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1. Measurement of ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b^0$ , ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}$ , and $\mathrm{\Lambda }$ Decay Parameters Using ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b^0\to {\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}{h}^{-}$ Decays

   https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.261804  

   Aaij, R; Abdelmotteleb, A_S W; Abellan_Beteta, C; Abudinén, F; Ackernley, T; Adefisoye, A A; Adeva, B; Adinolfi, M; Adlarson, P; Agapopoulou, C; et al (December 2024, Physical Review Letters)

   A comprehensive study of the angular distributions in the bottom-baryon decays ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b^0\to {\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}{h}^{-}(h=\pi ,K)$, followed by ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}\to \mathrm{\Lambda }{h}^{+}$with $\mathrm{\Lambda }\to p{\pi }^{-}$or ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}\to p{K}_{\mathrm{S}}^0$decays, is performed using a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$collected by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV. The decay parameters and the associated charge-parity ( $CP$) asymmetries are measured, with no significant $CP$violation observed. For the first time, the ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b^0\to {\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}{h}^{-}$decay parameters are measured. The most precise measurements of the decay parameters $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\gamma$are obtained for ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}$decays and an independent measurement of the decay parameters for the strange-baryon $\mathrm{\Lambda }$decay is provided. The results deepen our understanding of weak decay dynamics in baryon decays. © 2024 CERN, for the LHCb Collaboration2024CERN 

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2. Observation of the ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b^{-}\to \psi \left(2S\right){\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}$ decay and studies of the ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b(5945{)}^0$ baryon in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\mathrm{TeV}$

   https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.012002  

   Hayrapetyan, A; Tumasyan, A; Adam, W; Andrejkovic, J W; Bergauer, T; Chatterjee, S; Damanakis, K; Dragicevic, M; Hussain, P S; Jeitler, M; et al (July 2024, Physical review)

   The first observation of the decay ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b^{-}\to \psi \left(2S\right){\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}$and measurement of the branching ratio of ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b^{-}\to \psi \left(2S\right){\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}$to ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b^{-}\to J/\psi {\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}$are presented. The $J/\psi$and $\psi \left(2S\right)$mesons are reconstructed using their dimuon decay modes. The results are based on proton-proton colliding beam data from the LHC collected by the CMS experiment at $\sqrt{s}=13\mathrm{TeV}$in 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $140{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$. The branching fraction ratio is measured to be $\mathcal{B}\left({\mathrm{\Xi }}_b^{-}\to \psi \left(2S\right){\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}\right)/\mathcal{B}\left({\mathrm{\Xi }}_b^{-}\to J/\psi {\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}\right)=0.84_{-0.19}^{+0.21}\left(\mathrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.10\left(\mathrm{syst}\right)\pm 0.02\left(\mathcal{B}\right)$, where the last uncertainty comes from the uncertainties in the branching fractions of the charmonium states. New measurements of the ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b(5945{)}^0$baryon mass and natural width are also presented, using the ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b^{-}{\pi }^{+}$final state, where the ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b^{-}$baryon is reconstructed through the decays $J/\psi {\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}$, $\psi \left(2S\right){\mathrm{\Xi }}^{-}$, $J/\psi \mathrm{\Lambda }{K}^{-}$, and $J/\psi {\mathrm{\Sigma }}^0{K}^{-}$. Finally, the fraction of ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b^{-}$baryons produced from ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_b(5945{)}^0$decays is determined. © 2024 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration2024CERN 

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3. Search for resonance-enhanced $CP$ and angular asymmetries in the ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}\to p{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$ decay at LHCb

   https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.L091102  

   Aaij, R; Abdelmotteleb, A_S W; Abellan_Beteta, C; Abudinén, F; Ackernley, T; Adefisoye, A A; Adeva, B; Adinolfi, M; Adlarson, P; Agapopoulou, C; et al (May 2025, Physical Review D)

