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Evidence for b baryons in Z decays

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1992
<mark>Journal</mark>Physics Letters B
Issue number1-2
Volume278
Number of pages8
Pages (from-to)209-216
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

In 160 000 hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP, the yields of Λℓ− and Λℓ+ combinations have been measured. The observed excess of Λℓ− over Λℓ+ of 53±13 is interpreted as evidence for b baryons and their semileptonic decay. Assuming that three body decay processes such as dominate the semileptonic decay of b baryons, this ex cess corresponds to a product branching ratio , where ΛbandΛc+ denote the bottom and charm baryons respectively.