Measurement of the shape of the Λb0→Λc+μ−ν¯μ differential decay rate

Abstract

A measurement of the shape of the differential decay rate and the associated Isgur-Wise function for the decay Λb0→Λc+μ−ν¯μ is reported, using data corresponding to 3 fb−1 collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions. The Λc+μ−ν¯μ(+anything) final states are reconstructed through the detection of a muon and a Λc+ baryon decaying into pK−π+, and the decays Λb0→Λc+π+π−μ−ν¯μ are used to determine contributions from Λb0→Λc*+μ−ν¯μ decays. The measured dependence of the differential decay rate upon the squared four-momentum transfer between the heavy baryons, q2, is compared with expectations from heavy-quark effective theory and from unquenched lattice QCD predictions.Received 7 September 2017DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.112005Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.© 2017 CERN, for the LHCb CollaborationPhysics Subject Headings (PhySH)Research AreasForm factorsParticle decaysQuantum chromodynamicsParticles & Fields