We report results from a study of the charmed double strange baryons Omega_c^0 and Omega_c^{*0} at Belle. The Omega_c^0 is reconstructed using the Omega_c^0 --> Omega^- pi^+ decay mode, and its mass is measured to be (2693.6 pm 0.3 {+1.8 atop -1.5}) MeV/c^2. The Omega_c^{*0} baryon is reconstructed in the Omega_c^0 gamma mode. The mass difference M_{Omega_c^{*0}} - M_{Omega_c^0} is measured to be (70.7 pm 0.9 {+0.1 atop -0.9}) MeV/c^2. The analysis is performed using 673 fb^{-1} of data on and near the Upsilon(4S) collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e^+e^- collider.
The FOCUS experiment(FNAL-E831) has used two channels, $Omega^- pi^+$ and $Xi^-K^- pi^+ pi^+$,to measure the lifetime of the $Omega_c^0$ charmed baryon. From a sample of $64 pm 14$ signal events at a mass of 2.698 GeV/$c^2$, we measure an $Omega_c^0$ lifetime of $72 pm 11$ (stat.) $pm 11$ (sys.) fs, substantially improving upon the current world average.
We report a measurement of the lifetime of the $Omega_c^0$ baryon using proton-proton collision data at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8~TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb$^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment. The sample consists of about 1000 $Omega_b^-toOmega_c^0mu^-bar{ u}_{mu} X$ signal decays, where the $Omega_c^0$ baryon is detected in the $pK^-K^-pi^+$ final state and $X$ represents possible additional undetected particles in the decay. The $Omega_c^0$ lifetime is measured to be $tau_{Omega_c^0} = 268pm24pm10pm2$ fs, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and from the uncertainty in the $D^+$ lifetime, respectively. This value is nearly four times larger than, and inconsistent with, the current world-average value.
The first observation of the $Omega_b^-toXi_c^+ K^- pi^-$ decay is reported using proton-proton collision data at centre-of-mass energies of $7$, $8$ and $13,mathrm{TeV}$ collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9,mathrm{fb}^{-1}$. Four excited $Omega_c^0$ baryons are observed in the $Xi_c^+ K^-$ mass projection of the $Omega_b^-toXi_c^+ K^- pi^-$ decays with significance exceeding five standard deviations. Their relative production rates, masses and natural widths are measured, and a test of spin hypotheses is performed. Moreover, the branching ratio of $Omega_b^-toXi_c^+ K^- pi^-$ is measured relative to the $Omega_b^-to Omega_c^0 pi^-$ decay mode and a precise measurement of the $Omega_b^-$ mass of $6044.3 pm 1.2 pm 1.1^{,+0.19}_{,-0.22},mathrm{MeV}$ is obtained.
Using a data sample of 980 ${rm fb}^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data taken with the Belle detector operating at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider, we report the results of a study of the decays of the $Omega_c^0$ charmed baryon into hadronic final states. We report the most precise measurements to date of the relative branching fractions of the $Omega_c^0$ into $Omega^-pi^+pi^0$, $Omega^-pi^+pi^-pi^+$, $Xi^-K^-pi^+pi^+$, and $Xi^0K^-pi^+$, as well as the first measurements of the branching fractions of the $Omega_c^0$ into $Xi^-bar{K}^0pi^+$, $Xi^0bar{K}^0$, and $Lambda bar{K}^0bar{K}^0$, all with respect to the $Omega^-pi^+$ decay. In addition, we investigate the resonant substructure of these modes. Finally, we present a limit on the branching fraction for the decay $Omega_c^0toSigma^+K^-K^-pi^+$.
The $Xi_c^+ K^-$ mass spectrum is studied with a sample of $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.3 fb$^{-1}$, collected by the LHCb experiment. The $Xi_c^+$ is reconstructed in the decay mode $p K^- pi^+$. Five new, narrow excited $Omega_c^0$ states are observed: the $Omega_c(3000)^0$, $Omega_c(3050)^0$, $Omega_c(3066)^0$, $Omega_c(3090)^0$, and $Omega_c(3119)^0$. Measurements of their masses and widths are reported.