Using 121.4 fb^{-1} of data collected with the Belle detector at the Y(5S) resonance at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e^+e^- collider, we report evidence for the B_s^0 -> Lambda_c^+ Lambda-bar pi^- decay mode with a measured branching fraction (3.6 +- 1.1[stat.] {+0.3 -0.5}[syst.] +- 0.9[Lambda_c^+] +- 0.7[N_{Bs}]) * 10^{-4} and a significance of 4.4 standard deviations. This is the first evidence for a baryonic B_s^0 decay.
We report evidence of a narrow structure, $X(5568)$, in the decay sequence $X(5568) rightarrow B_s^0 pi^{pm}$, $B_s^0 rightarrow J/psi phi$, $J/psirightarrow mu^+ mu^-$, $phi rightarrow K^+K^-$. This is evidence for the first instance of a hadronic state with valence quarks of four different flavors. The mass and natural width of this state are measured to be $m = 5567.8 pm 2.9 {rm thinspace (stat)} ^{+0.9}_{-1.9} {rm thinspace (syst)}$ MeV/$c^2$ and $Gamma = 21.9 pm 6.4 {rm thinspace (stat)} ^{+5.0}_{-2.5} {rm thinspace (syst)} $ MeV/$c^2$. If the decay is $X(5568) rightarrow B_s^* pi^{pm} rightarrow B_s^0 gamma pi^{pm}$ with an unseen $gamma$, $m(X(5568))$ will be shifted up by $m(B_s^*) - m(B_s^0) sim 49$ MeV/$c^2$. This measurement is based on $10.4~rm{fb^{-1}}$ of $p bar p $ collision data at $sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron collider.
The resonant substructure of $B_s^0 rightarrow bar{D}^0 K^- pi^+$ decays is studied with the Dalitz plot analysis technique. The study is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $3.0,{rm fb}^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded by LHCb. A structure at $m(bar{D}^0 K^-) approx 2.86 {rm GeV}/c^2$ is found to be an admixture of spin-1 and spin-3 resonances. The masses and widths of these states and of the $D^*_{s2}(2573)^-$ meson are measured, as are the complex amplitudes and fit fractions for all the $bar{D}^0 K^-$ and $K^-pi^+$ components included in the amplitude model. In addition, the $D^*_{s2}(2573)^-$ resonance is confirmed to be spin-2.
We have searched for the Cabibbo-suppressed decay $Lambda_c^+tophi ppi^0$ in $e^+e^-$ collisions using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 915 $rm fb^{-1}$. The data were collected by the Belle experiment at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ asymmetric-energy collider running at or near the $Upsilon(4S)$ and $Upsilon(5S)$ resonances. No significant signal is observed, and we set an upper limit on the branching fraction of $mathcal{B}(Lambda_c^+to phi ppi^0) <15.3times10^{-5}$ at 90% confidence level. The contribution for nonresonant $Lambda_c^+to K^+K^- ppi^0$ decays is found to be consistent with zero and the corresponding upper limit on its branching fraction is set to be $mathcal{B}(Lambda_c^+to K^+K^-ppi^0)_{rm NR} <6.3times10^{-5} $ at 90% confidence level. We also measure the branching fraction for the Cabibbo-favored decay $Lambda_c^+to K^-pi^+ppi^0$; the result is $mathcal{B}(Lambda_c^+to K^-pi^+ppi^0)= (4.42pm0.05, (rm stat.) pm 0.12, (rm syst.) pm 0.16, (mathcal{B}_{rm Norm}))%$, which is the most precise measurement to date. Finally, we have searched for an intermediate hidden-strangeness pentaquark decay $P^+_stophi p$. We see no evidence for this intermediate decay and set an upper limit on the product branching fraction of ${cal B}(Lambda_c^+to P^+_s pi^0)times {cal B}(P^+_stophi p) <8.3times 10^{-5}$ at 90% confidence level.
We report the first observation of the decay $Lambda^+_{c}rightarrow Sigma^- pi^+pi^+pi^0$, based on data obtained in $e^+e^-$ annihilations with an integrated luminosity of 567~pb$^{-1}$ at $sqrt{s}=4.6$~GeV. The data were collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage rings. The absolute branching fraction $mathcal{B}(Lambda^+_{c}rightarrowSigma^-pi^+pi^+pi^0)$ is determined to be $(2.11pm0.33({rm stat.})pm0.14({rm syst.}))%$. In addition, an improved measurement of $mathcal{B}(Lambda^+_{c}rightarrowSigma^-pi^+pi^+)$ is determined as $(1.81pm0.17({rm stat.})pm0.09({rm syst.}))%$.
Using a data sample of 980~fb$^{-1}$ collected with the Belle detector operating at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider, we present evidence for the $Omega(2012)^-$ in the resonant substructure of $Omega_{c}^{0} to pi^+ (bar{K}Xi)^{-}$ ($(bar{K}Xi)^{-}$ = $K^-Xi^0$ + $bar{K}^0 Xi^-$) decays. The significance of the $Omega(2012)^-$ signal is 4.2$sigma$ after considering the systematic uncertainties. The ratio of the branching fraction of $Omega_{c}^{0} to pi^{+} Omega(2012)^- to pi^+ (bar{K}Xi)^{-}$ relative to that of $Omega_{c}^{0} to pi^{+} Omega^-$ is calculated to be 0.220 $pm$ 0.059(stat.) $pm$ 0.035(syst.). The individual ratios of the branching fractions of the two isospin modes are also determined, and found to be ${cal B}(Omega_{c}^0 to pi^+ Omega(2012)^-) times {cal B}(Omega(2012)^- to K^-Xi^0)/{cal B}(Omega_{c}^0 to pi^+ K^- Xi^0)$ = (9.6 $pm$ 3.2(stat.) $pm$ 1.8(syst.))% and ${cal B}(Omega_{c}^0 to pi^+ Omega(2012)^-) times {cal B}(Omega(2012)^- to bar{K}^0 Xi^-)/{cal B}(Omega_{c}^0 to pi^+ bar{K}^0 Xi^-)$ = (5.5 $pm$ 2.8(stat.) $pm$ 0.7(syst.))%.