# First Measurements of Absolute Branching Fractions of the Ξ 0 c Baryon at Belle

Y. B. Li, Belle Collaboration

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### Abstract

We present the first measurements of the absolute branching fractions of $\Xi_c^+$ decays into $\Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+$, $p K^- \pi^+$, and $p \bar{K}^{*}(892)^{0}$ final states. Our analysis is based on a data set of $(772\pm 11)\times 10^{6}$ $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ collider. We measure the absolute branching fraction of $\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \Xi_{c}^{+}$ with the $\Xi_c^+$ signal recoiling against $\bar{\Lambda}_c^-$ in $\bar{B}^0$ decays resulting in ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \Xi_{c}^{+}) = [1.16 \pm 0.42(\rm stat.) \pm 0.15(\rm syst.)] \times 10^{-3}$. We then measure the product branching fractions ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_c^- \Xi_c^+){\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+)$, ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_c^- \Xi_c^+){\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p K^- \pi^+)$, and ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_c^- \Xi_c^+){\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p \bar{K}^{*}(892)^{0})$. Dividing these product branching fractions by $\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \Xi_{c}^{+}$ yields: ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+) = [2.86 \pm 1.21(\rm stat.) \pm 0.38(\rm syst.)]\%$, ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p K^- \pi^+)=[0.45 \pm 0.21(\rm stat.) \pm 0.07(\rm syst.)]\%$, and ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p \bar{K}^{*}(892)^{0}) = [0.25 \pm 0.16(\rm stat.) \pm 0.04(\rm syst.)]\%$. Our result for ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+)$ can be combined with $\Xi_c^+$ branching fractions measured relative to $\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+$ to set the absolute scale for many $\Xi_c^+$ branching fractions.
Original language English 082001 Physical Review Letters 122 8 25 Feb 2019 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.082001 Published - Mar 2019

baryons
recoilings
decay
products

### Keywords

• hep-ex
• hep-ph
• WEAK DECAYS
• QUARK
• NONLEPTONIC DECAYS

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First Measurements of Absolute Branching Fractions of the Ξ 0 c Baryon at Belle. / Li, Y. B.; Belle Collaboration.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 122, No. 8, 082001, 03.2019.

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T1 - First Measurements of Absolute Branching Fractions of the Ξ 0 c Baryon at Belle

AU - Li, Y. B.

AU - Shen, C. P.

AU - Ahn, J. K.

AU - Aihara, H.

AU - Said, S. Al

AU - Asner, D. M.

AU - Atmacan, H.

AU - Aushev, T.

AU - Babu, V.

AU - Bakich, A. M.

AU - Ban, Y.

AU - Bansal, V.

AU - Behera, P.

AU - Bele\{n}o, C.

AU - Berger, M.

AU - Bhardwaj, V.

AU - Bhuyan, B.

AU - Bilka, T.

AU - Biswal, J.

AU - Bobrov, A.

AU - Bozek, A.

AU - Bračko, M.

AU - Browder, T. E.

AU - Campajola, M.

AU - Cao, L.

AU - Červenkov, D.

AU - Chekelian, V.

AU - Chen, A.

AU - Cheon, B. G.

AU - Chilikin, K.

AU - Cho, H. E.

AU - Cho, K.

AU - Choi, Y.

AU - Choudhury, S.

AU - Cinabro, D.

AU - Cunliffe, S.

AU - Carlo, S. Di

AU - Doležal, Z.

AU - Dossett, D.

AU - Eidelman, S.

AU - Epifanov, D.

AU - Fast, J. E.

AU - Lee, S. C.

AU - Li, C. H.

AU - Park, S. -H.

AU - Wang, B.

AU - Wang, C. H.

