Measurement of branching fractions of $Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0K_S^0$ and $Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0η$ at Belle
Creators: name: Belle Collaboration
name: Li, L. K.
name: Kinoshita, K.
name: Adachi, I.
name: Ahn, J. K.
name: Aihara, H.
name: Said, S. Al
name: Asner, D. M.
name: Aushev, T.
name: Ayad, R.
name: Babu, V.
name: Bahinipati, S.
name: Banerjee, Sw.
name: Behera, P.
name: Belous, K.
name: Bennett, J.
name: Bessner, M.
name: Bhuyan, B.
name: Bilka, T.
name: Biswas, D.
name: Bobrov, A.
name: Bodrov, D.
name: Bonvicini, G.
name: Borah, J.
name: Bozek, A.
name: Bračko, M.
name: Branchini, P.
name: Browder, T. E.
name: Budano, A.
name: Campajola, M.
name: Červenkov, D.
name: Chang, M. -C.
name: Chen, A.
name: Cheon, B. G.
name: Chilikin, K.
name: Cho, K.
name: Cho, S. -J.
name: Choi, Y.
name: Choudhury, S.
name: Cinabro, D.
name: Das, S.
name: De Nardo, G.
name: De Pietro, G.
name: Dhamija, R.
name: Di Capua, F.
name: Dingfelder, J.
name: Doležal, Z.
name: Dong, T. V.
name: Epifanov, D.
name: Ferber, T.
name: Ferlewicz, D.
name: Fulsom, B. G.
name: Garg, R.
name: Gaur, V.
name: Garmash, A.
name: Giri, A.
name: Goldenzweig, P.
name: Golob, B.
name: Gong, G.
name: Graziani, E.
name: Guan, Y.
name: Gudkova, K.
name: Hadjivasiliou, C.
name: Halder, S.
name: Han, X.
name: Hayasaka, K.
name: Hayashii, H.
name: Hedges, M. T.
name: Hou, W. -S.
name: Hsu, C. -L.
name: Inami, K.
name: Ipsita, N.
name: Ishikawa, A.
name: Itoh, R.
name: Iwasaki, M.
name: Jacobs, W. W.
name: Jang, E. -J.
name: Ji, Q. P.
name: Jia, S.
name: Jin, Y.
name: Joo, K. K.
name: Kang, K. H.
name: Kawasaki, T.
name: Kim, C. H.
name: Kim, D. Y.
name: Kim, K. -H.
name: Kim, Y. -K.
name: Kodyš, P.
name: Korobov, A.
name: Korpar, S.
name: Kovalenko, E.
name: Križan, P.
name: Krokovny, P.
name: Kuhr, T.
name: Kumar, M.
name: Kumar, R.
name: Kumara, K.
name: Kwon, Y. -J.
name: Lam, T.
name: Lange, J. S.
name: Lee, S. C.
name: Li, C. H.
name: Li, S. X.
name: Li, Y.
name: Li, Y. B.
name: Gioi, L. Li
name: Libby, J.
name: Lieret, K.
name: Lin, Y. -R.
name: Liventsev, D.
name: Luo, T.
name: Masuda, M.
name: Matsuda, T.
name: Matvienko, D.
name: Maurya, S. K.
name: Meier, F.
name: Merola, M.
name: Metzner, F.
name: Miyabayashi, K.
name: Mizuk, R.
name: Mussa, R.
name: Nakamura, I.
name: Nakano, T.
name: Nakao, M.
name: Natkaniec, Z.
name: Natochii, A.
name: Nayak, L.
name: Nayak, M.
name: Nisar, N. K.
name: Nishida, S.
name: Ogawa, S.
name: Ono, H.
name: Pakhlov, P.
name: Pakhlova, G.
name: Pardi, S.
name: Park, H.
name: Park, J.
name: Passeri, A.
name: Patra, S.
name: Paul, S.
name: Pestotnik, R.
name: Piilonen, L. E.
name: Podobnik, T.
name: Prencipe, E.
name: Prim, M. T.
name: Rostomyan, A.
name: Rout, N.
name: Russo, G.
name: Sakai, Y.
name: Sandilya, S.
name: Savinov, V.
name: Schnell, G.
name: Schueler, J.
name: Schwanda, C.
name: Schwartz, A. J.
name: Seino, Y.
name: Senyo, K.
name: Sevior, M. E.
name: Shan, W.
name: Shapkin, M.
name: Sharma, C.
name: Shen, C. P.
name: Shiu, J. -G.
name: Simon, F.
name: Singh, J. B.
name: Solovieva, E.
name: Starič, M.
name: Strube, J. F.
name: Sumihama, M.
name: Sumiyoshi, T.
name: Takizawa, M.
name: Tamponi, U.
name: Tang, S. S.
name: Tanida, K.
name: Tenchini, F.
name: Uchida, M.
name: Uglov, T.
name: Unno, Y.
name: Uno, K.
name: Uno, S.
name: Urquijo, P.
name: Vahsen, S. E.
name: van Tonder, R.
name: Varner, G.
name: Varvell, K. E.
name: Vinokurova, A.
name: Vossen, A.
name: Wang, D.
name: Wang, M. -Z.
name: Wang, X. L.
name: Watanabe, M.
name: Watanuki, S.
name: Werbycka, O.
name: Wiechczynski, J.
name: Won, E.
name: Xu, X.
name: Yabsley, B. D.
name: Yan, W.
name: Yang, S. B.
name: Yelton, J.
name: Yin, J. H.
name: Yuan, C. Z.
name: Yuan, L.
name: Yusa, Y.
name: Zhang, Z. P.
name: Zhilich, V.
name: Zhukova, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a study of a singly Cabibbo-suppressed decay $Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0K_S^0$ and a Cabibbo-favored decay $Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0η$ based on 980 $\rm fb^{-1}$ of data collected by the Belle detector, operating at the KEKB energy-asymmetric $e^+e^-$ collider. We measure their branching fractions relative to $Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0$: $\mathcal{B}(Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0K_S^0)/\mathcal{B}(Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0)={(1.48 \pm 0.08 \pm 0.04)\times 10^{-2}}$ and $\mathcal{B}(Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0η)/\mathcal{B}(Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0)={(2.73\pm 0.06\pm 0.13)\times 10^{-1}}$. Combining with the world average $\mathcal{B}(Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0)$, we have the absolute branching fractions: $\mathcal{B}(Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0K_S^0) = {(2.35\pm 0.12\pm 0.07 \pm 0.12 )\times 10^{-4}}$ and $\mathcal{B}(Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0η) = {(4.35\pm 0.10\pm 0.20 \pm 0.22 )\times 10^{-3}}$. The first and second uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively, while the third ones arise from the uncertainty on $\mathcal{B}(Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0)$. The mode $Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0K_S^0$ is observed for the first time and has a statistical significance of $&gt;\!10σ$. The branching fraction of $Λ_c^+\to{}pK_S^0η$ has been measured with a threefold improvement in precision over previous results and is found to be consistent with the world average.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev. D