Pathways to Rare Baryonic B Decays
Abstract
We point out new ways to search for charmless baryonic B decays and suggest that enhanced baryon production is favored by reduced energy release on the baryon side. Thus B-->η'+baryon pairs might be larger than Kπ/ππ modes; the argument may be extended to B-->γ+Xs, and perhaps to lν+Xu. Guess estimates give some branching ratios in the 10-3- 10-6 range, with confidence gained from the recent observation of B-->D¯*pn¯, D¯*pp¯π not far below D¯*π and D¯*ρ rates. Observation of modes proposed here would help clarify the dynamics of weak decays involving baryons, while the self-analyzing prowess of Λ decay can be helpful in CP- and T-violation studies.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- May 2001
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4247
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-ph/0008079
- Bibcode:
- 2001PhRvL..86.4247H
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 12 pages, REVTEX, 3 eps figures included