Nonleptonic decays of $\Xi_{cc}\to \Xi_c \pi$ with $\Xi_c-\Xi_c'$ mixing

TL;DR

This paper investigates the nonleptonic decays of doubly charmed baryons to test $\\Xi_c-\\Xi_c'$ mixing, using a combined theoretical approach and comparing results with experimental data to understand decay asymmetries and mixing effects.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of $\\Xi_{cc} o \\Xi_c \\pi$ decays considering baryon mixing and CMM effects, providing new predictions for decay ratios and asymmetries.

Findings

The matrix elements are about twice larger after removing CMM.

The ratio ${\cal R}$ is close to experimental measurements.

The up-down asymmetry flips sign with mixing inclusion.

Abstract

Aiming on testing the $\Xi_c-\Xi_c'$ mixing, we study the decays of $\Xi_{cc}\to \Xi_c \pi$ with $\Xi_{cc} = (\Xi_{cc}^{++} , \Xi_{cc} ^+ )$, $\Xi_c = (\Xi_c^{(\prime)+},\Xi_c^{(\prime)0})$ and $\pi = (\pi^+ , \pi^0)$. The soft-meson limit is considered along with the pole model, and the baryon matrix elements are evaluated by the bag model with and without removing the center-of-mass motion (CMM). We find that the four-quark operator matrix elements are about twice larger once the unwanted CMM is removed. We obtain that ${\cal R} = {\cal B}(\Xi_{cc}^+ \to \Xi_c^{\prime +} \pi^+ )/ {\cal B}(\Xi_{cc}^+ \to \Xi_c^{ +} \pi^+ ) = 0.87^{+0.17}_{-0.11} $ and $1.45$ with and without removing the CMM, where the former is close to the lower bound and the later is well consistent with ${\cal R} = 1.41 \pm 0.17 \pm 0.10$ measured at LHCb. In addition, we show that after including the mixing, the up-down asymmetry of $\alpha( \Xi_{cc}^+ \to \Xi_c^{(\prime)0 } \pi^+)$ flips sign. Explicitly, we obtain that $\alpha(\Xi_{cc}^{+} \to \Xi_c^{\prime +} \pi^0) = 0.52$ and $\alpha(\Xi_{cc}^{+} \to \Xi_c^{ 0 } \pi^+) = 0.31$ with and without the CMM corrections, respectively, which are all negative if the mixing is absence. As a bonus, a positive value of $\alpha(\Xi_{cc}^{+} \to \Xi_c^{\prime 0} \pi^+)$ in experiments can also serve as the evidence of the $W$-exchange contributions.