Observation of $\Xi_{c}(2930)^0$ and updated measurement of $B^{-} \to K^{-} \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-}$ at Belle

TL;DR

This paper reports the first observation of the $\\Xi_{c}(2930)^0$ baryon in B meson decays, measures its properties with improved precision, and searches for related charmonium-like states, setting upper limits due to non-observation.

Contribution

The study provides the first observation and detailed measurement of the $\\Xi_{c}(2930)^0$ baryon and improves the measurement of the branching fraction for $B^{-} \\to K^{-} \\Lambda_{c}^{+} \\bar{\\Lambda}_{c}^{-}$, also searching for exotic states.

Findings

First observation of $\\Xi_{c}(2930)^0$ with >5σ significance.

Measured mass and width of $\\Xi_{c}(2930)^0$ baryon.

No signals of $Y(4660)$ or $Y_{\eta}$ found; upper limits set.

Abstract

We report the first observation of the $\Xi_{c}(2930)^0$ charmed-strange baryon with a significance greater than 5$\sigma$. The $\Xi_{c}(2930)^0$ is found in its decay to $K^- \Lambda_{c}^+$ in $B^{-} \to K^{-} \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-}$ decays. The measured mass and width are $[2928.9 \pm 3.0(\rm stat.)^{+0.9}_{-12.0}(\rm syst.)]$ MeV/$c^{2}$ and $[19.5 \pm 8.4(\rm stat.) ^{+5.9}_{-7.9}(\rm syst.)]$ MeV, respectively, and the product branching fraction is ${\cal B}(B^{-} \to \Xi_{c}(2930)^0 \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-}) {\cal B}(\Xi_{c}(2930)^0 \to K^- \Lambda_{c}^{+})=[1.73 \pm 0.45(\rm stat.) \pm 0.21(\rm syst.)]\times 10^{-4}$. We also measure ${\cal B}(B^{-} \to K^{-} \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-}) = [4.80 \pm 0.43(\rm stat.) \pm 0.60(\rm syst.)] \times 10^{-4}$ with improved precision, and search for the charmonium-like state $Y(4660)$ and its spin partner, $Y_{\eta}$, in the $\Lambda_{c}^{+}\bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-}$ invariant mass spectrum. No clear signals of the $Y(4660)$ nor its spin partner are observed and the 90\% credibility level (C.L.) upper limits on their production rates are determined. These measurements are obtained from a sample of $(772\pm11)\times 10^{6} B\bar{B}$ pairs collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy electron-positron collider.