Abstract
Using data collected by the CLEO III detector at CESR, we report on the first observation of the decays Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdapi(+)pi(+)pi(-)pi(0) and Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdaomegapi(+). The branching fractions are measured relative to the pK(-)pi(+) mode; we find B(Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdapi(+)pi(+)pi(-)pi(0))/B(Lambda(c)(+)-->pK(-)pi(+))=0.36+/-0.09(stat)+/-0.09(syst) and B(Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdaomegapi(+))/B(Lambda(c)(+)-->pK(-)pi(+))=0.24+/-0.06(stat)+/-0.06(syst). We also observe a small excess of events in Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdaetapi(+), eta-->pi(+)pi(-)pi(0) from which we find B(Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdaetapi(+))/B(Lambda(c)(+)-->pK(-)pi(+))=0.41+/-0.17+/-0.10 with a corresponding limit of <0.65% at 90% confidence level. This rate is consistent with previous measurements of Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdaetapi(+), eta-->gammagamma. We find that the combined branching fractions for Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdaomegapi(+) and Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdaetapi(+) comprise (87+/-13)% of the total Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdapi(+)pi(+)pi(-)pi(0) rate. We set an upper limit on B(Lambda(c)(+)-->Lambdapi(+)pi(+)pi(-)pi(0))/B(Lambda(c)(+)-->pK(-)pi(+)) for non-omega and non-eta modes of 0.13 at 90% confidence level.
Published in:
Physical Review D 67,1 (2003) 012001;
Link to original published article:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.012001
Keywords
detector;; physics
Date of Version
January 2003
Recommended Citation
Cronin-Hennessy, D.; Lyon, A. L.; Park, C. S.; Park, W.; Thayer, J. B.; Thorndike, E. H.; Coan, T. E.; Gao, Y. S.; Liu, F.; Maravin, Y.; Stroynowski, R.; Artuso, M.; Boulahouache, C.; Blusk, S.; Bukin, K.; Dambasuren, E.; Mountain, R.; Moneti, G. C.; Muramatsu, H.; Nandakumar, R.; Skwarnicki, T.; Stone, S.; Wang, J. C.; Mahmood, A. H.; Csorna, S. E.; Danko, I.; Bonvicini, G.; Cinabro, D.; Dubrovin, M.; McGee, S.; Bornheim, A.; Lipeles, E.; Pappas, S. P.; Shapiro, A.; Sun, W. M.; Weinstein, A. J.; Briere, R. A.; Chen, G. P.; Ferguson, T.; Tatishvili, G.; Vogel, H.; Adam, N. E.; Alexander, J. P.; Berkelman, K.; Boisvert, V.; Cassel, D. G.; Drell, P. S.; Duboscq, J. E.; Ecklund, K. M.; Ehrlich, R.; Galik, R. S.; Gibbons, L.; Gittelman, B.; Gray, S. W.; Hartill, D. L.; Heltsley, B. K.; Hsu, L.; Jones, C. D.; Kandaswamy, J.; Kreinick, D. L.; Magerkurth, A.; Mahlke-Kruger, H.; Meyer, T. O.; Mistry, N. B.; Nordberg, E.; Patterson, J. R.; Peterson, D.; Pivarski, J.; Richichi, S. J.; Riley, D.; Sadoff, A. J.; Schwarthoff, H.; Shepherd, M. R.; Thayer, J. G.; Urner, D.; Wilksen, T.; Warburton, A.; Weinberger, M.; Athar, S. B.; Avery, P.; Breva-Newell, L.; Potlia, V.; Stoeck, H.; Yelton, J.; Benslama, K.; Eisenstein, B. I.; Gollin, G. D.; Karliner, I.; Lowrey, N.; Plager, C.; Sedlack, C.; Selen, M.; Thaler, J. J.; Williams, J.; Edwards, K. W.; Ammar, R.; Besson, D.; Zhao, X.; Anderson, S.; Frolov, V. V.; Gong, D. T.; Kubota, Y.; Li, S. Z.; Poling, R.; Smith, A.; Stepaniak, C. J.; Urheim, J.; Metreveli, Z.; Seth, K. K.; Tomaradze, A.; Zweber, P.; Ahmed, S.; Alam, M. S.; Ernst, J.; Jian, L.; Saleem, M.; Wappler, F.; Arms, K.; Eckhart, E.; Gan, K. K.; Gwon, C.; Hart, T.; Honscheid, K.; Hufnagel, D.; Kagan, H.; Kass, R.; Pedlar, T. K.; von Toerne, E.; Zoeller, M. M.; Severini, H.; Skubic, P.; Dytman, S. A.; Mueller, J. A.; Nam, S.; Savinov, V.; Chen, S.; Hinson, J. W.; Lee, J.; Miller, D. H.; Pavlunin, V.; Shibata, E. I.; and Shipsey, I. P. J., "First observation of the exclusive decays Lambda(+)(c)->Lambda pi(+)pi(+)pi(-)pi(0) and Lambda(+)(c)->Lambda omega pi(+)" (2003). Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications. Paper 528.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/physics_articles/528