Measurement of the absolute branching fraction of the inclusive decay $\bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} \to \bar{n} + X$

TL;DR

This paper reports the first precise measurement of the absolute branching fraction of the inclusive decay of the $ar{ ext{Lambda}}_c^-$ baryon into an anti-neutron plus any final state, using data from the BESIII detector.

Contribution

It provides the first measurement of the inclusive decay branching fraction of $ar{ ext{Lambda}}_c^-$ to anti-neutron plus X, revealing many decay modes remain unobserved.

Findings

Branching fraction measured as (32.4 ± 0.7 ± 1.5)%

Approximately one-fourth of $ar{ ext{Lambda}}_c^-$ decays with neutrons are unobserved

Results suggest significant uncharted decay modes for $ar{ ext{Lambda}}_c^-$

Abstract

Based on $e^+e^-$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.5 $fb^{-1}$ collected at the center-of-mass energies between 4.600 and 4.699 GeV with the BESIII detector at BEPCII, the absolute branching fraction of the inclusive decay $\Lambda^{+}_{c}\to n + X$, where $X$ refers to any possible final state particles, is measured. The absolute branching fraction is determined to be $\mathcal{B}(\Lambda^{+}_{c}\to n + X) = (32.4 \pm 0.7 \pm 1.5)\% $, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. Assuming $CP$ symmetry, the measurement indicates that about one-fourth of $\Lambda^{+}_{c}$ ($\bar{\Lambda}_{c}^-$) decay modes with a neutron (an anti-neutron) in the final state have not been observed.