Measurements of B(anti-B0 ---> Lambda(c)+ anti-p) and B(B- ---> Lambda(c)+ anti-p pi-) and Studies of Lambda(c)+ pi- Resonances

Collaboration
Jul, 2008
20 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 78 (2008) 112003
e-Print:
Report number:
  • BABAR-PUB-08-016,
  • SLAC-PUB-13341
Experiments:

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present an investigation of the decays Bˉ0Λc+pˉ\bar{B}^0 \to \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{p} and BΛc+pˉπB^- \to \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{p} \pi^- based on 383×106383\times10^6 Υ(4S)BBˉ\Upsilon(4S) \to B\bar{B} decays recorded with the BABAR detector. We measure the branching fractions of these decays/ their ratio is B(BΛc+pˉπ)/B(Bˉ0Λc+pˉ)=15.4±1.8±0.3{\cal B}(B^- \to \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{p} \pi^-) / {\cal B}(\bar{B}^0 \to \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{p}) = 15.4 \pm 1.8 \pm 0.3. The BΛc+pˉπB^- \to \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{p} \pi^- process exhibits an enhancement at the Λc+pˉ\Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{p} threshold and is a laboratory for searches for excited charm baryon states. We observe the resonant decays BˉΣc(2455)0pˉ\bar{B}^- \to \Sigma_{c}(2455)^{0} \bar{p} and BΣc(2800)0pˉB^- \to \Sigma_{c}(2800)^{0} \bar{p} but see no evidence for B^- \to \Sigma_{c}(2520)^{0} \baver{p}. This is the first observation of the decay BΣc(2800)0pˉB^- \to \Sigma_{c}(2800)^{0} \bar{p}/ however, the mass of the observed excited Σc0\Sigma_{c}^{0} state is (2846±8±10)MeV/c2(2846\pm8\pm10)MeV/c^2, which is somewhat inconsistent with previous measurements. Finally, we examine the angular distribution of the BΣc(2455)0pˉB^- \to \Sigma_{c}(2455)^{0} \bar{p} decays and measure the spin of the Σc(2455)0\Sigma_{c}(2455)^{0} baryon to be 1/2, as predicted by the quark model.
Note:
  • 20 pages, 11 postscript figures, submitted to PRD
  • 14.20.Lq
  • 13.60.Rj
  • 13.25.Hw
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • B: pair production
  • anti-B: hadronic decay
  • Lambda/c+
  • anti-B0: branching ratio
  • B-: branching ratio
  • charmed baryon: excited state