We report measurements of B-meson decays into two- and three-body final states containing two charmed baryons using a sample of 230x10(6) Upsilon(4S)-> B (B) over bar decays. We find significant signals in two modes, measuring branching fractions B(B(-)->Lambda(+)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c)K(-))=(1.14 +/- 0.15 +/- 0.17 +/- 0.60)x10(-3) and B(B(-)->Xi(0)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c))xB(Xi(0)(c)->Xi(-)pi(+))=(2.08 +/- 0.65 +/- 0.29 +/- 0.54)x10(-5), where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and from the branching fraction B(Lambda(+)(c)-> pK(-)pi(+)), respectively. We also set upper limits at the 90% confidence level on two other modes: B((B) over bar (0)->Xi(+)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c))xB(Xi(+)(c)->Xi(-)pi(+)pi(+))< 5.6x10(-5) and B((B) over bar (0)->Lambda(+)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c)(K) over bar (0))< 1.5x10(-3). We observe structure centered at an invariant mass of 2.93 GeV/c(2) in the Lambda(+)(c)K(-) mass distribution of the decay B(-)->Lambda(+)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c)K(-).

Study of (B)over-bar ->Xi(c)(Lambda)over-bar(c)(-) and (B)over-bar ->Lambda(+)(c)(Lambda)over-bar(c)(-)(K)over-bar decays at BABAR

PALANO, Antimo;PAPPAGALLO, MARCO IGNAZIO;Pompili A.;
2008-01-01

Abstract

We report measurements of B-meson decays into two- and three-body final states containing two charmed baryons using a sample of 230x10(6) Upsilon(4S)-> B (B) over bar decays. We find significant signals in two modes, measuring branching fractions B(B(-)->Lambda(+)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c)K(-))=(1.14 +/- 0.15 +/- 0.17 +/- 0.60)x10(-3) and B(B(-)->Xi(0)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c))xB(Xi(0)(c)->Xi(-)pi(+))=(2.08 +/- 0.65 +/- 0.29 +/- 0.54)x10(-5), where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and from the branching fraction B(Lambda(+)(c)-> pK(-)pi(+)), respectively. We also set upper limits at the 90% confidence level on two other modes: B((B) over bar (0)->Xi(+)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c))xB(Xi(+)(c)->Xi(-)pi(+)pi(+))< 5.6x10(-5) and B((B) over bar (0)->Lambda(+)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c)(K) over bar (0))< 1.5x10(-3). We observe structure centered at an invariant mass of 2.93 GeV/c(2) in the Lambda(+)(c)K(-) mass distribution of the decay B(-)->Lambda(+)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c)K(-).
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