Studies of the decays $B^+ \to p \bar p h^+$ and observation of $B^+ \to \kern 0.1em\bar{\kern -0.1em\Lambda}(1520)p$
R. Aaij
,
Y. Amhis
(1)
,
S. Barsuk
(1)
,
O. Callot
(1)
,
J. He
(1)
,
O. Kochebina
(1)
,
J. Lefrançois
(1)
,
F. Machefert
(1)
,
A. Martin Sanchez
(1)
,
M. Nicol
(1)
,
P. Robbe
(1)
,
M.-H. Schune
(1)
,
M. Teklishyn
(1)
,
A. Vallier
(1)
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B. Viaud
(1)
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E. Ben-Haim
(2)
,
M. Benayoun
(2)
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P. David
(2)
,
L. del Buono
(2)
,
A. Martens
(2)
,
D.A. Milanes
(2)
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F. Polci
(2)
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Ziad Zj Ajaltouni
(3)
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M. Baalouch
(3)
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E. Cogneras
(3)
,
O. Deschamps
(3)
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I. El Rifai
(3)
,
M. Grabalosa Gándara
(3)
,
Pierre Henrard
(3)
,
M. Hoballah
(3)
,
R. Lefèvre
(3)
,
L. Li Gioi
(3)
,
J. Maratas
(3)
,
S. Monteil
(3)
,
V. Niess
(3)
,
Pascal Perret
(3)
,
Diego Alejandro Roa Romero
(3)
,
I. de Bonis
(4)
,
D. Decamp
(4)
,
N. Déléage
(4)
,
Ph. Ghez
(4)
,
P. Hopchev
(4)
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J.-P. Lees
(4)
,
I.V. Machikhiliyan
(4)
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M.-N. Minard
(4)
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B. Pietrzyk
(4)
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W. Qian
(4)
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S. t'Jampens
(4)
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V. Tisserand
(4)
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E. Tournefier
(4)
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C. Adrover
(5)
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E. Aslanides
(5)
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J. Cogan
(5)
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W. Kanso
(5)
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R. Legac
(5)
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O. Leroy
(5)
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G. Mancinelli
(5)
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E. Maurice
(5)
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A. Mordà
(5)
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M. Perrin-Terrin
(5)
,
M. Sapunov
(5)
,
J. Serrano
(5)
,
A. Tsaregorodtsev
(5)
R. Aaij
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J. He
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L. del Buono
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A. Martens
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Ziad Zj Ajaltouni
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E. Cogneras
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O. Deschamps
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Pierre Henrard
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M. Hoballah
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Pascal Perret
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Diego Alejandro Roa Romero
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S. t'Jampens
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J. Cogan
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O. Leroy
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M. Perrin-Terrin
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J. Serrano
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Abstract
Dynamics and direct $C\P$ violation in three-body charmless decays of charged $B$ mesons to a proton, an antiproton and a light meson (pion or kaon) are studied using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0$ {\,fb}^{-1}$, collected by the ${LHCb}$ experiment in $pp$ collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. Production spectra are determined as a function of Dalitz-plot and helicity variables. The forward-backward asymmetry of the light meson in the $p\bar p$ rest frame is measured. No significant $C\P$ asymmetry in $B^+ \to p \bar p K^+$ decay is found in any region of the Dalitz plane. We present the first observation of the decay $B^+ \to \kern 0.1em\bar{\kern -0.1em\Lambda}(1520)(\to K^+\bar p)p$ near the $K^+\bar p$ threshold and measure $\mathcal{B}(B^+ \to \kern 0.1em\bar{\kern -0.1em\Lambda}(1520)p)=(3.9^{+1.0}_{-0.9} (\mathrm{stat})\pm0.1 (\mathrm{syst})\pm0.3 (\mathrm{BF}))\times 10^{-7}$, where BF denotes the uncertainty on secondary branching fractions.