First Determination of the Spin and Parity of a Charmed-Strange Baryon, $Ξ_{c}(2970)^+$
Creators: name: Belle Collaboration
name: Moon, T. J.
name: Tanida, K.
name: Kato, Y.
name: Kim, S. K.
name: Adachi, I.
name: Ahn, J. K.
name: Aihara, H.
name: Said, S. Al
name: Asner, D. M.
name: Aulchenko, V.
name: Aushev, T.
name: Ayad, R.
name: Babu, V.
name: Bahinipati, S.
name: Behera, P.
name: Beleño, C.
name: Bennett, J.
name: Bessner, M.
name: Bhuyan, B.
name: Bilka, T.
name: Biswal, J.
name: Bonvicini, G.
name: Bozek, A.
name: Bračko, M.
name: Browder, T. E.
name: Campajola, M.
name: Cao, L.
name: Červenkov, D.
name: Chang, M. -C.
name: Chang, P.
name: Chen, A.
name: Cheon, B. G.
name: Chilikin, K.
name: Cho, K.
name: Choi, S. -K.
name: Choi, Y.
name: Choudhury, S.
name: Cinabro, D.
name: Cunliffe, S.
name: Dash, N.
name: De Nardo, G.
name: Di Capua, F.
name: Doležal, Z.
name: Dong, T. V.
name: Dossett, D.
name: Dubey, S.
name: Eidelman, S.
name: Epifanov, D.
name: Ferber, T.
name: Fulsom, B. G.
name: Garg, R.
name: Gaur, V.
name: Gabyshev, N.
name: Garmash, A.
name: Giri, A.
name: Goldenzweig, P.
name: Golob, B.
name: Hadjivasiliou, C.
name: Hartbrich, O.
name: Hayasaka, K.
name: Hayashii, H.
name: Hedges, M. T.
name: Hou, W. -S.
name: Hsu, C. -L.
name: Inami, K.
name: Inguglia, G.
name: Ishikawa, A.
name: Itoh, R.
name: Iwasaki, M.
name: Iwasaki, Y.
name: Jacobs, W. W.
name: Jia, S.
name: Jin, Y.
name: Joo, K. K.
name: Kang, K. H.
name: Karyan, G.
name: Kawasaki, T.
name: Kichimi, H.
name: Kiesling, C.
name: Kim, B. H.
name: Kim, D. Y.
name: Kim, K. T.
name: Kim, S. H.
name: Kim, Y. J.
name: Kim, Y. -K.
name: Kimmel, T. D.
name: Kinoshita, K.
name: Kodyš, P.
name: Korpar, S.
name: Kotchetkov, D.
name: Križan, P.
name: Kroeger, R.
name: Krokovny, P.
name: Kuhr, T.
name: Kumar, R.
name: Kumara, K.
name: Kuzmin, A.
name: Lee, I. S.
name: Lee, J. Y.
name: Lee, S. C.
name: Li, L. K.
name: Li, Y. B.
name: Gioi, L. Li
name: Libby, J.
name: Liptak, Z.
name: Liventsev, D.
name: Luo, T.
name: MacQueen, C.
name: Masuda, M.
name: Matsuda, T.
name: Matvienko, D.
name: Merola, M.
name: Miyabayashi, K.
name: Miyata, H.
name: Mizuk, R.
name: Mohanty, G. B.
name: Mohanty, S.
name: Mori, T.
name: Mussa, R.
name: Nakano, T.
name: Nakao, M.
name: Natkaniec, Z.
name: Natochii, A.
name: Nayak, M.
name: Niiyama, M.
name: Nisar, N. K.
name: Nishida, S.
name: Ogawa, K.
name: Ogawa, S.
name: Ono, H.
name: Pakhlov, P.
name: Pakhlova, G.
name: Pardi, S.
name: Park, H.
name: Park, S. -H.
name: Patra, S.
name: Paul, S.
name: Pedlar, T. K.
name: Pestotnik, R.
name: Piilonen, L. E.
name: Podobnik, T.
name: Popov, V.
name: Prencipe, E.
name: Prim, M. T.
name: Ritter, M.
name: Rout, N.
name: Russo, G.
name: Sahoo, D.
name: Sakai, Y.
name: Sandilya, S.
name: Sangal, A.
name: Santelj, L.
name: Savinov, V.
name: Schnell, G.
name: Schueler, J.
name: Schwanda, C.
name: Seidl, R.
name: Seino, Y.
name: Senyo, K.
name: Sevior, M. E.
name: Shapkin, M.
name: Shen, C. P.
name: Shiu, J. -G.
name: Shwartz, B.
name: Solovieva, E.
name: Starič, M.
name: Stottler, Z. S.
name: Sumihama, M.
name: Sumisawa, K.
name: Sumiyoshi, T.
name: Sutcliffe, W.
name: Takizawa, M.
name: Tamponi, U.
name: Tenchini, F.
name: Trabelsi, K.
name: Uchida, M.
name: Uehara, S.
name: Uglov, T.
name: Unno, Y.
name: Uno, S.
name: Urquijo, P.
name: Vahsen, S. E.
name: Van Tonder, R.
name: Varner, G.
name: Vinokurova, A.
name: Vorobyev, V.
name: Vossen, A.
name: Wang, C. H.
name: Wang, E.
name: Wang, M. -Z.
name: Wang, P.
name: Wehle, S.
name: Wiechczynski, J.
name: Xu, X.
name: Yabsley, B. D.
name: Yang, S. B.
name: Ye, H.
name: Yelton, J.
name: Yin, J. H.
name: Yuan, C. Z.
name: Zhang, Z. P.
name: Zhilich, V.
name: Zhukova, V.
name: Zhulanov, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report results from a study of the spin and parity of $Ξ_{c}(2970)^+$ using a $980~\mathrm{fb^{-1}}$ data sample collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider. The decay angle distributions in the chain $Ξ_{c}(2970)^+ \to Ξ_c(2645)^{0}π^{+} \to Ξ_c^{+}π^{-}π^{+}$ are analyzed to determine the spin of this charmed-strange baryon. The angular distributions strongly favor the $Ξ_{c}(2970)^+$ spin $J =1/2$ over $3/2$ or $5/2$, under an assumption that the lowest partial wave dominates in the decay. We also measure the ratio of $Ξ_{c}(2970)^+$ decay branching fractions $R={\mathcal{B}[ Ξ_{c}(2970)^+ \to Ξ_c(2645)^{0}π^{+} ]} / { \mathcal{B}[ Ξ_{c}(2970)^+ \to Ξ_c^{\prime0}π^{+} ]} =1.67 \pm 0.29\mathrm{(stat.)}^{ +0.15}_{ -0.09}\mathrm{(syst.)} \pm 0.25\mathrm{(IS)}$, where the last uncertainty is due to possible isospin-symmetry-breaking effects. This $R$ value favors the spin-parity $J^P=1/2^+$ with the spin of the light-quark degrees of freedom $s_{l}=0$. This is the first determination of the spin and parity of a charmed-strange baryon.
description: To be submitted to Physical Review Letters