A search is performed for the charmless three-body decays of the Lambda(0)(b) and Xi(0)(b) baryons to the final states Lambda h(+)h'(-), where h(') = pi or K. The analysis is based on a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1 of pp collisions, collected by the LHCb experiment. The Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda K+pi(-) and Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda K+K- decays are observed for the first time and their branching fractions and CP asymmetry parameters are measured. Evidence is seen for the Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda pi(+)pi(-) decay and limits are set on the branching fractions of Xi(0)(b) baryon decays to the Lambda h(+)h(-) final states.
Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Lesya Shchutska, Elena Graverini, Sebastian Schulte, Marie Theres Christin Bachmayer, Serhii Cholak, Ettore Zaffaroni, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Yunxuan Song, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Sonia Amina Bouchiba, Federico Ronchetti, Radoslav Marchevski, Anni Matilda Kauniskangas, Dimitrios Kaminaris, Raphaël van Laak, Pierre Paul Louis Mayencourt, Andrea Merli, Gianluca Zunica, Abdul-Kerim Guseinov, Roberto Ribatti, Spencer Edward Collaviti
Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Lesya Shchutska, Elena Graverini, Sebastian Schulte, Marie Theres Christin Bachmayer, Ettore Zaffaroni, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Yunxuan Song, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Sonia Amina Bouchiba, Federico Ronchetti, Radoslav Marchevski, Anni Matilda Kauniskangas, Dimitrios Kaminaris, Raphaël van Laak, Pierre Paul Louis Mayencourt, Andrea Merli, Gianluca Zunica, Abdul-Kerim Guseinov, Roberto Ribatti, Spencer Edward Collaviti