Studying $\mathcal{B}_1(\frac{1}{2}^+)\to \mathcal{B}_2(\frac{1}{2}^+)\ell^+\ell^-$ Semi-leptonic Weak Baryon Decays with the SU(3) Flavor Symmetry

TL;DR

This paper investigates semi-leptonic weak decays of bottom and charm baryons using SU(3) flavor symmetry, providing new predictions for decay observables and analyzing the effects of different transition mechanisms.

Contribution

It introduces a novel SU(3) symmetry approach to relate and predict baryon decay observables, including branching ratios and asymmetries, many of which are calculated for the first time.

Findings

Predicted branching ratios for $T_{b3} o T_8 au^+ au^-$ decays.

Established amplitude relations among different baryon decay channels.

Analyzed the impact of single-quark transition and W-exchange mechanisms on decay rates.

Abstract

Motivated by recent anomalies in FCNC $b\to s\ell^+\ell^-$, we study $B_1\to B_2\ell^+\ell^-(\ell=e,\mu,\tau)$ semi-leptonic weak decays with the SU(3) flavor symmetry, where $B_{1,2}$ are the spin-1/2 baryons of single bottomed anti-triplet $T_{b3}$, single charmed anti-triplet $T_{c3}$ or light baryon octet $T_{8}$. Using the SU(3) irreducible representation approach, we first obtain the amplitude relations among different decays, and then predict the relevant not-yet measured observables of these decays. (a) We calculate the branching ratios of the $T_{b3}\to T_8 \mu^+\mu^-$ and $T_{b3}\to T_8 \tau^+\tau^-$ in the whole $q^2$ region and in the different $q^2$ bins by the measurement of $\Lambda^0_b\to \Lambda^0 \mu^+\mu^-$. Many of them are obtained for the first time. In addition, the longitudinal polarization fractions and the leptonic forward-backward asymmetries of all $T_{b3}\to T_{8}\ell^+\ell^-$ decays are very similar to each other in certain $q^2$ bin due to the SU(3) flavor symmetry. (b) We analyze the upper limits of $B(T_{c3}\to T_{8}\ell^+\ell^-)$ by using the experimental upper limits of $B(\Lambda^+_c\to p\mu^+\mu^-)$ and $B(\Lambda^+_c\to pe^+e^-)$, and find the experimental upper limit of $B(\Lambda^+_c\to p\mu^+\mu^-)$ giving effective bounds on the relevant SU(3) flavor symmetry parameters. The predictions of $B(\Xi^0_c \to \Xi^0e^+e^-)$ and $B(\Xi^0_c \to \Xi^0\mu^+\mu^-)$ will be different between the single-quark transition dominant contributions and the W-exchange dominant ones. (c) As for $T_{8}\to T'_8 \ell^+\ell^-$ decays, we analyze the single-quark transition contributions and the W-exchange contributions by using two measurements of $ B(\Xi^0\to \Lambda^0 e^+e^-)$ and $ B(\Sigma^+\to p\mu^+\mu^-)$, and give the branching ratio predictions by assuming either single-quark transition dominant contributions or the W-exchange dominant ones.