Study of electromagnetic decays of orbitally excited baryons
Using 980 fb-1 of data collected with the Belle detector operating at the KEKB asymmetric-energy eþe- collider, we report a study of the electromagnetic decays of excited charmed baryons ?cð2790Þ and ?cð2815Þ. A clear signal (8.6 standard deviations) is observed for ?cð2815Þ0 ? ?0 c?, and we measure: B½?cð2815Þ0 ? ?0 c? B½?cð2815Þ0 ? ?cð2645Þþp- ? ?0 cpþp- ¼ 0.41 0.05 0.03. We also present evidence (3.8 standard deviations) for the similar decay of the ?cð2790Þ0 and measure: B½?cð2790Þ0 ? ?0 c? B½?cð2790Þ0 ? ?0þ c p- ? ?þ c ?p- ¼ 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 ?cð2815Þþ and ?cð2790Þþ baryons and set upper limits at the 90% confidence level of: B½?cð2815Þþ ? ?þ c ? B½?cð2815Þþ ? ?cð2645Þ0pþ ? ?þ c p-pþ < 0.09, and B½?cð2790Þþ ? ?þ c ? B½?cð2790Þþ ? ?00 c pþ ? ?0 c?pþ < 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.
- Research Organization:
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States). High Energy Physics Group
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (MEXT)
- Contributing Organization:
- Belle Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0009973; SC0012704; AC05-76RL01830; SC0010504
- OSTI ID:
- 1686253
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1735702; OSTI ID: 1756659; OSTI ID: 1773411; OSTI ID: 1779746
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-220682-2020-JAAM; PNNL-SA-160780; PRVDAQ; 071103
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 102 Journal Issue: 7; ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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