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M. Ablikim

M. N. Achasov · Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics

P. Adlarson · Uppsala University

O. Afedulidis · Ruhr University Bochum

X. Ai · Zhengzhou University

R. Aliberti · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

A. Amoroso · University of Turin

Abstract

Based on 6.1 fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} annihilation data collected at center-of-mass energies from 4.600 to 4.843 GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, a partial wave analysis of Λ_{c}^{+}→Λπ^{+}η is performed, and branching fractions and decay asymmetry parameters of intermediate processes are determined. The process Λ_{c}^{+}→Λa_{0}(980)^{+} is observed for the first time, and evidence for the pentaquark candidate Σ(1380)^{+} decaying into Λπ^{+} is found with statistical significance larger than 3σ with mass and width fixed to theoretical predictions. The branching fraction product B[Λ_{c}^{+}→Λa_{0}(980)^{+}]B[a_{0}(980)^{+}→π^{+}η] is determined to be (1.05±0.16_{stat}±0.05_{syst}±0.07_{ext})%, which is larger than theoretical calculations by 1-2 orders of magnitude. Here the third (external) systematic is from B(Λ_{c}^{+}→Λπ^{+}η). Finally, we precisely obtain the absolute branching fraction B(Λ_{c}^{+}→Λπ^{+}η)=(1.94±0.07_{stat}±0.11_{syst})%.

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Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 134, Issue 2, pp. 021901-021901

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.021901

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