Search for B+→K+νν¯ Decays Using an Inclusive Tagging Method at Belle II

A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay is performed at the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric energy electron-positron collider. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of collected at the resonance and a sample of collected at an energy 60 MeV below the resonance. Because the measurable decay signature involves only a single charged kaon, a novel measurement approach is used that exploits not only the properties of the decay, but also the inclusive properties of the other meson in the event, to suppress the background from other meson decays and light-quark pair production. This inclusive tagging approach offers a higher signal efficiency compared to previous searches. No significant signal is observed. An upper limit on the branching fraction of of is set at the 90% confidence level. © 2021 Published by the American Physical Societ

Measurement of the mass difference and relative production rate of the ωb- and Ξb- baryons

The mass difference between the ωb- and Ξb- baryons is measured using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb-1, and is found to be m(ωb-)-m(Ξb-)=248.54±0.51(stat)±0.38(syst) MeV/c2. The mass of the ωb- baryon is measured to be m(ωb-)=6045.9±0.5(stat)±0.6(syst) MeV/c2. This is the most precise determination of the ωb- mass to date. In addition, the production rate of ωb- baryons relative to that of Ξb- baryons is measured for the first time in pp collisions, using an LHCb dataset collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6 fb-1. Reconstructing beauty baryons in the kinematic region 2<η<6 and pT<20 GeV/c with their decays to a J/ψ meson and a hyperon, the ratio fωb-fΞb-×B(ωb-→J/ψω-)B(Ξb-→J/ψΞ-)=0.120±0.008(stat)±0.008(syst), is obtained, where fωb- and fΞb- are the fragmentation fractions of b quarks into ωb- and Ξb- baryons, respectively, and B represents the branching fractions of their respective decays