@article{40317413b2a343458e8217d2531febee,
title = "Search for the rare hadronic decay Bs0 →p p ¯",
abstract = "A search for the rare hadronic decay Bs0→pp¯ is performed using proton-proton collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6 fb-1. No evidence of the decay is found and an upper limit on its branching fraction is set at B(Bs0→pp¯)<4.4(5.1)×10-9 at 90% (95%) confidence level; this is currently the world's best upper limit. The decay mode B0→pp¯ is measured with very large significance, confirming the first observation by the LHCb experiment in 2017. The branching fraction is determined to be B(B0→pp¯)=(1.27±0.15±0.05±0.04)×10-8, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic and the third is due to the external branching fraction of the normalization channel B0→K+π-. The combination of the two LHCb measurements of the B0→pp¯ branching fraction yields B(B0→pp¯)=(1.27±0.13±0.05±0.03)×10-8.",
author = "{(LHCb Collaboration)} and R. Aaij and Abdelmotteleb, {A. S.W.} and {Abellan Beteta}, C. and F. Abudin{\'e}n and T. Ackernley and B. Adeva and M. Adinolfi and H. Afsharnia and C. Agapopoulou and Aidala, {C. A.} and S. Aiola and Z. Ajaltouni and S. Akar and K. Akiba and J. Albrecht and F. Alessio and M. Alexander and {Alfonso Albero}, A. and Z. Aliouche and {Alvarez Cartelle}, P. and S. Amato and Amey, {J. L.} and Y. Amhis and L. An and L. Anderlini and M. Andersson and A. Andreianov and M. Andreotti and D. Andreou and D. Ao and F. Archilli and A. Artamonov and M. Artuso and E. Aslanides and M. Atzeni and B. Audurier and S. Bachmann and M. Bachmayer and Back, {J. J.} and A. Bailly-Reyre and {Baladron Rodriguez}, P. and V. Balagura and W. Baldini and {Baptista De Souza Leite}, J. and M. Barbetti and Barlow, {R. J.} and S. Blusk and Rudolph, {M. S.} and {Silva Coutinho}, R. and T. Skwarnicki",
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year = "2023",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.108.012007",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "108",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "1",
}