The effect of hyperfine mixing in electromagnetic and semileptonic decays of doubly heavy baryons

TL;DR

This paper investigates how hyperfine mixing significantly impacts the decay widths in electromagnetic and semileptonic decays of doubly heavy baryons, revealing important corrections to previous calculations.

Contribution

It introduces the analysis of hyperfine mixing effects on decay processes of doubly heavy baryons, highlighting their substantial influence on decay widths.

Findings

Hyperfine mixing causes large corrections to decay widths.

Electromagnetic and semileptonic decay rates are notably affected.

The study emphasizes the importance of including hyperfine effects in decay calculations.

Abstract

We consider the role played by hyperfine mixing in electromagnetic and semileptonic decays of doubly heavy baryons, which give rise to large corrections to the decay widths in both cases.