Investigation for $Z$-boson decay into $\Xi_{bc}$ and $\Xi_{bb}$ baryon with the NRQCD factorizations approach

TL;DR

This paper investigates the production of $\\Xi_{bc}$ and $\\Xi_{bb}$ baryons from $Z$-boson decay using NRQCD, providing predictions for branching ratios, event numbers at colliders, and decay distributions.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive calculation of $Z$-boson decay into $\\Xi_{bc}$ and $\\Xi_{bb}$ baryons with detailed predictions, including branching ratios and event estimates, using the NRQCD factorization approach.

Findings

Branching ratio for $Z\to\Xi_{bc}+X$ is approximately $3.595\times 10^{-5}$.

Predicted $\\Xi_{bc}$ events are around $10^4$ at LHC and $10^7$ at CEPC.

Production ratio ${\cal R}(Z_Q\to\Xi_{bc}^{+,0})$ is up to $10^{-6}$ for $Z\to c\bar c$ channel.

Abstract

The $Z$-boson decay provides good opportunities for the research on $\Xi_{bQ'}$ baryon due to large quantity of $Z$ events that can be collected at the high-energy colliders. We performed a completed investigation of the indirect production of the $\Xi_{bc}$ and $\Xi_{bb}$ baryon via $Z$-boson decay $Z\to \Xi_{bQ'}+\bar b +\bar Q'$ with $Q'= (c, b)$ quark according to NRQCD factorizations approach. After considering the contribution of the diquark states $\langle bc\rangle [^3S_1]_{\bar 3/6}$, $\langle bc\rangle [^1S_0]_{\bar 3/6}$, $\langle bb\rangle [^1S_0]_{6}$ and $\langle bb\rangle [^3S_1]_{\bar 3}$, the calculated branching ratio for $Z\to\Xi_{bQ'}+X$ are ${\cal B}(Z\to\Xi_{bc}+X) = 3.595\times 10^{-5}$ and ${\cal B}(Z\to\Xi_{bc}+X) = 1.213\times 10^{-6}$. Moreover, the $\Xi_{bc}$ events produced are predicted to be of the $10^4(10^7)$ order at the LHC(CEPC), while the $\Xi_{bb}$ events produced are forecasted to be of the $10^3(10^6)$ order. Furthermore, we have estimated the production ratio ${\cal R}(Z_Q\to\Xi^{+,0}_{bc})$ with four $Z$-boson decay channels. The ${\cal R}(Z_Q\to\Xi^{+,0}_{bc})$ up to $10^{-6}$ for $Z\to c\bar c$ channel and $10^{-5}$ for $Z\to b\bar b$ channel, respectively. Finally, we present the differential decay widths of $\Xi_{bc}(\Xi_{bb})$ with respect to $s_{23}$ and $z$ distributions, and analysis the uncertainties.