Study of $CP$ violation in $Λ_b^0/Ξ^-_b\rightarrow Λ(1520)M$ decays with the final-state rescattering mechanism

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Authors: Tian-Liang Feng, Hao Shang, Jing Gao, Qin Qin, Fu-Sheng Yu
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Abstract

Recently, the LHCb collaboration reported the first observation of $CP$ violation in baryon decays, with a significance of more than $5σ$. This strongly motivates us to investigate the $CP$ violation in more baryon decay processes. In this work, we employ the final-state rescattering mechanism with introducing two model parameters, $Λ_{charm}$ and $Λ_{charmless}$, and calculate two-body non-leptonic baryon decays $Λ^0_b \rightarrow Λ(1520)\,π^0/κ(700)/f_0(500, 980)/ρ^0/K^{*0}/ϕ$ and $Ξ^-_b \rightarrow Λ(1520)\,K^-$. Consequently, we evaluate the corresponding branching ratios, $CP$ asymmetries, and interference effects between different decay amplitudes. Our theoretical predictions for certain decay channels are in good agreement with current experimental measurements, while the remaining processes--particularly the remarkably large $CP$ violation observable revealed by the kinematic analysis are expected to be tested in future experiments.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear physics research studies

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Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
13 January 2026
Document type
Preprint