Production and decay of anticharmed pentaquark state with quark content $\bar{c}sudd$

TL;DR

This paper predicts the production and decay properties of an anticharmed-strange pentaquark state in $$ decays using an effective Lagrangian approach, providing estimates for branching ratios and decay widths to guide experimental searches.

Contribution

It introduces a molecular model for the $P_{ar{c}s}^{(*)-}$ pentaquark and calculates its production and decay characteristics at the hadron level, which is a novel approach.

Findings

Branching fractions for $ o P_{ar{c}s}^{(*)-} D^+$ are around $10^{-4}$ to $10^{-3}$.

Decay widths of $P_{ar{c}s}^{(*)-} o ext{Lambda} D^{(*)-}$ are between 0.1 and 10 MeV.

Width ratios are nearly independent of the model parameter $eta$.

Abstract

We used an effective Lagrangian approach to investigate the production of the anticharmed pentaquark state $P_{\bar{c}s}^{(*)-}$ with the minimal quark content $\bar{c}sudd$ in the $\Lambda_b^0$ decay and its decay into the $\Lambda D^{(\ast)-}$ and $\Sigma D^{(\ast)-}$. In our calculation, the $P_{\bar{c}s}^{(*)-}$ is considered as the molecule state of the $nD_{s0(s1)}^{-}$ in an $S$ wave, and its production and decay occur via triangle loops at the hadron level. The predicted branching fractions for the processes $\Lambda_b^0\to P_{\bar{c}s}^{(*)-} D^+ $ are around $10^{-4}\sim 10^{-3}$. The partial decay widths of the $ P_{\bar{c}s}^{(*)-} \to \Lambda D^{(\ast)-}$ are between $0.1$ and $\sim 10~\mathrm{MeV}$, whereas the decay widths of the $ P_{\bar{c}s}^{(*)-} \to \Sigma D^{(\ast)-}$ are about one order of magnitude smaller. It is found that the width ratios for the $P_{\bar{c}s}^{(*)-}$ decays are nearly independent of the model parameter $\alpha$. It is hoped that these predictions could be helpful in searching for the anticharmed-strange pentaquark candidates in future LHCb experiments.