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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2021
Abstract
We report results from a study of the spin and parity of Ξc(2970)+ using a 980 fb-1 data sample collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. The decay angle distributions in the chain Ξc(2970)+→Ξc(2645)0π+→Ξc+π-π+ are analyzed to determine the spin of this charmed-strange baryon. The angular distributions strongly favor the Ξc(2970)+ spin J=1/2 over 3/2 or 5/2, under an assumption that the lowest partial wave dominates in the decay. We also measure the ratio of Ξc(2970)+ decay branching fractions R=B[Ξc(2970)+→Ξc(2645)0π+]/B[Ξc(2970)+→Ξc′0π+]=1.67±0.29(stat)-0.09+0.15(syst)±0.25(IS), where the last uncertainty is due to possible isospin-symmetry-breaking effects. This R value favors the spin-parity JP=1/2+ with the spin of the light-quark degrees of freedom sl=0. This is the first determination of the spin and parity of a charmed-strange baryon.
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journal article
Recommended Citation
Moon, T. J., Tanida, K., Kato, Y., Kim, S. K., Adachi, I., Ahn, J. K., Aihara, H., Al Said, S., Asner, D. M., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Ayad, R., Babu, V., Bahinipati, S., Behera, P., Beleño, C., Bennett, J., Bessner, M., Bhuyan, B., … Belle Collaboration. (2021). First determination of the spin and parity of the charmed-strange baryon Ξ c (2970) +. Physical Review D, 103(11), L111101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.L111101
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.L111101
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