Study of ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b\to \mathrm{\Lambda }(\varphi ,{\eta }^{(\mathrm{\prime })})$ and ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b\to \mathrm{\Lambda }{K}^{+}{K}^{-}$ decays

We study the charmless two-body ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b\to \mathrm{\Lambda }(\varphi ,{\eta }^{(\mathrm{\prime })})$ and three-body ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b\to \mathrm{\Lambda }{K}^{+}{K}^{-}$ decays. We obtain ${\cal B}(\Lambda_b\to \Lambda\phi)=(3.53\pm 0.24)\times 10^{-6}$ to agree with the recent LHCb measurement. However, we find that ${\cal B}(\Lambda_b\to \Lambda(\phi\to)K^+ K^-)=(1.71\pm 0.12)\times 10^{-6}$ is unable to explain the LHCb observation of ${\cal B}(\Lambda_b\to\Lambda K^+ K^-)=(15.9\pm 1.2\pm 1.2\pm 2.0)\times 10^{-6}$, which implies the possibility for other contributions, such as that from the resonant $\Lambda_b\to K^- N^,,N^\to\Lambda K^+$decaywith$N^*$asahigher-wavebaryonstate\mathrm{.}For$\Lambda_b\to \Lambda \eta^{(\prime)}$,weshowthat${\cal B}(\Lambda_b\to \Lambda\eta,,\Lambda\eta^\prime)= (1.47\pm 0.35,1.83\pm 0.58)\times 10^{-6}$, which are consistent with the current data of $(9.3^{+7.3}_{-5.3},<3.1)\times 10^{-6}$,respectively\mathrm{.}Ourresultsalsosupporttherelationof${\cal B}(\Lambda_b\to \Lambda\eta) \simeq {\cal B}(\Lambda_b\to\Lambda\eta^\prime)$, given by the previous study.