Observation of the cabibbo-suppressed decay Ξ+c→pK- π+

S. Y. Jun, N. Akchurin, V. A. Andreev, A. G. Atamantchouk, M. Aykac, M. Y. Balatz, N. F. Bondar, A. Bravar, P. S. Cooper, L. J. Dauwe, G. V. Davidenko, U. Dersch, A. G. Dolgolenko, D. Dreossi, G. B. Dzyubenko, R. Edelstein, L. Emediato, A. M.F. Endler, J. Engelfried, I. EschrichC. O. Escobar, A. V. Evdokimov, I. S. Filimonov, F. G. Garcia, M. Gaspero, S. Gerzon, I. Giller, V. L. Golovtsov, Y. M. Goncharenko, E. Gottschalk, P. Gouffon, O. A. Grachov, E. Gülmez, M. Iori, A. D. Kamenski, H. Kangling, M. Kaya, J. Kilmer, V. T. Kim, L. M. Kochenda, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, A. A. Kozhevnikov, A. G. Krivshich, H. Krüger, M. A. Kubantsev, V. P. Kubarovsky, A. I. Kulyavtsev, N. P. Kuropatkin, V. F. Kurshetsov, A. Kushnirenko, S. Kwan, J. Lach, A. Lamberto, L. G. Landsberg, I. Larin, E. M. Leikin, M. Luksys, T. Lungov, D. Magarrel, V. P. Maleev, D. Mao, S. Masciocchi, P. Mathew, M. Mattson, V. Matveev, E. Mc Climent, S. L. Mc Kenna, M. A. Moinester, V. V. Molchanov, A. Morelos, V. A. Mukhin, K. D. Nelson, A. V. Nemitkin, P. V. Neoustroev, C. Newsom, A. P. Nilov, S. B. Nurushev, A. Ocherashvili, G. Oleynik, Y. Onel, E. Ozel, S. Ozkorucuklu, S. Patrichev, A. Penzo, S. I. Petrenko, P. Pogodin, B. Povh, M. Procario, V. A. Prutskoi, E. Ramberg, G. F. Rappazzo, B. V. Razmyslovich, V. I. Rud, J. Russ, P. Schiavon, V. K. Semyatchkin, J. Simon, A. I. Sitnikov, D. Skow, V. J. Smith, M. Srivastava, V. Steiner, V. Stepanov, L. Stutte, M. Svoiski, N. K. Terentyev, G. P. Thomas, L. N. Uvarov, A. N. Vasiliev, D. V. Vavilov, V. S. Verebryusov, V. A. Victorov, V. E. Vishnyakov, A. A. Vorobyov, K. Vorwalter, Z. Wenheng, J. You, L. Yunshan, M. Zhenlin, L. Zhigang, R. Zukanovich Funchal

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Abstract

We report the first observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed charm baryon decay Ξ+c→pK- π+. We observe 150±22±5 events for the signal. The data were accumulated using the SELEX spectrometer during the 1996-1997 fixed target run at Fermilab, chiefly from a 600GeV/c Σ- beam. The branching fractions of the decay relative to the Cabibbo-favored Ξ+c→Σ+K-π+ and Ξ+c→Ξ-π+π+ are measured to be B(Ξ+c→pK-π+)/B(Ξ+c→Σ+K-π+)=0.22±0.06±0.03 and B(Ξ+c→pK-π+)/B(Ξ+c→Ξ-π+π+)=0.20±0.04±0.02, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1857-1861
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume84
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

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