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J.Veltri, M.Veneziano, G.Vesterinen, M.Viaud, B.Vieira, D.Vieites Diaz, M.Vilasis-Cardona, X.Vollhardt, A.Volyanskyy, D.Voong, D.Vorobyev, A.Vorobyev, V.Voss, C.Voss, H.De Vries, J. A.Waldi, R.Wallace, C.Wallace, R.Walsh, J.Wandernoth, S.Wang, J.Ward, D. R.Watson, N. K.Websdale, D.Whitehead, M.Wicht, J.Wiedner, D.Wilkinson, G.Williams, M. P.Williams, M.Wilson, F. F.Wimberley, J.Wishahi, J.Wislicki, W.Witek, M.Wormser, G.Wotton, S. A.Wright, S.Wu, S.Wyllie, K.Xie, Y.Xing, Z.Xu, Z.Yang, Z.Yuan, X.Yushchenko, O.Zangoli, M.Zavertyaev, M.Zhang, L.Zhang, W. C.Zhang, Y.Zhelezov, A.Zhokhov, A.Zhong, L.Zvyagin, A.2015-02-202015-02-202015-02-20201410.1007/Jhep07(2014)103https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/111584WOS:000346567700001The first observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed decay Lambda(0)(b) -> J / psi p pi(-) is reported using a data sample of proton-proton collisions at 7 and 8TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1). A prominent signal is observed and the branching fraction relative to the decay mode Lambda(0)(b) -> J / psi pK(-) is determined to be B(Lambda(0)(b) -> J / psi p pi(-))/ B(Lambda(0)(b) -> J / psi pK(-)) = 0.0824 +/- 0.0025 (stat) +/- 0.0042 (syst). A search for direct CP violation is performed. The difference in the CP asymmetries between these two decays is found to be ACP(Lambda(0)(b) -> J / psi p pi(-))/ A(CP)(Lambda(0)(b) -> J / psi pK(-)) = (+5.7 +/- 2.4 (stat) +/- 1.2 (syst))%, which is compatible with CP symmetry at the 2.2 sigma level.B physicsCP violationBranching fractionFlavor physicsHadron-Hadron ScatteringObservation of the Lambda(0)(b) -> J/psi p pi(-) decaytext::journal::journal article::research article