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arxiv: 1510.01808 · v1 · pith:K5AO5KJOnew · submitted 2015-10-07 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Fragmentation fractions of two-body b-baryon decays

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We study the fragmentation fractions $(f_{{\bf B}_b})$ of the $b$-quark to b-baryons (${\bf B}_b$). By the assumption of $f_{\Lambda_b}/(f_u+f_d)=0.25\pm 0.15$ in accordance with the measurements by LEP, CDF and LHCb Collaborations, we estimate that $f_{\Lambda_b}=0.175\pm 0.106$ and $f_{\Xi_b^{-,0}}=0.019\pm 0.013$. From these fragmentation fractions, we derive ${\cal B}(\Lambda_b\to J/\psi \Lambda)=(3.3\pm 2.1)\times 10^{-4}$, ${\cal B}(\Xi_b^-\to J/\psi \Xi^-)=(5.3\pm 3.9)\times 10^{-4}$ and ${\cal B}(\Omega_b^-\to J/\psi \Omega^-)>1.9\times 10^{-5}$. The predictions of ${\cal B}(\Lambda_b\to J/\psi \Lambda)$ and ${\cal B}(\Xi_b^-\to J/\psi \Xi^-)$ clearly enable us to test the theoretical models, such as the QCD factorization approach in the $b$-baryon decays.

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