Search for the doubly charmed baryon Ω+cc

LHCb collaboration

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Abstract

A search for the doubly charmed baryon Omega(+)(cc) with the decay mode Omega(+)(cc) -> Xi(+)(c) K-pi(+) is performed using proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment from 2016 to 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb(-1). No significant signal is observed within the invariant mass range of 3.6 to 4.0 GeV/c(2). Upper limits are set on the ratio R of the production cross-section times the total branching fraction of the Omega(+)(cc) -> Xi(+)(c) K- pi(+) decay with respect to the Xi(++)(cc) -> Lambda(+)(c) K- pi(+) pi(+) decay. Upper limits at 95% credibility level for R in the range 0.005 to 0.11 are obtained for di fferent hypotheses on the Omega(+)(cc) mass and lifetime in the rapidity range from 2.0 to 4.5 and transverse momentum range from 4 to 15 GeV/c.
Original languageEnglish
Article number101062
Number of pages12
JournalScience China-Physics Mechanics & Astronomy
Volume64
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2021

Keywords

  • HADRONIC PRODUCTION
  • HEAVY BARYONS
  • MASSES
  • XI(CC)
  • charmed baryons
  • charmed quarks
  • experimental tests
  • limits on production of particles
  • DECAYS

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