arxiv: 2605.29778 · v1 · ★pith:TTE6VT2Xnew · submitted 2026-05-28 · ✦ hep-ex · nucl-ex
Search for Xi⁰p, Ω^- p, and Ω^- n dibaryons in Upsilon(1S) and Upsilon(2S) decays at Belle
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We search for $\Xi^0p$, $\Omega^-p$, and $\Omega^-n$ dibaryon states in $\Upsilon(1S)$ and $\Upsilon(2S)$ decays, probing mass regions near the corresponding baryon-pair thresholds. Multistrange baryon-baryon interactions are relevant to neutron-star matter but remain largely unconstrained. Experimental and theoretical studies supporting attractive $\Xi N$ and $\Omega N$ interactions, where $N$ denotes a nucleon, motivate searches for weakly bound states. We use samples of $102$ million $\Upsilon(1S)$ and $158$ million $\Upsilon(2S)$ decays collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider. No significant signals are observed, and the first $90$% confidence-level upper limits are set on the branching fractions of $\Upsilon(1S)$ and $\Upsilon(2S)$ decays to $\Xi^0p$, $\Omega^-p$, and $\Omega^-n$ dibaryon states, at the level of $O(10^{-7})$-$O(10^{-6})$, depending on the channel and the assumed mass difference from the corresponding baryon-pair threshold.
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