2006/07/27 by The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert, Aubert, B.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0607086
27 pages, 27 postscript figues, submitted to ICHEP2006
arxiv created 2006/07/27 · openalex publication_date 2006/07/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Using 232 fb-1 of data collected by the BABAR detector, the Xic'+ and Xic'0 baryons are reconstructed through the decays: Xic'+ -> Xic+ gamma and Xic'0 -> Xic0 gamma, where Xic+ -> Xi- pi+ pi+ and Xic0 -> Xi- pi+. By measuring the efficiency-corrected yields in different intervals of the center-of-mass momentum, the production rates from B decays and from the continuum are extracted. For production from B decays, the branching fractions are found to be B(B -> Xic'+ X) x B(Xic+ -> Xi- pi+ pi+) = [ 1.69 +- 0.17 (exp.) +- 0.10 (model) ] x 10-4 and B(B -> Xic'0 X) x B(Xic0 -> Xi- pi+) = [ 0.67 +- 0.07 (exp.) +- 0.03 (model) ] x 10-4. For production from the continuum the cross-sections are found to be sigma(e+ e- -> Xic'+ X) x B(Xic+ -> Xi- pi+ pi+) = 141 +- 24 (exp.) +- 19 (model) fb and sigma(e+ e- -> Xic'0 X) x B(Xic0 -> Xi- pi+) = 70 +- 11 (exp.) +- 6 (model) fb. The helicity angle distributions of Xic' decays are studied and found to be consistent with J = 1/2.