Speaker
James Mccarthy
(University of Birmingham (GB))
Description
Decays involving $\eta$ and $\eta\prime$ mesons are particularly interesting to
theorists, as they allow some insight into the relatively poorly
understood topic of $\eta-\eta\prime$ mixing. This subject has been covered
extensively using decays of $B$ and $B_s$ mesons, however, no equivalent processes have been observed in the baryonic sector. This talk outlines
the search for the rare decay $\Lambda_b^0 \rightarrow \Lambda^0 \eta(\prime)$, using data recorded by the LHCb experiment. Results of the recent search in the data recorded during 2012 are presented, and the prospects for improvement using the full data set are outlined.
Author
James Mccarthy
(University of Birmingham (GB))
