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Phys Rev Lett. 2015 Nov 27;115(22):221805. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.221805. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Measurement of the Absolute Branching Fraction for Λ_{c}^{+}→Λe^{+}ν_{e}.

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Affiliations

  1. Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.
  2. G.I. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS (BINP), Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
  3. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
  4. Bochum Ruhr-University, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
  5. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
  6. University of Turin, I-10125 Turin, Italy.
  7. INFN, I-10125 Turin, Italy.
  8. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China.
  9. INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy.
  10. Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.
  11. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
  12. INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy.
  13. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
  14. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia.
  15. Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
  16. Istanbul Aydin University, 34295 Sefakoy, Istanbul, Turkey.
  17. Istanbul Bilgi University, 34060 Eyup, Istanbul, Turkey.
  18. Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China.
  19. Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China.
  20. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
  21. Huangshan College, Huangshan 245000, People's Republic of China.
  22. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.
  23. Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 45, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
  24. Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 45, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
  25. Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, People's Republic of China.
  26. Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.
  27. Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China.
  28. Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.
  29. University of Eastern Piedmont, I-15121 Alessandria, Italy.
  30. GSI Helmholtzcentre for Heavy Ion Research GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
  31. GuangXi University, Nanning 530004, People's Republic of China.
  32. Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China.
  33. KVI-CART, University of Groningen, NL-9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands.
  34. Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, People's Republic of China.
  35. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
  36. Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China.
  37. Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.
  38. University of the Punjab, Lahore-54590, Pakistan.
  39. Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
  40. Justus Liebig University Giessen, II. Physikalisches Institut, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
  41. Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747 Korea.
  42. Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, People's Republic of China.
  43. Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, People's Republic of China.
  44. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.
  45. Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
  46. Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China.
  47. Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China.
  48. Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, People's Republic of China.
  49. Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, People's Republic of China.
  50. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China.
  51. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Defence Road, Off Raiwind Road, 54000 Lahore, Pakistan.
  52. INFN and University of Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
  53. University of Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy.
  54. Uludag University, 16059 Bursa, Turkey.
  55. Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People's Republic of China.
  56. University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China.
  57. Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, People's Republic of China.
  58. China Center of Advanced Science and Technology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
  59. University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114051, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 26650293 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.221805

Abstract

We report the first measurement of the absolute branching fraction for Λ_{c}^{+}→Λe^{+}ν_{e}. This measurement is based on 567  pb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} annihilation data produced at sqrt[s]=4.599  GeV, which is just above the Λ_{c}^{+}Λ[over ¯]_{c}^{-} threshold. The data were collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage rings. The branching fraction is determined to be B(Λ_{c}^{+}→Λe^{+}ν_{e})=[3.63±0.38(stat)±0.20(syst)]%, representing a significant improvement in precision over the current indirect determination. As the branching fraction for Λ_{c}^{+}→Λe^{+}ν_{e} is the benchmark for those of other Λ_{c}^{+} semileptonic channels, our result provides a unique test of different theoretical models, which is the most stringent to date.

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