B meson decays to baryons in the diquark model

Dec, 2001
9 pages
Published in:
  • Eur.Phys.J.C 23 (2002) 691-699
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Abstract:
We study B meson decays to two charmless baryons in the diquark model, including strong and electroweak penguins as well as the tree operators. It is shown that penguin operators can enhance \bar{B} \to \Bb_s \bar{\Bb} considerably, but affect \bar{B} \to \Bb_1 \bar{\Bb}_2 only slightly, where \Bb_{(1,2)} and \Bb_s are non-strange and strange baryons, respectively. The γ\gamma dependence of the decay rates due to tree-penguin interference is illustrated. In principle, some of the \Bb_s \bar{\Bb} modes could dominate over \Bb_1 \bar{\Bb}_2 for γ>90\gamma > 90^\circ, but in general the effect is milder than their mesonic counterparts. This is because the O6O_6 operator can only produce vector but not scalar diquarks, while the opposite is true for O1O_1 and O4O_4. Predictions from diquark model are compared to those from the sum rule calculation. The decays \bar{B} \to \Bb_s \bar{\Bb}_s and inclusive baryonic decays are also discussed.
Note:
  • 9 pages, 6 figures, Revtex
  • B: hadronic decay
  • hyperon
  • quark: diquark
  • effect: penguin
  • electromagnetic interaction
  • strong interaction
  • tree approximation: interference
  • decay: inclusive reaction
  • decay: exclusive reaction
  • B: width