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Evidence for the singly Cabibbo suppressed decay Λc+ →pη and search for Λc+ →pπ0

  • M. Ablikim
  • , M. N. Achasov
  • , S. Ahmed
  • , X. C. Ai
  • , O. Albayrak
  • , M. Albrecht
  • , D. J. Ambrose
  • , Z. Haddadi
  • , N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki
  • , M. Kavatsyuk
  • , H. Löhner
  • , J. Messchendorp
  • , M. Tiemens
  • , BESIII Collaboration

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    Abstract

    We study the singly Cabibbo suppressed decays Λc+→pη and Λc+→pπ0 using Λc+Λ- pairs produced by e+e- collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s=4.6 GeV. The data sample was collected by the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 567 pb-1. We find the first evidence for the decay Λc+→pη with a statistical significance of 4.2σ and measure its branching fraction to be B(Λc+→pη)=(1.24±0.28(stat)±0.10(syst))×10-3. No significant Λc+→pπ0 signal is observed. We set an upper limit on its branching fraction B(Λc+→pπ0)<2.7×10-4 at the 90% confidence level.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number111102
    JournalPhysical Review D
    Volume95
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 30-Jun-2017

    Keywords

    • QUARK
    • MODEL
    • NONLEPTONIC DECAYS
    • CHARMED BARYONS

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