Assuming that the recently observed hidden-charm pentaquark state, Pc(4450), is of molecular nature as predicted in the unitary approach, we propose to study the decay of Ξb−→J/ψK−Λ to search for the strangeness counterpart of the Pc(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/ψΛ. 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 Pc(4450), can be clearly seen. The decay rate is estimated to be of similar magnitude as the Λb0→J/ψK−p observed by the LHCb collaboration.
@article{arxiv.1510.01803,
title = {Looking for a hidden-charm pentaquark state with strangeness $S=-1$ from $\Xi^-_b$ decay into $J/\psi K^- \Lambda$},
author = {Hua-Xing Chen and Li-Sheng Geng and Wei-Hong Liang and Eulogio Oset and En Wang and Ju-Jun Xie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01803},
year = {2016}
}