Using electron-positron annihilation data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.5 $\rm{{fb}^{-1}}$, collected by the BESIII detector in the energy region between $4600$ MeV and $4699$ MeV, we report the first observations of the Cabibbo-suppressed decays $\Lambda_c^+\to n\pi^+\pi^0$, $\Lambda_c^+\to n\pi^+\pi^-\pi^+$, and the Cabibbo-favored decay $\Lambda_c^+\to nK^-\pi^+\pi^+$ with statistical significances of $7.9\sigma$, $7.8\sigma$, and $>10\sigma$, respectively. The branching fractions of these decays are measured to be $\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow n\pi^{+}\pi^{0})=(0.64\pm0.09\pm0.02)\%$, $\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow n\pi^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{+})=(0.45\pm0.07\pm0.03)\%$, and $\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow nK^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{+})=(1.90\pm0.08\pm0.09)\%$, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. We find that the branching fraction of the decay $\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow n\pi^{+}\pi^{0}$ is about one order of magnitude higher than that of $\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow n\pi^{+}$.

Observations of the Cabibbo-Suppressed decays $Λ_{c}^{+}\to nπ^{+}π^{0}$, $nπ^{+}π^{-}π^{+}$ and the Cabibbo-Favored decay $Λ_{c}^{+}\to nK^{-}π^{+}π^{+}$ / Collaboration, B., Ablikim, M., Achasov, M.N., Adlarson, P., Albrecht, M., Aliberti, R., Amoroso, A., An, M.R., An, Q., Bai, Y., Bakina, O., Baldini Ferroli, R., Balossino, I., Ban, Y., Batozskaya, V., Becker, D., Begzsuren, K., Berger, N., Bertani, M., Bettoni, D., et al.. - In: CHINESE PHYSICS C. - ISSN 1674-1137. - ELETTRONICO. - 47:2(2023), pp. 1-18. [10.1088/1674-1137/ac9d29]

Observations of the Cabibbo-Suppressed decays $Λ_{c}^{+}\to nπ^{+}π^{0}$, $nπ^{+}π^{-}π^{+}$ and the Cabibbo-Favored decay $Λ_{c}^{+}\to nK^{-}π^{+}π^{+}$

E. Bianco;
2023

Abstract

Using electron-positron annihilation data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.5 $\rm{{fb}^{-1}}$, collected by the BESIII detector in the energy region between $4600$ MeV and $4699$ MeV, we report the first observations of the Cabibbo-suppressed decays $\Lambda_c^+\to n\pi^+\pi^0$, $\Lambda_c^+\to n\pi^+\pi^-\pi^+$, and the Cabibbo-favored decay $\Lambda_c^+\to nK^-\pi^+\pi^+$ with statistical significances of $7.9\sigma$, $7.8\sigma$, and $>10\sigma$, respectively. The branching fractions of these decays are measured to be $\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow n\pi^{+}\pi^{0})=(0.64\pm0.09\pm0.02)\%$, $\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow n\pi^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{+})=(0.45\pm0.07\pm0.03)\%$, and $\mathcal{B}(\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow nK^{-}\pi^{+}\pi^{+})=(1.90\pm0.08\pm0.09)\%$, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. We find that the branching fraction of the decay $\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow n\pi^{+}\pi^{0}$ is about one order of magnitude higher than that of $\Lambda_{c}^{+}\rightarrow n\pi^{+}$.
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