Measurement of the absolute branching fraction of the inclusive decay Λ ¯ c- → n ¯ +X


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Ablikim M., Achasov M., Adlarson P., Albrecht M., Aliberti R., Amoroso A., ...More

Physical Review D, vol.108, no.3, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 108 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevd.108.l031101
  • Journal Name: Physical Review D
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, INSPEC, zbMATH
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Based on e+e- collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.5 fb-1 collected at the center-of-mass energies between 4.600 and 4.699 GeV with the BESIII detector at BEPCII, the absolute branching fraction of the inclusive decay Λ¯c-→n¯+X, where X refers to any possible final state particles, is measured. The absolute branching fraction is determined to be B(Λ¯c-→n¯+X)=(32.4±0.7±1.5)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. Assuming CP symmetry, the measurement indicates that about one fourth of Λc+ (Λ¯c-) decay modes with a neutron (an antineutron) in the final state have not been observed.