Light baryon in three quark picture light front approach and its application: hyperon weak radiative decays

TL;DR

This paper develops a light-front quark model for octet baryons to calculate hyperon weak radiative decay processes, providing theoretical predictions aligned with recent experimental data and aiding future discoveries.

Contribution

Introduces a new light-front quark model with three-quark structure for octet baryons, including symmetry considerations, to accurately compute decay rates and asymmetries.

Findings

Calculated branching ratios and asymmetry parameters for hyperon decays.

Results align with recent BESIII experimental data.

Provides predictions to guide future experimental searches.

Abstract

Motivated by recent experimental data on $\Sigma^+\to p\gamma$ at BESIII, we investigate a class of hyperon weak radiative decays. To estimate these processes, in our research, we employ a new type of light-front quark model with a three-quark picture for octet baryons. In the three-quark picture, with the use of $SU(3)_f$ and spin symmetries, we present a general form of the light front wave function for each octet baryon. By including contributions from the penguin diagram and W exchange diagram, we perform a complete calculation on the branching ratios ($Br$) and the asymmetry parameter ($\alpha$) for hyperon weak radiative decay processes. Our results are helpful for discovering additional hyperon weak radiative decay processes in experimental facilities, and our research will promote the theoretical study of baryons.