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Description
Antinuclei detection by space-borne experiments close to Earth has been identified as a smoking gun for dark matter signals. Recently, theoretical efforts were attempted to introduce new channels for antinuclei production from $\overline{\Lambda}_{b}$ decays. This decay channel was never observed and requires experimental evidence, to which the Large Hadron Collider offers the ideal environment. We present a prediction of the $\overline{\Lambda}_{b} \rightarrow \bar{\rm d} + {\rm X}$ branching ratio ($\overline{\Lambda}_{b}$ to antideuterons). Proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13.6$ TeV are simulated using PYTHIA, from which the production of $\overline{\Lambda}_{b}$ is obtained. State-of-the-art coalescence models are then applied to the antinucleons available in the final state to produce antideuterons. A first estimate of the branching ratio of the $\overline{\Lambda}_{b} \rightarrow \bar{\rm d} + {\rm X}$ process is obtained, evaluating the feasibility of measuring this new channel at the LHC.
