A search for $it{Xi}^{++}_{cc} rightarrow D^{+} p K^{-} pi^{+}$ decays

A search for the $it{Xi}^{++}_{cc}$ baryon through the $it{Xi}^{++}_{cc} rightarrow D^{+} p K^{-} pi^{+}$ decay is performed with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 $mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ recorded by the LHCb experiment in $pp$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. No significant signal is observed in the mass range from the kinematic threshold of the decay to 3800 $mathrm{MeV}/c^{2}$. An upper limit is set on the ratio of branching fractions $mathcal{R} = frac{mathcal{B}(it{Xi}^{++}_{cc} rightarrow D^{+} p K^{-} pi^{+})}{mathcal{B}(it{Xi}^{++}_{cc} rightarrow Lambda^{+}_{c} K^{-} pi^{+}pi^{+})}$ with $mathcal{R} < 1.7 hspace{2pt} (2.1) times 10^{-2}$ at the 90% (95%) confidence level at the known mass of the $it{Xi}^{++}_{cc}$ state.