   The first measurement of the $CP$asymmetry of the decay rate ( $A_{CP}$) and the $CP$average ( $\mathrm{\Sigma }{A}_{\mathrm{FB}}$) and $CP$asymmetry ( $\mathrm{\Delta }{A}_{\mathrm{FB}}$) of the forward-backward asymmetry in the muon system of ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}\to p{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$decays is reported. The measurement is performed using a data sample of proton-proton collisions, recorded by the LHCb experiment from 2016 to 2018 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, which corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $5.4{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$. The asymmetries are measured in two regions of dimuon mass near the  $\varphi$-meson mass peak. The dimuon-mass integrated results are $A_{CP}=(-1.1\pm 4.0\pm 0.5)\%$, $\mathrm{\Sigma }{A}_{\mathrm{FB}}=(3.9\pm 4.0\pm 0.6)\%$, $\mathrm{\Delta }{A}_{\mathrm{FB}}=(3.1\pm 4.0\pm 0.4)\%$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The results are consistent with the conservation of $CP$symmetry and the Standard Model expectations. © 2025 CERN, for the LHCb Collaboration2025CERN 

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4. Anomalies in Hadronic $B$ Decays

   https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.211802  

   Berthiaume, Raphaël; Bhattacharya, Bhubanjyoti; Boumris, Rida; Jean, Alexandre; Kumbhakar, Suman; London, David (November 2024, Physical Review Letters)

   In this Letter, we perform fits to $B\to PP$decays, where $B=\{B^0,B^{+},B_s^0\}$and the pseudoscalar $P=\{\pi ,K\}$, under the assumption of flavor SU(3) symmetry [ ${\mathrm{SU}\left(3\right)}_F$]. Although the fits to $\mathrm{\Delta }S=0$or $\mathrm{\Delta }S=1$decays individually are good, the combined fit is very poor: there is a $3.6\sigma$disagreement with the ${\mathrm{SU}\left(3\right)}_F$limit of the standard model ( ${\mathrm{SM}}_{{\mathrm{SU}\left(3\right)}_{\mathrm{F}}}$). One can remove this discrepancy by adding ${\mathrm{SU}\left(3\right)}_F$-breaking effects, but 1000% ${\mathrm{SU}\left(3\right)}_F$breaking is required. The above results are rigorous, group theoretically—no dynamical assumptions have been made. When one adds an assumption motivated by QCD factorization, the discrepancy with the ${\mathrm{SM}}_{{\mathrm{SU}\left(3\right)}_{\mathrm{F}}}$grows to $4.4\sigma$. Published by the American Physical Society2024 

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5. Search for the decay $B^0\to \gamma \gamma$ using Belle and Belle II data

   https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.L031106  

   Adachi, I; Aggarwal, L; Aihara, H; Akopov, N; Aloisio, A; Al_Said, S; Althubiti, N; Anh_Ky, N; Asner, D M; Atmacan, H; et al (August 2024, Physical Review D)

   We report the result of a search for the rare decay $B^0\to \gamma \gamma$using a combined dataset of $753\times {10}^{6}B\overline{B}$pairs collected by the Belle experiment and $387\times {10}^{6}B\overline{B}$pairs collected by the Belle II experiment from decays of the $\mathrm{\Upsilon }\left(4\mathrm{S}\right)$resonance produced in $e^{+}{e}^{-}$collisions. A simultaneous fit to the Belle and Belle II data sets yields ${11.0}_{-5.5}^{+6.5}$signal events, corresponding to a $2.5\sigma$significance. We determine the branching fraction $\mathcal{B}(B^0\to \gamma \gamma )=\left({3.7}_{-1.8}^{+2.2}\right(\text{stat})\pm 0.5(\text{syst}\left)\right)\times {10}^{-8}$and set a 90% credibility level upper limit of $\mathcal{B}(B^0\to \gamma \gamma )<6.4\times {10}^{-8}$. Published by the American Physical Society2024 

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