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Observation of B+ --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K+ and B0 --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K0 decays.

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We report the first measurements of the doubly charmed baryonic B decays B --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K. The B+ --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K+ decay is observed with a branching fraction of (6.5(-0.9)(+1.0)+/-1.1+/-3.4)x10(-4) and a statistical significance of 15.4sigma. The B0 --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K0 decay is observed with a branching fraction of (7.9(-2.3)(+2.9)+/-1.2+/-4.1)x10(-4) and a statistical significance of 6.6sigma. The branching fraction errors are statistical, systematic, and the error resulting from the uncertainty of the Lambda c+ --> pK- pi+ decay branching fraction. The analysis is based on 357 fb(-1) of data accumulated at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider.

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N Gabyshev, K Abe, I Adachi, H Aihara, Y Asano, V Aulchenko, T Aushev, S Bahinipati, A M Bakich, V Balagura, E Barberio, W Bartel, A Bay, I Bedny, U Bitenc, I Bizjak, A Bondar, A Bozek, M Bracko, T E Browder, A Chen, W T Chen, B G Cheon, R Chistov, Y Choi, A Chuvikov, S Cole, J Dalseno, M Danilov, M Dash, A Drutskoy, S Eidelman, A Garmash, T Gershon, G Gokhroo, B Golob, J Haba, K Hayasaka, H Hayashii, M Hazumi, T Hokuue, Y Hoshi, S Hou, W-S Hou, Y B Hsiung, K Ikado, A Imoto, K Inami, R Itoh, M Iwasaki, Y Iwasaki, J H Kang, T Kawasaki, H R Khan, H Kichimi, S M Kim, S Korpar, P Krokovny, R Kulasiri, C C Kuo, A Kuzmin, Y-J Kwon, G Leder, T Lesiak, S-W Lin, D Liventsev, G Majumder, T Matsumoto, W Mitaroff, K Miyabayashi, H Miyata, Y Miyazaki, R Mizuk, E Nakano, M Nakao, Z Natkaniec, S Nishida, S Ogawa, T Ohshima, T Okabe, S Okuno, S L Olsen, H Ozaki, H Palka, C W Park, K S Park, R Pestotnik, L E Piilonen, Y Sakai, N Sato, N Satoyama, T Schietinger, O Schneider, C Schwanda, R Seidl, K Senyo, M E Sevior, M Shapkin, H Shibuya, A Somov. 2006-11-17. Observation of B+ --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K+ and B0 --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K0 decays.. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.97.202003

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