1. Multidimensional resonance analysis of Λc+→pK−π+
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E.M. Aitala, S. Amato, J.C. Anjos, J.A. Appel, D. Ashery, S. Banerjee, I. Bediaga, G. Blaylock, S.B. Bracker, P.R. Burchat, R.A. Burnstein, T. Carter, H.S. Carvalho, N.K. Copty, L.M. Cremaldi, C. Darling, K. Denisenko, S. Devmal, A. Fernandez, G.F. Fox, P. Gagnon, C. Gobel, K. Gounder, A.M. Halling, G. Herrera, G. Hurvits, C. James, P.A. Kasper, S. Kwan, D.C. Langs, J. Leslie, B. Lundberg, J. Magnin, S. MayTal-Beck, B. Meadows, J.R.T. de Mello Neto, D. Mihalcea, R.H. Milburn, J.M. de Miranda, A. Napier, A. Nguyen, A.B. d'Oliveira, K. O'Shaughnessy, K.C. Peng, L.P. Perera, M.V. Purohit, B. Quinn, S. Radeztsky, A. Rafatian, N.W. Reay, J.J. Reidy, A.C. dos Reis, H.A. Rubin, D.A. Sanders, A.K.S. Santha, A.F.S. Santoro, A.J. Schwartz, M. Sheaff, R.A. Sidwell, A.J. Slaughter, M.D. Sokoloff, J. Solano, N.R. Stanton, R.J. Stefanski, K. Stenson, D.J. Summers, S. Takach, K. Thorne, A.K. Tripathi, S. Watanabe, R. Weiss-Babai, J. Wiener, N. Witchey, E. Wolin, S.M. Yang, D. Yi, S. Yoshida, R. Zaliznyak, and C. Zhang
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Baryon ,Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Amplitude ,Resonance analysis ,Pi ,Resonance ,Lambda ,Bar (unit) - Abstract
We present the results of a five-dimensional resonant amplitude analysis of the $\Lambda_c^+{\to}pK^{-}\pi^{+}$ system based on $946\pm 38$ reconstructed decays. These data were produced in 500 GeV/$c$ $\pi^-$-N interactions by Fermilab experiment E791. We report measurements of the amplitudes for $\Lambda_c^+$ decay into nonresonant $pK^-\pi^+$ and to $p\bar{K}^{*0}(890)$, $\Delta^{++}(1232)K^-$, and $\Lambda(1520)\pi^+$ and we comment on other possible resonant enhancements. This is the first complete amplitude analysis of the $\Lambda_c^{+}{\to}pK^{-}\pi^{+}$ system. We find that $(54.8\pm5.5\pm3.5)$% of the decays are nonresonant, $(19.5\pm2.6\pm1.8)$% of the decays are via the $\bar{K}^{*0}$ resonance, $(18.0\pm2.9\pm2.9)$% of the decays are via the $\Delta^{++}$ resonance, and $(7.7\pm1.8\pm1.1)$% of the decays are via the $\Lambda(1520)$ resonance. We find evidence for an increasingly negative polarization of the $\Lambda_c^+$ baryons as a function of $p_T^2$, in agreement with a recent model\cite{dha} and with a related measurement\cite{jez}.
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- 2000