First observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed decays Ξc → Σ π- π and Ξc → Σ- π π and measurement of their branching ratios Article uri icon

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  • We report the first observation of two Cabibbo-suppressed decay modes, Ξc → Σ π- π and Ξc → Σ- π π . We observe 59 ± 14 over a background of 87, and 22 ± 8 over a background of 13 events, respectively, for the signals. The data were accumulated using the SELEX spectrometer during the 1996-1997 fixed target run at Fermilab, chiefly from a 600 GeV / cΣ- beam. The branching ratios of the decays relative to the Cabibbo-favored Ξc → Ξ- π π are measured to be B (Ξc → Σ π- π ) / B (Ξc → Ξ- π π ) = 0.48 ± 0.20, and B (Ξc → Σ- π π ) / B (Ξc → Ξ- π π ) = 0.18 ± 0.09, respectively. We also report branching ratios for the same decay modes of the Λc relative to Λc → p K- π . © 2008 Elsevier B.V.
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  • 2008-01-01

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