Pinning down $|\Delta c|=|\Delta u|=1$ couplings with rare charm baryon decays

Abstract

We study the full angular distribution of semileptonic rare charm baryon decays in which the secondary baryon undergoes weak decay with sizable polarization parameter, ${\Xi }_c^{+}\to {\Sigma }^{+}(\to p{\pi }^0){\ell }^{+}{\ell }^{-}$, ${\Xi }_c^0\to {\Lambda }^0(\to p{\pi }^{-}){\ell }^{+}{\ell }^{-}$ and ${\Omega }_c^0\to {\Xi }^0(\to {\Lambda }^0{\pi }^0){\ell }^{+}{\ell }^{-}$. Such self-analyzing decay chains allow for seven additional observables compared to three-body decays such as ${\Lambda }_c\to p{\ell }^{+}{\ell }^{-}$, with different sensitivities to the $|\Delta c|=|\Delta u|=1$ weak couplings. Opportunities to test the standard model in $c\to u$ transitions with standard model null tests and other angular observables are worked out. We show that a joint model-independent analysis of the leptonic $A_{\text{FB}}^{\ell }$, hadronic $A_{\text{FB}}^{\text{H}}$, and combined forward-backward asymmetry $A_{\text{FB}}^{\ell \text{H}}$ together with the fraction of longitudinally produced leptons, $F_L$, is able to pin down the dipole couplings $C_7,C_7^{\prime }$ and the semileptonic (axial-) vector ones $C_{10},C_9^{\prime },C_{10}^{\prime }$. $A_{\text{FB}}^{\text{H}}$ is also accessible with dineutrino $c\to u\nu \bar{\nu }$ modes and probes right-handed currents.

24 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables

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