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Investigating $\Omega_c$ spectroscopy in two-body $\Omega_b$ decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-03-18 v2

Abstract

We investigate the 1S1S-, 1P1P-, 2S2S-, and 1D1D-wave Ωc(css)\Omega_c(css) spectroscopy through the non-leptonic decays of Ωb\Omega_b^- baryon within the constituent quark model. For the lowest-lying 1S1S-wave Ωc\Omega_c state, we obtain the branching fractions B(ΩbΩc0π,Ωc0ρ)=(1.2,6.3)×103{\cal B}(\Omega_b^- \to \Omega_c^0 \pi^-,\Omega_c^0 \rho^-)=(1.2,6.3) \times 10^{-3}, which are consistent with existing model predictions. For Ωc(3000)\Omega_c(3000), Ωc(3050)\Omega_c(3050), Ωc(3065)\Omega_c(3065), and Ωc(3090)\Omega_c(3090), observed in the proton-proton and e+ee^+ e^- collisions and interpreted as members of the 1P1P-wave multiplet (collectively denoted as Ωc\Omega_c^{**}), we predict the branching fractions of ΩbΩcπ,Ωcρ\Omega_b^-\to\Omega_c^{**}\pi^-,\Omega_c^{**}\rho^- at the level of 10310^{-3}. Assigning the newly observed Ωc(3327)\Omega_c(3327) baryon to a 1D1D-wave excitation with JP=5/2+J^P=5/2^+ or 7/2+7/2^+, we obtain B[ΩbΩc(3327)0π,Ωc(3327)0ρ]=(2.0,5.7)×103{\cal B}[\Omega_b^-\to \Omega_c(3327)^0\pi^-,\Omega_c(3327)^0\rho^-] =(2.0,5.7)\times 10^{-3} or (4.6,0.8)×103(4.6,0.8)\times 10^{-3}, respectively. The pronounced differences between these two scenarios provide a clear discriminant that can be tested in future measurements at LHCb.

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@article{arxiv.2603.13721,
  title  = {Investigating $\Omega_c$ spectroscopy in two-body $\Omega_b$ decays},
  author = {Juan Wang and Kai-Lei Wang and Yu-Kuo Hsiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.13721},
  year   = {2026}
}

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17 pages,1 figure