One-Pion Charm Baryon Transitions in a Relativistic Three-Quark Model

Abstract

We study one-pion transitions between charm baryon states in the framework of a relativistic three-quark model. We calculate the charm baryon-pion coupling factors that govern the S-wave, P-wave and D-wave one-pion transitions from the s-wave and the lowest lying p-wave charm baryon states down to the s-wave charm baryon states. For these we obtain: g_{Σ_cΛ_cπ}=8.88 GeV^{-1}, f_{Λ_{c1}Σ_cπ}=0.52 and f_{Λ_{c1}^*Σ_cπ}=21.5 GeV^{-2}. We compare our rate predictions for the one-pion transitions with experimental results.

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