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Puzzles in charmed baryon semileptonic decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-03-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

Large apparent SU(3)FSU(3)_F breaking and a tension with lattice QCD have recently emerged in semileptonic decays of singly charmed baryons, hinting at either an unexpected hadronic mechanism or new physics. We formulate a framework that systematically matches lattice-QCD inputs onto an SU(3)FSU(3)_F analysis including first-order symmetry breaking. We predict B(Ξc+Σ0+ν)/B(Ξc+Ξ0+ν)=(2.6±0.3)%,{\mathcal{B}}(\Xi_c^+\to\Sigma^0\ell^+\nu_\ell)/{\mathcal{B}}(\Xi_c^+\to\Xi^0\ell^+\nu_\ell)=(2.6\pm0.3)\%, and B(Ξc+Λ0+ν)/B(Ξc+Ξ0+ν)=(1.1±0.1)%{\mathcal{B}}(\Xi_c^+\to\Lambda^0\ell^+ \nu_\ell)/{\mathcal{B}}(\Xi_c^+\to\Xi^0\ell^+\nu_\ell)=(1.1\pm0.1)\%, whose precise measurements would cleanly determine the origin of the anomalously large SU(3)FSU(3)_F breaking.

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@article{arxiv.2603.16323,
  title  = {Puzzles in charmed baryon semileptonic decays},
  author = {Chao-Qiang Geng and Chia-Wei Liu and Sheng-Lin Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.16323},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures