Utilizing 4.5 fb-1 of e+e- annihilation data collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider at center-of-mass energies between 4.600 and 4.699 GeV, the first observation of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decay Λc+→pπ0 is presented, with a statistical significance of 5.4σ. The ratio of the branching fractions of Λc+→pπ0 and Λc+→pη is measured as B(Λc+→pπ0)/B(Λc+→pη)=(0.120±0.026stat±0.007syst). This result resolves the longstanding discrepancy between earlier experimental searches, providing both a decisive conclusion and valuable input for QCD-inspired theoretical models. A sophisticated deep learning approach using a Transformer-based architecture is employed to distinguish the signal from the prevalent hadronic backgrounds, complemented by thorough validation and systematic uncertainty quantification.

Observation of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decay Λc+ →pπ0

Amoroso, A.;Bianchi, F.;Destefanis, M.;De Mori, F.;Greco, M.;Maggiora, M.;Marcello, S.;Sosio, S.;Spataro, S.;
2025-01-01

Abstract

Utilizing 4.5 fb-1 of e+e- annihilation data collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider at center-of-mass energies between 4.600 and 4.699 GeV, the first observation of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decay Λc+→pπ0 is presented, with a statistical significance of 5.4σ. The ratio of the branching fractions of Λc+→pπ0 and Λc+→pη is measured as B(Λc+→pπ0)/B(Λc+→pη)=(0.120±0.026stat±0.007syst). This result resolves the longstanding discrepancy between earlier experimental searches, providing both a decisive conclusion and valuable input for QCD-inspired theoretical models. A sophisticated deep learning approach using a Transformer-based architecture is employed to distinguish the signal from the prevalent hadronic backgrounds, complemented by thorough validation and systematic uncertainty quantification.
2025
111
5
L051101-1
L051101-10
https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.L051101
Branching fraction, Hadronic decays, Charmed baryons, Deep learning, Lepton colliders, Supervised learning
Ablikim, M.; Achasov, M. N.; Adlarson, P.; Afedulidis, O.; Ai, X. C.; Aliberti, R.; Amoroso, A.; An, Q.; Bai, Y.; Bakina, O.; Balossino, I.; Ban, Y.; ...espandi
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