Related papers: delta S = 2 nonleptonic hyperon decays

Using $(27.12 \pm 0.14) \times 10^{8}$ $\psi(3686)$ events collected by the BESIII detector at the center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 3.686$ GeV, we search for the first time for two nonleptonic hyperon decays that change strangeness by…

The decay $\Xi^-_b \to \pi^- \Lambda_b$ has recently been observed by the LHCb Collaboration at CERN. In contrast to most weak decays of $b$-flavored baryons, this process involves the decay of the strange quark in $\Xi_b$, and thus has…

Hyperon nonleptonic decays that change strangeness by two units, such as $\Xi\to N\pi$ and $\Omega^-\to nK^-,\Lambda\pi^-,\Sigma^{(*)}\pi$, are highly suppressed in the standard model. Only a few of them have been searched for to date,…

We report a new measurement of the decay \Omega^- \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^- with 76 events and a first observation of the decay \Omega^+ \to \Xi^+ \pi^+ \pi^- with 24 events, yielding a combined branching ratio (3.74 ^{+0.67}_{-0.56}) \times…

Using $(10.087\pm0.044)\times10^{9}$ $J/\psi$ events collected by the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we search for the hyperon semileptonic decay $\Xi^{-} \rightarrow \Xi^{0} e^{-} \bar{\nu}_{e}$. No significant signal is observed…

Using a data sample of $(1.0087\pm0.0044)\times10^{10}$ $J/\psi$ decay events collected with the BESIII detector at the center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=3.097$ GeV, we present a search for the hyperon semileptonic decay…

The radiative hyperon decay $\Lambda\to n\gamma$ is studied using $(10087\pm44)\times 10^6$ $J/\psi$ events collected with the BESIII detector operating at BEPCII. The absolute branching fraction of the decay $\Lambda\to n\gamma$ is…

Based on $(10087 \pm 44) \times 10^6$ $J/\psi$ events collected by the BESIII detector at the center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s} = 3.097$ GeV, the first absolute measurement of the branching fractions for the decays $\Sigma^+ \to p \pi^0$ and…

The HyperCP experiment (Fermilab E871) has the largest recorded sample of $\Omega^-$ hyperon decays, allowing new searches for three rare decay modes, each with five charged tracks in the final state. Results are presented for…

Non-conservation of CP symmetry can manisfest itself in non-leptonic hyperon decays as a difference in the decay parameter between the strange-baryon decay and its charge conjugate. By comparing the decay distribution in the $\Lambda$…

The non-leptonic two-body weak decays $\Sigma^{+} \to p \pi^{0}$ and $\bar{\Sigma}^{-} \to \bar{p} \pi^{0}$ are investigated, utilizing $(1.0087\pm0.0044)\times10^{10}$ $J/\psi$ events and $(2.7124\pm0.0143)\times10^{9}$ $\psi(3686)$ events…

Based on a data set of $(27.12\pm0.10)\times 10^8$ $\psi(3686)$ events collected at the BESIII experiment, the absolute branching fractions of the three dominant $\Omega^-$ decays are measured to be $\mathcal{B}_{\Omega^- \to \Xi^0 \pi^-} =…

We search for the semi-leptonic decays $\Lambda_c^+ \to \Lambda \pi^+ \pi^- e^+ \nu_e$ and $\Lambda_c^+ \to p K_S^0 \pi^- e^+ \nu_e$ in a sample of 4.5 $\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilation data collected in the center-of-mass…

Using $(1.0087\pm0.0044)\times10^{10}$ $J/\psi$ events collected by the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we report the first search for the baryon and lepton number violating decays $\Xi^{0} \rightarrow K^{-} e^{+}$ with…

Relative branching fractions of B^0_d,s -> h^+ h^'- decays (where h, h' = K or pi) and the direct CP asymmetry A_CP in the B^0_d -> K^+ pi^- mode are measured with 179 +- 11 pb^-1 of data collected at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV using the CDF II…

We compute the strangeness-conserving double beta decay of $\Sigma^-$ hyperons, which is the only hadronic system that can undergo such decays. We consider both, the lepton number conserving %$\Sigma^-\go \Sigma^++2e^-+2 \bar{\nu}$…

The HyperCP experiment (Fermilab E871) was designed to search for rare phenomena in the decays of charged strange particles, in particular CP violation in $\Xi$ and $\Lambda$ hyperon decays with a sensitivity of $10^{-4}$. Intense charged…

In a sample of 467 million $B\overline B$ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider at SLAC we have observed the decay $\overline{B}^0\rightarrow\Lambda_c^+{\overline p} \pi^0$ and measured the branching fraction to be…

The rare hyperon decay $\Sigma^+ \to p \ell^+ \ell^-$ is a flavour-changing neutral current process mediated by an $s \to d$ transition that occurs only at loop level within the Standard Model. Consequently, this decay is highly suppressed,…

Rare nonleptonic $\Omega^{-} \to \Xi(1530)^{0} \pi^-$ decay branching ratio is estimated by means of the QCD enhanced effective weak Hamiltonian supplemented by the SU(3) Skyrme model used to estimate the nonperturbative matrix elements.…