Spectra of charmed and bottom baryons with hyperfine interaction

Up to now,the excited charmed and bottom baryon states have still not been well studied experimentally or theoretically.In this paper,we predict the mass of ?*b,the only L=0 baryon state which has not been observed,to be 6069.2 Me V.The spectra of charmed and bottom baryons with the orbital angular momentum L = 1 are studied in two popular constituent quark models,the Goldstone boson exchange(GBE) model and the one gluon exchange(OGE) hyperfine interaction model.Inserting the latest experimental data from the "Review of Particle Physics",we find that in the GBE model,there exist some multiplets(Σc(b),Ξ c(b)and ?c(b)) in which the total spin of the three quarks in their lowest energy states is 3/2,but in the OGE model there is no such phenomenon.This is the most important difference between the GBE and OGE models.These results can be tested in the near future.We suggest more efforts to study the excited charmed and bottom baryons both theoretically and experimentally,not only for the abundance of baryon spectra,but also for determining which hyperfine interaction model best describes nature.     

Study of the reaction γp → pπ0η

The reaction γp → pπ⁰η has been studied with the CBELSA detector at the tagged photon beam of the Bonn electron stretcher facility. The reaction shows contributions from Δ⁺(1232)η , N(1535)⁺π⁰ and pa ₀(980) as intermediate states. A partial-wave analysis suggests that the reaction proceeds via formation of six Δ -resonances, Δ(1600)P ₃₃ , Δ(1920)P ₃₃ , Δ(1700)D ₃₃ , Δ(1940)D ₃₃ , Δ(1905)F ₃₅ , Δ(2360)D ₃₃ , and two nucleon resonances N(1880)P ₁₁ and N(2200)P ₁₃ , for which pole positions and decay branching ratios are given.     

Triply heavy baryons in the constituent quark model

The constituent quark model is used to compute the ground and excited state masses of QQQ baryons containing either c or b quarks.The quark model parameters previously used to describe the properties of charmonium and bottomonium states were used in this analysis.The non-relativistic three-body bound state problem is solved by means of the Gaussian expansion method which provides sufficient accuracy and simplifies the subsequent evaluation of the matrix elements.Several low-lying states with quantum numbers J^P=1/2^±,3/2^±,5/2^±and 7/2^+are reported.We compare the results with those obtained by the other theoretical formalisms.There is a general agreement for the mass of the ground state in each sector of triply heavy baryons.However,the situation is more puzzling for the excited states,and appropriate comments about the most relevant features of our comparison are given.     

Large SU（3） Symmetry Breaking in J／ψ→BB Decays

Large SU(3) symmetry breaking effects in J/ψ→BB decay processes are discussed using the Mark I,Mark II,DM2 and the recent data from BES Collaboration.     

Two-body effects on baryon magnetic moments and radiative decays of mesons

We demonstrate that the two-body interaction effects involving spectator quark can account for the discrepancy between theory and experiment for the baryon magnetic moments and meson radiative decays.     

Baryon magnetic moments in a quark model

The magnetic moments of uncharmed and charmed baryons are considered to arise through single-quark and two-quark transitions in a quark model. The magnetic moment operator is taken to transform as:T _β ^α ˜aT ₁ ¹ , +bT ₂ ² +cT ₃ ³ +dT ₄ ⁴ , whereT _β ^α are members of SU(4)20′-plet. The assumption, that the magnetic moment operator obtains contribution from the single and two-quark transitions, yields good results for the magnetic moment values of uncharmed baryons. Magnetic moments of charmed baryons can be expressed in terms of one parameter.     

The neutron decay retardation spectrometer aSPECT: Electromagnetic design and systematic effects

The apparatus described here, aSPECT, will be used for a measurement of the neutrino-electron angular correlation coefficient a in the decay of free neutrons. The idea of the aSPECT spectrometer is to measure the integrated proton energy spectrum very accurately using an energy filter by electrostatic retardation and magnetic adiabatic collimation. The main ideas of the spectrometer are presented, followed by an explanation of the adiabatic transmission function. Details of the superconducting coil and of the electrode system are given, as well as a discussion of the most important systematic effects: magnetic field and electrostatic potential inhomogeneities, deviation from adiabatic motion, scattering in the residual gas, background, Doppler effect, edge effect, and detector efficiency. Using this spectrometer, the parameter a is planned to be measured with an absolute experimental uncertainty of a 3 ^. 10^-4, from which the axial vector to vector coupling constant ratio can be determined with an accuracy of 0.001.     

Photoproduction of π 0 ω off protons for E γ ≤3 GeV

Differential and total cross-sections for photoproduction of γp→pπ ⁰ ω and γp→Δ ⁺ ω were determined from measurements of the CB-ELSA experiment, performed at the electron accelerator ELSA in Bonn. The measurements covered the photon energy range from the production threshold up to 3GeV.     

Lifetime of Doubly Charmed Baryons

In this work, we evaluate the lifetimes of the doubly charmed baryons Ξcc^＋ ,Ξcc^＋＋, and Ωcc^＋. We carefully calculate the non-spectator contributions at the quark level, where the Cabibbo-suppressed diagrams are also included. The hadronic matrix elements are evaluated in the simple non-relativistic harmonic oscillator model. Our numerical results are generally consistent with that obtained by other authors who used the diquark model. However, all the theoretical predictions on the lifetimes are one order larger than the upper limit set by the recent SELEX measurement. This discrepancy would be clarified by the future experiment. If more accurate experiment still confirms the value of the SELEX collaboration, there must be some unknown mechanism to be explored.     

Study of Doubly Heavy Baryon Spectrum via QCD Sum Rules

In this work,we calculate the mass spectrum of doubly heavy baryons with the diquark model in terms of the QCD sum rules.The interpolating currents are composed of a heavy diquark field and a light quark field.Contributions of the operators up to dimension six are taken into account in the operator product expansion.Within a reasonable error tolerance,our numerical results are compatible with other theoretical predictions.This indicates that the diquark picture reflects the reality and is applicable to the study of doubly heavy baryons.