AU - Belle Collaboration

N1 - We thank Professor Fu-sheng Yu for useful discussions and comments. Y. B. L. acknowledges the support from the China Scholarship Council (201706010043). We thank the KEKB group for excellent operation of the accelerator; the KEK cryogenics group for efficient solenoid operations; and the KEK computer group, the NII, and PNNL/EMSL for valuable computing and SINET5 network support. We acknowledge support from MEXT, JSPS and Nagoya’s TLPRC (Japan); ARC (Australia); FWF (Austria); the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Contracts No. 11475187, No. 11521505, No. 11575017, No. 11761141009; the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics (CCEPP); MSMT (Czechia); CZF, DFG, EXC153, and VS (Germany); DST (India); INFN (Italy); MOE, MSIP, NRF, RSRI, FLRFAS project and GSDC of KISTI and KREONET/GLORIAD (Korea); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MSHE, Agreement No. 14.W03.31.0026 (Russia); ARRS (Slovenia); IKERBASQUE (Spain); SNSF (Switzerland); MOE and MOST (Taiwan); and DOE and NSF (U.S.).

PY - 2019/3

Y1 - 2019/3

N2 - We present the first measurements of the absolute branching fractions of $\Xi_c^+$ decays into $\Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+$, $p K^- \pi^+$, and $p \bar{K}^{*}(892)^{0}$ final states. Our analysis is based on a data set of $(772\pm 11)\times 10^{6}$ $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ collider. We measure the absolute branching fraction of $\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \Xi_{c}^{+}$ with the $\Xi_c^+$ signal recoiling against $\bar{\Lambda}_c^-$ in $\bar{B}^0$ decays resulting in ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \Xi_{c}^{+}) = [1.16 \pm 0.42(\rm stat.) \pm 0.15(\rm syst.)] \times 10^{-3}$. We then measure the product branching fractions ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_c^- \Xi_c^+){\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+)$, ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_c^- \Xi_c^+){\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p K^- \pi^+)$, and ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_c^- \Xi_c^+){\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p \bar{K}^{*}(892)^{0})$. Dividing these product branching fractions by $\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \Xi_{c}^{+}$ yields: ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+) = [2.86 \pm 1.21(\rm stat.) \pm 0.38(\rm syst.)]\%$, ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p K^- \pi^+)=[0.45 \pm 0.21(\rm stat.) \pm 0.07(\rm syst.)]\%$, and ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p \bar{K}^{*}(892)^{0}) = [0.25 \pm 0.16(\rm stat.) \pm 0.04(\rm syst.)]\%$. Our result for ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+)$ can be combined with $\Xi_c^+$ branching fractions measured relative to $\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+$ to set the absolute scale for many $\Xi_c^+$ branching fractions.

AB - We present the first measurements of the absolute branching fractions of $\Xi_c^+$ decays into $\Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+$, $p K^- \pi^+$, and $p \bar{K}^{*}(892)^{0}$ final states. Our analysis is based on a data set of $(772\pm 11)\times 10^{6}$ $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ collider. We measure the absolute branching fraction of $\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \Xi_{c}^{+}$ with the $\Xi_c^+$ signal recoiling against $\bar{\Lambda}_c^-$ in $\bar{B}^0$ decays resulting in ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \Xi_{c}^{+}) = [1.16 \pm 0.42(\rm stat.) \pm 0.15(\rm syst.)] \times 10^{-3}$. We then measure the product branching fractions ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_c^- \Xi_c^+){\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+)$, ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_c^- \Xi_c^+){\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p K^- \pi^+)$, and ${\cal B}(\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_c^- \Xi_c^+){\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p \bar{K}^{*}(892)^{0})$. Dividing these product branching fractions by $\bar{B}^{0} \to \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \Xi_{c}^{+}$ yields: ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+) = [2.86 \pm 1.21(\rm stat.) \pm 0.38(\rm syst.)]\%$, ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p K^- \pi^+)=[0.45 \pm 0.21(\rm stat.) \pm 0.07(\rm syst.)]\%$, and ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to p \bar{K}^{*}(892)^{0}) = [0.25 \pm 0.16(\rm stat.) \pm 0.04(\rm syst.)]\%$. Our result for ${\cal B}(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+)$ can be combined with $\Xi_c^+$ branching fractions measured relative to $\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+$ to set the absolute scale for many $\Xi_c^+$ branching fractions.

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