Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2000-01-07
Phys.Lett. B476 (2000) 297-302
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
8 pages
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00150-7
The weak decays Xi_b -> Lambda_b pi and Xi_c -> Lambda_c pi, in which the heavy quark is not destroyed, are discussed. The branching fractions for these decays, corresponding to an absolute rate of order 0.01 ps^{-1}, should be at a one percent level for the b hyperons and at a (few) per mill level for Xi_c, possibly making feasible their experimental study in future. It is shown, through an application of the heavy quark limit, the flavor SU(3) symmetry, and PCAC, that the Delta I = 1/2 rule should hold very well in these decays, and also that the Xi_b decays are purely S wave in the symmetry limit, while the difference between the $S$ wave amplitudes of the Xi_c decays and those for the Xi_b is related, in terms of the heavy quark expansion, to the difference of the total decay rates within the (Xi_c, Lambda_c) triplet of charmed hyperons. We also comment on the amplitudes of the semileptonic transitions Xi_Q -> Lambda_Q l nu and on the weak radiative decays Xi_Q -> Lambda_Q gamma.
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