Observation of Lambda(+)(c) -> nK(S)(0)pi(+)
Citation
Ablikim, M., Achasov, M. N., Ahmed, S., Ai, X. C., Albayrak, O., Albrecht, M., . . . Zou, J. H. (2017). Observation of Lambda(+)(c) -> nK(S)(0)pi(+). Physical Review Letters, 118(11), 7. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.112001Abstract
We report the first direct measurement of decays of the Lambda(+)(c) baryon involving the neutron. The analysis is performed using 567 pb(-1) of e(+)e(-) collision data collected at root s = 4.599 GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider. We observe the decay Lambda(+)(c) -> nK(S)(0)pi(+) and measure the absolute branching fraction to be B(Lambda(+)(c) -> nK(S)(0)pi(+)) = [1.82 +/- 0.23(stat) +/- 0.11(syst)]%. A comparison to B[Lambda(+)(c) -> p( (K) over bar pi)(0)] provides an important test of isospin symmetry and final state interactions.
