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Radiative Decays of Excited $\Lambda_Q$ Baryons in the Bound State Picture

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

It is shown that, in the bound state picture, the Λc(2593)Λcγ\Lambda_c(2593) \to\Lambda_c\gamma and Λc(2625)Λcγ\Lambda_c(2625)\to\Lambda_c\gamma decays are severely suppressed. On the other hand, for their bottom counterparts, which are predicted to have masses 5900 and 5926 MeV respectively, may have significant radiative branching ratio. In particular, the Λb(5926)Λbγ\Lambda_b(5926)\to\Lambda_b\gamma mode may even dominate over the strong decay mode. The isospin allowed ΛQΣQγ\Lambda^{**}_Q\to\Sigma_Q\gamma mode is expected to be small.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9510421,
  title  = {Radiative Decays of Excited $\Lambda_Q$ Baryons in the Bound State Picture},
  author = {Chi-Keung Chow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9510421},
  year   = {2008}
}

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8 pages in REVTeX, no figures