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The Decay Omega^- -> Xi^- pi^+ pi^- in Chiral Perturbation Theory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We study the decay Omega^- -> Xi^- pi^+ pi^- in heavy-baryon chiral perturbation theory. At leading order, the decay is completely dominated by the Xi^{*0}(1530) intermediate state, and the predicted rate and Xi^-pi^+ mass distribution are in conflict with currently available data. It is possible to resolve this conflict by considering additional contributions at next-to-leading order.

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@article{arxiv.0705.3279,
  title  = {The Decay Omega^- -> Xi^- pi^+ pi^- in Chiral Perturbation Theory},
  author = {Oleg Antipin and Jusak Tandean and G. Valencia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.3279},
  year   = {2008}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures