Study of electromagnetic decays of orbitally excited Xi(c) baryons

Yelton, J.; Adachi, I.; Ahn, J. K.; Aihara, H.; Al Said, S.; Asner, D. M.; Aushev, T.; Ayad, R.; Babu, V.; Bahinipati, S.; Behera, P.; Beleno, C.; Bennett, J.; Bhardwaj, V.; Bhuyan, B.; Bilka, T.; Biswal, J.; Bonvicini, G.; Bozek, A.; Bracko, M.; Browder, T. E.; Campajola, M.; Cervenkov, D.; Chang, M-C; Chang, P.; Chekelian, V; Chen, A.; Cheon, B. G.; Chilikin, K.; Cho, K.; Cho, S.-J.; Choi, S.-K.; Choi, Y.; Choudhury, S.; Cinabro, D.; Cunliffe, S.; De Nardo, G.; Di Capua, F.; Dolezal, Z.; Dong, T. V.; Eidelman, S.; Epifanov, D.; Ferber, T.; Fulsom, B. G.; Garg, R.; Gaur, V; Gabyshev, N.; Garmash, A.; Giri, A.; Goldenzweig, P.; Hadjivasiliou, C.; Hartbrich, O.; Hayasaka, K.; Hayashii, H.; Hedges, M. T.; Villanueva, M. Hernandez; Hou, W.-S.; Hsu, C.-L.; Iijima, T.; Inami, K.; Inguglia, G.; Ishikawa, A.; Itoh, R.; Iwasaki, M.; Iwasaki, Y.; Jacobs, W. W.; Jia, S.; Jin, Y.; Joo, C. W.; Joo, K. K.; Kaliyar, A. B.; Kang, K. H.; Karyan, G.; Kato, Y.; Kawasaki, T.; Kichimi, H.; Kiesling, C.; Kim, B. H.; Kim, D. Y.; Kim, S. H.; Kim, Y-K; Kinoshita, K.; Kodys, P.; Korpar, S.; Kotchetkov, D.; Krizan, P.; Kroeger, R.; Krokovny, P.; Kulasiri, R.; Kumar, R.; Kumara, K.; Kuzmin, A.; Kwon, Y.-J.; Lalwani, K.; Lange, J. S.; Lee, S. C.; Lewis, P.; Li, L. K.; Li, Y. B.; Li Gioi, L.; Libby, J.; Lieret, K.; Liptak, Z.; Liventsev, D.; Luo, T.; MacQueen, C.; Masuda, M.; Matsuda, T.; Matvienko, D.; McNeil, J. T.; Merola, M.; Miyabayashi, K.; Miyata, H.; Mizuk, R.; Mohanty, G. B.; Mohanty, S.; Moon, T. J.; Mori, T.; Mrvar, M.; Mussa, R.; Nakano, E.; Nakao, M.; Natkaniec, Z.; Natochii, A.; Nayak, M.; Nisar, N. K.; Nishida, S.; Ogawa, K.; Ogawa, S.; Ono, H.; Onuki, Y.; Oskin, P.; Pakhlov, P.; Pakhlova, G.; Pardi, S.; Park, H.; Park, S.-H.; Patra, S.; Paul, S.; Pedlar, T. K.; Pestotnik, R.; Piilonen, L. E.; Podobnik, T.; Popov, V.; Prencipe, E.; Prim, M. T.; Ritter, M.; Rostomyan, A.; Rout, N.; Russo, G.; Sahoo, D.; Sakai, Y.; Sandilya, S.; Santelj, L.; Sanuki, T.; Savinov, V; Schnell, G.; Schueler, J.; Schwanda, C.; Seino, Y.; Senyo, K.; Sevior, M. E.; Shapkin, M.; Shebalin, V; Shen, C. P.; Shiu, J-G; Shwartz, B.; Singh, J. B.; Sokolov, A.; Solovieva, E.; Staric, M.; Stottler, Z. S.; Strube, J. F.; Sumihama, M.; Sumisawa, K.; Sumiyoshi, T.; Sutcliffe, W.; Takizawa, M.; Tamponi, U.; Tanida, K.; Tenchini, F.; Uchida, M.; Uglov, T.; Unno, Y.; Uno, S.; Urquijo, P.; Usov, Y.; Vahsen, S. E.; Tonder, R. van; Varner, G.; Vinokurova, A.; Vorobyev, V.; Waheed, E.; Wang, C. H.; Wang, E.; Wang, M-Z; Wang, P.; Wang, X. L.; Watanabe, M.; Won, E.; Xu, X.; Yabsley, B. D.; Yan, W.; Yang, S. B.; Ye, H.; Yin, J. H.; Zhang, Z. P.; Zhilich, V.; Zhukova, V. and Zhulanov, V. (2020): Study of electromagnetic decays of orbitally excited Xi(c) baryons. In: Physical Review D, Vol. 102, No. 7, 071103

Abstract

Using 980 fb(-1) of data collected with the Belle detector operating at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+) e(-) collider, we report a study of the electromagnetic decays of excited charmed baryons Xi(c)(2790) and Xi(c)(2815). A clear signal (8.6 standard deviations) is observed for Xi(c)(2815)(0) -> Xi(0)(c)gamma, and we measure: B[Xi(c)(2815)(0) -> Xi(0)(c)gamma]/B[Xi(c)(2815)(0) -> Xi(c)(2645)(+)pi(-) -> Xi(0)(c)pi(+)pi(-)] = - 0.41 +/- 0.05 +/- 0.03. We also present evidence (3.8 standard deviations) for the similar decay of the Xi(c)(2790)(0) and measure:B[Xi(c)(2790)(0) -> Xi(0)(c)gamma]/B[Xi(c)(2790)(0) -> Xi(c)'(+)pi(-) -> Xi(+)(c)gamma pi(-)] = 0.13 +/- 0.03 +/- 0.02. The first quoted uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. We find no hint of the analogous decays of the Xi(c)(2815)(+) and Xi(c)(2790)(+) baryons and set upper limits at the 90% confidence level of: B[Xi(c)(2815)(0) -> Xi(0)(c)gamma]/B[Xi(c)(2815)(0) -> Xi(c)(2645)(0)pi(+) -> Xi(+)(c)pi(-)pi(+)] < 0.09, and B[Xi(c)(2790)(+) -> Xi(0)(c)gamma]/B[Xi(c)(2815)(+) -> Xi(c)'(0)pi(+) -> Xi(0)(c)gamma pi(+)] < 0.06. Approximate values of the partial widths of the decays are extracted, which can be used to discriminate between models of the underlying quark structure of these excited states.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Physics
• Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
• ISSN: 2470-0010
• Language: English