Lattice QCD computation yields ground-state masses for spin-3/2+ heavy baryons with relativistic charm and bottom quarks, marking the first fully relativistic treatment of bottom quarks.
First Observation of the Doubly Charmed Baryon Xi_cc^+
4 Pith papers cite this work. Polarity classification is still indexing.
abstract
We observe a signal for the doubly charmed baryon Xi_cc^+ in the charged decay mode Xi_cc^+ --> Lambda_c^+ K- pi+ in data from SELEX, the charm hadro-production experiment at Fermilab. We observe an excess of 15.9 events over an expected background of 6.1 +/- 0.5 events, a statistical significance of 6.3sigma. The observed mass of this state is (3519 +/- 1) MeV/c^2. The Gaussian mass width of this state is 3MeV/c^2, consistent with resolution; its lifetime is less than 33fsec at 90% confidence.
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UNVERDICTED 4representative citing papers
Born-Oppenheimer approximation calculations for doubly heavy hadrons match Gaussian expansion benchmarks at small heavy quark masses but diverge at larger masses, with Slater-type functions overestimating and Gaussian-type underestimating binding energies.
Light cone QCD sum rules produce the form factors T1V(q²=0), T2V(q²=0), T1A(q²=0), T2A(q²=0) for Ξ*bb → Ξb γ, from which the decay width is calculated.
Updated predictions within the heavy quark expansion confirm the lifetime hierarchy τ(Ξ_cc^+) < τ(Ω_cc^+) < τ(Ξ_cc^++) with τ(Ξ_cc^++) = 0.32 ± 0.05 +0.08/-0.07 ps matching LHCb data and provide ratios for the other states.
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Heavy baryons with relativistic quarks
Lattice QCD computation yields ground-state masses for spin-3/2+ heavy baryons with relativistic charm and bottom quarks, marking the first fully relativistic treatment of bottom quarks.
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Assessing the validity of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in potential models for doubly heavy hadrons
Born-Oppenheimer approximation calculations for doubly heavy hadrons match Gaussian expansion benchmarks at small heavy quark masses but diverge at larger masses, with Slater-type functions overestimating and Gaussian-type underestimating binding energies.
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Light cone QCD sum rules study of the rare radiative $\Xi^{*}_{bb}\to\Xi_b\gamma$ decay
Light cone QCD sum rules produce the form factors T1V(q²=0), T2V(q²=0), T1A(q²=0), T2A(q²=0) for Ξ*bb → Ξb γ, from which the decay width is calculated.
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Revisiting lifetimes of doubly charmed baryons
Updated predictions within the heavy quark expansion confirm the lifetime hierarchy τ(Ξ_cc^+) < τ(Ω_cc^+) < τ(Ξ_cc^++) with τ(Ξ_cc^++) = 0.32 ± 0.05 +0.08/-0.07 ps matching LHCb data and provide ratios for the other states.