Production of single-charmed baryons in a quark model approach

TL;DR

This paper models the production of single-charmed baryons in proton-antiproton collisions using a constituent quark model, providing cross section predictions relevant for future experimental searches.

Contribution

It introduces a quark model approach to predict charmed baryon production cross sections, extending previous models to include charm quark processes in proton-antiproton collisions.

Findings

Cross sections for $ ext{p}ar{ ext{p}} o ext{single-charmed baryons}$ are around 1 nb at 10-14 GeV.

Predicted cross sections vary from 0.01 to 1 nb depending on the channel.

Results are relevant for future experiments like $ar{ ext{P}}$ANDA.

Abstract

The production of single-charmed baryons $\Lambda_c^+ \Lambda_c^-$, $\Lambda_c^+ \Sigma_c^-$+h.c. and $\Sigma_c^+ \Sigma_c^-$ in $p\bar p$ collisions is studied in the framework of a constituent quark model which has satisfactorily described the $N\bar N$ system and the strangeness production $p\bar p\to \Lambda\bar \Lambda$, $\Lambda\bar\Sigma$ and $\Sigma\bar\Sigma$ processes. Predictions on the total cross sections are analyzed for different approaches to the underlying $n\bar n\to c\bar c$ process, mediated by one gluon annihilation diagrams. The results indicate that the cross section is of the order of $1$ nb between $10-14$ GeV for $\Lambda_c^+\Lambda_c^-$ and $\Lambda_c^+ \Sigma_c^-$ channels, and around $0.01-0.1$ nb for $\Sigma_c^+\Sigma_c^-$. This estimations can be relevant for their future search in facilities like $\bar{P}$ANDA.