Measurements of Born cross sections for e+e- → Λc+ Λ ¯ c (2595)-+ c. c. and e+e- → Λc+ Λ ¯ c (2625)-+ c. c. at s =4918.0 and 4950.9 MeV

Using e+e− collision data collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII collider, the Born cross sections of e+e−→Λ+c¯Λc(2595)−+c.c. and e+e−→Λ+c¯Λc(2625)−+c.c. are measured for the first time at center-of-mass energies of √s=4918.0 and 4950.9 MeV. Nonzero cross sections are observed very close to the production threshold. The measured Born cross sections of e+e−→Λ+c¯Λc(2625)−+c.c. are about 2–3 times greater than those of e+e−→Λ+c¯Λc(2595)−+c.c., providing the similar behavior as semileptonic decays of Λ0b, but different behavior from that in the hadronic decays of Λ0b. The Born cross sections are 15.6±3.1±0.9  pb and 29.4±3.7±2.7  pb for e+e−→Λ+c¯Λc(2595)−+c.c., and are 43.4±4.0±4.1  pb and 76.8±6.5±4.2  pb for e+e−→Λ+c¯Λc(2625)−+c.c. at √s=4918.0 and 4950.9 MeV, respectively. Based on the polar angle distributions of the ¯Λc(2625)− and Λc(2625)+, the form-factor ratios √|GE|2+3|GM|2/|GC| are determined for e+e−→Λ+c¯Λc(2625)−+c.c. for the first time, which are 5.95±4.07±0.15 and 0.94±0.32±0.02 at √s=4918.0 and 4950.9 MeV, respectively. All of these first uncertainties are statistical and second systematic.