arxiv: 2511.15681 · v2 · submitted 2025-11-19 · ✦ hep-ex
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Branching fraction measurement of the Λ to p μ^- overline{ν}_{μ} decay
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A measurement of the branching fraction for the decay $\mathit{\Lambda} \to p \mu^- \overline{\nu}_{\mu}$ is presented using $\textit{pp}$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The analysis is based on data recorded between 2016 and 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.4 \ \text{fb}^{-1}$. The result is obtained using $\mathit{\Lambda} \to p \pi^-$ decays as a normalisation channel. The measured branching fraction is $B(\mathit{\Lambda} \to p \mu^- \overline{\nu}_{\mu})= (1.462 \pm 0.016 \pm 0.100 \pm 0.011 ) \times 10^{-4}$, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the limited knowledge of the normalisation mode branching fraction, respectively. This result improves the precision of the branching fraction measurement by a factor of two compared to the previous best measurement and sets a more stringent bound on lepton flavour universality in $s \to u$ quark transitions. It is consistent with previous measurements, and the extracted lepton flavour universality test observable, $R^{\mu e} = \frac{\Gamma(\mathit{\Lambda} \to p \mu^- \overline{\nu}_\mu)}{\Gamma(\mathit{\Lambda} \to p e^- \overline{\nu}_e)} = 0.175 \pm 0.012$, agrees with the Standard Model prediction.
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