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Observation of the Cabibbo-Suppressed DecayΞc+→pK−π
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Observation of the Cabibbo-Suppressed DecayΞc+→pK−π

S. Y Jun, N Akchurin, V. A Andreev, A. G Atamantchouk, M Aykac, M. Y Balatz, N. F Bondar, A Bravar, P. S Cooper, L. J Dauwe, …
Physical review letters, Vol.84(9), pp.1857-1861
02/2000
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1857
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ex/9907062View
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Abstract

We report the first observation of the Cabibbo-suppressed charm baryon decay Ξ+c→pK−π+. We observe 150±22±5 events for the signal. The data were accumulated using the SELEX spectrometer during the 1996–1997 fixed target run at Fermilab, chiefly from a 600GeV/c Σ− beam. The branching fractions of the decay relative to the Cabibbo-favored Ξ+c→Σ+K−π+ and Ξ+c→Ξ−π+π+ are measured to be B(Ξ+c→pK−π+)/B(Ξ+c→Σ+K−π+)=0.22±0.06±0.03 and B(Ξ+c→pK−π+)/B(Ξ+c→Ξ−π+π+)=0.20±0.04±0.02, respectively.

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