Measurement of Singly Cabibbo Suppressed Decays $\Lambda_c^{+}\to p\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ and $\Lambda_c^{+}\to pK^{+}K^{-}$

TL;DR

This paper reports the first observation of the decay $ ext{Lambda}_c^+ o p \pi^+\pi^-$ and provides improved measurements of branching fractions for $ ext{Lambda}_c^+ o pK^+K^-$ and related modes using BESIII data.

Contribution

It presents the first measurement of the $ ext{Lambda}_c^+ o p \pi^+\pi^-$ decay and improves the precision of branching fractions for $ ext{Lambda}_c^+ o pK^+K^-$ and $ ext{Lambda}_c^+ o p ext{phi}$ decays.

Findings

First observation of $ ext{Lambda}_c^+ o p \pi^+\pi^-$ decay.

Measured ratios of branching fractions with statistical and systematic uncertainties.

Improved precision of branching fraction measurements for $ ext{Lambda}_c^+ o pK^+K^-$ and $ ext{Lambda}_c^+ o p ext{phi}$.

Abstract

Using 567 $pb^{-1}$ of data collected with the BESIII detector at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=$ 4.599 $GeV$, near the $\Lambda_{c}^{+}\Lambda_{c}^{-}$ threshold, we study the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decays $\Lambda_c^{+}\to p\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ and $\Lambda_c^{+}\to pK^{+}K^{-}$. By normalizing with respect to the Cabibbo-favored decay $\Lambda_c^{+}\to pK^{-}\pi^{+}$, we obtain ratios of branching fractions: $\frac{\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_c^{+}\to p\pi^{+}\pi^{-})}{\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_c^{+}\to pK^{-}\pi^{+})}$ = $(6.70 \pm 0.48 \pm 0.25)\%$, $\frac{\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_c^{+}\to p\phi)}{\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_c^{+}\to pK^{-}\pi^{+})}$ = $(1.81 \pm 0.33 \pm 0.13)\%$, and $\frac{\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_c^{+}\to pK^{+}K^{-}_{\text{non-}\phi})}{\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_c^{+}\to pK^{-}\pi^{+})}$ = $(9.36 \pm 2.22 \pm 0.71)\times10^{-3}$, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. The absolute branching fractions are also presented. Among these measurements, the decay $\Lambda_c^{+}\to p\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ is observed for the first time, and the precision of the branching fraction for $\Lambda_c^{+}\to pK^{+}K^{-}_{\text{non-}\phi}$ and $\Lambda_c^{+}\to p\phi$ is significantly improved.