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arxiv: 1510.01803 · v2 · pith:JRJCE6M3new · submitted 2015-10-07 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex· nucl-ex· nucl-th

Looking for a hidden-charm pentaquark state with strangeness S=-1 from Xi^-_b decay into J/psi K^- Λ

classification ✦ hep-ph hep-exnucl-exnucl-th
keywords decaylambdastatestrangenesshidden-charmmechanismpentaquarkcounterpart
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Assuming that the recently observed hidden-charm pentaquark state, $P_c(4450)$, is of molecular nature as predicted in the unitary approach, we propose to study the decay of $\Xi^-_b\rightarrow J/\psi K^- \Lambda$ to search for the strangeness counterpart of the $P_c(4450)$. There are three ingredients in the decay mechanism: the weak decay mechanism, the hadronization mechanism, and the finite state interactions in the meson-baryon system of strangeness $S=-2$ and isospin $I=1/2$ and of the $J/\psi\Lambda$. All these have been tested extensively. As a result, we provide a genuine prediction of the differential cross section where a strangeness hidden-charm pentaquark state, the counterpart of the $P_c(4450)$, can be clearly seen. The decay rate is estimated to be of similar magnitude as the $\Lambda_b^0\rightarrow J/\psi K^- p$ observed by the LHCb collaboration.

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