Study of the baryonic B decay B- -> SigmaC++ p- pi- pi-

TL;DR

This study measures the branching fraction of a specific baryonic B decay using a large data sample, identifies potential resonant subchannels, and observes unexplained structures in the invariant mass spectrum.

Contribution

It provides the first precise measurement of the B- -> SigmaC++ p- pi- pi- decay branching fraction and suggests possible resonant subchannels and new structures.

Findings

Branching fraction measured as (2.98 +/- 0.16 +/- 0.15 +/- 0.77) x 10^{-4}

Evidence for resonant subchannels involving LambdaC(2595)+ and SigmaC++ anti-Delta--

Observation of unexplained structures at 3.25, 3.8, and 4.2 GeV/c^2 in the mass spectrum.

Abstract

We report the measurement of the baryonic B decay B- -> SigmaC++ p- pi- pi-. Using a data sample of 467*10^6 B B-bar pairs collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II storage ring at SLAC, the measured branching fraction is (2.98 +/- 0.16 (stat) +/- 0.15 (syst) +/- 0.77 (LambdaC+))*10^{-4}, where the last error is due to the uncertainty in the branching fraction of the decay LambdaC+ -> p+ K- pi+. The data suggest the existence of resonant subchannels B- -> LambdaC(2595)+ p- pi- and, possibly, B- -> SigmaC++ anti-Delta-- pi-. We see unexplained structures in m(SigmaC++ pi- pi-) at 3.25 GeV/c^2, 3.8 GeV/c^2, and 4.2 GeV/c^2.