https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024102010
Role of N*(1535) in the Λ+c → K0ηp decay and the possible фp state in the Λ+c → π0фp decay
1 Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,, Lanzhou, 730000 China
2 School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
3 School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001 China
4 School of Physics & Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191 China
5 CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhong Guan Cun East
Street 55,, Beijing, 100190 China
* e-mail: xiejujun@impcas.ac.cn
Published online: 22 September 2020
The nonleptonic weak decays of Λ+c → K0ηp and Λ+c → π0фp are investigated from the viewpoint of probing the N*(1535) resonance and the possible фp state. For the Λ+c → K0ηp decay, we study the invariant mass distribution of ηp with both the chiral unitary approach and an effective Lagrangian model. Within the chiral unitary approach, the N*(1535) resonance is dynamically generated from the final state interaction of mesons and baryons in coupled channels. While for the effective Lagrangian model, we take a Breit-Wigner formula for the N*(1535) resonance. We found that the behavior of the N*(1535) resonance in the Λ+c → K0N*(1535) → K0ηp decay within the two approaches is different. For the Λ+c → π0фp decay, we consider a triangle singularity mechanism, where the Λ+c decays into the K*Σ*(1385), the Σ*(1385) decays into the π0Σ/Λ, and then the K*Σ/Λ merge to produce the фp in the final state. This mechanism produces a peak structure around 2020 MeV. In addition, the possibility that there is a hidden-strange pentaquark-like state is also considered by taking into account the final state interactions of K*Λ, K*Σ, and фp. We conclude that it is difficult to search for the hidden-strange state in this decay. However, we do expect nontrivial behavior in the фp invariant mass distribution. The proposed Λ+c decay mechanism here can provide valuable information on the properties of these nuclear resonances and can in principle be tested by experiments such as BESIII, LHCb and Belle-II.
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