Study of Excited $Xi_c$ States Decaying into $Xi_c^0$ and $Xi_c^+$ Baryons


Abstract in English

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 excited $Xi_c$ states that decay, via the emission of photons and/or charged pions, into $Xi_c^0$ or $Xi_c^+$ ground state charmed-strange baryons. We present new measurements of the masses of all members of the $Xi_c^{prime}$, $Xi_c(2645)$, $Xi_c(2790)$, $Xi_c(2815)$, and $Xi_c(2980)$ isodoublets, measurements of the intrinsic widths of those that decay strongly, and evidence of previously unknown transitions.

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