]
Thumbnail [166 KiB]
*.C file
Fig5f.pdf
Fig5g.pdf [31 KiB]
HiDef png [259 KiB]
Thumbnail [207 KiB]
*.C file
Fig5g.pdf
Fig5h.pdf [30 KiB]
HiDef png [203 KiB]
Thumbnail [156 KiB]
*.C file
Fig5h.pdf

Invariant $ p K ^- K ^+ K ^-$ mass distributions, with the results of the fit superimposed: (first row) full phase space and (second row) LBM, (third row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow \Lambda(1520)\phi $ and (fourth row) $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow ( p K ^{-})_\text{ high-mass} \phi $ . The two columns correspond to the charge-conjugate final states: (left) baryon, (right) antibaryon. The different components employed in the fit are indicated in the legends. The $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow $ five-body legends includes two decays: partially reconstructed $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^- K ^+ K ^-\gamma $ and $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^- K ^+ K ^-\pi ^0$ , where the $\gamma $ and $\pi^0$ are not reconstructed.

Fig6a.pdf [35 KiB]
HiDef png [347 KiB]
Thumbnail [264 KiB]
*.C file
Fig6a.pdf
Fig6b.pdf [34 KiB]
HiDef png [272 KiB]
Thumbnail [196 KiB]
*.C file
Fig6b.pdf
Fig6c.pdf [32 KiB]
HiDef png [289 KiB]
Thumbnail [221 KiB]
*.C file
Fig6c.pdf
Fig6d.pdf [31 KiB]
HiDef png [216 KiB]
Thumbnail [155 KiB]
*.C file
Fig6d.pdf
Fig6e.pdf [23 KiB]
HiDef png [228 KiB]
Thumbnail [183 KiB]
*.C file
Fig6e.pdf
Fig6f.pdf [26 KiB]
HiDef png [204 KiB]
Thumbnail [161 KiB]
*.C file
Fig6f.pdf
Fig6g.pdf [31 KiB]
HiDef png [292 KiB]
Thumbnail [225 KiB]
*.C file
Fig6g.pdf
Fig6h.pdf [31 KiB]
HiDef png [246 KiB]
Thumbnail [182 KiB]
*.C file
Fig6h.pdf

Invariant (first row) $ p K ^- K ^+\pi ^-$ and (second row) $ p K ^-\pi ^+ K ^-$ mass distributions, with the results of the fit superimposed. The two bottom plots are the results of the fit to the $\Xi ^0_ b \rightarrow (\Xi ^+_ c \rightarrow p K ^-\pi ^+)\pi ^-$ control channel. The two columns correspond to the charge-conjugate final states: (left) baryon, (right) antibaryon. The different components employed in the fit are indicated in the legends. The $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow $ five-body legend includes two components where a $\pi^0$ is not reconstructed: the partially reconstructed background $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^-\pi ^+\pi ^-\pi ^0$ where a pion is misidentified as a kaon and the partially reconstructed background $\Lambda ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^- K ^+\pi ^-\pi ^0$ .

Fig7a.pdf [36 KiB]
HiDef png [387 KiB]
Thumbnail [295 KiB]
*.C file
Fig7a.pdf
Fig7b.pdf [35 KiB]
HiDef png [320 KiB]
Thumbnail [232 KiB]
*.C file
Fig7b.pdf
Fig7c.pdf [34 KiB]
HiDef png [390 KiB]
Thumbnail [299 KiB]
*.C file
Fig7c.pdf
Fig7d.pdf [33 KiB]
HiDef png [322 KiB]
Thumbnail [235 KiB]
*.C file
Fig7d.pdf
Fig7e.pdf [31 KiB]
HiDef png [292 KiB]
Thumbnail [233 KiB]
*.C file
Fig7e.pdf
Fig7f.pdf [30 KiB]
HiDef png [248 KiB]
Thumbnail [189 KiB]
*.C file
Fig7f.pdf

Animated gif made out of all figures.

PAPER-2018-044.gif
Thumbnail
thumbnail_PAPER-2018-044.gif

Tables and captions

Four-body charmless and charmed decays considered in this analysis. The difference of $ C P$ -asymmetries measured for the charmless modes and for the control channels results in $\Delta {\mathcal{A}}^{ C P } $ measurements. For each observable, the choice of the control channel is aiming at cancelling at first order production and detection asymmetries. Given the data samples at hand, it is not possible to meet both criteria for the signal decay $\Xi ^0_ b \rightarrow p K ^-\pi ^+ K ^-$ : the choice of the Cabibbo-favoured decay $\Xi ^0_ b \rightarrow (\Xi ^+_ c \rightarrow p K ^-\pi ^+)\pi ^-$ as a control channel requires in turn to correct the corresponding $\Delta {\mathcal{A}}^{ C P } $ for the kaon-detection asymmetry.

Table_1.pdf [66 KiB]
HiDef png [68 KiB]
Thumbnail [33 KiB]
tex code
Table_1.pdf

Invariant-mass requirements applied for the different phase-space selections for each final state considered.

[Error creating the table]

Systematic uncertainties for each decay mode. The uncertainties related to the kaon and proton detection asymmetry, the difference of triggering efficiency, the PID asymmetries and the production asymmetry are respectively reported as $\sigma_K$, $\sigma_p$, $\sigma_{\rm L0}$, $\sigma_{\rm PID}$ and $\sigma_{A_P}$.

[Error creating the table]

Signal yields for each decay mode, summed over all trigger configurations and years of data taking.

[Error creating the table]

Created on 27 April 2024.