English

Strong decays of the $\Lambda_{c}(2910)$ and $\Lambda_{c}(2940)$ in the $ND^{*}$ molecular frame

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-05-28 v2

Abstract

Stimulated by the observation of a new structure, named Λc(2910)\Lambda_{c}(2910), in the Σc(2455)0,++π+,\Sigma_{c}(2455)^{0,++}\pi^{+,-} decay channel from B meson decay process by the Belle Collaboration, and the similarity of the Λc(2910)/Λc(2940)\Lambda_{c}(2910)/\Lambda_{c}(2940) and PcP_{c} states, we investigate the decay behavior of the Λc(2910)\Lambda_{c}(2910) and Λc(2940)\Lambda_{c}(2940) in the NDN D^{*} molecular frame with the possible JPJ^{P} quantum numbers to be 1/21/2^{-} and 3/23/2^{-}. We employ an effective Lagrangian approach to evaluate the partial widths of NDND, Σcπ\Sigma_{c}\pi and Σcπ\Sigma_{c}^{*}\pi channels. The estimations in the present work indicate that the JPJ^P quantum numbers of Λc(2910)\Lambda_{c}(2910) and Λc(2940)\Lambda_{c}(2940) are preferred to be 1/21/2^{-} and 3/23/2^{-}, respectively. From the present estimations, we also find the branching ratio of Λc(3/2)Σcπ\Lambda_c(3/2) \to \Sigma_c^\ast \pi is much larger than that of Λc(1/2)Σcπ\Lambda_c(1/2) \to \Sigma_c^\ast \pi, thus Σcπ\Sigma_{c}^{*}\pi could be a good channel to distinguish the JPJ^{P} quantum numbers of Λc(2910)\Lambda_{c}(2910) and Λc(2940)\Lambda_{c}(2940). Therefore, we suggest to searching for the structure in Σcπ\Sigma_{c}^{*}\pi invariant mass distribution in Belle ⨿\amalg.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2402.10594,
  title  = {Strong decays of the $\Lambda_{c}(2910)$ and $\Lambda_{c}(2940)$ in the $ND^{*}$ molecular frame},
  author = {Zi-Li Yue and Quan-Yun Guo and Dian-Yong Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.10594},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

12 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in PRD

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